Despite injury, Virat Kohli came out to bat against Lucknow, big record broken

Virat Kohli: In the 23rd match of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore have made a special record in their name by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets. In this match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Virat Kohli performed brilliantly despite being injured. Kohli played an inning of 49 runs in this match and played an important role in his team’s victory. RCB has broken a big record by winning against Lucknow by 5 wickets. Let us know what is the whole matter…

Which record did RCB break?

In fact, before this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore had not won a single match against Lucknow Super Giants in Chinnaswamy. So far three matches have been played between the two teams on this ground. This was the first time in these 3 matches that the Bengaluru team was successful in winning. Before this match, Lucknow team had never lost against Bengaluru on Chinnaswamy, but Virat Kohli’s winning innings has broken this record of LSG.

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What was Virat Kohli’s plan?

After the match, former RCB captain Virat Kohli talked about his injury. He told that he is not completely fit. His health has been bad for the last 4-5 days and he also had pain in his knee in the last match. But he is happy because with the spirit shown by him, the team managed to win. Taking his point forward, King Kohli revealed his game plan. He said that the idea was very clear to snatch the match from the opposing team in the first 6 overs and he was happy that he was successful in doing so.

Virat had entered as an impact player against Lucknow. In this match, he played a brilliant innings of 49 runs in 34 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six and played an important role in his team’s victory.