Virat Kohli opened the innings for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL 2026 match against Lucknow Super Giants
on Thursday, May 7, but failed to open his account even in the 213-run chase. He was sent back to the pavilion by Prince Yadav on the second ball of the second over of the RCB innings. Prince, who represents Delhi in domestic cricket, breached Kohli’s defence on the second ball of his first over of the match.IPL 2026 | Schedule | Results | Orange Cap | Purple Cap
The duck by Kohli in the ongoing match is his first zero score in the IPL after more than three years. Kohli last got out for a duck in an IPL match on April 23, 2023, against the Rajasthan Royals. In the fixture played 1110 days ago, Kohli was dismissed by Trent Boult
on the first ball of the match.
The zero against LSG on Thursday is also the first duck for Kohli in a run chase of an IPL match since he got out for a duck against KKR in Kolkata on April 23, 2017 (3301 days ago).
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The former Kiwi pacer trapped Kohli in front of the wickets, and he had to make his way back to the pavilion for a golden duck.
Ducks by Virat Kohli in IPL
| RUNS | BALLS | BOWLER | MODE OF DISMISSAL | FIELDER | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| 0 | 1 | Ashish Nehra | Caught | Yogesh Takawale | Mumbai Indians | Bengaluru | May 28, 2008 |
| 0 | 2 | Zaheer Khan | Caught | Harbhajan Singh | Mumbai Indians | Dubai | April 19, 2014 |
| 0 | 5 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Caught | Naman Ojha | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Bengaluru | May 4, 2014 |
| 0 | 1 | Sandeep Sharma | Caught | Wriddhiman Saha | Punjab Kings | Bengaluru | May 9, 2014 |
| 0 | 2 | Dhawal Kulkarni | Bowled | – | Gujarat Lions | Bengaluru | May 24, 2016 |
| 0 | 1 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Caught | Manish Pandey | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 23, 2017 |
| 0 | 1 | Dushmantha Chameera | Caught | Deepak Hooda | Lucknow Super Giants | Navi Mumbai | April 19, 2022 |
| 0 | 1 | Marco Jansen | Caught | Aiden Markram | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai (BS) | April 23, 2022 |
| 0 | 1 | Jagadeesha Suchith | Caught | Kane Williamson | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai (WS) | May 8, 2022 |
| 0 | 1 | Trent Boult | LBW | – | Rajasthan Royals | Bengaluru | April 23, 2023 |
| 0 | 2 | Prince Yadav | Bowled | – | Lucknow Super Giants | Lucknow | May 7, 2026 |
The duck by Kohli against LSG on Thursday is his 11th zero score in the IPL. He tops the list of batters with most ducks in the IPL for the Bengaluru-based franchise. While Kohli has 11 ducks in 277 IPL matches for RCB, Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers are in 2nd spot with 8 ducks each in 52 and 156 IPL matches, respectively.
Most ducks in IPL for RCB
| PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | DUCKS |
| Virat Kohli | 277* | 9040* | 11 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 52 | 1266 | 8 |
| AB de Villiers | 156 | 4491 | 8 |
| Harshal Patel | 80 | 155 | 6 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 60 | 937 | 6 |
Kohli was the second RCB batter to get out on Thursday. Before him, Mohammed Shami picked up Jacob Bethell’s wicket on the fifth ball of the first over of the run chase. The English batter was caught by Prince near the boundary ropes.
