Live Cricket Score | KKR VS RCB, IPL 2025 Updates: All Eyes On Virat Kohli As Cricket Carnival Kicks Off In Kolkata – Zee News

KKR VS RCB (Kolkata Knight Riders VS Royal Challengers Bangalore) Live Cricket Score and Updates, IPL 2025 Opening Match: Virat Kohli’s RCB finished 4th in last year’s IPL while KKR won their third IPL title.
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IPL 2025 KKR VS RCB Live score: The IPL 2025 season kicks off with an exciting clash between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Eden Gardens on March 22. Both teams will have new captains, with Ajinkya Rahane leading KKR and Rajat Patidar at RCB’s helm. Eden Gardens’ flat pitch favors batters initially but slows down later, aiding spinners. KKR leads the head-to-head record with 20 wins in 34 encounters, including two victories last season. Key players include Virat Kohli (962 IPL runs vs KKR), Sunil Narine (26 wickets vs RCB), and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who holds the most powerplay wickets in IPL history. 

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: 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

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: 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

The IPL 2025 will see tactical innovations, including a major change to counter dew’s impact on the outcome of the match. The second innings of evening matches will see a fresh ball introduced from the 11th over, provided the on-field umpires deem the dew factor significant. However, this rule will not apply to afternoon games. 
Sunil Narine is the best IPL bowler amongst both RCB and KKR. Narine has picked 180 wickets for KKR with an impressive economy rate of 6.7 in IPL history. 
Eden Gardens pitch in Kolkata is known for assisting spinners. However, since KKR vs RCB is the first match of IPL 2025, the newly prepared pitch is likely to be batting friendly and one can expect a high scoring encounter in the season opener.
The toss for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 match will take place at 7:00 PM IST. 
The live streaming of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 match will be available on the Jio Hotstar app and website. 
Rajat Patidar will lead RCB in the first match of IPL 2025, which will be played at the iconic Eden Gardens. On the other hand, KKR will be led by veteran Ajinkya Rahane.
 
Total matches played: 35
KKR won: 21
RCB won: 14
No result: 0 
 
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