Delhi: The 18th season of IPL 2025 has started, and the first match of the tournament is going to start shortly after Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, the weather patterns are not good at the beginning of the tournament, as the practice session of both teams was also canceled a day before the match. But the weather is clear at this time and the match will start soon. The captain of both teams came on the field for Toss and Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar has decided to bowl first by winning the toss.
The teams of Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore have been confronted 34 times in the IPL. Kolkata has managed to win 20 times, while Bengaluru’s team has managed to win 14 times.
Playing XI of both teams
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing Xi) | Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI) |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | Quinton de Cock (Wk) |
| Philip Salt (Wk) | Venkatesh Iyer |
| Silver (C) | Ajinkya Rahane (C) |
| Liam Livingstone | Rinku Singh |
| Jitesh Sharma | Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
| Tim david | Sunil Naren |
| Krunal Pandey | Andre Russell |
| Rashikh Dar Salaam | Ramdeep Singh |
| Suyash Sharma | Spencer Johnson |
| Josh Hazlewood | Harshit Rana |
| Yash Dayal | Varun chakravarti |
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