New Delhi, April 16 -- The IPL 2026 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Bengaluru on Wednesday witnessed a rare incident when Virat Kohli was named among the Impact Player substitutes.

RCB had won the toss and opted to field first against LSG, and this allowed the defending champions to name Kohli as one of the impact player substitutes.

Virat Kohli had picked up an ankle injury during the match against Mumbai Indians (MI) last week, which forced the RCB team management to take a cautious approach with regard to the former captain.

 

Coming on as an impact player during RCB's run chase, Kohli scored 49 runs from 34 balls to help his team beat LSG by five wickets in the Garden City.

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