RCB vs KKR IPL 2025: The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is starting today. The first match of the tournament will be played between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The match will start at 7:30 pm today at the Historical Eden Gardens Cricket Gardens in Kolkata. Both teams would like to win this match under any circumstances and make a winning debut in the league. Let’s take a look at the head-to-head figures, pitch reports and important updates related to the match between the two teams.
Let us know that in 2008, the first match of IPL was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Now after 18 years, once again the same teams will be face to face in the opening match of the IPL. In that historic match, Brendon McCullum scored an unbeaten innings of 158 runs in 73 balls for Kolkata, winning the KKR by 140 runs. KKR then won the IPL Trophy three times, while RCB is still looking for its first title.
Both teams will be in the fray with new captains
The captaincy of Kolkata has been handed over to Ajinkya Rahane this season. The team consists of all -rounders like Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer and Ramandeep Singh, while Varun Chakraborty, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana will be part of the strong bowling attack.
At the same time, Bengaluru has handed over the captaincy to Rajat Patidar this season. The team has match winner bowlers like Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, but there is a lack of experience in the spin department. Krunal Pandya will be the leading spinner of the team.
KKR vs RCB Head to Head Record
So far 34 matches have been played between the two teams, in which KKR has won 20 and RCB has won 14 matches. No match between them ended or ended without results. KKR has dominated the last 5 matches, where he won 4 matches, while RCB won just 1 match.
Eden Gardens Pitch Report
The pitch of Eden Gardens is considered favorable for batsmen. The average score of the first innings in recent matches has been 180–190. However, fast bowlers and disciplined spinners are successful here. High scoring matches are expected on this pitch, but bowlers like Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Naren can prove to be effective. The largest team score on this ground is 262/2, which was made by Punjab Kings against Kolkata last year.
Weather update: Rain may disrupt
According to Aqueder’s report, the weather of Kolkata may be bad today. In some areas, there is a possibility of intermittent rain in the morning. The whole day will be cloudy and 74% of the rain has been expected. If it rains, the fans may have trouble because the opening ceremony is to be held from 6 pm, which will last for 35 minutes. After this, the toss will start at 7 pm and the match will start at 7:30 pm.
KKR and RCB possible playing 11
KKR’s potential playing 11
Sunil Naren, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty
RCB’s possible playing 11
Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazelwood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma/Rasikh Dar Salam
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