RCB vs KKR: The Indian Premier League will start again from today. The league was stopped on 8 May due to India-Pakistan tension. IPL 2025 will start once again from today i.e. Saturday, 17 May. Today there will be a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The toss of the match between RCB and KKR will be at 7 pm. The match will start at 7.30 pm.
In the head to head between RCB and KKR, Kolkata Knight Riders have the upper hand. KKR team has defeated Bangalore 20 times in IPL. Whereas RCB has defeated Kolkata 15 times in IPL. Talking about M Chinnaswamy, 12 matches have been played between the two teams here. During this, KKR has won 8 matches.
The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is considered to be a graveyard for bowlers. Batsmen have a great time here. Many times high scoring matches have been seen on this ground. However, in today’s match, the pitch is likely to help the bowlers, because it has been 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.
There is a possibility of rain in Bengaluru today i.e. on 17 May. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a 65 percent chance of rain here on Saturday. Rain was seen in Bengaluru throughout the last week. There may be intermittent rain during the match as well. Dark clouds will remain in the sky.
RCB’s probable playing XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt/Jacob Bethell, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi and Yash Dayal.
Impact Player: Suyash Sharma.
KKR Probable Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty.
Impact Player: Harshit Rana.
