The first match of IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday. The competition between the two teams will be held at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. During this time, RCB’s silver Patidar and opener Phil Salat can emerge as the biggest threat for KKR playing on the home ground.

Opener Salt is known for his batting in Powerplay. He starts pressuring the bowlers with the first ball. He was bought by RCB for Rs 11.50 crore during the mega auction. At the same time, he was part of the KKR team in IPL 2024.

During this, Salt scored 435 runs in 12 matches at an average of 39.55. Salt was batting at a strike rate of 182.01 in the IPL last year. At the same time, he has scored 653 runs at an average of 34.37 in a total of 21 IPL matches and a strike rate of 175.54.

One -sided salt is known for his batting in Powerplay, on the other hand, captain Rajat Patidar is famous for batting in the middle overs. He beat the spinners a lot in the middle overs.

Talking about the career strike rate of Patidar, it is 158.85. Last year, he batted at a strike rate of 177.13. During this, he scored 395 runs in 15 matches at an average of 30.38.

Patidar has played a total of 27 IPL matches so far. During this, he has scored 799 runs with the help of 7 fifties and 1 century. Patidar was retained by RCB this time for Rs 11 crore. Also, he has also been elected the captain of the team this time.