Viral: Ajinkya Rahane Almost Missed Team Bus Ahead of IPL 2025 Opener, Claims Video

Defender Champions Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the opening match of ipl 2025 on saturday at the eden gardens. However, the weather could play a spoilsport, with more than 80 per cent chance of rain in kolkata on match. Both kkr and rcb will be lad by new captains this season, with ajinkya rahane in charge of kkr, what rcb has given Rajat patidar his first cracked of caplue in the IPL. Ahead of the Much-Awaited Fixture, A viral video featuring kkr captain rahane has gone viral on social media.

The video claimed that rahane was running lat for practice, with the kkr team bus see to be left for the stadium without Weoundn’t confirm the authenticity of the video.

In the video, rahane can be seen running with a bat in his hands, hoping to enter the team bus before it leaves.

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Ahead of the game at the eden gardens, the Indian met department (imd) has said an “orange alert” for the area. “Light to Moderte Rainfall, Thundersstorms, Lightning, and Strong Winds are expected” Until Saturday, the report said.

In the days leading up to the season opener, Kolkata experienced briefs of rain, which resulted in one kkr inter-saquad practice matching cancelled after just one innings. Light Rain Fell in the City on Wednsday and Thursday, Although Both Teams Managed to Conclude their Practice Sessions.

Speaking ahead of the new season, former kkr captain sourav ganguly said it is too early to decide who are contenders for the title as all teams looking.

“It is too early to say Anything right now. The tournament is too long and competitive. All teams are balanced,” Ganguly Told the Media.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Quinton de kock (w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, HANA, HARSHIT RANA, HARSHIT RANA, HARSHIT RANA Chakaravarthy, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Manish Pandey, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Mayank Markande, Mayank Markande, Luvnith Sisodia.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Jitesh Sharma (W), LIM LIVINGSTONE, TIM DAVID, KRUNAL PANDYANHWAR KUMAR, JOSH Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Swapnil Singh, Lungi NGIDI, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Rasikh Dar Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Jacob Beethell, Suyash Sharma, Suyash Sharma, Suyash Sharma, Mohit Rathee, Swasikkara, Swasik Chikara, Ane Singh

(With ani inputs)