IPL 2025 Match 1: KOLKATA NIGHT RIDERS vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGLORE At Eden Garden
đź“… Date: 22/03/2025
đź“Ť Venue: Eden Garden Kolkata
đź•’ Match Time: 7:30P.M
Today, IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal. The opening ceremony will be held at 6:00 PM, after which the match will start at 7:30 PM.
KOLKATA NIGHT RIDERS vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGLORE
MATCH NO 1 KKR VS RCB 2025 :
Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore have had an old rivalry since 2008 when Brendon McCullum scored his first century for Kolkata Knight Riders and again against Royal Challengers Bangalore. So today, the first match of 2025 is going to be a slightly different match.
Kolkata Night Riders 2025 playing XI:
- Quinton de Kock (wk)
- Sunil Narine
- Ajinkya Rahane (c)
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Rinku Singh
- Andre Russell
- Ramandeep Singh
- Harshit Rana
- Vaibhav Arora
- Spencer Johnson/Anrich Nortje
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Impact Substitutes: Angkrish Raghuvanshi/Luvnith Sisodia
🏏 Team B Playing XI:
- Virat Kohli
- Phil Salt (Wicketkeeper)
- Rajat Patidar (Captain)
- Liam Livingstone
- Krunal Pandya
- Jitesh Sharma
- Tim David
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Josh Hazlewood
- Yash Dayal
- Rasikh Dar or Manoj Bhandage
- Impact Substitutes:
- Swapnil Singh or Suyash Sharma (Impact Player)
Toss Winner: RCB WON THE TOSS CHOOSE TO BOWL FIRST
Opted to: KKR Batting
Kolkata gives a Total of 174/8(20ov) and RCB chases the Total Score with only 3 wickets down with only 16.2 overs 177/3 .& 22 balls Left.
Key Players to Watch:
- Kolkata Night Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders will play with the previous champion’s team and there have been some changes such as Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine will be in the top order batting line-up along with Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh as finishers, while Champions Trophy winner Harshit Rana will be the bowling alternative.
- Royal Challengers Banglore: RCB’s top-and-half batting line has improved a lot since last year when Phil Salt joined the team, so this time the Royals’ top-and-half batting line-up is Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and there good bowling options like Yash Dayal, Tim David and many more.
Match Preview:
Both teams have an equal batting and bowling lineup which will make the first match of IPL 2025 interesting, and IPL is a festival of India that we will all enjoy together.
