KKR vs RCB Live Score: Bengaluru Defeat Kolkata By 7 Wickets In Eden Gardens, Kohli Masterclass Stuns Defending Champions

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Kolkata have been humbled in their own den. Bengaluru defeat Kolkata by 7 wickets in the opening game of IPL 2025

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Absolutely stellar from Bengaluru in the opening game. Just 13 runs required now

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: This is a big reality check for the defending champions. Kolkata had started as clear favourites, but Bengaluru have been clinical

KKR Vs RCB Live Score: Another Kohli masterclass in Eden Gardens, RCB's biggest star shines bright in Eden Gardens. The former RCB gets to his fifty in style, courtesy of a boundary

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Live Cricket Score: KKR have continued to strike, Devdutt Padikkal departs

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: One-sided affair so far in Eden Gardens. just over six runs needed per over

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: This should be an absolute cakewalk for RCB from here on. They look in command and shouldn't lose the game from here

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Royal Challengers Bengaluru are comfortably in the driver's seat. KKR need a miraculous turn around to save this game

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Sigh of relief for Kolkata Knight Riders, Varun Chakaravarthy gets the dangerous Phil Salt, is there a twist in the tale?

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Salt has been absolutely terrific for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening game. Big miss for KKR this

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Virat Kohli and Phil Salt have unleashed themselves on this KKR attack. Is this the Phil Salt revenge game? Feels like one

KKR Vs RCB Live: Dew Factors is heavily favouring RCB as Kohli has also joined Salt in the big-hit party.

KKR Vs RCB Live: Pressure mounts over Varun Chakaravcarthy as Phil Salt smacks off his deliveries across the boundary line. 

KKR Vs RCB Live: Phil Salt & Virat Kohli have come out to open for RCB and are scoring steadily.

KKR Vs RCB Live: Despite a lightning start from the top order, RCB bowlers have managed to restrict KKR to 174.

KKR Vs RCB Live: Yash Dayal has his first wicket of the evening as he removes Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

KKR Vs RCB Live: KKR middle-order has failed to make any impact.

KKR Vs RCB Live: Suyash Sharma removes the dangerous Andre Russell.

KKR Vs RCB Live: Krunal Pandya dislodges Rinku Singh's stumps.

KKR Vs RCB Live: Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Rinku Singh are trying to steady the ship.

KKR Vs RCB Live: Krunal Pandya gets the prized wicket of Venkatesh Iyer

KKR Vs RCB Live: KKR edging towards a very big score.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have a breakthrough, Sunil Narine departs

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: The KKR captain has been in some blistering form, he brings his fifty up in style.

Live Cricket Score: Narine and Rahane are taking on the RCB bowlers. Narine has survived so far and that is bad news for Bengaluru

Live Cricket Score: KKR have started the season from where they had left, have made the most of the batting powerplay

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Narine & Rahane continue to build up the pace for KKR. 

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Incredible Over For Rahane! Two Maximums and a boundary off Rasikh Dar gives KKR some momentum they needed.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: RCB hs been showcasing strong effort against KKR with the ball as the hosts are finding it hard to score.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Yash Dayal delivered a strong over and KKR is finding it hard to gain the momentum. 

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Hazlewood striker in his first over as Quinton de Kock has been taken down. After a massive catch drop by Suyash Sharma, Josh opened another chance and Jitesh did not miss.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Sunil Narine & de Kock come out to bat as Hazlewood opens the first over. 

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: ICC Chairperson Jay Shah and legendary cricketers Jhulan Goswami and Sourav Ganguly ring the bell to announce the beginning of the match.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: KKR Playing XI: 1 Venkatesh Iyer, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Ajinkya Rahane (capt) 4 Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 5 Rinku Singh, 6 Sunil Narine, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Ramandeep Singh, 9 Harshit Rana, 10 Varun Chakaravarthy, 11 Spencer Johnson

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: RCB Playing XI: Phil Salt (wk), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Rajat Patidar (capt), 4 Liam Livingstone, 5 Jitesh Sharma, 6 Tim David, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Rasikh Dar, 9 Suyash Sharma, 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 Yash Dayal

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: RCB and KKR have opted for three pacers and two spinners in the season opener clash. 

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and have decided to bowl first.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Speners Johnson receives his KKR cap, which may indicate that he will be in the starting XI for KKR.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: After the end of the IPL ceremony, all eyes will be on the toss.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: On the 18th edition of the IPL, the BCCI officials, the RCB & KKR captain as well as the performers cut a cake to commemorate the occasion.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Ajinkya Rahane arrives with the trophy, with Rajat Patidar walking besides him.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: After Virat Kohli, Rinku Singh has joined the stage.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Virat Kohli has joined the stage during the IPL ceremony.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Punjab sensation Karan Aujla turns up the heat with his electrifying performance at Eden Gardens.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Disha Patani is lightening up the stage at the IPL opening ceremony at Eden Gardens.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Shreya Ghoshal is performing the opening act at the Eden Gardens.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: The opening ceremony of the 18th season of the IPL is about to begin as fans get ready for the clash between RCB and KKR.

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Ajinkya Rahane is all set to lead Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. 

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Here are the few key battles for during the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru clash:

• Virat Kohli vs Sunil Narine
• Ajinkya Rahane vs Josh Hazlewood
• Phil Salt vs Harshit Rana

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: 

• Sunil Narine - 26 wickets
• Andre Russell - 17 wickets
• Varun Chakaravarthy - 14 wickets

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: All eyes would be on the skies as there are forecasts of rain in Kolkata. Everyone wants a full match and not curtailed game. 

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: This KKR vs RCB match will be Virat Kohli's 400th T20 game.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Virat Kohli needs 38 runs more to break into the 1000-run mark against KKR in the IPL.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: In IPL 2024, RCB lost both matches to KKR.

KKR Vs RCB Live Score: Here's a look at Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders' Head-To-Head In Eden

• Matches: 12
• KKR Won: 8
• RCB Won: 4

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score:

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Three IPL matches will take place on the weekends, with Super Sunday featuring two matches across India. While KKR & RCB lock horns in Match 1, SRH & RR will face off against each other in match two.

The El Clasico between CSK & MI happens on Sunday from 07:30 PM IST.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Ajinkya Rahane is elated to compete once again at Eden Gardens.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: As per Cricbuzz, the BCCI have opted for Super Over rules which are as follows:

• Super Overs will be provided for a maximum of one hour.
• Teams can play as many Super Overs as they want, but it has to stay within the allotted hour.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Former India cricketer Atul Wassan reckoned KKR are favourites. He thinks so because KKR are defending champions and would be confident playing at the Eden Gardens. 

KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Live Score: Given their H2H, KKR are favourites, but RCB have got the players who could hurt the hosts. All in all, a mouthwatering contest is on the cards. 

KKR Vs RCB Live Score: Kolkata Knight Riders have played 12 matches against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Eden Gardens, winning 8 encounters in front of their home fans. While RCB clinched just four matches.

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: RCB head coach Andy Flower reflected on having influential cricketers in the squad and said that it gives ‘confidence’ to other players. “I think having influential people in your squad that have performed at the top level, of course, that gives them a level of confidence. You get confidence from the evidence of them succeeding at the top level in the past, and there are a lot of our guys that have done that,” Andy Flower said at the pre-match press conference.

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: KKR spinner Varun Chakaravarthy said that he is eager to perform well against Virat Kohli in the upcoming IPL 2025 opener. "Definitely excited to be coming up against Virat. Obviously, he's batted well against me, and I would like to do well against him also," Varun told at the pre-match press conference.

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: The last time Kolkata Knight Riders met Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an IPL season opener was in 2008 when Brendon McCullum slammed a 158*, helping KKR to clinch a 140-run victory over RCB.

KKR vs RCB Live Cricket Score: In the previous season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders won both games against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Here's how the weather is expected to play in Kolkata today

• 49% chance of rainfall at 12 PM
• 20%chance of rainfall, with a cloudy sky at 1 PM
• Intermittent clouds, 20% chance of rainfall at 2 PM
• Mostly sunny, 20% chance of rainfall at 3 PM
• Partly sunny, 20% chance of rainfall at 4 PM
• Intermittent clouds, 20% chance of rainfall at 5 PM
• Mostly cloudy, 19% chance of rainfall at 6 PM
• Mostly cloudy, 7% chance of rainfall at 7 PM
• Cloudy, 7% chance of rainfall at 8 PM
• Cloudy, 7% chance of rainfall from 9 PM – 11 PM

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Kolkata Knight Riders have the likes of Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Luvnith Sisodia in their ranks. The KKR management will have to take a call and pick only one of them as they are all top order batsmen

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Here's how Virat kohli has functioned as an opener for RCB

• Innings: 113
• Runs: 4352
• Highest Score: 113*
• Average: 45.81
• Strike Rate: 138.37
• 100s/50s: 8/31

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: The eighteenth season of the IPL will be a new start to RCB's chapter. The team will operate under new captain Rajat Patidar who has been one of RCB's regular player for the past two years

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Kolkata Knight Riders will heavily bank on Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine to operate in the middle and take wickets

KKR Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Here's RCB vs KKR's head-to-head record

• Total Matches: 34
• KKR Won: 20
• RCB Won: 14

KKR vs RCB Live Updates: Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Suyash Sharma, Manoj Bhandage

KKR vs RCB Live Updates: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Krunal Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Liam Livingston, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma

KKR vs RCB Live Updates: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Chetan Sakariya, Mayank Markande, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia

KKR vs RCB Live Updates: 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 vs RCB Live Updates: 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.

KKR vs RCB Live Updates: 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.

KKR vs RCB Live Updates: Rain is expected to play a spoilsport in the KKr vs RCB clash. If the game is washed out, then both the teams will share one point each