RCB: The Indian Premier League 2025, which is considered to be the festival of cricket from March 22 in India, will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata between the defending winner KKR and the RCB eagerly waiting for the first title. RCB's playing XI has been revealed for the opening match of IPL 2025. A major change is going to be seen in RCB, captained by Rajat Patidar. This dreaded player who played a stormy innings with the bat for Mumbai Indians has shown the way out.

Let us tell you how the playing XI of RCB can be in the first match.

Salt will start with Virat

Former RCB captain Virat Kohli is going to be seen with the responsibility of starting the innings like every year, but this time he will have to handle this responsibility with the new partner. In the IPL, Virat Kohli has started the innings with veterans like Chris Gayle, Faf du Plessis and Parthiv Patel, but this time he will land on the field with the new partner Phil Salat, which the RCB (RCB) team bought by the team management for Rs 11.50 crore in the mega auction.

RCB's head coach Andy Flower has already confirmed this. At the same time, captain Rajat Patidar can land on the field to bat at number three.

These players to take care of the middle order

In the top order, the responsibility of handling the middle -order front after Virat Kohli, Phil Salat and Rajat Patidar may be seen handling England explosive batsmen Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Jacob Bethel and Krunal Pandya.

This time the middle order of RCB is already strong and explosive, which can not only perform the task of weaving the innings but also has the power to score fast when it falls.

It is expected that Krunal Pandya at number five and Liam Livingstone at number 6 can go for batting. At the same time, players can be reshuffled in batting order as per the requirement. Tim David, who plays a bang innings last year with the bat for Mumbai Indians, may sit out in the first few matches and replace Team Management Jacob Bethel.

A lot of experience in bowling

RCB (RCB) has appeared to struggle with his bowling every year, but this time his weakness is seen to be his strength.

In fact, in the mega auction, the team management has added India's veteran fast bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood to their team by spending crores of rupees who bring a lot of experience in the team with them. Both these veteran can be seen bowling in the death over from the power play to the time, while Yash Dayal can be included as the third fast bowler to join these two, while the responsibility of the spin department can be seen to be responsible for Leg spinner Suyash Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethle and Krunal Pandya.

RCB's potential playing xi

Virat Kohli, Phil Salat, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.