KKR vs RCB Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, IPL 2025

1st T20 • Kolkata

KKR

174/8 (20)

RCB

177/3 (16.2)

RCB won by 7 wickets

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Date & Time

22 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

1st T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Abhijeet Bengeri (India), Vinod Seshan (India), Jayaraman Madanagopal (India, TV)

Referee

Prakash Bhatt (India)

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru elected to bowl

Pitch Report

Looks a good pitch with a fair bit of grass on it. Not a whole lot as last night though. There should be good bounce on offer. A fine pitch for the batters and you could expect 200+ to be scored.

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

133.04Avg SR

2nd Innings

140Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.75Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

KKR

6- 4

RCB

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

KKR

RCB

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

V Kohli

S Narine

Expert Team 2

S Narine

Q de Kock

Venue Details

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Looks a good pitch with a fair bit of grass on it. Not a whole lot as last night though. There should be good bounce on offer. A fine pitch for the batters and you could expect 200+ to be scored.

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

133.04Avg SR

2nd Innings

140Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.75Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

33%Bat First Bowl First67%

Team Batting First

44%Wins Losses56%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 60 • May 11 • Indian Premier League

KKR 157/7 (16)

MI 139/8 (16)

KKR won by 18 runs

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Match 47 • Apr 29 • Indian Premier League

KKR 157/3 (16.3)

DC 153/9 (20)

KKR won by 7 wickets

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Match 42 • Apr 26 • Indian Premier League

KKR 261/6 (20)

PBKS 262/2 (18.4)

PBKS won by 8 wickets

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Match 36 • Apr 21 • Indian Premier League

KKR 222/6 (20)

RCB 221/10 (20)

KKR won by 1 run

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Match 31 • Apr 16 • Indian Premier League

KKR 223/6 (20)

RR 224/8 (20)

RR won by 2 wickets

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Match 28 • Apr 14 • Indian Premier League

KKR 162/2 (15.4)

LSG 161/7 (20)

KKR won by 8 wickets

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Match 3 • Mar 23 • Indian Premier League

KKR 208/7 (20)

SRH 204/7 (20)

KKR won by 4 runs

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Match 68 • May 20 • Indian Premier League

KKR 175/7 (20)

LSG 176/8 (20)

LSG won by 1 run

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Match 56 • May 11 • Indian Premier League

KKR 149/8 (20)

RR 151/1 (13.1)

RR won by 9 wickets

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Match 53 • May 8 • Indian Premier League

KKR 182/5 (20)

PBKS 179/7 (20)

KKR won by 5 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

KKR

RCB

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

KKR

6- 4

RCB

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

186

Average Score

206

261/6

Highest Score

262/7

114/2

Lowest Score

152/6

Player of the Match Krunal Pandya

3/29

Lucky Winner Akshay Kamble

KKR

RCB

Info

Kolkata Knight Riders

174/8 (20)

Batters

Quinton de Kock

80.00

c Sharma b Hazlewood

Sunil Narine

169.23

c Sharma b Salam

Ajinkya Rahane

(C)

180.65

c Salam b Pandya

Venkatesh Iyer

85.71

b Pandya

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

136.36

c Sharma b Yash Dayal

Rinku Singh

120.00

b Pandya

Andre Russell

133.33

b Sharma

Ramandeep Singh

66.67

Not out

Harshit Rana

83.33

c Sharma b Hazlewood

Spencer Johnson

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.7)

174/8

Did not Bat

Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora

Bowlers

EXT

5.50

8.33

11.67

7.25

11.75

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Quinton de Kock

c Sharma b Hazlewood

1-4

0.5

Sunil Narine

c Sharma b Salam

2-107

9.6

Ajinkya Rahane

c Salam b Pandya

3-109

10.3

Venkatesh Iyer

b Pandya

4-125

12.1

Rinku Singh

b Pandya

5-145

14.6

Andre Russell

b Sharma

6-150

15.4

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

c Sharma b Yash Dayal

7-168

18.5

Harshit Rana

c Sharma b Hazlewood

8-173

19.5

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

177/3 (16.2)

Batters

Phil Salt

180.65

c Johnson b Chakaravarthy

Virat Kohli

163.89

Not out

Devdutt Padikkal

100.00

c Singh b Narine

Rajat Patidar

(C)

212.50

c Singh b Arora

Liam Livingstone *

300.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(16.2 Ov, RR: 10.84)

177/3

Did not Bat

Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Bowlers

EXT

Vaibhav Arora

14.00

Spencer Johnson

2.2

13.29

Varun Chakaravarthy

10.75

Harshit Rana

10.67

Sunil Narine

6.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Phil Salt

c Johnson b Chakaravarthy

1-95

8.3

Devdutt Padikkal

c Singh b Narine

2-118

11.4

Rajat Patidar

c Singh b Arora

3-162

15.3

Match Info

Date & Time

22 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

1st T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Abhijeet Bengeri (India), Vinod Seshan (India), Jayaraman Madanagopal (India, TV)

Referee

Prakash Bhatt (India)

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru elected to bowl

1 6 1 1 1 1

Over 14

Runs: 11

1 4 4 2 4 4

Over 15

Runs: 19

1 4 W 4 0 1

Over 16

Runs: 10

6 4

Over 17

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Krunal Pandya

3/29

Lucky Winner Akshay Kamble

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for the opening match of IPL season 18. The perennial underachievers of IPL, RCB have started their campaign on a resounding note. They have thumped KKR in their home ground and this performance will give them a lot of confidence going forward in the competition. The IPL carnival will continue tomorrow with a double-header scheduled for Super Sunday. Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off against the Rajasthan Royals in the afternoon game followed the El Clasico of IPL, the Chennai Super Kings vs the Mumbai Indians. Do join us at 2:30 PM sharp for our live coverage with the first match starting at 3;30 PM. We have a New Zealand-Pakistan game lined up tomorrow as well. Keep following Sportskeeda for all the latest sporting action but for now this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Rajarshi Das.

Virat Kohli smashed back-to-back sixes of Spencer Johnson which oozed class and confidence. As we bring curtains down on our coverage, switch below to relieve those two shots.

Virat Kohli smashes back-to-back sixes off Spencer Johnson in KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 opener [Watch]

Krunal Pandya is the Player of the Match, here is what he had to say: Nothing, I just realised when you play in front of such a huge crowd, you have to narrow down your focus. Glad I could deliver today. I mean you have to go with the play with how skill sets are improving. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to pace. Change of pace bowling works well for me. I mean now Jitesh knows I can do anything, bowl a bumper and a wide yorker. When you have something in your armoury, why not use that. When I got into the side, I realised how much of madness is associated with RCB. It feels good when crowd is backing you. It's been great after joining the squad.

Rajat Patidar (RCB captain): Ofcourse there was pressure but I think it was a good day for me. If we keep winning like this, it will be good for me. It was pretty clear for me. We wanted Russell's wicket. Suyash was our main wicket taking bowler and I didn't mind him conceding runs. All credit goes to Krunal and Suyash. They were more than 130 in 13 overs. It was really amazing to see their mindset of taking wickets. It feels great when you have a player like Virat Kohli around you. It's a great opportunity for me to learn from him. That was predetermined shot, the ball nipped a bit and it went over point instead of covers.

Josh Hazlewood gets the award for bowling the most dot deliveries (16).

Philip Salt gets the award for hitting most fours in the match.

Ajinkya Rahane gets the award for hitting most sixes in the match.

Sunil Narine gets the award for achieving the most fantasy points.

Rajat Patidar gets the award for scoring at the highest strike rate.