The first match of the 18th season of IPL 2025 is being played today between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. RCB won the toss and decided to field. Here we will give you a look at the main highlights of RCB batting and the performance of the players. Today 7:30 PM!
toss and Pitch Conditions
RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to field, as the match is being played on the Eden Garden pitch and due to the effect of dew on this pitch, the team had to take advantage of the initial swing. However, what happened was what RCB wanted, the pitch proved to be tough for KKR batsmen. RCB bowlers took full advantage of this, KKR gave a target of 175 runs to RCB in the first match of RCB VS KKR IPL 2025.
RCB VS KKR IPL 2025: First Batting KKR
In the early stages of the match, KKR openers Q. De Kock and Sunil Narine came out to bat. In the initial overs, RCB bowlers bowled very accurately and stopped the opposing team from scoring fast runs. In the first two overs, KKR scored only 9 runs at the loss of one wicket.
KKR Batting Highlights
- First 6 overs (Powerplay): In the powerplay, KKR batsmen Q. de Kock and Sunil Narine played cautiously and the opening wicket was taken by de Kock who scored 4 runs in just 5 balls at a strike rate of 80. Sunil Narine played an innings of 44 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 169.
- Key wickets: KKR suffered their first big blow when opener Q. de Kock lost his wicket in 2 overs for just 9 runs.
- Middle overs: After losing early wickets, KKR tried their best to keep the run rate stable, and that is what happened. Captain Ajinkya Rahane added 56 runs to his team’s account in just 31 balls. And then after Rahane’s wicket fell, the run rate started declining and wickets fell one after the other. Which was limited to 174 runs only.
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RCB VS KKR IPL 2025: RCB Bolling
RCB’s fast bowlers and spin bowlers prevented KKR from scoring well. Swing and pace were used brilliantly in the initial overs, in which Josh Hazlewood and Kunal Pandya’s excellent bowling kept the score of the opposite team under control. Josh Hazlewood took 2 wickets and Kunal Pandya took 3 wickets. Apart from these, Yash Dayal, Rashikh Salam and Suyash Sharma gave their best performance with 1-1 wickets.
RCB batting in the second innings
In the second innings of the first match of RCB VS KKR IPL 2025, RCB came out to chase the target, the team’s star batsmen Virat Kohli and Flipkart Salt made the initial attack and scored runs at a fast pace. The RCB opener made a tremendous start and provided a strong base to the team. In which Flipkart played an innings of 56 runs in 31 balls at a strike rate of 180.
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RCB Batting Highlights
- Opener batting: RCB’s star batsmen Virat Kohli and Flipkart Salt adopted an aggressive approach in the beginning and tried to hit boundaries in the initial stages in which Salt hit 2 sixes and 4 fours and the King of Cricket Kohli remained unbeaten on 59 runs in 36 balls. In which he hit 3 sixes and 4 fours.
- Captain Rajat Patidar: RCB captain Rajat Patidar thrashed the opposition bowlers and made his captaincy innings excellent. In which Rajat Patidar played an innings of 34 runs in 16 balls, he hit 1 six and 5 fours for his team.
RCB VS KKR IPL 2025: Final Results
RCB VS KKR In the first match of the 18th season of IPL 2025, RCB defeated KKR team by 7 wickets. And won this match easily, both their bowling and batting performed brilliantly in which they left no stone unturned to defeat the KKR team. And now two points have been added to RCB’s account.
conclusion:
RCB VS KKR IPL 2025 journey started brilliantly and RCB won. RCB has won this match with the coordination of its bowlers and batsmen, while the performance of both the bowlers and batsmen of KKR team needs to improve. RCB’s performance will be closely monitored in the next match as well. Because on March 28, the clash between Chennai Super Kings vs RCB will be a painful match for cricket lovers.
