Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are taking on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match number 57 of IPL 2026 at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. RCB are well-placed at second position in the points table, with seven wins from 11 matches. Despite a late surge, KKR are down in eighth place, with four wins from 10 games.

RCB beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by two wickets in a nail-biter in Raipur in their previous match. Fielding first, RCB restricted MI to 166-7 as Bhuvneshwar Kumar stood out with figures of 4-23. In the chase, RCB slipped to 39-3 before Krunal Pandya (73 off 46 balls) led a solid fightback.

KKR won their fourth consecutive game by hammering Delhi Capitals (DC) by eight wickets in their previous clash at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Bowling first, KKR restricted DC to 142-8 as most of the bowlers chipped in. In the chase, Finn Allen slammed 100* off 47 balls as lift KKR to an easy win.

Today’s RCB vs KKR toss result

RCB have won the toss and have opted to bowl first. RCB have made one change – Venkatesh Iyer comes in for Romario Shepherd. For KKR, Varun Chakaravarthy misses out due to a niggle, so Saurabh Dubey comes in.

RCB vs KKR – Today’s match playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (w), Tim David, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood

RCB Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (w), Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi

KKR Impact Subs: Saurabh Dubey, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert

Today’s RCB vs KKR pitch report

“The conditions are hot and humid with a chance of thunderstorms. The pitch being used is a fresh surface. It appears quite similar to the wicket used in the previous match. The surface has noticeable cracks, which are expected to produce variable and inconsistent bounce. Fast bowlers are likely to enjoy these conditions. Batters will need to play cautiously early on.” – Nick Knight and Aaron Finch

Today’s RCB vs KKR match players list

Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Phil Salt (wk), Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Satvik Deswal, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chouhan

Kolkata Knight Riders squad: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Kartik Tyagi, Tim Seifert, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anukul Roy, Saurabh Dubey, Vaibhav Arora, Navdeep Saini, Blessing Muzarabani, Ramandeep Singh, Rachin Ravindra, Manish Pandey, Umran Malik, Tejasvi Singh, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra

RCB vs KKR – Today’s match umpires

On-field umpires: Nitin Menon, Rohan Pandit

TV umpire: Tanmay Srivastava

Match Referee: Arjan Kripal Singh