KKR vs RCB, IPL 2025: About 17 years ago, the journey of the world's most exciting cricket league Indian Premier League (IPL) started with a thrilling clash between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). After that, for the first time these two teams will face each other in the first match of the season. This time this league is entering its 18th season.

KKR will enter the match as the defending champions. They defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the final of IPL 2024 to win the title. KKR are the third most successful team in IPL, having won the IPL thrice. Meanwhile, RCB are still on a hunt for their maiden title.

Kolkata won the title last season under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer. He was not retained. Then Ajinkya Rahane was made their captain, whom they bought at the base price of the player at the end of the auction. On the other hand, Bangalore has surprised everyone by making Rajat Patidar the captain. Superstar Virat Kohli is also included in the Bangalore camp and it will be interesting to see how Rajat leads the team.

Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, KKR had retained its key players, but by releasing captain Shreyas Iyer, who won the title last season, it definitely surprised the fans with its decision. On the other hand, if we talk about the RCB team, then this time a lot of changes will be seen in it, in which Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be seen taking responsibility in the team's bowling, whose performance has been very good in the IPL.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squads for IPL 2025: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer (vc), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mayank Markande, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia (wk), Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squads for IPL 2025: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Swastik Chikara, Devdutt Padikkal, 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.

KKR vs RCB Head-to-Head Records

If we talk about the head to head record between KKR and RCB, 34 matches have been played between the two teams so far, out of which KKR has won 20, while RCB has won 14 matches. If we talk about the results of the last 5 matches between the two teams, KKR has won 4 matches, while RCB has won only one match.

Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch of the match between KKR and RCB played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, then the pitch here is considered to be very suitable for the batsmen, in which the role of toss is also very important. Out of the 93 IPL matches played here so far, the team batting first has won 38 matches, while the team chasing the target has managed to win in 55 matches. In the 7 IPL matches played on this ground last season, the average score of the first innings was around 198 runs.

Streaming and Broadcast Details

Live streaming of all IPL 2025 matches will available on the JioHotstar app and website in India. IPL matches will also be telecast live on the Star Sports Network and Network 18 TV channels.