Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Match Live Cricket Score Update: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will look to wrest back the top position in the Indian Premier League standings from the Gujarat Titans by defeating eighth-placed Kolkata Knight Riders today. RCB will be acutely aware that the race for the playoff spots will get intense in the coming days, so a win today will help them get some breathing space
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The game will see RCB talisman Virat Kohli hoping to avoid a hat-trick of ducks in the season. He first fell for a two-ball duck in RCB’s match against Lucknow Super Giants and then was dismissed for a golden duck in Raipur against Mumbai Indians. Kohli was once leading the Orange Cap race, but now finds himself in 13th spot with 379 runs from 11 innings.
With the ball, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been the standout star for the RCB team so far as they chase back-to-back IPL titles.
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Kohli looking to avoid hat-trick of ducks, Watson hoping he falls early again
Kohli has scored 379 runs thus far this season in 11 innings at a strike rate of 163.36 and average of 42.11 with three-half centuries. (BCCI/Creimas Photo)
Virat Kohli had been consistently among the runs for much of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) season until the last couple of matches, in which the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) veteran fell for ducks. He first fell for a two-ball duck in RCB’s match against Lucknow Super Giants and then for a golden duck in Raipur against Mumbai Indians. Now, RCB are set to face Kolkata Knight Riders in their second home match in Raipur and Kohli is hoping to avoid a hat-trick of ducks.
Naturally, KKR’s assistant coach Shane Watson is hoping for the opposite. “Every team has plans against Virat Kohli because he’s one of the best players in the world. But the challenge is that he knows exactly how to counter those plans as well,” Watson told reporters on the eve of the match.
