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IPL 2025 1st match kkr vs rcb: The first match of IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This match will be held at Eden Gardens. If you look at the head to head records of both teams, KKR has been heavy. This time she will be on the home ground. It can also benefit from this. KKR, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, is quite balanced. But still he can get a tough competition from RCB.
If you talk about the playing XI of RCB, then you can open Philip Salt with Virat Kohli. At the same time, Devdutt can come for batting at Padikkal number three. Captain Patidar can bat at number four. The team can also give a place in the playing XI to Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Kolkata can give them a chance –
Sunil Naren and Quinton de Kock can open for KKR. Captain Rahane can come for batting at number three. Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh’s place in the playing XI is almost certain. Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh can also get a chance to land on the field.
RCB -KKR’s head to head is such a record –
A total of 34 matches have been played between these two teams so far. During this time, Kolkata Knight Riders have won 20 matches. While RCB has won 14 matches. In this way, the pan of KKR looks heavy.
KKR and RCB’s possible playing eleven –
Kolkata Knight Riders: 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
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma/Rasik Dar Salam
New Season, Same Hunger ⚔️
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– kolkataknightriders (@kkriders) March 21, 2025
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