Watch: Virat Kohli dances with Shah Rukh Khan in IPL 2025 Opening Ceremony

The highly anticipated IPL 2025 is here. The defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will go against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the first match of the season on 22 March at Eden Gardens Kolkata. The opening ceremony of the IPL 2025 took place before the toss at Eden Gardens where Virat Kohli dances with Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.

IPL 2025 opening ceremony kicked off with Shah Rukh Khan’s speech, and then singers like Shreya Ghoshal, Karan Aujla, and Bollywood actress Disha Patani took the stage, entertaining the fans at the stadium.

Virat Kohli dances with Shah Rukh Khan at the IPL 2025 Opening Ceremony

One of the highlights of the IPL 2025 opening ceremony was Virat Kohli and Rinku Singh dancing with Shah Rukh Khan on Bollywood songs. Shah Rukh Khan and Rinku first danced to the “Lut Putt Gaya” song and then the actor asked Virat to join and the duo then danced to the “Jhoome Jo Pathan” song.

King Khan 🤝 King Kohli

When two kings meet, the stage is bound to be set on fire 😍#TATAIPL 2025 opening ceremony graced with Bollywood and Cricket Royalty 🔥#KKRvRCB | @iamsrk | @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/9rQqWhlrmM

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 22, 2025

KKR vs RCB first match of IPL 2025 

Rajat Patidar, captain of RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first at Eden Gardens Kolkata. Bhuvneshwaar Kumar missed the playing XI of RCB while KKR gave a chance to Angkrish Raghuvanshi in their first XI.

KKR vs RCB playing XI’s

KKR: Quinton de Kock, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy

RCB: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal