Kolkata Knight Riders–Royal Challengers Bangalore rivalry
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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 (20). Kolkata Knight Riders have 3 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]
Other names | El Primero |
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Sport | Cricket |
Type | Twenty20 |
Location | Kolkata, West Bengal Bangalore, Karnataka |
Teams | |
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) |
Location of the two teams in India |
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]