By Kaif - Mar 21, 2025 05:51 PM
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025: The 1st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament will be played 22nd March between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India. This match will start at 7:30 PM IST. Let's know about RCB vs KKR Dream11 prediction, playing 11, pitch, weather report and KKR vs RCB Impact Players.
| Match | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (KKR vs RCB) |
| League | Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 |
| Date | Saturday, 22nd March 2025 |
| Time | 07:30 PM (IST) - 02:00 PM (GMT) |
Also Read: RCB vs KKR Pitch Report: IPL 2025 1st Match में ईडन गार्डन्स की पिच रिपोर्ट कैसी होगी?
IPL 2025 will begin with the match between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Both the teams will play under the leadership of the new captain this time. Kolkata will enter the field this time with the intention of defending its title, while RCB will be eyeing to win its first title.
Both Kolkata and RCB are set to start with a win. In this match, all eyes will be on spinner Varun Chakraborty in which he will face RCB star batsman Virat Kohli and great batsmen like Phil Salt. Chakraborty played an important role in India's victory in the recent Champions Trophy. Salt was a part of KKR till last season, but this time he will play for the Bangalore franchise.
RCB vs KKR AI Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore have faced each other in 34 matches in IPL. Out of these 34 matches, Kolkata Knight Riders have won 20 while Royal Challengers Bangalore have won 14 matches. Looking at these records, it is clear that Kolkata Knight Riders have performed very well in these matches, most probably KKR will win this match.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Possible Playing 11: 1. Quinton de Kock(WK), 2. Sunil Narine, 3. Ajinkya Rahane(C), 4. Venkatesh Iyer, 5. Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 6. Rinku Singh, 7. Andre Russell, 8. Ramandeep Singh, 9. Harshit Rana, 10. Anrich Nortje, 11. Varun Chakravarthy
KKR Impact Players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Manish Pandey, Anukul Sudhakar Roy, Vaibhav Arora
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Possible Playing 11: 1.Philip Salt(WK), 2. Virat Kohli, 3. Rajat Patidar(C), 4. Jitesh Sharma(WK), 5. Tim David, 6. Liam Livingstone, 7. Krunal Pandya, 8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9. Yash Dayal, 10. Josh Hazlewood, 11. Rasikh Salam
RCB Impact Players: Swapnil Singh
RCB vs KKR Pitch Report: The pitch of this historic ground of Eden Gardens, Kolkata is considered to favor the batsmen, but in the beginning, the bowlers also get some help here. Most of the teams here prefer to bowl first after winning the toss because the run chase becomes quite easy on this ground. Dew plays an important role in this run chase, but the thinking of the captains can change due to the new rule of BCCI. Let us tell you, according to the new rule of BCCI, if there is a lot of dew on the ground, then the umpires can hand over the new ball to the bowling team after the 10th over in the second innings.
Kolkata has been receiving intermittent rains ahead of the season opener, which forced KKR to call off an intra-squad practice match after just one innings. However, both teams completed their practice sessions despite light rain on Wednesday and Thursday.
The biggest concern, however, is the season opener on March 22 as the weather department has predicted the most rain on Friday (match eve) and Saturday. The KKR vs RCB match is scheduled for 7 pm toss and 7:30 pm kick-off. IPL league stage matches get an extra hour, which means if the match starts late, five overs per innings must be completed by 12 midnight. If the match is called off, both teams will be awarded one point each.
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