Rcb vs kkr playing 11 prediction: The IPL 2025 is yet to be 17 matches, the rest of the tournament is going to start from May 17. After the suspension, the first match in IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. On one side the RCB points are second in the table and KKR in sixth place. In this match to be held in Bengaluru, know how the condition of the Pitch of Chinnaswamy Stadium will be, know how the playing XI of both teams can look like the weather.

Pitch report

The team has scored more than 200 scores at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in IPL 2025. High-scoring matches have often been seen here. Batsmen may dominate Bangalore and Kolkata matches, but the new ball can help the bowlers. The first batting team on this ground has been victorious on 43 times and 53 occasions.

Weather report

This match of RCB and KKR will be played in Bangalore, where the possibility of rain is expressed on 17 May. Lightning in the sky can be strong in the evening and night and the match can be stopped several times due to rain. In the match, there may be black clouds in the field throughout the time, due to which the possibility of cancellation of the match is also very high.

Match prediction

So far 35 matches have been played between RCB and KKR in the history of the Indian Premier League, out of which 20 times Kolkata and 15 times the Bengaluru team has won. At the same time, the KKR team has won 8 times in the 12 matches played between the two at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The amazing thing is that RCB has never won the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Chinnaswamy Stadium after 2016. Statistics are testifying to a great extent that Kolkata may once again dominate Bengaluru.

RCB’s possible playing eleven: Virat Kohli, Phil Salat, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romio Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Engidi, Yash Dayal.

KKR’s possible playing XI: Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Enrique Nortje, Varun Chakraborty

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