Kohli, Narine, Patidar and Allen in action in Raipur

The rain has stopped whereas in the past and the covers are coming off.

Let’s dive a bit deeper into right now’s match: One look on the factors desk and it is simple to declare RCB hosts favorites in Raipur, however Virat Kohli has not acquired off the mark in back-to-back innings. Romario Shepherd has not replicated his 2025 kind both and Phil Salt nonetheless stays unavailable. After two defeats in a row, they wanted some heroic batting from Krunal Pandya to recover from the road in opposition to Mumbai Indians.

On the opposite hand, KKR come into the sport with two emphatic wins – by eight and seven wickets respectively away from house. Sunil Narine has gone at solely 6.51 an over, Finn Allen has lastly begun to fireplace, Rinku Singh appears to be like in nice contact, Cameron Green is stepping up, and their batting line-up has averaged simply 4.5 dismissals per innings since their successful run started.

Their solely fear proper now’s the health of Varun Chakravarthy, who has taken 10 wickets in his final 5 video games, however damage his foot in Delhi and was noticed on the workforce lodge strolling with a stick.

This is the primary assembly between the groups in IPL 2026.