The excitement for IPL 2025 is building up, and one of the most anticipated matches will be between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Both teams have made some big changes to their squads, and their probable playing 11 gives us a glimpse of what to expect. Let’s take a look at the KKR vs RCB probable playing XI for the season opener of IPL 2025 season.
KKR Probable Playing XI vs RCB
| Player Name | IPL Stats |
| Quinton de Kock (wk) ✈️ | 3157 runs |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ | 1534 runs & 180 wickets |
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) | 4642 runs |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 1326 runs & 3 wickets |
| Rinku Singh | 893 runs |
| Andre Russell ✈️ | 2484 runs & 115 wickets |
| Ramandeep Singh | 170 runs & 6 wickets |
| Harshit Rana | 25 wickets |
| Anrich Nortje ✈️ | 60 wickets |
| Vaibhav Arora | 19 wickets |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 83 wickets |
RCB Probable Playing XI vs KKR
| Player Name | IPL Stats |
| Virat Kohli | 8004 runs |
| Phil Salt (wk) ✈️ | 653 runs |
| Rajat Patidar (c) | 799 runs |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ | 939 runs & 11 wickets |
| Jitesh Sharma (wk) | 730 runs |
| Tim David ✈️ | 659 runs |
| Krunal Pandya | 1647 runs & 76 wickets |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 181 wickets |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ | 35 wickets |
| Yash Dayal | 28 wickets |
| Suyash Sharma | 10 wickets |
Impact Players
Both teams have multiple impact players to choose from especially at Eden Gardens where spin bowlers can be game changers, KKR will look to add an additional spin bowling option where they have the likes of Mayank Markande, Anukul Roy in the spin bowling department. But if they look to bowl first then in the second innings KKR might bring in Manish Pandey or Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
RCB has limited spin bowling options where Swapnil Singh as impact player was highly effective in the powerplay overs. He could once again be backed and might be RCB’s impact player in most of the games. But if RCB look for a seam bowler then Rasikh Salam Dar, who was mighty impressive in the death overs last season could be in the reckoning.
Also Read: KKR vs RCB Records at Eden Gardens
