After a brief break of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) due to tensions between India and Pakistan, the tournament is ready get started from May 17 with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Both RCB and KKR have already played on one game with each other, where RCB won convincingly at the Eden Gardens in the opening encounter of the IPL 2025. When you checkout the head to head encounter, in 5 matches KKR have the upper with 4 wins.
The Current Scenario of Both Teams
Both teams have completely different outcomes in the tournament, where RCB has a chance to qualify for the playoffs, whereas KKR is on a verge of elimination from the tournament.
The points table says it all:
Probable Playing XIs Of RCB and KKR
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C) (Depends on fitness), Mayank Agarwal, Swastik Chikara, Krunal Pandya,Manoj Bhandage, Phil Salt (WK), Jitesh Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy.
