Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
#livestreaming #livematchtoday #cricketlover #cricketlive Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Probable XI Batting First): Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal/Swastik Chikara, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell/Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood Kolkata Knight Riders (Probable XI Batting First): Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Manish Pandey/Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anrich Nortje Preview the match:-It is that time of the year when the world adjourns from every other activity only to catch the glory of the cricketing festival in India. Passion ignites, fireworks explode, and the cricketing world is set ablaze – the Indian Premier League (IPL) is back! As the sun rises over the cricketing horizon, with a roar of excitement, the world's greatest cricketers assemble, ready to clash in a battle of skill, strength, and strategy. IPL 2025 begins in the City of Joy, Kolkata on Saturday (March 22). Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the curtain-raiser of the 18th edition of the IPL at Eden Gardens. The fixture takes you right back to where it had all begun in 2008 when Brendon McCullum showed what lies ahead with his breathtaking knock. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an "Orange Alert" for the area near the stadium, which could mean rain might play spoilsport in the season opener. There has been rain around Kolkata ahead of the opening game and it also curtailed one of the practice matches after only one innings. As usual, there is a 60-minute buffer time and if the match gets reduced to a five-over per-side contest, it should be completed by midnight. There was a mega auction held in Jeddah in November 2024. Before the event, KKR retained Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana, while RCB retained only three players - Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. Both franchises let go of their respective captains - Shreyas Iyer (KKR) and Faf du Plessis (RCB), with the former coming in as a surprise. Iyer led KKR to their third IPL title in 2024 but wasn't retained due to his high price demand, as revealed by the franchise's CEO and MD Venky Mysore. Although du Plessis led RCB to successive playoffs in 2023 and 2024 and performed well individually, he wasn't going to be a long-time prospect, with him being aged 40. The Knight Riders broke the bank for all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, spending INR 23.75 Cr in the auction and was made the franchise's vice-captain, with Ajinkya Rahane, being named as KKR's 9th IPL captain. Interestingly, the Mumbaikar was given only INR 1.5 Cr. KKR's Overseas Recruits: Apart from Narine and Russell, who were retained, the Kolkata-based franchise has Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz, South African pacer Anrich Nortje, English all-rounder Moeen Ali, Australian left-arm speedster Spencer Johnson, Proteas wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock and West Indian Rovman Powell. Speaking of the Royal Challengers, they have named Rajat Patidar as their 8th IPL skipper. It is also a homecoming for the local boy Devdutt Padikkal, who started his IPL journey in 2020 and had success, scoring more than 400 runs in successive seasons. live match live cricket match cricket commentary live streaming cricket tv cricket tv commentary Hindi commentary live score ipl rcb vs kkr live match today Score Credit: Crex.live Under Section 107 of the copyright act 1976 allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism comment news reporting scholarship and research. Fair use is a use predicted by copyright statute that Right otherwise be infringing Cricket tv Thank you For Your Support ❤!!!
