IPL 2025 KKR vs RCB Highlights: Ajinkya Rahane-led Kolkata Knight Riders is set to face Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to play the first match of IPL 2025 on March 22 in Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
| Tournament | Indian Premier League 2025 |
| Team | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match |
| Date | Saturday, March 22, 2025 |
| Toss | Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and opted to bowl |
| Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Result | Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets |
IPL 2025 KKR vs RCB Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders
Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
IPL 2025 KKR vs RCB Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 174-8 (20 Ov) |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 177-3 (16.2 Ov) |
IPL 2025 KKR vs RCB Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Quinton de Kock † | c †Sharma b Hazlewood | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Sunil Narine | c †Sharma b Rasikh Salam | 44 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 169.23 |
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) | c Rasikh Salam b Pandya | 56 | 31 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 180.64 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | b Pandya | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | c †Sharma b Yash Dayal | 30 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 136.36 |
| Rinku Singh | b Pandya | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 120 |
| Andre Russell | b Suyash Sharma | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Ramandeep Singh | not out | 6 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Harshit Rana | c †Sharma b Hazlewood | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Spencer Johnson | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Josh Hazlewood | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yash Dayal | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasikh Salam | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 11.66 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Krunal Pandya | 4 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 7.25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Suyash Sharma | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 11.75 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Liam Livingstone | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Phil Salt | c Johnson b Varun | 56 | 31 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 180.64 |
| Virat Kohli | not out | 59 | 36 | 77 | 4 | 3 | 163.88 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | c Ramandeep Singh b Narine | 10 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Rajat Patidar (c) | c Singh b Arora | 34 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 212.5 |
| Liam Livingstone | not out | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 300 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Vaibhav Arora | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Spencer Johnson | 2.2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 13.28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 10.75 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harshit Rana | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10.66 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
IPL 2025 KKR vs RCB Highlights
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Player of the Match
Krunal Pandya | RCB
When you play against so much crowd, I had to narrow down my focus. If I get hit I had to get hit off a good ball, glad that I could deliver. You have to go with the flow, how cricket is evolving. Batters have the skill-set to hit sixes consistently.
You also have to up your game, have to make sure I bowl quicker. Change of pace is associated with pacers but also I tried it. (on his bouncer) Now Jitesh knows what I will do, if it’s a wide yorker or a bouncer, if you have something in your armoury, why not use it.
(on playing for RCB) It’s been amazing, when I got into the team, I realised how much madness there is. The crowd support you get, even in domestic cricket, there also people are chanting RCB. It’s been 10 days since I have joined and it’s been pretty good.
