Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: There is now less than 24 hours left for IPL 2025. The first match of this season will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). KKR won the title of last season. This time she will go down to defend her trophy, while RCB’s eyes will be on their first title.

The match between KKR and RCB is to be played on the ground of Eden Gardens. Both KKR and RCB teams will land with the new captain. Kolkata is commanded by Ajinkya Rahane. At the same time, RCB has appointed young Rajat Patidar as captain. Rahane has also captained the IPL before. Patidar will lead the IPL for the first time.

Kolkata and Bangalore 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

IPL 2025, KKR vs RCB: The IPL 2025 fair is going to be held in just a few hours. In this 65 -day long fair, 10 teams will play fiercely till 74 matches. On May 25, it will be known whether an old Surma made this trophy his own or made a new champion. The 18th season of the IPL will begin with a boom of the jersey number 18. The first match has been kept between King Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore i.e. RCB and last time champion team Kolkata Knight Riders i.e. KKR. This time too, the goal of King Khan’s KKR is very clear. To be the winner for the fourth time. On the other hand, RCB has to end the wait for the first title.

RCB’s batting- Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, Captain Rajat Patidar and Devdutt are quite strong. Bowling has big names like Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood. On the other hand, the biggest strength of KKR’s team is its all -rounders Sunil Naren and Andre Russell. Apart from this, the batting consists of captain Ajinkya Rahane, Quinton Dickock, Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh. Finally, Varun Chakraborty will prepare Chakravyuh for opponents from his cyclone.

Talking about the head to head record, 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. RCB’s highest score against KKR is 221 runs, while KKR has scored its biggest score of 222 runs against RCB.

Both Kolkata and Bangalore teams will start with victory and pray that the match starts at time from 7.30 pm and a full 20 overs will be against. This is because the rain is hovering in Eden Gardens to put a stop to the rain of runs.