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 weather report: If two veteran teams like KKR and RCB are face to face in the first match of IPL 2025, then why would the thrill not be good at the peak? The match will be played at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. The opening ceremony is also to be held before the match is played, in which Shreya Ghoshal, Arijit Singh and Shraddha Kapoor are coming. But the weather of Kolkata is indicating that the opening ceremony and Kolkata-Bengaluru match may not be rained on March 22. Let us know how much the KKR vs RCB match is likely to rain.

KKR vs RCB will hit the match on the match

According to Aqueder, there may be continuous rain in Kolkata from Friday night to Saturday morning. The sky will be cloudy on Saturday morning, while light sunlight may come out in the afternoon. Meanwhile, there is also a possibility of strong storm in Kolkata by 22 March. It has been reported that strong winds may blow at a speed of 40-60 km per hour. Even if the match starts, many times the storm or rain can interfere in the match again and again.

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