IPL 2025 Match-1 : Kolkata vs Bengaluru pre-match views
IPLT20 2025 1st Match between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be played on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata 7:00 pm onwards.
Having well balanced team, Kolkata Knight Riders has won 3 times IPL title in 2012, 2014 and 2024 as well. Kolkata will try win this match. Knight Riders has good batsmen like : Rinku Singh, AM Rahane, Manish Pandey, Q de Kock and good bowlers like : Anrich Nortje, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakrawathy, Harshit Rana, Mayank Markande and Umran Malik along with good all-rounders like : Andre Russell, Moeen Ali, Venkatesh Iyer and Ramandeep Singh with good Indian capped and un-capped players to make best eleven to play.
Having world class aggressive players and three times Runner-up team in 2009, 2011 and 2016 Royal Challengers Bengaluru performed well and entertained most in past IPL editions. Once again in IPL 2025 Bengaluru team likes to perform best with winning this match. Royal Challengers (RCB) has good aggressive batsmen like : Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma and good bowlers like : Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Yash Dayal and Suyash Sharma along with good all-rounders like : Krunal Pandya, Jacob Bethell and Romario Shepherd with good Indian capped and un-capped players to make best eleven to play.
| Head to Head | |
| Played : 34 | |
| Kolkata Won | Bengaluru won |
| 18 | 16 |
Rinku Singh's winning knock against Gujarat's Yash Dayal with five massive sixes in last over is un-forgettable. We have also witnessed AD Russell's power with big six hittings for Kolkata Knight Riders in previous seasons. Top order Q de Kock, Venkatesh Iyer and AM Rahane provides better batting line-up to KKR. World Class Sunil Narine with Varun Chakrawathy and Moeen Ali gives Kolkata huge strength in spin attack. Pace transforming bowlers Harshit Rana, Umran Malik and Anrich Nortje will raise power to Knight Riders for attacking attitude to hold IPL trophy once again in 2025 as well.
Virat Kohli, a legend himself has score most runs with more than 8000 runs and hitz most eight Centuries in IPL history. Virat Kohli is playing his 18th season of IPL for Royal Challengers Bengaluru without winning any single title, but still he is most favorite and loveable players in IPLT20 amongst all teams. IPL lovers witnessed his class of batting very well. In this season Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt, Tim David, Krunal Pandya and Jitesh Sharma gave RCB more strong batting line-up and pace bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi and Nuwan Thushara provides Bengaluru balance bowling line-up to make RCB's dream comes true to hold IPL trophy and title first time as well.
Looking at previous match data, Kolkata won 18 matches and Bengaluru won 16 matches out of 34 matches played in IPL history. Both teams holds nearly equal statistics. Kolkata has home ground advantage to do well in this match. Just a finger cross and enjoy Kolkata vs Bengaluru match on match day. Team that perform better than opponent team will win and earn important 2 points in points tally of IPLT20 2025.
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