RCB vs KKR Playing 11: Both Kolkata and RCB teams are ready to start their first match with a win.
In this match, all eyes will be on spinner Varun Chakraborty. In which he will face RCB’s star batsman King of Cricket – Virat Kohli and foreign player Phil Salt. IPL 2025 will start with the match between IPL 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both the teams will play under the leadership of new captains this season. Kolkata will enter this season with the intention of defending their title, on the other hand, the RCB team will be eyeing to win their first title.
Both Kolkata and RCB teams are alert to start their first match with a win. In this match, all eyes will be on spinner Varun Chakraborty. In which he will face RCB legendary player Virat Kohli and an impressive figure like Phil Salt. Chakraborty recently showed his spin in the Champions Trophy and played an important role in India’s victory. Phil Salt was part of KKR in IPL 2024 but will play for the Bengaluru franchise in the season.
Will Sunil Narine – Quinton de Kock open?
In IPL 2024, Sunil Narine used to support the innings with Salt for KKR, but this season KKR now has Quinton de Kock available who can come to open with Narine. The decision to send Sunil Narine to open was taken by season 2024 mentor Gautam Gambhir, who is no longer with the team as he has become the head coach of the Indian team. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether Narine will come to open or this season’s mentor Dwayne Bravo will make a new strategy. Narine has been successful as an opener, in this situation it is less likely that he will be sent to the lower or middle order.
Ajinkya Rahane – Rajat Patidar will clash face to face
Kolkata’s team will play today under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane as the team will now be represented by its former captain Shreyas Iyer, who will now represent Punjab Kings. On the other hand, RCB will be led by Rajat Patidar. Classic player Ajinkya Rahane will be seen captaining a team in IPL after six years and this season Ajinkya Rahane will have the tough challenge of defending the title. Like every year, this time too the RCB team is full of star players, but it will be exciting to see how the team’s performance will be.
This season the combination will also be different with the new team
RCB and KKR have included many new players this season, due to which the combination will also be different compared to last time. The opening batsman pair of both the teams will be new. Phil Salt can come with Kohli to start the innings in RCB, who is important to give a fast start to the team. At the same time, RCB has players like Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David and Krunal Pandya in the middle order. At the same time, Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell are in the middle order for KKR.
KKR vs RCB team’s Playing XI:
RCB Playing XI:
Philip Salt (wk), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
KKR Playing XI:
Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson
