Injury scare? Virat Kohli trains with strapped knee ahead of LSG game

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli was seen grooming with his near genu heavy strapped up of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL 2026 clash against Lucknow Super Giants astatine the M Chinnaswamy Stadium connected Tuesday.In a video shared by LSG’s societal media handle, Kohli was seen walking with his near genu strapped portion gathering New Zealand large Kane Williamson. He greeted Williamson, who is portion of LSG’s enactment staff, and besides hugged LSG skipper Rishabh Pant.Kohli, who has been successful ominous signifier successful IPL 2026, had walked disconnected the tract with an ankle niggle during the erstwhile lucifer against Mumbai Indians, raising concerns astir his availability for Wednesday’s game.However, the prima batter spent clip successful the nets with a strapped knee, easing concerns implicit his fittingness for now. He besides had an extended batting league during practice.In 4 matches truthful acold this season, Kohli has scored 179 runs astatine an mean of 59.66 and a onslaught complaint of 162.72, including 2 fifties, with a highest people of 69*.In the erstwhile outing against Mumbai Indians, helium struck a 38-ball 50, hitting 5 fours and a six.

RCB volition erstwhile again trust connected their formidable batting line-up arsenic they purpose to flooded an inconsistent Lucknow Super Giants broadside and determination wide of the mid-table congestion.The Bengaluru outfit are presently 3rd connected the points array with six points, portion 4 different teams way intimately with 4 points each. RCB are 2 points down leaders Rajasthan Royals and 1 constituent adrift of Punjab Kings.

Squads:Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Mangesh Yadav, Josh Hazlewood, Jordan Cox, Nuwan Thushara, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Abhinandan Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Satvik DeswalLucknow Super Giants Squad: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, George Linde, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mayank Yadav, Matthew Breetzke, Anrich Nortje, Josh Inglis, Himmat Singh, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Akash Maharaj Singh, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari.