IPL 2025 KKR vs RCB LIVE Score & Updates: Bengaluru crush defending champions Kolkata by 7 wickets – Firstpost

IPL 2025 KKR vs RCB Live Cricket Score & Updates: RCB clinched a dominant 7-wicket victory, chasing 175 in just 16.2 overs. Virat Kohli anchored the chase with a composed fifty, while Phil Salt (56 off 31) and Rajat Patidar (34 off 16) provided explosive cameos. Liam Livingstone finished it off in style with a six and a four. Earlier, KKR posted 174/8, with Ajinkya Rahane (56) and Sunil Narine (44) leading the charge. Krunal Pandya (3/29) and Josh Hazlewood (2/22) starred with the ball for RCB. Follow our live blog for the latest updates.
Virat Kohli is playing the 400th T20 match of his career. Can he score a fifty tonight? He is just one run away from the milestone as RCB are comfortably chasing down 175 against KKR in IPL 2025 opener.
Milestone Unlocked 🔓

4⃣0⃣0⃣ T20 matches and counting 👌

Congratulations to the prolific Virat Kohli 👏👏

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt (w), Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Abhinandan Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh
Ajinkya Rahane: It’s an honour to lead this team. Our preparation has been good, the core group has been the same. Looking forward to bat well first and defend later on. It is all about giving the players the freedom and allow them to play as a unit. We are playing 3 fast bowlers and 2 spinners.
Rajat Patidar: We have decided to bowl first, the pitch looks hard. Amazing to lead RCB and great opportunity to learn from the great players. We have done proper preparations for the last 10-15 days. I am confused with this impact player. We are going with 3 fast bowlers and 2 spinners.
IPL 2025 KKR vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Ajinkya Rahane’s Kolkata Knight Riders faced off against Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening match of the Indian Premier League 2025 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Saturday. RCB beat KKR, the defending champions, by 7 wickets thanks to explosive knocks from Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, and Rajat Patidar. Earlier, Krunal Pandya and Josh Hazlewood restricted KKR to 174/8 in 20 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee
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