Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the season opener on the soil of their house Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025The match was played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata crossed the finishing line with extremely ease during the Chase of RCB, where the initial pair made the target bulk.
Earlier in the game, the defending champion was placed to bat first by the Rajat Patidar -led side, the latter called it correctly in the toss. The decision did a wonderful job for the Bengaluru side, as despite a terrible beginning, the RCB returned terriblely well, taking a striking of wickets during the middle overs. It was Krunal Pandya, who defeats the KKR batsmen, scales three important batsmen from the line-up of Kolkata.
talking points
1. Krunal is very cruelty for Kolkata
The left -handed spinner started a bad dream after giving fifteen runs, who was already bowling. However, once the powerplay was finished, he was brought back to the attack, and captain Ajinkya Rahane became the first victim of the night. Pandya then finished clean disturbers batters Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh with a great figures of 4-0-29-3. The performance also earned him the Player of the Match Award, as his second spell won the game in favor of the franchise in Bangalore.
2. Salt-peeping and Virat run
Chase RCB batsmen never had difficulty, as Phil Salat and Virat Kohli's inauguration pair wreaked havoc in the powerplay overs. The first six overs saw a hurry to the boundaries being scored, resulting in 80 runs lost during the region of any wicket without any wicket. Salt scored 56 runs off just 31 balls, while Kohli was in his best, one from 36 to 59, including four boundaries and maximum trio. His 95 -run partnership was broken by Varun Chakraborty.
3. Rap takes finishing charge
The newly appointed captain Rajat Patidar was highly pumped after the platform set by the openers. Even after five luxurious boundaries across the Eden, in fact, in fact, a very large sixth came away from the blade, as the skipper left just 16 balls after 34, although the batsman could not last until the end. Following the finishing touch off by the Patidar, RCB can pursue the target with 22 balls to run the 2025 campaign.
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who said what?
RCB captain Rajat Patidar said
There was definitely pressure, but it was a good day for me. Hope for such days. (Bringing Suyash back for the fourth over) It was clear that we wanted Russell's wicket, not accepting him. He is our strike bowler, we supported him. All the credit goes to Krunal and Suyash, they were away from 130, the bowlers showed courage and determination. Captain Kohli feels great, he supports a lot, great opportunity to learn the best. (Shot at 14.6) It was a pre-determined shot, I wanted to go on the cover.
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said
We went well until the 13th over, 2-3 wickets changed the pace. We have to learn from our mistakes. We thought that 210-220 was equal when Venky (Iyer) and I was batting, but we lost wickets. The dew was, but they had a very good powerplay. We could not get the initial wickets. We do not want to think too much about this game, just to improve as a unit.
Match player Krunal Pandya said
I just wanted to focus my attention when I returned to the 11th over. Glad that I was able to give. You have to go with the flow, now batsmen can hit sixes continuously, so you have to find ways to up your game. Therefore, I wanted to bowl quickly, the changes of speed were also useful. Jitesh knows that I can do anything, bowling a wide yorker or bouncer, so he is aware. You have to use everything in your arsenal. Once I got into the team, I came to know about insanity. Even when I was playing domestic cricket in Bangalore, there were RCB mantras. It has been a great feeling with the team in the last ten days.
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