IPL 2025: KKR vs RCB Playing 11, Rahane and Patidar's captaincy record

KKR and RCB will begin their IPL 2025 campaign with new captains, as Rajat Patidar has been named captain of RCB, while Ajinkya Rahane will lead KKR

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will kick off their IPL 2025 campaign on Saturday, March 22, facing Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the highly anticipated season opener, affectionately called ‘El Primero’. The match will take place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, though the weather forecast is not ideal for spectators. Despite this, fans are excited to watch their favourite players in action. 

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  KKR and RCB began their IPL 2025 campaign with new captains, as Rajat Patidar has been named captain of RCB, while Ajinkya Rahane will lead KKR. While Patidar takes the reins for RCB on the back of a good recent record as captain—having led Madhya Pradesh to the final—Rahane is a seasoned leader, having captained the India Test team and Mumbai in domestic cricket.

 

 

Earlier, 36-year-old Rahane led Rajasthan Royals in 2018 and 2019, guiding them to the playoffs in the former. 

 

Rajat Patidar’s captaincy record in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT)

• Matches: 10
• Won: 8
• Lost: 2
• Win percentage: 80

 

Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy record in IPL

• Matches: 25
• Won: 9
• Lost: 16
• Win percentage: 36

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  KKR Playing 11 vs RCB today:

   

Ajinkya Rahane, Kolkata Knight Riders' captain at the toss: It's an honour to lead this team. Our preparation has been good, the core group has been the same. Looking forward to bat well first and defend later on. It is all about giving the players the freedom and allow them to play as a unit. We are playing 3 fast bowlers and 2 spinners. 

KKR Playing 11:  Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy. 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders squad for IPL 2025: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer (vc), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mayank Markande, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia (wk), Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson

 

RCB Playing 11 vs KKR: 

 

Rajat Patidar, RCB captain at the toss: We have decided to bowl first, the pitch looks hard. Amazing to lead RCB and great opportunity to learn from the great players. We have done proper preparations for the last 10-15 days. I am confused with this impact player. We are going with 3 fast bowlers and 2 spinners.   

 

RCB Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt(w), Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal. 

 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad for IPL 2025: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Swastik Chikara, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Philip Salt, Manoj Bhandage, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Mohit Rathee, Abhinandan Singh.