Kkr vs rcb live match: The 58th match of IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday, 17 May. The IPL is starting once again after Operation Sindoor. Today’s match will be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In today’s match, rain can bring a lot of rain. Bangalore has been raining for the last several days.

Points table RCB-KKR on which number?

If you look at the IPL points table, RCB is at number two this season and KKR is on 6th. Kolkata’s team has played 12 matches so far, in which the team has won 5 matches and lost 6. At the same time, a match of KKR was drawn. The team has achieved 11 points so far. It is very important to win today’s match to KKR to reach the playoffs. The cancellation of the match is also a loss of Kolkata team.

The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore has played 11 matches so far, in which the team won 8 matches and lost 3. If Bengaluru wins today’s match, then the points will top the points table with 18 points and RCB has no loss even after the match was canceled. The team will also top the table with 17 points.

Who ahead in the head to head?

Kolkata and Bangalore have come face to face 35 times in the history of IPL, in which KKR has won 20 times, while RCB has defeated Kolkata 15 times. At the same time, out of 20 wins of Kolkata, 12 times winning has come on the ground of Chinnaswamy. In the history of Kolkata, Bengaluru has dominated, but this season RCB is ahead of KKR in the playoffs race this season.

Kolkata Knight Riders’ potential playing XI

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey/Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Adhikar Roy, Vaibhav Arora and Varun CV.

Impact Player- Harshit Rana.

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s possible playing XI

Virat Kohli, Phil Salat, Jacob Bethel, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romio Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salaam/Lungi Angidi and Yash Dayal.

Impact Player- Suyash Sharma.

RCB vs kkr match update: After ‘Operation Sindoor’, IPL 2025 is going to start once again. The match will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders on 17 May. This match will be held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. But even before the match, a big trouble has arisen for cricket fans, because there has been a black cloud on this match. It is being speculated that the RCB Vs KKR match played on Saturday may rain tomorrow.

Will RCB-KKR compete?

If it rains in the match between Bengaluru and Kolkata, then this match can be canceled. After this, both teams can be given 1-1 marks. If it rains for a short time, then the number of overs in this match can be reduced. The decision to match Kolkata and Bengaluru can also be taken out by the limited over match.

How is the weather in Bengaluru?

RCB-KKR match may cause a strong storm. In Bengaluru, there may be light to heavy rains from Saturday evening to late night. In Karnataka, there is every possibility of hailstorm in some places with heavy storms.

IPL 2025 RCB vs Kkr Match at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Weather

Bangalore has a very good chance to see moderate to Heavy Intense Thundarstorms Accompanied by Hailstorms at isolated places places Tomorrow b/w Evening to Late Night#Bengalurarans #Bangalorerains #RCBVVKKR #RCBVSKKR pic.twitter.com/Jy3xg9yPRN

– Karnataka Weather (@Bengalurains_) May 16, 2025

What will be the change in the points table due to the cancellation of the match?

If the match between Kolkata and Bangalore is washed away in the rain, then there may be trouble for KKR. KKR will get 12 points when Kolkata Chinnaswamy will play his 13th match at Chinnaswamy’s ground, then after the cancellation of this match will be 12 points for KKR. At the same time, only one match will be left for Kolkata and KKR will be able to score only 14 points even after winning the last match.

So far all the teams in the top 4 in the IPL points table have scored 14 points or more. This means that Kolkata may be out of the playoff race by losing Saturday. At the same time, Bengaluru will score a point and top the points table with 17 points.

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