The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is back on the brink. The league had to be postponed for a week due to tensions between India and Pakistan. Now IPL 2025 will start with the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (RCB) on Saturday (May 17). According to this Bengaluru-Kolkata match Indian time, at 7-30 pm Bengaluru M. Will be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Virat Kohli will be on the lookout
In this match, everyone will look at Royal Challengers Bangalore star batsman Virat Kohli, who will land for the first time after retiring from Test cricket. Even in the stadium, fans will definitely chant ‘Kohli-Kohli’ slogans. Whatever the case, most fans will be on the field wearing white jersey in honor of Kohli… King Kohli will also play a strong innings in this match after retiring from a Test career.
There is no doubt that the RCB will dominate the KKR. The injured captain Rajat Patidar fit against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), which is good news for the RCB. Most of the RCB foreign players have also joined the team. Players like Phil Salt, Lungi Nigidi, Tim David, Liam Livingstone and Romario Shepherd are available for selection. However, the absence of fast bowler Josh Hazelwood due to injury can be a major problem for RCB.
On the other hand, the Kolkata Knight Riders have been most disappointed with its batsmen in the current season. Apart from captain Ajinkya Rahane and the young Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no other batsmen could show continuity. KKR will now expect a strong performance from Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh. However, KKR will lose English all -rounder Moin Ali, which is out due to viral fever. Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narayan, Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana are going to become an important link in KKR bowling.
