Kkr innings highlights: In the first match of the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders, batting first, have given Royal Challengers Bangalore a target of 175 runs to win. Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narayan shared a brilliant partnership of 103 runs and gave KKR a good start. But Krunal Pandya took 3 wickets and made RCB a good comeback and stopped KKR for 174 runs. KKR has scored at least 30-40 runs less than the initial start.

Kolkata Knight Riders scored 107 runs in the first 10 overs but in the last 10 overs, RCB bowlers made a good comeback. KKR was able to score just 67 runs in the last 10 overs. The team’s explosive batsman Andre Russell, Rinku Singh flopped.

Krunal Pandya took 3 wickets

Krunal Pandya took 3 important wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. He made Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh their victims. Josh Hazlewood took the first wicket of the innings as Quinton Dickock. He took 2 wickets for 22 runs in his 4 overs spell. Yash Dayal and Rasik Salam got 1-1 wickets. Suyash Sharma’s name was also 1 wicket.

Shatak partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narayan

After Quinton Dickock’s first wicket fell for 4 runs, Ajinkya Rahane had a brilliant century partnership with Sunil Narayan. Rahane scored the first half -century of IPL 2025, for this he played only 25 balls. Rahane scored 56 runs in 31 balls, in which he hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. He was dismissed by Krunal Pandya. Sunil Narayan scored 44 runs in 26 balls. In this innings, he hit 3 sixes and 5 fours. He was dismissed by Rasik Salaam.

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Kkr captain ajinkya rahane fifty vs rcb: The first half -century of IPL 2025 came from the bat of Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane. He completed his half -century in just 25 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match. Rahane completed his half -century by hitting a six off the first ball of the 9th over by Suyash Sharma.

The KKR team, who came out to bat first after losing the toss, did not start well. Even after getting life, Quinton Dickock (04) could not score a big score. He was caught out of the wicket by Josh Hazlewood. After this, Ajinkya Rahane came to bat at number three, he started showering on the bowlers as soon as he came. He completed his half -century by hitting a six off the first ball of the 9th over by Suyash Sharma.

Ajinkya Rahane scored 39 runs in 16 balls in powerplay

Ajinkya Rahane scored 39 runs in just 16 balls in the powerplay. He scored the first run with fours in the fourth over. After this, he hit 2 sixes in this over of Rasik Salaam. Rahane hit 2 fours off the last 2 balls of the fifth over by Krunal Pandya. The sixth over was bowled by Yash Dayal, in this over, captain Rahane hit the end of the powerplay in his team’s favorite by hitting 2 fours and 1 six.

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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 on Saturday evening. KKR, a team captained by Ajinkya Rahane, is quite strong. At the same time, RCB will also be seen in new colors. The team’s captain is doing Rajat Patidar. If you look at the head to head records, KKR’s hand is heavy. Talking about RCB, he has many strong players, who can change the attitude of the match.

The weather will be a big challenge during the first match of the season. Kolkata received a lot of rain on Friday. It has also rained on Saturday morning. If it rains during the match, it can be badly affected. Opening ceremonies are also to be held before the match.

Kohli’s bat will run Ball or Varun will go wickets –

Both RCB and KKR have great players. So the match will be in collision. Virat has a good record in Eden Gardens. He has also scored a century in IPL here. The mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty will be on the home ground. They have also performed amazing. Varun has played 31 matches in IPL so far. During this, 36 wickets have been taken.

Head to head how is the record so far –

A total of 34 matches have been played between KKR and RCB so far. During this time Kolkata has won 20 matches. While Bangalore has won 14 matches. If we talk about the players who won the player of the match the most times among the two matches between the two, Chris Gayle is at the top. At the same time, Sunil Naren is also at number one with him. Both these players have won this title 4-4 times.

Many players can break records against RCB –

Sunil Naren has a chance to break the record of sixes. He has hit 97 sixes in the IPL. Naren will complete a century of sixes as soon as he hit 3 sixes. Naren can also complete 200 wickets for KKR. He has to take 2 more wickets for this. Andre Russell is close to completing 2500 runs. They need only 16 runs.

Potential 12 players for KKR and RCB matches –

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: Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazelwood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma/Rasikh Dar Salam

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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 full schedule: It is now 24 hours to start the 18th season of Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2025 (IPL 2025). Tomorrow i.e. Saturday, March 22, IPL 2025 will begin. The first match of this season will be played between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The IPL 2025 will start from March 22, while the final match will be played on 25 May.

A total of 74 matches will be played in IPL 2025. It will have 70 matches in the league stage. All 10 teams will play 14-14 matches in the league stage. All matches of IPL 2025 will be played in a total of 13 cities. Talking about the Venue of IPL 2025, they are as follows- Lucknow, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Guwahati, Bengaluru, New Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kolkata and Dharamshala.

Full schedule of IPL 2025

March 22 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

March 23 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals

March 23 – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians

March 24 – Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants

March 25 – Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings

March 26 – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

March 27 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants

March 28 – Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

March 29 – Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians

March 30 – Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

March 30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings

March 31 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders

April 1 – Lucknow Super Gients vs Punjab Kings

April 2 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans

April 3 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 4 – Lucknow Super Gients vs Mumbai Indians

April 5 – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals

April 5 – Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals

April 6 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants

April 6 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans

April 7 – Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 8 – Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings

April 9 – Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals

April 10 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals

April 11 – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders

April 12 – Lucknow Super Gients vs Gujarat Titans

April 12 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings

April 13 – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 13 – Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians

April 14 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings

April 15 – Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders

April 16 – Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals

April 17 – Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 18 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings

April 19 – Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals

April 19 – Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants

April 20 – Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 20 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings

April 21 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans

April 22 – Lucknow Super Gients vs Delhi Capitals

April 23 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians

April 24 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals

April 25 – Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 26 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings

April 27 – Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants

April 27 – Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 28 – Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans

April 29 – Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

April 30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings

May 1 – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians

May 2 – Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

May 3 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings

May 4 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals

May 4 – Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Gients

May 5 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals

May 6 – Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans

May 7 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

May 8 – Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals

May 9 – Lucknow Super Gients vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

May 10 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders

May 11 – Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians

May 11 – Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans

May 12 – Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals

May 13 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

May 14 – Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants

May 15 – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals

May 16 – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings

May 17 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders

May 18 – Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings

May 18 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

May 20 – Qualifier 1

May 21 – Eliminator

May 23 – Qualifier 2

May 25 – Final

IPL 2025 kkr vs rcb: The first match of IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match will be played on Saturday at the Eden Gardens. According to reports, it may rain during the first match of the season. If it rains, the match may be badly affected. There is also an opening ceremony before the match. Many Bollywood actors will perform in this.

This season of IPL is to face two big teams. KKR won the title last season. Now he will be on the field against RCB for the first match. According to the report of Akkuveder, there may be rain in Kolkata on Saturday. Thick black clouds can also come in the sky before the rain. If it rains before the match, the toss may be delayed. At the same time, if it rains during the match, it can affect the game badly.

In what situation can the KKR -RCB fight –

If it rains during the match, the match will be affected. At the same time, in the event of excess rainfall, overs can be cut. At least 5-5 overs can be played in the league match of IPL. If this is also not possible due to rain, then the match can be canceled. In this situation, both teams will get one point each.

There will be an opening ceremony in Kolkata before the match –

The opening ceremony of IPL 2025 is also to be done. Many Bollywood veterans will perform in this. IPL has invited Shreya Ghoshal and Disha Patni. Shreya Ghoshal has sung songs in many languages ​​including Hindi. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has also invited Punjabi singer Karan Aujla.

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IPL 2025 Opening Ceremony: The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League is going to start from 22 March. A grand opening ceremony is to be held at the Eden Gardens Stadium before the opening match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. But its fun can be gritty. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert in many parts of the city.

Punjabi singer Karan Aujla, Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal and Bollywood actress Disha Patani will perform at the opening ceremony of IPL 2025. It has been officially announced by IPL. The ceremony will start at 6 pm 1 hour before the toss. However, the possibility of rain has increased the concern of fans. There is a danger of the match (KKR vs RCB 1st match), but there is also a danger of cancellation of opening ceremonies.

Orange alert issued on 22 March in Kolkata

In Kolkata, the Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert from 20 to 22 March. That is, there will be a possibility of heavy rains here. According to the weather website, there is a possibility of rain throughout the day on 22 March. The chances of rain at 10 am are 70 percent while it will be reduced to 40 percent at the time of the match.

There is a danger of the cancellation of the match or a cut in overs on Saturday amid the possibility of rain in Kolkata. If it rains before the match, then the match can be awaited for the beginning, but in such a situation it will be difficult to organize the opening ceremony. If it rains in the afternoon, then the staff’s hard work for the ceremony on the ground will double.

Get Ready for the Ultimate Vibe Check!

Global Superstar Karan Aujla, is all set to light up the #Tataipl 18 Opening Ceremony, Bringing The Fire and Setting New Trends Like Never Before!@Geetandimachine pic.twitter.com/zrygcrl8be

– Indianpremierleague (@IPL) March 19, 2025

When it’s 18 years of IPL, it calls for a dazzling celebration like Never Before!

Who Better than the sensational disha patani to set the stage ablaze?

Don’t miss the electrifying opening ceremony of the #Tataipl 18! @Dishpatani pic.twitter.com/3TEHJODZ67

– Indianpremierleague (@IPL) March 19, 2025

Match will be held on 13 venue in IPL 2025

The 18th season of IPL is going to start from 22 March. The final of IPL 2025 will also be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium. A total of 74 matches in the tournament will be played on 13 venue.