Karunesh Kumar Rai
KKR is one of the most successful IPL team and one of the only three that have won more than one title. Under Gautam Gambhir’s leadership, KKR won the league title in both 2012 and 2014. Royal Challengers Bangalore have never lifted an IPL Trophy till now despite being one of the top teams. RCB has qualified for the playoffs three times and finished as runners-up in 2009, 2011, and 2016. Virat Kohli, RCB’s backbone, has been a key member of the squad since its inception. Renowned players who have represented the Royal Challenge Bangalore include Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, and Dale Steyn.
32 matches have been played between these two, out of these, KKR have won 18 and RCB have won 14. Eden Gardens, Kolkata has host 11 matches, KKR have won 7 and RCB 4. In M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru out of 11 matches, KKR have won 7 and RCB have won 4. They played 10 matches at the neutral venues, out of these, RCB have won 6 and KKR have won 4. Virat Kohli leads the batting chart of most runs in this rivalry with 861 runs and Sunil Narine leads the bowling chart with 23 wickets.
