IPL 2025: The 2025-edition of the Indian Premier League is about get started from March 22. The first match is between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the iconic Eden Gardens. Both sides have a great history of rivalry since the beginning of the IPL.
Both teams faced each other for the first time in the inaugural match of the IPL 2008. Since then, both teams battle is known as “El Primo”.
Now the battle between two-giants will yet again ignite the rivalry in March 22. Let’s take a look at the predicted playing 11 of both Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Here’s a table of the suggested playing XIs for both RCB and KKR:
| RCB Predicted Playing 11 | KKR Predicted Playing 11 |
|---|---|
| Rajat Patidar (c) | Ajinkya Rahane (c) |
| Virat Kohli | Rinku Singh |
| Phil Salt | Quinton de Kock |
| Liam Livingstone | Rahmanullah Gurbaz |
| Josh Hazlewood | Venkatesh Iyer |
| Jitesh Sharma | Andre Russell |
| Rasikh Dar | Sunil Narine |
| Krunal Pandya | Anrich Nortje |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Varun Chakaravarthy |
| Tim David | Moeen Ali |
| Lungi Ngidi | Umran Malik |
KKR and RCB: Squads
RCB Squad: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.
KKR Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.
