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 The 18th season of the world's most colorful league IPL will begin on March 22 when defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The KKR vs RCB match is scheduled to start at 7:30 pm Indian time, but due to the opening ceremony, the match may be delayed a little. The opening match of IPL 2025 is also under the shadow of rain. Orange alert is currently in force in some parts of Kolkata, so there are reports that this match may also be canceled. However, fans would like this match to be completed and they get to see the start of IPL 2025 like in 2008. Let's take a look at the pitch report of KKR vs RCB-

KKR vs RCB Pitch Report

The pitch of this historic ground of Kolkata is considered to favor the batsmen, but in the beginning, the bowlers also get some help here. Here most of the teams prefer to bowl first after winning the toss because the run chase becomes very easy on this ground. Dew plays an important role in this run chase, but due to the new rule of BCCI, the thinking of the captains can change. Let us tell you, according to the new rule of BCCI, if there is more dew on the ground, then the umpires can hand over the new ball to the bowling team after the 10th over in the second innings.

Eden Gardens IPL stats and records

Matches- 93

Matches won while batting first- 38 (40.86%)

Matches won while chasing- 55 (59.14%)

Matches won after winning the toss- 49 (52.69%)

Matches won after losing the toss- 44 (47.31%)

Highest score- 262/2

Lowest score- 49

Highest score in chase- 262/2

Average score while batting first- 163

KKR vs RCB head to head

Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore have clashed 34 times in IPL so far, in which KKR has won 20 and RCB has won 14 matches. The next match is going to be played at KKR's home, so they will have a chance to increase their lead.

KKR vs RCB Squad

KKR: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Venkatesh Iyer (Vice Captain), Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Quinton de Kock, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Mayank Markande, Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Chetan Sakariya, Rinku Singh, Lavnith Sisodia, Varun Chakraborty.

RCB: Rajat Patidar (captain), Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell, Manoj Bhandage, Swastik Chikara, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Mohit Rathi, Lungi Ngidi, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Salam, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Nuwan Thushara, Yash Dayal.