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Eden Gardens is the most iconic ground in India with its rich history in the Indian cricket circuit. Eden Gardens is the first cricket stadium in India built in 1864. It has hosted a total of 95 IPL matches where chasing has been a favourable option. Chasing team has won 55 matches while batting first could only manage to win 38 matches. The average first innings score in Kolkata is 166 runs which is a decent score.
KKR vs RCB has been a great rivalry to watch out in IPL, having played 34 games so far in the IPL history, Kolkata Knight Riders have been seen to dominate Royal Challengers Bangalore winning 20 out of 34. The lowest total of IPL history (49 runs) also came during this rivalry. RCB being the culprit of the lowest score in IPL history against KKR on the same Eden Gardens ground.
Virat Kohli and Sunil Narine are two of the top players in the IPL history and their personal battle is also interesting. Virat has played 118 balls of Sunil Narine scoring just 127 runs and giving away four wickets to Narine during this battle.
Venkatesh Iyer is the highest paid player in KKR and the reason is clear, Iyer has to dominate the middle order for KKR in absence of Shreyas Iyer which will be interesting to see. Iyar has loved playing against Yash Dayal who is RCB’s premier bowler. Iyer has scored 39 runs off just 16 balls of Dayal with an strike rate of 243.8 giving away his wicket one time to Dayal.
Ajinkya Rahane vs Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be a battle to watch out for in the IPL 2025. Both have immense experience of playing against each other in IPL but Bhuvneshwar Kumar is holding an advantage against the new KKR captain. In 117 balls bowled to Rahane, Kumar has dismissed Rahane seven times and Ajinkya’s strike-rate also drops to 88.9 which is great news for RCB.
Sunil Narine
Sunil Narine had a brilliant IPL 2024 season. He scored 488 runs while opening the innings for KKR and took his team to the final single handedly and helped them win their third title. Sunil’s highest score was 85 in the last season while picking up 17 wickets with an economy of 7.8. Sunil loves playing against RCB, scoring 289 runs at a strike rate of 182.91 and 26 wickets in 21 matches, including three four-wicket hauls.
Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy is having a dream run in his career, playing for India in Champions Trophy and winning it, five wicket haul in both T20I and ODI. Varun has had an efficient IPL 2024, picking up 16 wickets with an economy of 8.5. When both teams meet, Varun has picked up 14 wickets in 10 games, with a best of 4/15. He is a crucial player in this match for all the fantasy users.
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is the poster boy of IPL and Indian cricket. He had a stellar IPL 2024, amassing 741 runs, including a century. Virat Kohli has good numbers against KKR in IPL history, scoring 962 runs in 34 matches at an average of 38.48. Virat has scored a hundred and six half-centuries against KKR which makes him a great player to watch out for in this match.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one of the best buys RCB have done in the IPL 2025 auction. Bhuvi had an average season in IPL 2024, picking up 11 wickets in 16 matches with an strike-rate of 31.09 but Bhuvneshwar Kumar against KKR is a different love story. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has played 30 matches against Kolkata Knight Riders taking 32 wickets with a best of 3/19 and strike-rate of 20.44.
Harshit Rana
Harshit Rana picked up 18 wickets in IPL 2024, proving his value for KKR. Against RCB, he has taken 4 wickets in just 2 games. Harshit is high on confidence with his national debut for the Indian cricket team in all the formats. He has impressed a lot since the last IPL and is a handy budget pick for your fantasy teams.
Rasikh Dar Salam
Rasikh Dar Salam played for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024, taking 10 wickets at an economy of 7.5. Rasikh Dar Salam’s death bowling was a feast to watch in the IPL 2024 and U19 Asian games where he picked up 9 wickets in just four games with an strike-rate of 8.66. He will be a great budget pick for RCB vs KKR match 1, IPL 2025.
Lungi Ngidi
Lungi Ngidi might not get a chance to represent RCB in the IPL 2025 except an injury to Josh Hazlewood. RCB have a solid squad but they have more than one choice in the overseas department which will keep Lungi out of the thinking scheme.
Chaten Sakariya
Chaten Sakariya is the injury replacement of Umran Malik who was bought by the KKR for INR 75 lakh, has been ruled out of the season due to an unspecified injury. Chetan might not make it into the playing XI with the bowlers like Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje and Spencer Johnson in the team.
Keeper: Phil Salt, Quinton de Kock
Batters: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Venkatesh Iyer
All-rounders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Liam Livingstone
Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakravarthy
Keeper: Phil Salt
Batters: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane
All-rounders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Krunal Pandya
Bowlers: Rasikh Salam, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakravarthy
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