Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights, IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bengaluru easily defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in their IPL match in Raipur on Wednesday with the help of a brilliant, unbeaten century from Virat Kohli, who had struggled in the previous two games. RCB won in 19.1 overs thanks to Kohli’s 105 not out off 60 balls, which was laced with 11 boundaries and three sixes. He also shared a game-changing 92-run stand for the second wicket with Devdutt Padikkal (37 off 27 balls). With 16 points after the victory, RCB moved up to the top of the standings, tied with Gujarat Titans but ahead in net run rate. Earlier, KKR’s keeper-batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi led his team to a challenging 192/4 by anchoring the innings with a magnificent 71.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine,Muzarabani, Matheesha Pathirana, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Saurabh Dubey, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra
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