RCB vs KKR: Today, Wednesday, May 13, RCB will face off against KKR in the 57th match of IPL 2026. The match is at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur and starts at 7:30 PM. Last time they both played was at IPL 2026, when RCB won by 2 wickets over MI and KKR won by 8 wickets over DC last time.
KKR Holds the Edge Against RCB
A total of 36 games have been played by these two sides since the inception of the IPL. Out of these games, RCB has won in 15 cases. However, KKR has managed to win a total of 20 games in this span of time.
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Additionally, one match played between the two sides ended without a result. Furthermore, during the IPL 2025 season, two matches were played between these teams; RCB won one of those matches by 7 wickets, while the other was abandoned without a single ball being bowled due to rain.
KKR’s Playing XI
In the last match they played against each other during IPL 2026, KKR had a brilliant win of 8 wickets against DC. During the match, Fynn Allen, KKR’s opening batsman was in excellent form, scoring a century of 100 runs not out. In the bowling department, Kartik Tyagi and Anukul Roy claimed two wickets each. Today, too, the KKR team will be expecting a similar performance from all these players.
KKR’s Probable Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, and Matheesha Pathirana.
KKR’s Impact Substitute Players: Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell, and Tejaswi Dahiya.
RCB could take the field with this combination today
In their previous match of the IPL 2026 season, the RCB team secured a 2-wicket victory against the Mumbai Indians. In that match, RCB’s star all-rounder Krunal Pandya played a magnificent innings of 73 runs with the bat.
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Meanwhile, in the bowling department, RCB’s star pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed four batsmen. Ultimately, it was he who guided his team to victory. Consequently, similar expectations for a stellar performance will rest upon him in today’s match as well.
RCB’s Probable Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Mangesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Josh Hazlewood.
RCB’s Impact Substitute Players: Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Rasikh Salam, and Liam Livingstone.
What to expect from the Raipur Stadium pitch today
Batting will generally be easier due to how the conditions of the field can be that night; which means it will be easier for the batsmen to hit long balls. However, the pitch has the possibility of slowing down later in the match which will benefit spinners and fast bowlers with cutters. Fast bowlers will find good swing and bounce early in the game, but once they get established, batsmen will be able to dominate.
Dew can also change how evening matches are played at this field, causing the team who wins the toss prefer to bowl first. The pitch should give fast bowlers help at the beginning of the innings; therefore creating a potential for high scoring, but dew will help teams chase targets. The average score for the first team to bat will be around 170 – 180 runs.
What to Expect from Raipur’s Weather Today
According to the IMD, the weather in Raipur will stay completely clear for the day today, which is Wednesday, 13th May. Moreover, the maximum temperature during the day could rise to as high as 42 C, whereas the minimum temperature would be around 26 C. However, there is absolutely no chance of rain here today. Consequently, spectators can look forward to witnessing an excellent match today.
RCB vs KKR: Players to Watch Out for Today
In IPL Season 2026, RCB stars Virat Kohli has scored 379 runs so far in this season with an average of 42.11 and strike rate of 163.36 in 11 innings with 3 half-centuries along with Bhuvaneshwar Kumar the leading wicket-taker on 21 wickets in 11 matches with 15.28 bowling average followed by Kartik Tyagi with 13 wickets and a bowling average of 24.23.
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