Having been put to bat first, KKR's captain Ajinkya Rahane departed after scoring 19 runs in 13 balls, including three boundaries and a maximum. Fellow opening batsman Finn Allen also scored 18 runs in eight balls, with the help of three boundaries and a maximum (Pic: X/@KKRiders)

All-rounder Cameron Green accumulated 32 runs off 24 balls, including three boundaries and a maximum (Pic: X/@KKRiders)

Later, star batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi played a crucial knock of 71 runs off 46 deliveries, laced with seven boundaries and three maximums. Shouldering him was Rinku Singh, who scored an unbeaten 48 runs in 29 balls, including three boundaries and two maximums. With this, the Knight Riders posted a total of 192 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs against RCB (Pic: X/@KKRiders)

Bengaluru's lead pacer Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Rasikh Salam bagged one wicket each. Completing their quotas of four overs each, Hazlewood and Rasikh conceded 35 runs each. Bhuvneshwar was also smashed for 34 runs in four overs. Jacob Duffy and Krunal Pandya went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against KKR (Pic: X/@RCBTweets)

Ahead of the second essay of the match, the cricket fans will keep a tab on RCB's stalwart Virat Kohli. The right-handed batsman has already registered two ducks in the previous two outings and will be expected to deliver a big tonight against the Knight Riders (Pic: X/@RCBTweets)