Why Virat Kohli Not in RCB Playing 11: Virat Kohli is not a part of the playing 11 of Royal Challengers Bangalore against Lucknow Super Giants in the 23rd league match of IPL 2026. For the match, Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar has won the toss and decided to bowl. Therefore, Bengaluru team will enter the field for run chase.

Let us tell you that Kohli has been kept among the impact players of Bengaluru. Somewhere from this it becomes clear that Kohli can enter the playing 11 during the chase. This simply means that Kohli will not be seen fielding on the field. But the biggest question is why Kohli was suddenly dropped from the playing 11.

Why was Virat Kohli out of playing 11?

RCB played its last match against Mumbai Indians on 12 April. In this match, RCB batted first. Kohli had scored 50 runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. But during the next innings, Kohli did not come on the field for fielding.

Reportedly, Kohli was suffering from a heel injury, due to which he did not come to the field for fielding. For this reason, Kohli was not made a part of the playing 11 against Lucknow. However, captain Rajat Patidar did not give any update regarding Kohli’s injury.

RCB playing 11 against Lucknow

Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar.

rcb impact sub

Virat Kohli, Venkatesh Iyer, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chauhan, Mangesh Yadav.

– Josh Hazlewood back for RCB.

– Virat Kohli slotted as an impact player. pic.twitter.com/gj8MBuzsyk

— CRICKET (@v_k_fan18) April 15, 2026

Bengaluru would like to score a win against Lucknow

Bengaluru has played four matches in the season. The team is on the field for the fifth match against Lucknow. The Bengaluru team, which has played three matches so far, would definitely like to score a win against Lucknow. Now it will be interesting to see how Bengaluru performs in this match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 43 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 match here on Sunday due to the brilliant performance of the bowlers after the half-centuries of Tim David (70 not out), Devdutt Padikkal (50 runs).

This is the third consecutive defeat of CSK, whose captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and invited RCB to bat. Apart from David and Padikkal, RCB scored a huge score of 250 runs for three wickets with the help of captain Rajat Patidar’s unbeaten 48 runs and Phil Salt’s 46 runs.

Padikkal (29 balls, five fours, two sixes) and David (25 balls, three fours, eight sixes) displayed explosive hitting and thrashed CSK’s helpless bowlers.

Captain Patidar had one four and six sixes in his 19-ball innings. Facing 30 balls, Salt hit three fours and two sixes.

In reply, CSK team could not recover from the collapse of the top order and despite Sarfaraz Khan’s 50 runs, it was reduced to 207 runs in 19.4 overs. For that, apart from Sarfaraz, Prashant Veer scored 43 runs and Jamie Overton scored 37 runs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the most successful bowler for RCB, taking three wickets for 41 runs in four overs. Jacob Duffy, Krunal Pandya and Abhinandan Singh took two wickets each. Suyyash Sharma got one wicket.

CSK had a very bad start, losing the wicket of captain Gaikwad (07) in the very first over, who was caught by Padikkal in the slips after touching the bat on Duffy’s ball. In this way, Gaikwad’s poor performance continued in the tournament.

Ayush Mhatre (01) and Sanju Samson reached the pavilion in the next two overs, now the score became 30 runs for three wickets. Sarfaraz (25 balls, eight fours, two sixes) played responsibly and completed his half-century. In the powerplay, the team’s score was 77 runs for three wickets.

But he became the victim of Pandya on the very next ball when wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma stumped him. Shivam Dubey came to the crease and hit a six as soon as he came. In the same seventh over, Pandya took his second wicket by dismissing Karthik Sharma (06) on a full length ball. Dubey also could not last long and after his dismissal all hope was lost.

Before this, the rain of runs was started by Padikkal who made two important partnerships. He made a partnership of 56 runs (37 balls) with Phil Salt (46 runs) for the second wicket and 58 runs in 21 balls with Captain Patidar for the third wicket.

These partnerships were very important for RCB after being invited to bat on Chinnaswamy’s pitch which was a bit slow.

Salt was more dominant during the second wicket partnership and this partnership helped the team recover from the early dismissal of Virat Kohli (28 runs). When Kohli was on the score of seven runs, Shivam Dubey dropped his catch on the ball of Khalil Ahmed.

Salt’s quick innings helped the home team reach 51 runs for one wicket in the powerplay. But Salt could not last long, he gave a simple catch to Ahmed in the deep off Dubey’s ball.

By this time Padikkal was on 18 runs, he hit two sixes and a four off Dubey’s ball. With this, RCB’s run rate crossed the 10 runs per over mark for the first time in this innings. He completed his second consecutive half-century this season by taking one run off the ball of Matt Henry. But then he got bowled while trying to play ‘reverse scoop’ on Jamie Overton’s ball.

But by then RCB had scored 62 runs between 11 and 15 overs. Patidar along with David further strengthened the foundation.

RCB’s score after 15 overs was 153 runs for three wickets. After this the team added 97 more runs in the last five overs. Along with this, he also took advantage of some bad bowling done by CSK bowlers in the last overs.

Patidar and David batted brilliantly and made an unbroken partnership of 99 runs in 36 balls for the fourth wicket. The ball kept flying to every corner of the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Patidar thrashed Khalil Ahmed severely. Patidar hit two sixes and a four in his fourth and last over. David contributed to this shower of runs by hitting three sixes off Noor Ahmed in the 17th over.

This Australian batsman hit four sixes on Overton in the 19th over, three of which were consecutive. In this way, the weaknesses of CSK’s bowling were once again exposed in front of a strong batting order.

Today on Sunday (April 05), the teams of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings will be on the field in the 11th league match of IPL 2026. The match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 7.30 pm. The toss will take place half an hour earlier at 7 o’clock. There is a lot of excitement among the fans regarding this match. However, it is worth noting that there is a possibility of rain in the match, which can spoil the fun of the fans.

Through this match, the Chennai team captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad would like to achieve its first win of the season. In the first two matches, Chennai had to face defeat against Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings by 8 and 5 wickets respectively.

On the other hand, RCB started their campaign with a win in the first match. Bengaluru played the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, in which it won by 6 wickets. This was also the first match of the season. Now it will be interesting to see which team wins in today’s match.

Talking about the head to head record of both the teams, till now 35 matches have been played between Chennai and Bengaluru. Chennai has won 21 of these matches. Bengaluru has won 13 matches. The remaining one match remained inconclusive.

Chennai squad for the match

Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dubey, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry, Khalil Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Rahul Chahar, Matthew Short, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Gurjapaneet Singh, Akeal Hosein, MS Dhoni, Shreyas Gopal, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Urvil Patel, Aman Khan, Dewald Brewis, Zachary Foulkes.

Bengaluru’s squad for the match

Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma, Jacob Bethel, Rasikh Salaam Dar, Kanishk Chauhan, Venkatesh Iyer, Josh Hazlewood, Mangesh Yadav, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal, Jordan Cox, Swapnil Singh, Satwik Deswal.

RCB batsmen defeated Chennai Super Kings bowlers at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Royal Challengers Bangalore have set a huge target of 251 runs for Chennai after playing first. All the batsmen of RCB beat the bowlers of Chennai. The least runs were scored by Virat Kohli, who was out after scoring 28 runs in 18 balls. RCB scored 78 runs in the last four overs.

For Bengaluru, Phil Salt played an inning of 46 runs in 30 balls. Three fours and two sixes came from his bat. Virat hit 2 fours and a six during his innings of 28 runs in 18 balls. Devdutt Padikkal scored a half-century. He hit 5 fours and two sixes during his innings of 50 runs in 29 balls.

Chennai fans shaken by Tim David’s storm

In the end Rajat Patidar and Tim David won a lot. Especially David. Tim David played an explosive inning of 70 unbeaten runs in just 25 balls. He hit 3 fours and 8 sixes. Whereas captain Rajat Patidar played an unbeaten inning of 48 runs in 19 balls. One four and 6 sixes came from his bat. Tim David scored 30 runs in the 19th over.

Slow start, then hit such a blow that Chennai bowlers will not forget.

RCB did not start that fast. The first wicket fell at the score of 37 in 4.3 overs. Even in the powerplay i.e. the first 6 overs, only 51 runs were scored. The score was less than 90 even in 10 overs, but around 160 runs were scored in the last 10 overs. When Padikkal was out in the 15th over, the score was 151 runs. It seemed that RCB would hardly be able to reach 220, but Tim David hit such a blow, which the Chennai bowlers will not be able to forget easily.

Anshul Kamboj gave 52 runs in 4 overs for Chennai. Noor Ahmed gave 49 runs in his quota of overs. Shivam Dubey gave 30 runs in 2 overs and Jamie Overton gave 42 runs in 3 overs.

In the 11th match of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 43 runs. CSK won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, RCB batsmen proved this decision wrong, batting first they scored a huge score of 250 runs. This is Bengaluru’s third highest total in IPL history. Phil Salt gave a good start to Bengaluru by scoring 46 runs, then Devdutt Padikkal scored a half-century. Rajat Patidar (48) and Tim David (70) played explosive innings. While chasing the target, Chennai’s top-order batsmen disappointed, the team lost 3 wickets including the captain for 30 runs. This also became a major reason for the defeat. The entire Chennai team was reduced to 207.

With this win, Royal Challengers Bangalore has come on top of the points table. The team has won 2 out of 2 matches. The net run rate of the team with 4 points is +2.501. This is the third consecutive defeat of Chennai Super Kings. With a net run rate of -2.517, CSK is at the bottom 10th position in the points table.

CSK’s top order collapses, Sanju flops again

Chasing a huge target of 251 runs, Chennai Super Kings needed a fast start from the openers, but both Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad disappointed. Sanju (9) was once again out cheaply, he was dismissed by Jacob Duffy. Duffy also sent Ruturaj (7) to the pavilion cheaply. Ayush Mhatre, who came at number three, became the victim of Bhuvneshwar Kumar after scoring just 1 run.

Sarfaraz Khan fought to some extent, scoring 50 runs in 25 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 8 fours. But he was out after completing his half-century, he was made his victim by Krunal Pandya. Sarfaraz wanted to go ahead and hit a big shot on Krunal’s wavy ball, but was completely beaten and stumped by Jitesh Sharma. Karthik Sharma, who came as an impact player, was also dismissed cheaply by Krunal. Karthik scored 6 runs playing 3 balls.

Krunal Pandya with TWIN STRIKES in his first over #CSK lose half their side!

Updates https://t.co/PkhPvxcU44#TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #RCBvCSK pic.twitter.com/ibNNZtXUFA

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 5, 2026

Shivam Dubey also could not play a big innings, his innings ended with a brilliant catch by Jitesh Sharma. He scored 18 runs in 13 balls. After this, there was a half-century partnership between Prashant Veer and Jamie Overton, then it seemed that Chennai could make a comeback but with the break of this partnership, the last hope was also dashed. Both made a partnership of 57 runs in 32 balls. Prashant scored 43 runs in 29 balls and Overton scored 37 runs in 16 balls.

On the fourth ball of the 20th over, Abhinandan Singh took the 10th wicket of Chennai Super Kings in the form of Matt Henry. The entire CSK team collapsed for 207 runs and RCB won the match by 43 runs.

RCB batsmen storm in Bengaluru

Phil Salt and Virat Kohli started the innings. Kohli got a lease of life on 7 runs in the third over, after which he scored runs at a fast pace. However, he was out in the 5th over after scoring 28 runs. He scored 28 runs in 18 balls. Devdutt Padikkal, who came at number three, started hitting big shots as soon as he arrived. The second wicket fell in the form of Salt in the 11th over, he scored 46 runs in 30 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 3 fours.

Devdutt Padikkal played a brilliant inning of 50 runs in 29 balls, in which he hit 2 sixes and 5 fours. He was out in the 15th over, when RCB’s score was 151. After this, Tim David also got a lease of life when he was bowled on a no ball. After this he played an explosive innings with the captain.

6⃣6⃣6⃣!

Tim David goes berserk, three maximums in the over ↓

Updates https://t.co/PkhPvxcU44#TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #RCBvCSK | @rcbtweets pic.twitter.com/fRlsLI1JXU

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 5, 2026

99 runs scored in 29 balls

Tim David and Rajat Patidar together scored 99 runs in the last 29 balls. Captain Patidar scored unbeaten 48 runs in 19 balls, in this innings he hit 6 sixes and 1 four. Tim David played a brilliant inning of 70 unbeaten runs with the help of 8 sixes and 3 fours in 25 balls. Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 250 runs, which is their third highest total in IPL history.

CSK bowlers crushed

The bowling of Chennai Super Kings looked weak. Anshul Kamboj conceded 52 runs in 4 overs and Noor Ahmed conceded 49 runs in 4 overs, Jamie Overton conceded 42 runs in 3 overs with an economy of 14. Matt Henry gave 36 runs in 3 overs and Khalil Ahmed gave 37 runs in 4 overs. Shivam Dubey bowled 2 overs, which were also expensive and gave 30 runs with an economy of 15.

How to Buy IPL 2026 RCB vs CSK Match Tickets: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team was seen playing in the first match of IPL 2026. The first match of the season was played between RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad. RCB won the match unilaterally by 6 wickets. Now the team will play its second league match of the season against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday, April 05. The match between CSK and RCB will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Fans seem very excited about the match between Chennai and Bengaluru. So let us know when, where and how you can buy tickets for this match (RCB vs CSK Tickets). The most expensive ticket for the match is Rs 25,000.

When, where and how to buy tickets

RCB shared complete information about the tickets for the match against Chennai on social media, in which it was told that the sale of tickets will start from 01 April (Wednesday).

Tickets are available only on the official website and app of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Along with this it was told to avoid buying tickets from any unauthorized place.

Free metro ride will be available with ticket

All valid RCB match ticket holders will get free metro ride on the match day. Check the Metro’s QR code tab with your ticket. You will also get a metro ticket along with the match ticket. Apart from this, information was also given regarding entry and exit in the stadium. The remaining information will be available in the QR of the ticket.

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The most anticipated game-day at the Chinnaswamy is getting closer and this is your chance to watch it unfold live. All the information regarding tickets is mentioned below.

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— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 31, 2026

ticket price

The cheapest ticket on the official website of RCB has been kept at Rs 3750. This ticket is for BOAT C STAND. The most expensive ticket has been kept at Rs 25,000. This ticket is for NOTHING (R) PLATINUM LOUNGE. Along with this it was told that you can book only two tickets together.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 2 runs in a thrilling match in the match held on Saturday at IPL 2025. In this match, there was a clash between the IPS (Indian Police Service) officer and IT (Income Tax) families sitting at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The matter deteriorated so much that both families reached the police station.

According to the news published in Times of India, there was a clash between the families of two big officers sitting in the diamond box. This matter started from which seat would sit on. The fight started in both the families inside the VIP box, this matter did not calm there but reached outside the stadium. Both sides reached the Cubbon Park Police Station. The family of the IPS officer accused the family of the Income Tax Commissioner of threatening, sexually assaulting and dissolving modesty, which has been denied by the other side.

What did the police officer tell

The report, quoting a senior police officer, said, “The most shocking thing is that all this happened in the Complementary Hospitality Box, while many senior government officials kept watching without any intervention.” The incident happened when the daughter and son of the IPS officer were enjoying the game at the place of sitting.

The police officer said, “Daughter went to use the washroom, she left her purse on the seat, so that someone knew that someone was sitting on the seat. Then a man came and sat on her seat. When the brother told her that she is going to move, because her sister is going to go back, she was not considered a man and the debate started between the two. Soon, the sister came with her brother, while the sister came with her brother and his wife, and his son, the man, and the man’s officer, the officer, and the man’s officer also came up. Both of them started abusing each other. At one time the conflict between the daughter of the IPS officer and the man almost got out of control, because the man was arguing in front of him. “

The report further told that the brother and sister called their parents during this fight. The IPS officer and his wife ran towards the stadium and worried about their children and called the city’s senior police officers to intervene. On getting no help, the IPS officer’s wife asked her children to go out of the stadium and reached the Kabban Park Police Station and lodged a complaint.

The girl alleged that the person not only created unwanted physical contact, but also interfered in her privacy. He also told that no policeman was on duty in the diamond box at the time of the incident. The case is between 9.40 pm and 10.20 pm.

Based on his complaint, the police registered a case against two unidentified persons BNS Section 351 (criminal intimidation), 352 (deliberately insulting with the intention of disturbing peace), 75 (sexual harassment which includes physical contact with unwanted proposals) and 79 (insulting the dignity of the woman).

RCB Fans Troll Shivam Dube: There was a very exciting match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday, 3 May. This match went to the last ball of the last over. In this match, RCB won and topped the points table. A video of CSK player Shivam Dubey is becoming very viral on social media, in which Shivam has given a befitting reply to RCB fans. This reply by Shivam Dubey stopped speaking of RCB fans.

Viral video of Shivam Dubey

Shivam Dubey’s viral video is of the previous match, when Bengaluru defeated Chennai in Chepock. At the time, when Shivam Dubey was returning to his dressing room, RCB was trolling him on the defeat of CSK, then Shivam did a five IPL trophy show on his CSK’s jersey, which stopped speaking the fan of RCB.

RCB beat CSK twice

In this season of IPL, there were two matches between Bengaluru and Chennai. In both these matches, RCB has defeated CSK. For the first time, Bengaluru defeated Chennai in his homeground chapock and for the second time Chennai lost to RCB’s homeground Chinnaswamy. Due to poor performance in Chennai this season, the hope of going into the playoffs is completely over. At the same time, Bengaluru has come on top by winning the second match against Chennai in the IPL points table at this time.

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Csk fan beating video: In the last Saturday IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore matched. The match was quite exciting, where RCB won by 2 runs on the last ball. Chennai has already been out of the playoff race, in such a situation it could have spoiled the work of RCB. Well finally Bengaluru was victorious, after which a video is going viral, in which some people are seen pushing CSK fan.

In this video going viral on social media, a person has a yellow color on his body, as well as MS Dhoni’s jersey number has also been printed. First people took off his wig and then tried to drive him away by pushing him. At the same time, some people wearing CSK jersey were seen taking that fan away. There is also abuse in the viral video, so we are not embedding it. Meanwhile, another video of RCB and CSK fans also went viral, in which there was a fight between the fans of both teams outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

CSK out, RCB expected

This victory against Chennai Super Kings has almost been confirmed in RCB’s playoffs. It has 16 points, usually the team reaches the playoffs with so many points. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings have been able to register only 2 wins in 11 matches played throughout the season and it is now impossible for it to make it to the final-4. Former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli is running in amazing rhythm and has won the Orange Cap with 505 runs. In the comment section, people are misunderstanding the incident, but a fan said that the video of CSK fan is old.

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In the match on Saturday, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 2 runs in a thrilling match. Till the last time CSK was close to victory but Ayush overturned after Mhatre’s wicket. The wicket of Dewald Brevis, who came after Mhatre, was full of controversies, in fact he was not out and after taking the review, the umpire dismissed it, saying that your 15 second time is over. On the screen, the ball was missing from the wicket and if the review was taken, Brevis would remain out.

Dewald Bravis was not a mistake?

Bravis was missed on the third ball of the 17th over, the ball started going to his pad. When the appeal was made, the umpire gave out but Brevis and Ravindra Jadeja kept taking runs. Then he talked a little and then asked the umpire to take DRS, but the umpire dismissed it and told that your time is over. But there was a technical mistake in this because the timer had not started on the skin, due to which the batsman did not know about it.

On the one hand, despite CSK’s notes, the fans are questioning this decision of the umpire, while RCB fans are coming to answer it. Fans of RCB are sharing a video, showing that he wanted to take a review about 25 seconds after the umpire was given out. However, during the match, commentators were also saying how the batsman would estimate the time, if the timer would not be shown on the screen.

RCB and CSK fans clashed on social media

Show this video to csk dogs who barks ..

#RCBVSCSK #Yashdayal pic.twitter.com/pcdk0hgbb

– pokkiri_victor (@pokkiri_victor) May 3, 2025

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Both Batsman Didn’t see Umpire Signalled out Since If Signalled Out then IT’s A Dead Ball No Run Awarded even if it’s boundary

– Vivek (@vivek_vikkie) May 4, 2025

Not only that Timer Issue … they didn Bollywood have awareness that Once Given Out, Runs Won’T Count … Still Running 2 !!! Brainfade from them and crying here

– paglu (@crickitpaglu) May 3, 2025

I thinkt he will take half an hour for the review

– Ayra (@beingayra) May 3, 2025

The timer is not shown on Gant screen pic.twitter.com/tkfe7guWcc

– Vamshi (@vamshi1028) May 4, 2025

Timer needs to be shown on big screen not on Twitter edits

– Raj Gupta. Raj Gupta I (@Graj0235raj) May 3, 2025

Timer or no timer but that was a horrible decision against Dewald Brevis.

– Irfan Pathan (@IRFANPATHAN) May 3, 2025

Former cricketer Irfan Pathan tweeted on the contrast that it was not a timer or timer, but it was a very bad decision against Dewald Brevis.