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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: IPL 2025 is starting from today. The first match of the 18th season is between RCB and KKR. The match will be played at the Home Ground Eden Gardens in Kolkata. After 18 years, an opening match is being played between Kolkata and Bengaluru in the IPL. The last time in the first season i.e. IPL 2008, both teams were face to face in the first match.
Interestingly, both teams have new captains and today both have a litmus test. RCB has made young Rajat Patidar captain. At the same time, KKR is commanded by senior batsman Ajinkya Rahane. Both would like to start their era with victory.
The shadow of rain on the match
There is a disappointing update for fans. KKR and RCB matches may be washed away in the rain. Heavy rains are expected in Kolkata during the match. According to the Meteorological Department, there are chances of 80 percent rainfall on Saturday. At the same time, during the match i.e. 50 percent expectation of rain from seven to late night has been expressed.
Who is heavy in KKR and RCB
Talking about the head to head, a total of 34 matches have been played between KKR and RCB, out of which Kolkata has won 20 matches, while Bangalore has won in 14 matches. Even though KKR’s pan is heavy in the head to head, this time the RCB team is very strong.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Potential Playing XI- Quinton Dickock (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Naren, Harshit Rana, Enrique Nortze/Spencer Johnson and Varun Chakraborty.
Impact Player- Mayank Markande
RCB’s possible playing XI- Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood/Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Dar Salam and Yash Dayal.
Impact sub- Suyesh Sharma