New Delhi: The first, i.e. the opening match of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League, will be played on Saturday, March 22, for which all the players and cricket fans are excited. In the first match of this session, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore will face each other. Before the ball is bowled, the IPL 2025 ceremony will be organized, in which many legendary cricketers and some film personalities will participate.

This match will be crucial for both teams because the squad will be seen trying hard to start with a win. All eyes are on what the probable playing eleven of both teams will be. However, nothing has been said officially yet.

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RCB will have its eyes on the title

Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of those teams that have not won a single IPL title yet. RCB has also played many tournaments under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, but the title did not come to hand. Rajat Patidar will be in charge of the RCB command in this session.

Rajat Patidar has been appointed as the captain of RCB a few days ago. Virat Kohli has also supported him being made the captain. RCB will enter the field with new enthusiasm and passion in this tournament, where everyone’s eyes are fixed.

KKR will enter the field with confidence

Kolkata Knight Riders will enter the field to create history under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane. KKR will want to start the session with a win by defeating RCB at any cost. Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine are opening batters from KKR’s side. Ajinkya Rahane himself can come to bat at number three.

RCB’s probable playing XI

Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.

KKR’s probable playing XI

Quinton de Kock, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty.

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