Kolkata Knight Riders–Royal Challengers Bangalore rivalry

Kolkata Knight Riders-Royal Challengers Bangalore rivalry

A 2011 IPL match between Kolkata and Bangalore at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Other names	El Primero
Sport	Cricket
Type	Twenty20
Location	Kolkata, West Bengal Bangalore, Karnataka
Teams	Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore
First meeting	18 April 2008 KKR won by 140 runs
Latest meeting	21 April 2024 KKR won by 1 run
Next meeting	IPL 2025
Broadcasters	Sony Max (2008–2017) Star Sports (2018–Present) Jio Cinema (2023–Present)
Stadiums	Eden Gardens (Kolkata) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bangalore)
Statistics
Meetings total	Total Matches: 35 IPL: 34 CLT20: 1
Most wins	Kolkata Knight Riders (21 wins)
Most player appearances	Virat Kohli (35)
Top scorer	Runs: Virat Kohli (962) for RCB Wickets: Sunil Narine (26) for KKR
All-time series (IPL & CLT20 only)	KKR: 21 wins (IPL:20 & CLT20:1) RCB: 14 wins (IPL:14 & CLT20:0)
Largest victory	By runs: KKR won by 140 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (18 April 2008) By wickets: KKR won by 9 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium (20 September 2021)
Longest win streak	5 Kolkata Knight Riders (23 April 2017 to 19 April 2019)
Current win streak	4 Kolkata Knight Riders (6 April 2023–present)
Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore Location of the two teams in India

The Kolkata Knight Riders-Royal Challengers Bangalore is a cricket rivalry between the IPL teams of Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the defunct Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20). It is the oldest rivalry of the IPL and is often referred to as the El Primero of the Indian Premier League. Both the teams have faced each other 32 times in IPL and 1 time in CLT20, with the Kolkata Knight Riders having more victories (19). Kolkata Knight Riders have 2 IPL titles, while Royal Challengers Bangalore have none. ^{[1] [2]} The rivalry became more intense when during the 2013 Indian Premier League faceoff between the two teams, Gautam Gambhir had a verbal spat with Virat Kohli when Kohli was sledged after being dismissed by Lakshmipathy Balaji. ^[3] This incident increased the hype of the rivalry and is still constant despite the departure of Gambhir from the Knight Riders in 2018. ^[4]

The highest run-scorer from this fixture is Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) with 962 runs, while the highest wicket-taker is Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) with 26 wickets. ^[5]

Head-to-head summary

2008

Round 1: The beginning of Indian Premier League

Both the teams played the inaugural match of the Indian Premier League. RCB won the first toss of the tournament and elected to bowl. KKR batting first, posted a mammoth total of 222 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs due to a marvellous inning played by Brendon McCullum who scored 158* in 73 balls and became the first centurion of the tournament.

The second inning saw the RCB batters struggling against KKR pacers and were bowled out for just 82 runs. Ajit Agarkar picked-up the first three-wicket haul (3/25) of the tournament. The winning margin of 140 runs by Knight Riders was the biggest winning margin in terms of runs until Royal Challengers had beaten it against Gujarat Lions in 2016. ^{[6] [7]}

2009: 100th match of Indian Premier League

The 100th match of the Indian Premier League saw both teams playing against each other at the SuperSport Park, Centurion as the tournament was shifted to South Africa due to the 2009 Indian general election. RCB won the first toss of the tournament and elected to bowl. Brendon McCullum continued his form against the Royal Challengers scoring 84 runs. KKR lost their first two wickets in quick succession for just 21 runs, but the partnership between McCullum and David Hussey helped stabilise the conditions which helped the team reach a total of 173 runs.

Batting second, the Royal Challengers started steadily with a 58-run opening stand between Jesse Ryder and Jacques Kallis. The team lost two wickets in quick succession which reduced them to 74/3, but the partnership between Ross Taylor and Rahul Dravid and later Taylor and Mark Boucher took the team to the finish line successfully. Taylor played a mindblowing innings of 81 runs in just 33 balls and was adjudged the Player of the Match. ^{[8] [9]}

2013: A new chapter

During the second innings of the match between both the teams in the 2013 Indian Premier League at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, Virat Kohli was dismissed and sledged by Lakshmipathy Balaji, which led to a heating exchange between them. Gautam Gambhir also stepped in the matter in defence of his KKR teammate which led to a verbal spat between him and Kohli. However, the Royal Challengers comfortably won the match due to Chris Gayle's 81*. This incident opened a new chapter in the rivalry which gave more hype to the rivalry of both teams. Since then, the rivalry has often been called the "Kohli-Gambhir Rivalry". ^[10]

During an interview with Jatin Sapru, Gambhir praised Kohli for the impressive transformation he has shown in his personality as an athlete and as a person. "That's why there was nothing personal [then] and there never will be personal against Virat Kohli. And I say again and again that what he's achieved, I am not surprised. That's the kind of player he was when we saw him early but what he's transformed into, I think from a fitness point of view and the way he's worked on his skills is tremendous." ^[11]

2017

Round 1: The debacle at Eden Gardens

It was the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League. Both teams played against each other on 23 April 2017 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata where the Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bowl. A brilliant performance by RCB bowlers restricted the Knight Riders to 131 with Yuzvendra Chahal taking 3 wickets and Tymal Mills and Pawan Negi taking 2 wickets each. Sunil Narine was sent to open the innings for the first time in his career as a tactical move by captain Gautam Gambhir and hit an important 34 runs in 17 balls in the first innings. ^[12]

Although it initially seemed like the Royal Challengers were set for an easy win, the KKR pacers dismissed the top order within the first three overs, resulting in a significant setback for the team as their backbone had gone to the pavilion. This eventually led to the team's downfall, as they were bowled out for just 49 runs, the tournament's lowest score to date. This was the first match in the tournament where all the 10 wickets were taken by pacers, with Umesh Yadav taking 1 wicket and Chris Woakes, Colin de Grandhomme and Nathan Coulter-Nile clinching 3 wickets each. Nathan Coulter-Nile was adjudged the Player-of-the-Match for his fabulous bowling (2 & 3/21). ^[13]

Round 2: The Sunil Narine Show

The Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl in the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Like the previous fixture, the KKR bowlers departed the top-order trio (Gayle, Kohli and de Villiers) early within the powerplay. The partnership between Mandeep Singh (52) and Travis Head (75*) brought them back into the game and the Royal Challengers finished the innings at 158 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Umesh Yadav and Sunil Narine picked up three and two wickets respectively.

Batting second, the Knight Riders went off to a flying start the opening pair of Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine scoring a century-partnership of 105 runs. Knight Riders also registered the tournament record for the highest total in the powerplay stage (105–0). The Royal Challengers tried to bring back the situation in their hands by clinching both the opener's wickets consecutively. However, the partnership between Colin de Grandhomme and Gautam Gambhir ensured the team's victory. The Knight Riders won the match by 6 wickets with 29 balls remaining. Sunil Narine was awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance (2-29 & 54).

2021

Round 3: The first head-off in playoffs

Both teams met against each other for the first time in the IPL playoffs. The match was played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah where the Royal Challengers elected to bat first. The Royal Challengers went off to a great start with Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal building a solid 49-run partnership, which was ultimately broken by Lockie Ferguson within the powerplay. The Knights' bowlers slowed down the innings and restricted them to 138/7 in 20 overs. Kohli scored 39 runs, the top run-scorer in this match. Ferguson took 2 wickets while Sunil Narine picked up 4 important wickets (including Kohli, Bharat, de Villiers and Maxwell) for just 21 runs.

The Knight Riders started on a good note, scoring a partnership of 41 runs between Shubman Gill (29) and Venkatesh Iyer (26). The Royal Challengers tried to bring the game into their control by dismissing the top-3 batters within 11 overs of the innings. Nitish Rana (23) and Narine (26) bring their team close to the finish line. The Deathovers were like a roller-coaster adventure, the winning chances for teams were going ups and downs. 2-2 wickets were taken by Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal Patel respectively. Sunil Narine was adjudged the Player-of-the-Match award for his blistering all-round performance (4/21 & 26).

2022

This match was played at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai to comply with COVID-19 safety protocols during the whole tournament. For the first time, both the teams played against each other for a single time in a IPL season, due to the expansion of teams in the league from 8 to 10.

The Royal Challengers invited the Knights to bat first. Despite the Knight Riders scoring 44 in the powerplay, the Royal Challengers had a good start by clinching 3 wickets. The Half-team of the Knights returned to the pavilion for just 67 runs. Sam Billings (14) and Andre Russell (25) were trying to bring the situation under control but they were dismissed by Harshal Patel (2-11), who picked up 2 wickets. They were even reduced to 101/9, thanks to the 4-wicket haul by Wanindu Hasaranga (4-20). But the 27-run partnership between Umesh Yadav (18) and Varun Chakravarthy (10*) for the 10th wicket helped the team to reach to 128 runs. Akash Deep picked up three wickets (3-20) and Mohammed Siraj picked up a single wicket (1-25).

While it seemed to be an easy chase for the Challengers, the Knights pacers Umesh (2-16) and Southee (3-20) made it quite difficult as they dismissed the top-order batters back to the pavilion for just 17 runs. While it was a slow start for the Royal Challengers, David Willey (18) and Sherfane Rutherford (28) and later, Rutherford and Shahbaz Ahmed (27) brought the team back on track with a slow but steady 45 and 39 runs partnership respectively. However, the Knights clinched three wickets in quick succession reducing them to 111/7, the Challengers still requiring 17 in 11 balls. Harshal (10*) and Karthik (14*) guided the team to a scintillating victory by 3 wickets with 4 balls to spare by scoring 21 runs in just 9 balls. Wanindu Hasaranga was awarded the Player of the Match Award for his spectacular performance in the match (4/20 & 4).

2023

Round 1

The Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bowl at the Eden Gardens. Rahmanullah Gurbaz opened the innings and scored a steady 57 runs, despite the Knights losing wickets at regular intervals. Rinku Singh and Shardul Thakur put up a partnership of 103 runs, scoring 46 and 68 runs respectively which led the Knights to score a total of 204 runs in 20 overs. David Willey and Karn Sharma picked 2 wickets each.

In return, the Royal Challengers went off to a flying start scoring 43/0 in just 4 overs. But after the loss of the openers (Kohli and du Plessis) in quick succession by the spinning duo of Knights, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, the Challengers were reduced to 61/5 within 9 overs. Willey and Michael Bracewell were trying to get the innings on track which ended when Thakur took his wicket. A blistering bowling by the Impact player and debutant Suyash Sharma ended the Challengers' winning hopes by picking up 3 wickets. Chakravarthy and Narine picked up 4 and 3 wickets respectively. Shardul Thakur was awarded the Player-of-the-Match for his all-round performance (68 & 1-15).

Round 2

The Royal Challengers elected to bowl at their home ground, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Knight Riders get off to a great start to a flying start with the opening pair between Jason Roy and Narayan Jagadeesan putting an 83-run partnership, scoring 56 and 27 runs respectively. Both openers' wickets fell quickly thanks to Vijaykumar Vyshak. Still, the partnership between captain Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer contributed 80 runs, with Rana and Iyer scoring 48 and 31 individually. Rinku Singh played a quick-fire 18* innings to guide the team to a score of 200 runs.

In the 2nd innings, the Royal Challengers had a positive start but lost 3 wickets within the powerplay scoring 58 runs. But the 55-run partnership between Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror was guiding the team to victory, until both of them lost their wickets in quick successions to Andre Russell and Varun Chakravarthy respectively, scoring 54 and 34 runs individually. Chakravarthy picked up 3 wickets while Russell and Suyash clinched 2-2 wickets individually, reducing the Challengers to 179 runs, ensuring a 21-run victory for the Knights. Varun Chakravarthy was adjudged the Player-of-the-Match for his magical spell (3-27).

2024

Round 2

The match was played between Knight Riders led by Shreyas Iyer and Royal Challengers led by Faf du Plessis. The match was played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in daylight. Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bowl first. Kolkata started well with Phil Salt and Sunil Narine scoring 56 runs partnership before Mohammed Siraj broke the partnership. However, Kolkata managed to score 75-3 during the powerplay stage. Shreyas Iyer tried to stabilize the innings with Rinku Singh and Andre Russell who built partnerships of 40 and 42 runs respectively, with the captain scoring a half-century. Even though some dismissals occurred, the batting team was able to keep up a run rate of 10 rpo. Ramandeep Singh hit some quick shots towards the end and the partnership between him and Russell led the Knight Riders to a total of 222 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. Cameron Green picked up 2 crucial wickets conceding only 35 runs, which helped Royal Challengers restrict the batting side from scoring more runs. Yash Dayal clinched 2 wickets while Mohammed Siraj and Lockie Ferguson took 1 wicket each.Despite not taking any wickets, Karn Sharma conceded only 33 runs in his full quota of 4 overs, which could have been advantageous for the team, considering the pitch conditions.

In the second innings, the Kohli-du Plessis pair put pressure on the bowlers right from the beginning. During the 3rd over, Harshit Rana caught and bowled Kohli by bowling a slower full-toss to Kohli, which was too given out by the on-field umpires. However, Kohli was reluctant with this decision and decided to review this appeal, but the third umpire too supported the decision of the on-field umpires. This led to an exchange of heat between Kohli and on-field umpires. Faf was also dismissed in the next over. Will Jacks and Rajat Patidar formed a partnership, scoring a century to keep the team on track for the chase, which was ultimately broken by Russell who picked up both of their wickets in the same over. In the next over, despite conceding runs, Narine picked 2 wickets in the same over, bringing the game under their control. Dinesh Karthik and Suyash Prabhudessai were chasing towards the target steadily, but Harshit got Prabhudessai out. Russell took the wicket of Karthik, with Bangalore now needing 21 runs in the last over. While it seemed it would be a win for Kolkata, it was no less than a roller coaster adventure. The last over was bowled by Mitchell Starc, who conceded 3 sixes in the first 4 balls by Karn Sharma, with the Royal Challengers needing 3 off just 2 balls now. Karn was caught and bowled by Starc in the fifth ball, with 3 runs needed off the last ball. In the last ball, Ferguson digs it well at deep cover and sets off for a second run. But the throw by Ramandeep towards the keeper ensured the victory for the Knight Riders by the slightest margin of just 1 run. The bowlers conceded just 28 in the last 4 overs before the last over which had made the difference. Narine and Harshit clinched two wickets each with Varun Chakravarthy and Starc picking a wicket each. Andre Russell took 3 wickets for just 25 runs in 3 overs and was awarded the Player of the Match.

The dismissal of Kohli sparked a social media feud, with the users divided into two factions. Cricketers such as Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mohammed Kaif came in support of Kohli and criticized the immature decision by the umpires, experts such as Harsha Bhogle and Irfan Pathan came in support of the decision. The next day, Star Sports clarified the confusion by stating, "Virat was indeed out as per the official rule book. The rule states that for a delivery to be considered a no-ball, the ball must be at waist height as it crosses the stepping crease. In Kohli's situation, while the ball was at waist height when he encountered it, as it crossed the stepping crease, it was below waist height, making it a fair delivery based on the official rule." Moreover, Kohli has been fined 50 percent of his match fees for breaching the Level 1 IPL Code of Conduct. ^[14] This match is considered the closest and most thrilling contest in their head-to-head history. ^[15]

Result summary

• Bold indicates most wins.

Teams		Total wins	In Kolkata	In Bangalore	Neutral Venue
	Kolkata	21	8	8	5
	Bangalore	14	4	4	6
Total		35	12	12	11
Last Updated: 21 April 2024

Head-to-head in IPL points table rankings

Sns. Pos.	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
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Last Updated: 21 May 2023

•   Kolkata Knight Riders   Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Total: Kolkata Knight Riders with 6 higher finishes
  Royal Challengers Bangalore with 10 higher finishes.
• Difference in Positions: Kolkata Knight Riders from Royal Challengers Bangalore is 5 places (2014 IPL)
  Royal Challengers Bangalore from Kolkata Knight Riders is 5 places (2009 IPL).

Championship summary

Indian Premier League

Team		Title(s)	Runner-up	Seasons Won	Seasons Runner-up	No. of seasons played
	Kolkata	2	1	2012, 2014	2021	16
	Bangalore	0	3	–	2009, 2011, 2016	16
Last Updated: 21 May 2023

Champions League T20

Team		Title(s)	Runner-up	Seasons Won	Seasons Runner-up	No. of seasons played
	Kolkata	0	1	–	2014	3
	Bangalore	0	1	–	2011	3
Last Updated: 4 October 2014

Performance comparison

Indian Premier League

Year	Kolkata Knight Riders	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2008	League Stage	League stage
2009	League Stage	Runners-up
2010	League Stage	Semi-Finals
2011	Playoffs	Runners-up
2012	Champions	League Stage
2013	League Stage	League Stage
2014	Champions	League Stage
2015	League Stage	Playoffs
2016	Playoffs	Runners-up
2017	Playoffs	League Stage
2018	Playoffs	League stage
2019	League Stage	League Stage
2020	League stage	Playoffs
2021	Runners-up	Playoffs
2022	League Stage	Playoffs
2023	League Stage	League Stage
2024

Champions League T20

Year	Kolkata Knight Riders	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2009	–	League Stage (Round 2)
2010	–	Semi-finalists
2011	Group Stage (Round 2)	Runner-up
2012	Group Stage (Round 2)	–
2013	-
2014	Runner-up	–

Head-to-head fixtures

Indian Premier League

2008 (Kolkata 2–0 Bangalore)

18 April 2008 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 222/3 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 82 all out (15.1 overs)
Brendon McCullum 158* (73) Zaheer Khan 1/38 (4 overs)		Praveen Kumar 18* (15) Ajit Agarkar 3/25 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 140 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Asad Rauf and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (Kolkata)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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8 May 2008 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 129/7 (16 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 124/4 (16 overs)
David Hussey 26 (12) Dale Steyn 3/27 (4 overs)		Mark Boucher 50* (40) Sourav Ganguly 1/7 (3 overs)

Kolkata won by 5 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Asad Rauf and Ian Howell Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain reduced play to 16 overs per side.

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2009 (Kolkata 0–2 Bangalore)

29 April 16:00 Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 139/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 143/5 (19.5 overs)
Morne van Wyk 43* (35) Anil Kumble 2/16 (4 overs)		Shreevats Goswami 43 (46) Brad Hodge 3/29 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 5 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Mark Benson and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Mark Boucher

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

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12 May 16:00 Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 176/4 (19.2 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 173/4 (20 overs)
Ross Taylor 81* (33) Murali Kartik 2/28 (4 overs)		Brendon McCullum 84* (64) Vinay Kumar 2/33 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 6 wickets SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Marais Erasmus and Sanjay Hazare Player of the match: Ross Taylor

• Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to field.

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2010 (Kolkata 1–1 Bangalore)

14 March Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 135/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 136/3 (19.2 overs)
Jacques Kallis 65* (52) Angelo Mathews 4/19 (4 overs)		Manoj Tiwary 50 (29) Roelof van der Merwe 2/27 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Amiesh Saheba and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Manoj Tiwary

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bowl first.

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10 April Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 160/9 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 162/3 (17.1 overs)
Brendon McCullum 45 (36) Vinay Kumar 3/23 (3 overs)		Rahul Dravid 52 (35) Ashok Dinda 2/15 (3.1 overs)

Bangalore won by 7 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: K. Hariharan and Daryl Harper Player of the match: Vinay Kumar

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first.

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2011 (Kolkata 0–2 Bangalore)

22 April 2011 16:00 Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 171/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 175/1 (18.1 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 48 (38) Sreenath Aravind 2/37 (3 overs)		Chris Gayle 102* (55) Lakshmipathy Balaji 1/43 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 9 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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14 May 2011 16:00 Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 89/4 (13 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 105/6 (12.3 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 36 (24) Charl Langeveldt 2/10 (3 overs)		Chris Gayle 38 (12) Jacques Kallis 2/16 (3 overs)

Bangalore won by 4 wickets (D/L) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• Kolkata's innings was interrupted by rain after 11 overs, reducing their innings to 13 overs. Bangalore's target was adjusted to 102 runs from 13 overs via the Duckworth–Lewis method.
• Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

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2012 (Kolkata 2–0 Bangalore)

10 April 2012 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 165/8 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 123/9 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 64 (39) Vinay Kumar 2/18 (4 overs)		Vinay Kumar 25 (26) Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/18 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 42 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Player of the match: Lakshmipathy Balaji (Kolkata)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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28 April 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 190/4 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 143/6 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 93 (51) Vinay Kumar 2/31 (4 overs)		Chris Gayle 86 (58) Jacques Kallis 2/31 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 47 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

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2013 (Kolkata 1–1 Bangalore)

11 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 154/8 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 158/2 (17.3 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 59 (46) R. P. Singh 3/27 (4 overs)		Chris Gayle 85* (50) Lakshmipathy Balaji 1/33 (3.3 overs)

Bangalore won by 8 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (RCB)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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12 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 116/5 (19.2 overs)
Chris Gayle 33 (36) Sunil Narine 4/22 (4 overs)		Jacques Kallis 41 (45) Vinay Kumar 2/17 (3.2 overs)

Kolkata won by 5 wickets JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (KKR)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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2014 (Kolkata 2–0 Bangalore)

24 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 150/7 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 148/5 (20 overs)
Chris Lynn 45 (31) Varun Aaron 3/16 (4 overs)		Yogesh Takawale 40 (28) Vinay Kumar 2/26 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 2 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (KKR)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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22 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 195/4 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 165/5 (20 overs)
Robin Uthappa 83* (51) Mitchell Starc 1/32 (4 overs)		Yogesh Takawale 45 (36) Sunil Narine 4/20 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 30 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and CK Nandan (Ind) Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (KKR)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs, and Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.

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2015 (Kolkata 0–2 Bangalore)

11 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 177/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 179/7 (19 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 58 (46) Abu Nechim, Yuzvendra Chahal 1/28 (4 overs)		Chris Gayle 96 (56) Yusuf Pathan 2/40 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 3 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: S Ravi (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (RCB)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• KC Cariappa and Sean Abbott made their IPL debuts.

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2 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 111/4 (10 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 115/3 (9.4 overs)
Andre Russell 45 (17) Mitchell Starc 1/15 (2 overs)		Mandeep Singh 45* (18) Brad Hogg 1/23 (2 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Johanes Cloete (SA) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (RCB)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.

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2016 (Kolkata 1–1 Bangalore)

2 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 185/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 189/5 (19.1 overs)
KL Rahul 52 (32) Morne Morkel 2/28 (4 overs)		Yusuf Pathan 60* (29) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/27 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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16 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 183/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 186/1 (18.4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 51 (34) Sreenath Aravind 2/41 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 75* (51) Sunil Narine 1/34 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and A. Nand Kishore (India) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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2017 (Kolkata 2–0 Bangalore)

23 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 131 (19.3 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 49 (9.4 overs)
Sunil Narine 34 (17) Yuzvendra Chahal 3/16 (4 overs)		Kedar Jadhav 9 (7) Colin de Grandhomme 3/4 (1.4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 82 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• Royal Challengers Bangalore's total of 49 was the lowest total in the history of the IPL. ^[16]
• Royal Challengers Bangalore's innings was also the shortest ever in the IPL and the first instance in the IPL of no batsman making a double-digit score in an innings. ^[17]

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7 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 158/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 159/4 (15.1 overs)
Travis Head 75* (47) Umesh Yadav 3/36 (4 overs)		Sunil Narine 54 (17) Pawan Negi 2/21 (3.1 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) played in his 100th IPL match. ^[18]
• Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) made the fastest ever fifty in the IPL (15 balls). ^[18]
• Kolkata Knight Riders recorded the highest team total in the powerplay (105–0). ^[18]

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2018 (Kolkata 2–0 Bangalore)

8 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 176/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 177/6 (18.5 overs)
AB de Villiers 44 (23) Nitish Rana 2/11 (1 over)		Sunil Narine 50 (19) Chris Woakes 3/36 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Brendon McCullum (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored his 9,000th T20 run. ^[19]

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29 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 175/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 176/4 (19.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 68* (44) Andre Russell 3/31 (3 overs)		Chris Lynn 62* (52) Murugan Ashwin 2/36 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nigel Llong (England) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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2019 (Kolkata 1–1 Bangalore)

5 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 205/3 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 206/5 (19.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 84 (49) Nitish Rana 1/22 (2 overs)		Andre Russell 48* (13) Pawan Negi 2/21 (3.1 overs)

Kolkata won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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19 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 213/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 203/5 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 100 (58) Andre Russell 1/17 (3 overs)		Nitish Rana 85* (46) Dale Steyn 2/40 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 10 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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2020 (Kolkata 0–2 Bangalore)

12 October 2020 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 194/2 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 112/9 (20 overs)
AB de Villiers 73* (33) Prasidh Krishna 1/42 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 34 (25) Chris Morris 2/17 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 82 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

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21 October 2020 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 84/8 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 85/2 (13.3 overs)
Eoin Morgan 30 (34) Mohammed Siraj 3/8 (4 overs)		Devdutt Padikkal 25 (17) Lockie Ferguson 1/17 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first bowler to bowl two maiden overs in an IPL match. ^[20]

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2021 (Kolkata 2–1 Bangalore)

Match 10 18 April 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 204/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 166/8 (20 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 78 (49) Varun Chakravarthy 2/39 (4 overs)		Andre Russell 31 (20) Kyle Jamieson 3/41 (3 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 38 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 31 20 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 92 (19 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 94/1 (10 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 22 (20) Andre Russell 3/9 (3 overs)		Shubman Gill 48 (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 1/23 (2 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
• Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to play 200 matches for a single franchise. ^[21]

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Eliminator

11 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 138/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 139/6 (19.4 overs)
Virat Kohli 39 (33) Sunil Narine 4/21 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 29 (18) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/16 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

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2022 (Kolkata 0–1 Bangalore)

Match 6 30 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 128 (18.5 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 132/7 (19.2 overs)
Andre Russell 25 (18) Wanindu Hasaranga 4/20 (4 overs)		Sherfane Rutherford 28 (40) Tim Southee 3/20 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 3 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai (Group A vs Group B) Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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2023 (Kolkata 2–0 Bangalore)

Match 9 6 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 204/7 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 123 (17.4 overs)
Shardul Thakur 68 (29) David Willey 2/16 (4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 23 (12) Varun Chakaravarthy 4/15 (3.4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 81 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• Suyash Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.

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Match 36 26 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 200/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 179/8 (20 overs)
Jason Roy 56 (29) Wanindu Hasaranga 2/24 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 54 (37) Varun Chakravarthy 3/27 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 21 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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2024 (Kolkata 2–0 Bangalore)

Match 10 29 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bengaluru 182/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 186/3 (16.5 overs)
Virat Kohli 83* (59) Andre Russell 2/29 (4 overs)		Venkatesh Iyer 50 (30) Vijaykumar Vyshak 1/23 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fourth player to play 500 T20 matches. ^[22]
• Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 100th wicket in the IPL. ^[23]
• Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 1000th run in IPL. ^[24]

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Match 36 21 April 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 222/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru 221 (20 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 50 (36) Cameron Green 2/35 (4 overs)		Will Jacks 55 (32) Andre Russell 3/25 (3 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 1 run Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
• Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became only the 3rd player to play 250 IPL matches. ^[25]
• Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) surpasses Lasith Malinga to become the highest wicket-taker for a single franchise in IPL history with 172 wickets. ^[26]
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke the record of Middlesex for conceding most 200+ scores in T20s (29 times). ^[27]

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Champions League T20

2011 (Kolkata 1–0 Bangalore)

29 September 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 169/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 171/1 (17.3 overs)
Daniel Vettori 44 (23) Iqbal Abdulla 2/20 (3 overs)		Jacques Kallis 64* (47) Daniel Vettori 1/27 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Bruce Oxenford Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field.

Records

Head-to-Head Records (Indian Premier League & Champions League T20)
Teams		Highest total	Lowest total	Highest score chased	Lowest score defended	Biggest win margin (runs)	Biggest win margin (wickets)	Most wins
	Kolkata	222/3 (2008) 222/6 (2024)	84/8 (2020)	206/5 (2019)	131/10 (2017)	140 runs (2008)	9 wickets (2011, 2021)	21
	Bangalore	221/10 (2024)	49/10 (2017)	186/1 (2016)	194/2 (2020)	82 runs (2020)	9 wickets (2011, 2016)	14
Teams		Lowest win margin (runs)	Lowest win margin (wickets)	Biggest win margin (balls rem.)	Lowest win margin (balls rem.)	Matches won by batting 1st	Matches won by batting 2nd	Toss wins
	Kolkata	1 run (2024)	4 wickets (2018, 2021)	60 balls (2021)	2 balls (2021)	10	11	14
	Bangalore	10 runs (2019)	3 wickets (2015, 2022)	39 balls (2020)	1 ball (2009)	3	11	21
Teams		Most runs	Most wickets	Highest individual score	Best bowling figures	Fastest 50	Fastest 100	Average runs
	Kolkata	Virat Kohli (Bangalore) (962)	Sunil Narine (Kolkata) (26)	Brendon McCullum (158*) [2008]	Varun Chakravarthy (4/15) [2023]	Sunil Narine (15 balls) [2017]	Brendon McCullum (53 balls) [2008]	158.4
	Bangalore			Christopher Gayle (102*) [2011]	Wanindu Hasaranga (4/20) [2022]	Rajat Patidar (21 balls) [2024]	Christopher Gayle (55 balls) [2011]	149.8
Teams		Highest powerplay score	Most appearances	Most runs conceded (Innings)	Most MotM awards	Most MVP awards	Playoff wins
	Kolkata	105–0 (Kolkata) [2017]	Virat Kohli (Bangalore) (35)	Kuldeep Yadav 1–59 (4) [2019]	22	3 (2017, 2018, 2019)	1 (2021)
	Bangalore			Tim Southee 0–61 (4) [2019]	13	1 (2021)	0
Last Updated: 21 April 2024

Player of the match

Indian Premier League
2008						2009						2010						2011
Match 1		Brendon McCullum	Match 29		Sourav Ganguly	Match 19		Mark Boucher	Match 41		Ross Taylor	Match 4		Manoj Tiwary	Match 43		Brendon McCullum	Match 24		Chris Gayle	Match 58		Chris Gayle
2012						2013						2014						2015
Match 10		Lakshmipathy Balaji	Match 38		Gautam Gambhir	Match 12		Chris Gayle	Match 60		Jacques Kallis	Match 11		Chris Lynn	Match 49		Robin Uthappa	Match 5		Chris Gayle	Match 33		Mandeep Singh
2016						2017						2018						2019
Match 30		Andre Russell	Match 48		Virat Kohli	Match 27		Nathan Coulter-Nile	Match 46		Sunil Narine	Match 3		Sunil Narine	Match 29		Chris Lynn	Match 5		Andre Russell	Match 33		Virat Kohli
2020						2021									2022			2023
Match 28		AB de Villiers	Match 39		Mohammed Siraj	Match 10		AB de Villiers	Match 31		Varun Chakravarthy	Eliminator		Sunil Narine	Match 6		Wanindu Hasaranga	Match 9		Shardul Thakur	Match 36		Varun Chakravarthy
2024
Match 10		Sunil Narine	Match 36		Andre Russell
Champions League T20
2011
Group B Match 5		Jacques Kallis

Current squad

Main article: 2024 Indian Premier League Squads

Kolkata Knight Riders	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Head Coaches
Chandrakant Pandit	Andy Flower
Captains
Shreyas Iyer	Faf du Plessis
Players
Manish Pandey Jason Roy Nitish Rana Rinku Singh Sherfane Rutherford Angkrish Raghuvanshi K. S. Bharat Rahmanullah Gurbaz Andre Russell Sunil Narine Venkatesh Iyer Ramandeep Singh Anukul Roy Mitchell Starc Vaibhav Arora Chetan Sakariya Harshit Rana Sakib Hussain Varun Chakravarthy Mujeeb Ur Rahman Suyash Sharma	Virat Kohli Rajat Patidar Saurav Chauhan Dinesh Karthik Anuj Rawat Glenn Maxwell Tom Curran Suyash Prabhudessai Manoj Bhandage Will Jacks Cameron Green Mahipal Lomror Lockie Ferguson Reece Topley Mohammed Siraj Alzarri Joseph Akash Deep Vijaykumar Vyshak Yash Dayal Rajan Kumar Karn Sharma Mayank Dagar Swapnil Singh Himanshu Sharma
Unavailable / Injured Players
Gus Atkinson [28]
Replacement Players
Dushmantha Chameera

List of players who played for both sides

Player	Kolkata Knight Riders	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Brendon McCullum	2008-10, 2012-13	2018
Chris Gayle	2009–2010	2011-17
Chris Woakes	2017	2018
Colin de Grandhomme	2017	2018-19
Dinesh Karthik	2018-21	2015, 2022-present
Eoin Morgan	2011–2013, 2020-2021	2010
Iqbal Abdullah	2008-13	2015-17
Jacques Kallis	2011-14	2008-10
Jaydev Unadkat	2010-12, 2016	2013
KS Bharat	2024-present	2021
Lockie Ferguson	2019-21, 2023	2024-present
Manish Pandey	2014-17, 2024-present	2009-10
Mandeep Singh	2010, 2023	2015-18
Manvinder Bisla	2011-14	2015
Mitchell Starc	2024-present	2014-15
Robin Uthappa	2014-19	2009–2010
Sherfane Rutherford	2024-present	2022
Tim Southee	2021-23	2018-19
Umesh Yadav	2014-17, 2022-23	2018-20
Vinay Kumar	2014, 2018	2008-10, 2012-13

See also

• Chennai Super Kings–Mumbai Indians rivalry
• List of sports rivalries
• List of Kolkata Knight Riders records
• List of Royal Challengers Bangalore records

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External links

• Kolkata Knight Riders Official Website
• Royal Challengers Bangalore Official Website