IPL 2025: The 18th season of the Indian Premium League is going to begin from March 22. The first match of IPL 2025 (IPL 2025) will be played between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The discussion about the playing XI of the two teams found from this match has intensified.

Fans are curious to know which 11 players will enter their first match. So let's know how KKR and RCB's playing XI can be in the first match… ..

Rahane, both teams will land under the captaincy of silver

KKR has appointed Ajinkya Rahane and RCB appointed Rajat Patidar as their captain before the IPL 2025 (IPL 2025) begins. Ajinkya Rahane has previously been responsible for the IPL as a captain. He has previously been the captain of Rajasthan Royals.

Talking about the same RCB captain Rajat Patidar, this is his first experience as captain in the IPL. However, earlier he has taken responsibility for captaincy in domestic cricket.

A thorn collision between the two teams

The first match of IPL 2025 (IPL 2025) is going to be quite exciting. This is believed to be because both teams include more than one. Talking about Kolkata Knight Riders, star players like Andre Russell, Sunil Naren, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty and Quinton Dickock in his camp. Is included.

At the same time, experienced players like captain Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood are present in RCB to support superstar Virat Kohli. Now it will be interesting to see who wins in the first match.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Player: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Lavanith Sisodia

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Phil Salat, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David/Jacob Bethel, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Impact Player: Rasikh Dar/Suyash Sharma.