IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Match 58: Squads, Probable Playing 11, Impact Player, PBKS vs DC Fantasy Picks, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Live Streaming & Telecast, Head-To-Head, Match Timings in IST, M – Cricket.com

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is back, and it will once again get underway with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) taking on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on May 17 (Saturday).
RCB need to win just one of their remaining three games to qualify for the playoffs, but they would be eager to win all three and finish in the top two. Meanwhile, even if KKR win both their remaining two matches by good margin, they will need a lot of results to go in their favour.

RCB Probable Playing 11
Jacob Bethell/Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Swastik Chikara/Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (capt – subject to fitness), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma (impact player)
KKR Playing 11
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana (impact player)

RCB squad for IPL 2025
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (capt), Swastik Chikara, Jitesh Sharma, Philip Salt, Manoj Bhandage, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Mohit Rathee, Abhinandan Singh, Mayank Agarawal
KKR Squad for IPL 2025
Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Venkatesh Iyer, Moeen Ali, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya

You can catch live-streaming of RCB vs KKR and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital).

The RCB vs KKR match will kick off on May 17 at 7:30 PM IST.

Tickets are being sold on Viagogo.

Safe picks: Virat Kohli (RCB), Krunal Pandya (RCB), Ajinkya Rahane (KKR), Varun Chakaravarthy (KKR)
Risky picks: Tim David (RCB), Romario Shepherd (RCB), Andre Russell (KKR), Rinku Singh (KKR)

RCB and KKR have played 35 games against each other in the IPL, with the former winning 15 and the latter coming out on top in 20 matches. Click here to get the head-to-head numbers.

RCB have won eight of their 11 encounters in the IPL 2025 and are the more in-form side. Expect them to get the better of KKR.

It would be tough to look past Virat Kohli, who has smashed 505 runs in 11 innings at an average of 63.13 and a strike rate of 143.47. The right-hander needs just six more runs to become the highest run-getter in the tournament.

Varun Chakaravarthy has taken 17 wickets in 12 games at an average of 19.4 and an economy rate of 7. The spinner has good numbers against RCB in the IPL.

Chinnaswamy has hosted five games so far in the IPL 2025 and batters here have scored runs at an average of 28.6 and a scoring rate of 9.3. In the bowling department, fast bowlers have a better strike rate but spinners have been more economical.

There's a heavy chance of rain in Bangalore on May 17 (Saturday). However, the drainage is amazing at the venue, so we should get enough overs for a result. The temperature is going to be around 25 degrees Celsius. 
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