IPL 2025, KKR vs RCB Highlights: 67 runs and 7 wickets … Salt -Kohli’s storm after Krunal’s spin, KKR – IPL 2025 kkr vs RCB highlights krunal pandya phil saal kohl kohl kohl kohl kohl kohl kohl kohl kohli stars match Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders Tspoa

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 opening match was played on 22 March (Saturday) between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). In this match, RCB won by seven wickets. Krunal Pandya, Phil Salat and Virat Kohli played an important role in RCB’s victory. Krunal Pandya wreaked havoc with the ball. At the same time, Salt and Kohli washed the KKR bowlers with the bat.

KKR stunned after Naren’s wicket

In this match played at Eden Gardens, the team of Kolkata Knight Riders was moving towards a big score at one time. His score was 107 runs at the loss of one wicket in 9.5 overs. Then it seemed that KKR would manage to score 200 plus runs. Why not … Captain Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Naren had rained fours and sixes. However, after that the game was completely overturned.

Fast bowler Rasik Salaam Dar made Sunil Naren on the last ball of the 10th over, after which Krunal Pandya’s spin overshadowed the hosts. Krunal caught captain Rahane out of Rasik Salaam. Then Krunal also bowled Venkatesh Iyer (6) and Rinku Singh (12). With these shaking, KKR’s team came to the backfoot completely.

KKR’s wickets fell, as well as a break on the run pace. The KKR score was 107 runs for one wicket at one time in 9.5 overs. After the end of 20 overs, she could only manage 174 runs for eight wickets. That is, KKR scored 67 runs from the last 61 balls and seven wickets fell.

For KKR, captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 56 runs from 31 balls, including 6 fours and four sixes. At the same time, Sunil Naren scored 44 runs off 26 balls with the help of 5 fours and three sixes. On behalf of RCB, ‘Player of the Match’ Krunal Pandya did three players. While Josh Hazlewood got two successes. Yash Dayal and Suyash Sharma also got one wicket each.

Kohli-Sult’s stormy partnership

Defending the target of 175 runs was quite difficult on the ground of Eden Gardens, that too in the night because the effect of dew is also seen on this ground. Although KKR hoped wickets in the initial overs, but this hope remained in Dhari. The RCB’s start was quite a bang while chasing the target. Virat Kohli and Phil Salat together put a fierce class of KKR bowlers. The two had a 95 -run partnership from 51 balls.

This partnership completely dropped KKR from the match. Later, Captain Rajat Patidar (34) also helped RCB to win a big victory. RCB took a target of 175 runs as soon as 22 balls remained. Virat Kohli returned unbeaten after scoring 59 runs on 36 balls. During this, Kohli hit four fours and three sixes. At the same time, Salt scored 56 runs off 31 balls. Salt hit 9 fours and two sixes in his innings.

Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI: Quinton Dickock (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Naren, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty.
Impact Sub: Vaibhav Arora.

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s playing XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salat, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasik Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Impact Sub: Devdutt Padikkal.