RCB vs KKR Toss - (Source: ScreenGrab/X)
After a long rain-delay at the Raipur Stadium, the toss betweeen RCB and KKR for IPL 2026 match 57 is finally underway. Notably, it will be a full 20 over match and will start at 8:45 pm IST.
For the toss, two captains - Rajat Patidar and Ajinkya Rahane walked down the track. During the coin flip, the luck favoured RCB and they opted to field first.
Shedding light on team changes, RCB have made two changes. Jacob Duffy and Venkatesh Iyer comes in for Romario Shepherd and Suyash Sharma. For KKR, they are forced to make a solitary change, which is to hand debut to Saurabh Dubey in place of Venkatesh Iyer.
RCB vs KKR: Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam, Jacob Duffy
RCB vs KKR: Captains Thoughts
Ajinkya Rahane (Kolkata Knight Riders captain): (On what he would have done if he had won the toss) "We wanted to bowl first as well.
(On KKR’s recent form and playoff chances) Absolutely. The last four games have been really good for us as a team. Everyone is now starting to perform well. For us, it’s about keeping things simple. We want to take one game at a time, respect the opposition, and focus on winning the small moments in the game. We’re really looking forward to this match.
Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain): "(Decision and his reading of the pitch) We will bowl first. I think it is a similar wicket to the last match. I think it will play pretty much the same. Both wickets (the one used in the last game and this one) pretty much the same. There might be some good bounce, but lets see how it goes.
(On the last game against MI) Tight match. But it was a good game for us. Everyone has a lot of confidence after the way we played the last game.
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RCB vs KKR: Impact Subs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Singh, Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Dubey, Tim Seifert
For KKR, Saurabh Dubey will come into the playing XI as revealed by KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane at the toss.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Devdutt Padikkal, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd
For RCB, Devdutt Padikkal will bat in the second innings at No.3, a place he has been playing regularly.
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