Kolkata: Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and chose to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match of Indian Premier League 2025 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata today. #IPL2025 RCB wins the toss & decides to bowl first against KKR#KKRvsRCB #IPLUpdate #KolkataKnightRiders #RoyalChallengersBengaluru pic.twitter.com/XnhnfZrQJn — Dynamite News (@DynamiteNews_) March 22, 2025 KKR are defending champions as they thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Final last year. RCB (Playing XI): 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 KKR (Playing XI): 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
