RCB vs kkr, ipl 2025: The Indian Premier League will start again from today. On 8 May, the league was stopped in view of Indo-Pak tension. Today i.e. Saturday, May 17, IPL 2025 will start. Today, there will be a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The toss of the match of RCB and KKR will be held at seven in the evening. At the same time, the match will start from seven and a half hours.

Who ahead in the head to head?

Kolkata Knight Riders have a heavy upper hand in the head to head between RCB and KKR. KKR’s team has defeated Bengaluru 20 times in the IPL. At the same time, RCB has hit Kolkata 15 times in IPL. Talking about M Chinnaswamy, there have been 12 matches between the two teams here. During this time, KKR has won in 8 matches.

Pitch report of M Chinnaswamy Stadium

The pitch bowlers of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru are considered a cemetery. The batsmen have fun here. High scoring matches are being seen many times on this ground. However, in today’s match, the bowlers are likely to get help from the pitch, because it was raining here for the last several days and then the pitch must have been covered with covers for a long time. In such a situation, fast bowlers are likely to get help.

Rain can be disturbed in the match

In Bengaluru, there is a possibility of rain today i.e. on 17 May. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a chance of 65 percent rainfall on Saturday. The last week of rain was seen in Bengaluru. It may rain intermittently during the match. There will be black clouds in the sky.

RCB’s possible playing XI- Virat Kohli, Phil Salat/Jacob Bethel, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Engidi and Yash Dayal

Impact Player- Suyash Sharma

KKR’s potential playing XI- Rehmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Adhikar Roy, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarti

Impact Player- Harshit Rana

Kkr vs rcb ipl 2025: IPL 2025 is going to begin with Kolkata vs Bangalore match. The match will start at 7:30 pm on March 22, according to Indian time. KKR was made the champion under his captaincy by Shreyas Iyer last season. This time the team will be commanded in the hands of Ajinkya Rahane, on the other hand the captaincy of Bengaluru is on the shoulders of Rajat Patidar. Before this, the thrill of the first match starts, before that let us know about the playing eleven of both teams to the match against the match and the pitch report.

Pitch report

Eden Gardens pitch is famous for high-scoring matches. It is easy to bat here initially and the batting team may dominate in the early overs of the innings. But as the ball is old, the spinners start getting help. Let us tell you that there are usually high-scoring matches here. On this ground, in the year 2024, Punjab Kings defeated KKR by achieving a huge target of 262 runs.

Match prediction

A total of 93 matches have been played at the Eden Gardens in IPL history, out of which only 38 times the first batting team has been victorious. The team chase here has won 55 times. In the last 6 matches too, the team chasing four times has won here. KKR will be getting home advantage at Eden Gardens, but the toss can also play a big role in this clash.

RCB’s playing xi: Virat Kohli, Phil Salat, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma

KKR’s playing xi: Quinton de Kock, Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty

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