{"id":21923,"date":"2025-03-22T19:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=579549"},"modified":"2025-03-22T19:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:57:12","slug":"ipl-2025-kkr-vs-rcb-playing-xis-impact-players-toss-update-as-rcb-opt-to-bowl-first-against-kkr-at-eden-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-kkr-vs-rcb-playing-xis-impact-players-toss-update-as-rcb-opt-to-bowl-first-against-kkr-at-eden-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025, KKR vs RCB: Playing XIs, impact players, toss update as RCB opt to bowl first against KKR at Eden Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"421\">The opening match of IPL 2025 witnessed Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning the toss and choosing to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. With a packed stadium and high-voltage expectations, both teams unveiled their Playing XIs and Impact Players for the season opener.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"439\">Toss Update:<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"728\">Rajat Patidar, captaining RCB for the season opener, opted to bowl first citing favourable pitch conditions and a desire to chase. KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane, on the other hand, expressed confidence in setting a competitive total and leading his balanced side with a mix of pace and spin.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"775\">Playing XI \u2013 Royal Challengers Bengaluru:<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"943\">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<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"984\">Playing XI \u2013 Kolkata Knight Riders:<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"985\" data-end=\"1173\">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<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1194\">Impact Players:<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1375\">\n<li data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1291\">RCB: Devdutt Padikkal, Abhinandan Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1375\">KKR: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1635\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Both teams have gone with a 3-pacer and 2-spinner combination, highlighting a strategy built for balance and versatility. As RCB look to chase under lights, KKR will be eager to get their campaign off to a strong start by setting a competitive total at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opening match of IPL 2025 witnessed Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning the toss and choosing to bowl first against Kolkata\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":42219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}