Rcb vs kkr: The Indian Premier League will start again from today. On 8 May, the league was stopped in view of Indo-Pak tension. Today i.e. Saturday, May 17, IPL 2025 will start. Today, there will be a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The toss of the match of RCB and KKR will be held at seven in the evening. At the same time, the match will start from seven and a half hours.
Who ahead in the head to head?
Kolkata Knight Riders have a heavy upper hand in the head to head between RCB and KKR. KKR’s team has defeated Bengaluru 20 times in the IPL. At the same time, RCB has hit Kolkata 15 times in IPL. Talking about M Chinnaswamy, there have been 12 matches between the two teams here. During this time KKR has won in 8 matches.
Pitch report of M Chinnaswamy Stadium
The pitch bowlers of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru are considered a cemetery. The batsmen have fun here. High scoring matches are being seen many times on this ground. However, in today’s match, the bowlers are likely to get help from the pitch, as it was raining here for the last several days and then the pitch must have been covered with covers for a long time. In such a situation, fast bowlers are likely to get help.
Rain can be disturbed in the match
In Bengaluru, there is a possibility of rain today i.e. on 17 May. According to the Meteorological Department, on Saturday, there are 65 percent of the rainy chances. Bangalore saw the last week of rain. There may be intermittent rain during the match. There will be dark clouds in the sky.
RCB’s possible playing XI – Virat Kohli, Phil Salat/Jacob Bethel, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Engidi and Yash Dayal.
Impact Player – Suyash Sharma.
KKR’s possible playing eleven – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Suchit Roy, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty.
