The 2025 season of the Indian Premier League will commence on Saturday at the Eden Gardens with home side and defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Here is how the two teams are likely to lineup for the match:
KKR Predicted Playing XI
Batting 1st: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje.
Bowling 1st: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Impact Player options: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia.
RCB Predicted Playing XI
Batting 1st: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Bowling 1st: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal., Rasikh Salam.
Impact Player options: Rasikh Salam, Devdutt Padikkal, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Swastik Chhikara.
KKR vs RCB Dream11 fantasy team picks
WICKETKEEPERS
Quinton de Kock, Phil Salt
BATTERS
Virat Kohli, Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar (c)
ALL ROUNDERS
Sunil Narine (vc), Andre Russell, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya
BOWLERS
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy
Team Composition: KKR 5-6 RCB | Credits Left: 8.5
SQUADS
KKR: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali.
RCB: 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.