IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru will meet Kolkata Knight Riders for the second time this season on Saturday under vastly different conditions. And well, RCB have not made a similar post but surely they feel the same way. It is the first match after quite an unexpected break and all the players would want would be to get out there and do what they do best.
IPL 2025: KKR vs RCB
It has started raining heavily at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru ahead of the toss for Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders game. IPL 2025 is set to resume with a bang as RCB host KKR.
Following a one-week suspension due to escalating cross-border tension between India and Pakistan, the tournament is restarting. Saturday’s game is extremely crucial for KKR, who need to win all their remaining matches to stay alive in the playoff race.
KKR vs RCB Match Details
- Match : Indian Premier League 2025
- Match: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) VS Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
- Time: 7:30 PM IST
- Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Probable Playing XI
KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR))
Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
RCB (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma/Rasikh Dar Salam
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