RR Vs RCB, IPL 2026: Ravi Bishnoi Castles Virat Kohli After A Brisk 32 Off 16 Balls

In what has been an enthralling power play between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals, we have seen it all. With 61 runs being scored in just six overs, the batters displayed intent and punished bad balls regularly, while the bowlers also made use of the initial moisture of the surface and sent four batters back for just 62, including the big wicket of Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli played a fiery knock of 32 runs off just 16 balls, including seven fours, before failing to read a googly from Ravi Bishnoi and getting his stumps knocked off on the fifth ball of the penultimate over of the powerplay, leaving RCB tottering at 58/3.

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Early Wickets Nullify RCB's Brisk Start

It was a dramatic power play between the top sides of this year's IPL as Jofra Archer started with a sharp bouncer to send the dangerous Phil Salt back for a duck.

The in-form Devdutt Padikkal seemed unfazed by the early jolt as he took on Archer for two boundaries in the same over, backed by Kohli's last ball four to get 13 runs from the over despite losing the wicket off the first ball.

Though Padikkal was dismissed soon by Archer in the third over but Kohli continued on his merry ways and smashed RR bowlers to all parts of the ground to provide his team a quick start.

However, soon after Kohli was castled by Ravi Bishnoi, RCB lost a couple of more wickets in the form of Krunal Pandya and Jitesh Sharma, which neutralized the brisk, coercing the batters to stitch a partnership at 82/5 after 9 overs instead of going berserk.