KKR vs RCB Prediction: Who will win today’s 1st match of IPL 2025?

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challenger Bengaluru are coming together for the Match 1 clash of the IPL 2025. The match is scheduled to take place at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Saturday at 7:30 PM.

KKR vs RCB Match Preview: The Indian Premier League is all set to kick off on 22 March with the opening match scheduled between last year’s defending champions KKR and Explosive RCB.  Both the teams have gone through significant changes ahead of the IPL 2025 and are coming in this clash with new faces as their skipper and new strategies. Ajinkya Rahane will lead KKR while Rajat Patidar takes charge of RCB making this contest even more intriguing to watch out for. Both teams aim to start the tournament with a win and carry the winning momentum from the beginning of the season only.

KKR vs RCB Match Overview

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challenger Bengaluru: Both teams preview 

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR has historically dominated RCB in the past and won 20 of the 34 matches they played together. But with changes in the squad and strategies for the IPL, the team aims to have a strong win over the Red Army continuing their winning form like the IPL 2024.

Royal Challenger Bengaluru

RCB will enter with a new skipper and new energy for the IPL Opener match against KKR. Although KKR has been dominant in their h2h clashes, With a new-look squad and revamped approach RCB will be eager to turn the tables this season and will be eyeing their First Title from the start only.

KKR vs RCB Head-to-Head Record

KKR vs RCB Last 5 Match Form

Indian Premier League 2025,  Ground Stats

Pitch Report 

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challenger Bengaluru the 28th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is set to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The pitch here is Batting friendly pitch which helps batters to enjoy an advantage scoring big runs. As the game progresses the pitch starts to turn slow favoring Spinners to adapt quickly.

KKR vs RCB Playing 11s (Predicted)

🔹 KKR Probable Playing XI:
Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma.

🔹 RCB Probable Playing XI:
Philip Salt (wk), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj.

KKR vs RCB, IPL 2025 Match 1: Key Players to watch out

KKR vs RCB Team Prediction – Who Will Win?

As per our analysis, game stats, recent matches, and the squad of these two teams, there is a high probability that KKR is expected to win this match. However, the winner can be entirely attributed to the ground stats and records. As per the ground stats, the chances of the team batting Second are high, so the Chasing team will likely win Match 1 of the Indian Premier League 2025.  

However, with cricket’s unpredictable nature and RCB’s batting firepower, this match could go either way. So please analyze on your part and then invest.

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