IPL 2025, KKR vs RCB: Know Full Squads, Predicted XIs And List Of Impact Players

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League ( IPL ) 2025 opening clash on March 22 at the Eden Gardens. Last season, the Kolkata-based franchise clinched the IPL 2024 title after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in the Final.

KKR have managed to retain most of their core team while they have added the likes of Spencer Johnson, Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje. Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy will headline the bowling lineup while pace duo Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora will assist him.
On the other hand, RCB only retained just three players and completely overhauled all their departments with some key additions to bolster their squad. The likes of Liam Livingstone and Phil Salt have added some much-needed firepower to the batting while Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the bowling lineup.

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Let's have a look at the predicted XIs for both teams

KKR Predicted XI

Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

KKR Impact players: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Chetan Sakariya, Mayank Markande, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia

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RCB Predicted XI

Virat Kohli , Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (captain), Krunal Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Liam Livingston, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.

RCB impact players: Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Suyash Sharma, Manoj Bhandage

KKR squad for IPL 2025

Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer (vice-captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rovman Powell (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Luvnith Sisodia (wk), Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Mayank Markande, Anrich Nortje, Umran Malik, Varun Chakravarthy.

RCB Squad for IPL 2025

Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.