Last over. RCB need 15 from 6. Who will bowl this over? Curiously, it's Bawa. Starts off with a wide. The next one is a dot!! Gold dust. 14 from 5. Ohhhh dear!! It's a no ball. Free hit time. 1 run off it. Why did he take a single? That's a curious decision. RCB needed Shepherd on strike. 2 wides now!! More drama!!! Where will this match go next? 10 from 5. Misses the next ball. 10 from 4. AAND GONE NEXT BALL!!! That's probably that for RCB. But no!! Bhvi on strike and he has smashed a SIX!! RCB still alive. They need 2 from 1 now. AAAND Rasikh has done it. Takes 2 runs and RCB win a thriller!!!

30 runs from 3 overs needed. Ghazanfar to bowl the first of those 3. Starts with a dot. A huge shot next and what a mix up near the boundary. Naman kept it out and threw the ball at Tilak to complete the relay catch but it's down. Everyone thinks it's a six but the umpires don't apparently. Replays show it wasn't so so we continue. So, it's a dot. AAAND THAT''S FOLLOWED UP WITH A SIX!! AAAND ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GONE OVER THE ROPES FOR A SIX!! Everything going on here. Krunal is down on the ground with cramps. Goes again but this time, he's gone!! A brave knock ends and Tilak with a beautiful catch!!

Krunal Pandya c Tilak Varma b AM Ghazanfar 73(46)

AAAND THAT'S ANOTHER!! Bosch has turned it around for MI again. David tries to pull the cross seam delivery and it gets the bottom end of the bat and it's gone straight to Rickelton!!

Tim David c Ryan Rickelton b Corbin Bosch 0(1)

Bumrah brought in the attack now and Jitesh starts with a boundary!! Can he push on from here? Takes a single next and Krunal is on strike now. Back to back dots next. 2 runs next and Pandya reaches his 50.

RCB 118/4 after 15 overs

Corbin Bosch back in the attack and he gets the breakthrough!!! Bethell tries a a power flick but that's straight to Tilak in the deep.

Jacob Bethell c Tilak Varma b Corbin Bosch 27(27)

Raj Bawa introduced in the attack now. Bethell with a single to start things off. Pandya on strike and he gets a four!! That has been thumped over everyone to the long off boundary. 8 from the over.

RCB 82/3 after 11 overs

On to the 9th and Pandya with a single to start. Follows that with another as Bethell rotates strike. Finally a boundary as Krunal brings out a sweep for four!! 9 from this one.

RCB 65/3 after 9 overs

Spin is in as Jacks is introduced to the proceedings. Starts with 2 singles from the first three deliveries. And 50 comes up for RCB. 4 from this over.

RCB 51/3 after 7 overs

Chahar to bowl his 3rd over. Starts with dots off the first two deliveries. Patidar finally gets a gap to mine four runs. Takes a single next and Bethell can see this over away. AAND ALMOST PLAYS IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE BOWLER OFF THE FOLLOWTHROUGH. But survives. Not an easy chance.

RCB 39/2 after 5 overs

Chahar will continue and starts with back to back dots as Padikkal struggles to get away. The next two deliveries are also dots as Chahar with a huge appeal for caught behind. But no review. Slices the next ball over the ropes for a SIX!! That's more like it from Padikkal. AAAND GONE!! The next ball is fuller and straighter and ends up getting an edge. Padikkal walks back.

Devdutt Padikkal c Ryan Rickelton b Deepak Chahar 12(11)

We are ready for the run chase and Bethell and Kohli are in the middle. Deepak chahar will start the attack and gets hit by back to back boundaries by Bethell!!! Excellent start by RCB. Kohli on strike now and Chahar gets wicked swing but that's a wide. AAAND GONE!! Kohli's bad luck continues as he plays the shot straight into the diving hands of a flying Raj Bawa. Back to back ducks for the King.

Virat Kohli c Raj Bawa b Deepak Chahar 0(1)

Hazlewood in to bowl the 19th and MI have taken 2 braces off the first two balls. A single off the next couple as Hazlewood continues the choke. Ends the over with a wicket. Bawa has to depart.

Raj Bawa c Rajat Patidar b Josh Hazlewood 16(14)

Rasikh will bowl the 17th and Tilak brings up his half century with 2 and a 4 in back to back deliveries. Another single to but Bawa on strike. He takes 2 as well. Great running. And another 2 follows. RCB can't seem to stop these runs. Over ends with another brace.

MI 149/5 after 17 overs

RCB turn to Hazlewood now. And starts right on the money, giving away 2 runs from the first couple of deliveries. There was a shout for a caught behind but RCB don't review. Turns out to be the right call as the ball passes very close to Tilak's gloves but did not touch them. Excellent over. just 6 off it.

MI 131/4 after 15 overs

Rasikh brought into the attack and Naman crunches the first ball through the offside for 4!!! And follows that up with a placement to find the gap for four more!! Excellent batting. AAAAND BOWLED!!! The ball kept low and Naman swings and misses as two of his stumps are uprooted!!

Naman Dhir b Rasikh Salam Dar 47(32)

Shepherd into the attack and Naman welcomes him with a SIXXX off the very first ball. Takes a single as Tilak comes on to bat. Does he go big too? Not really as he takes a single as well. 9 from this.

MI 91/2 after 11 overs

RCB persist with spin as Suyash is brought in. He gives away 3 singles from the first three deliveries. Naman finally gets a ball to his liking as he slams it over long on for a SIX!! Before the over is done, we have a break for strategic timeout as the physio comes to check on Naman who had dragged a ball into his back leg after attempting a pull.

Shepherd will bowl the 7th over and Naman with a single to start. Tilak almost plays it back into the hands of a bowler with a leading edge but survives. Pulls the next one and that has lobbed up but there was no one to catch it. Tilak playing with fire at the moment.

MI 57/3 after 7 overs

Bhuvi on the hunt for his 4th wicket and he almost snapped up tilak as the ball misses the edge. The MI batter gets two off the next couple of deliveries. Naman eventually comes back on strike and plays a beautiful drive through the covers for 4!!

MI 41/3 after 5 overs

OHH MY WORD!!! HE HAS TAKEN ANOTHER!! The delivery is pace on and Surya tries to defend and that has kissed the edge of Surya's bat and carried to Virat Kohli in the slips .

Hazlewood to Rohit now and the former India captain swings his willow and that's just cleared the inner circle and trickled to the boundary. Pulls the next ball to fine leg to get 2 more. Rohit putting the pressure right back on the Aussie. Pulls out another pull and that has sailed over Bethell in the deep for a SIX!!! Goes again,. gets it wrong but that still manages to sail over the third man boundary.

MI 22/1 after 2 overs

RCB: Devdutt Padikkal, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer

MI: Raghu Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult

Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar

We are ready for the toss and the two captains are in the middle. Hardik Pandya misses out again so Suryakumar Yadav will once again be donning the captain's mantle. Rajat Patidar as usual will be representing RCB. The coin goes up and Royal Challengers Bengaluru win the toss and opt to bowl first.

Satyanarayana Raju, KL Shrijeet, Lizaad Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bevon Jacobs, Reece Topley, Vignesh Puthur, Karn Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar

The IPL 2026 final will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 31. When the BCCI announced the playoffs schedule earlier, it offered only a brief explanation for dropping Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium — home of defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru — as the final venue.

“Owing to certain requirements from the local association and authorities that were beyond the scope of BCCI’s established guidelines and protocols, the venue has been shifted and reassigned,” the board’s statement read.

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has now told a sports website what those requirements were.

“As per IPL protocol, we are required to provide only 15 per cent of the total seating capacity as complimentary tickets to the host association. This constitutes the standard protocol; all host state associations receive a 15 per cent allocation of their total capacity in the form of complimentary tickets,” he said.

AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks, Shardul Thakur (traded in from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (traded in from GT), Mayank Markande (traded in from KKR).

Quinton de Kock (Rs 1 crore), Danish Malewar (Rs 30 lakhs), Mohammad Izhar (Rs 30 lakhs), Atharva Ankolekar (Rs 30 lakhs), Mayank Rawat (Rs 30 lakhs)

“We had a chat with Kohli, and Kohli said, ‘how did he bowl that ball?’ because it’s not very common. Mostly for out-swing bowlers it swings in the air, after pitching the ball tends to come in because of the position of the seam or how it lands. I don’t think any bowler can bowl it at will, but if you are consistently working on your swing, it can be possible, and it was a dream ball,” Arun said of the delivery that dismissed Kohli.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Raipur on May 13

Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Dharamsala on May 17

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Hyderabad on May 22

“MI looks at a different side when Rohit scores runs. When Rohit gets going, it feels like everyone in MI gets energised. Also, if Hardik and Suryakumar Yadav don’t play the game, it’s not right to go back to Rohit Sharma as captain just because no one is there. I am not even sure if he’ll accept captaining the side,” Badrinath said on his YouTube channel.

Hardik Pandya did not take part in Mumbai's last match which was against the Lucknow Super Giants on May 4. India's T20 World Cup winning skipper Suryakumar Yadav had led the side on that occasion. "He’s (Hardik) not well tonight, so just going into his shoes. But yeah, the rest, everything is fine,” he had said. All eyes will now be on the RCB clash to find out if Pandya is fit enough to make his return.

March 28: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: RCB won by 6 wickets

March 29: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: MI won by 6 wickets

March 30: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings: RR won by 8 wickets

March 31: Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans: PBKS won by 3 wickets

April 1: Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals: DC won by 6 wickets

April 2: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: SRH won by 65 runs

April 3: Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings: PBKS won by 5 wickets

April 4: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians: DC won by 6 wickets

April 4: Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals: RR won by 6 runs

April 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants: LSG won by 5 wickets

April 5: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings: RCB won by 43 runs

April 6: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: No result

April 7: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians: RR won by 27 runs

April 8: Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans: GT won by 1 run

April 9: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: LSG won by 3 wickets

April 10: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RR won by 6 wickets

April 11: Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: PBKS won by 6 wickets

April 11: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: CSK won by 23 runs

April 12: Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans: GT won by 7 wickets

April 12: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB won by 18 runs

April 13: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: SRH won by 57 runs

April 14: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: CSK won by 32 runs

April 15: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Lucknow Super Giants: RCB won by 5 wickets

April 16: Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings: PBKS won by 7 wickets

April 17: Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders: GT won by 5 wickets

April 18: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals: DC won by 6 wickets

April 18: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings: SRH won by 10 runs

April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals: KKR won by 4 wickets

April 19: Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants: PBKS won by 54 runs

April 20: Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians : MI won by 99 runs

April 21: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals: SRH won by 47 runs

April 22: Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: RR won by 40 runs

April 23: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings: CSK won by 103 runs

April 24: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans: RCB won by 5 wickets

April 25: Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings: PBKS won by 6 wickets

April 25: Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: SRH won by 5 wickets

April 26: Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans: GT won by 8 wickets

April 26: Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR won via Super Over

April 27: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB won by 9 wickets

April 28: Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals: RR won by 6 wickets

April 29: Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: SRH won by 6 wickets

April 30: Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: GT won by 4 wickets

May 1: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: DC won by 7 wickets

May 2: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians: CSK won by 8 wickets

May 3: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR won by 7 wickets

May 3: Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings: GT won by 4 wickets

May 4: Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants: MI won by 6 wickets

May 5: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings: CSK won by 8 wickets

May 6: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings: SRH won by 33 runs

May 7: Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: LSG won by 9 runs

May 8: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR won by 8 wickets

May 9: Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans: GT won by 77 runs

Matches: 35

RCB wins: 16

MI wins: 19

Virat Kohli is at that stage of his illustrious career where he will be raking up one all-time record after the other and it is the case when Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) face Mumbai Indians (MI) in Raipur on Sunday. Kohli is just 28 runs away from becoming the first batter to have scored 1000 runs against MI.

MI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya/Sherfane Rutherford, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Shardul Thakur

RCB: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar