Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match Scorecard
The IPL 2025 1st Match is played on 22 Mar 2025 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata which is Kolkata Knight Riders’ home ground. The result of KKR vs RCB first IPL 2025 match has come. Here is the details of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match Scorecard.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match Scorecard (IPL 2025 1st Match Result)
KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 1st Match Scorecard
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Match Details
- Match: # 1. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Date: 22 March 2025 (IPL 2025 Match 1)
- Time: 7.30 PM
- Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Toss: RCB won the toss and elected to bowl first.
- Result: RCB won the First IPL 2025 Match by 7 wickets
- Player of the Match: Krunal Pandya (RCB)
Key Highlights
- KKR’s Batting Fireworks: Sunil Narine (44 off 26 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane’s (56 off 31 balls) explosive partnership
- RCB’s Valiant Chase: RCB chased the target very comfortably with explosive partnership of Virat (59 off 36 balls) and P Salt (56 off 31 balls) = 115 partnership runs.
- Bowling Heroes: Krunal Pandya (RCB), Took 3 wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Innings – 174/8
| Batsman | Run | Balls | 4s/6s | 50/100 | SR | Out | Bowler |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton de Cock | 4 | 5 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 80 | C- by J Sharma | J Hazlewood |
| Sunil Narine | 44 | 26 | 5/3 | 0/0 | 169.23 | C-by J Sharma | Rasikh Salam |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 56 | 31 | 6/4 | 1/0 | 180.65 | C-by Rasikh Salam | Krunal Pandya |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 6 | 7 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 85.71 | Bowled | Krunal Pandya |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 30 | 22 | 2/1 | 0/0 | 136.36 | C-by J Sharma | Yash Dayal |
| Rinku Singh | 12 | 10 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 120 | Bowled | Krunal Pandya |
| Andre Russell | 4 | 3 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 133.33 | Bowled | Suyash Sharma |
| Ramandeep Singh* | 6 | 9 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 66.67 | Not out | |
| Harshit Rana | 5 | 6 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 83.33 | C-by J Sharma | J Hazlewood |
| Spencer Johnson* | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 100 | Not out | |
| Extras: 6 | nb-0 | wd-4 | lb-2 | pen-0 | b-0 | ||
| Total Runs: | 174/8 (20) |
Did not bat: Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora
Fall of Wickets: Quinton de cock -4/1, Over: 05, Sunil Narine – 107/2, Over: 9.6, Ajinkya Rahane -109/3, Over: 10.3, Venkatesh Iyer -125/4, Over: 12.1, Rinku Singh -145/5, Over: 14.6, Andre Russell -150/6, Over: 15.4, Angkrish Raghuvanshi -168/7, Over: 18.5, Harshit Rana-173/8, Over: 19.5.
RCB Bowling:
| Bowlers | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Maiden | NB | Wide | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hazlewood | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Yash Dayal | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Rasikh Salam | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | |
| Krunal Pandya | 4 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | |
| Suyash Sharma | 4 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 |
| Liam Livingstone | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Powerplays Overs: 1 – 6 | KKR: 60/1 RCB: 80/0 | Middle Over 7 – 15 | KKR: 85/4 RCB: 77/2 | Death Overs 16 – 20 | KKR: 29/3 RCB: 20/1 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Innings – 177/3
| Batsman | Run | Balls | 4s/6s | 50/100 | SR | Out | Bowler |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli* | 59 | 36 | 4/3 | 1/0 | 163.89 | Not out | |
| Phil Salt | 56 | 31 | 9/2 | 1/0 | 180.65 | C-by S Johnson | V Chakaravarthy |
| Devdutt Padikkal | 10 | 10 | 1/0 | 0 | 100 | C-by Ramandeep Singh | Sunil Narine |
| Rajat Patidar | 34 | 16 | 5/1 | 0/0 | 212.5 | C-by Rinkung Singh | Vaibhav Arora |
| Liam Livingstone* | 15 | 5 | 2/1 | 0/0 | 300 | Not out | |
| Extras: 3 (nb-0, | wd-1 | lb-2 | b-0 | pen-0) | |||
| Total Runs: | 177/3 (16.2) |
Did not bat: Jitesh Shrama (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Salam, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Fall of wickets: Phil Salt -95/1, Over: 8.3, Devdutt Padikkal -118/2, Over: 11.4, Rajat Patidar-162/3, Over: 15.3
KKR Bowling:
| Bowlers | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Maiden | NB | Wide | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Arora | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 14 |
| Spencer Johnson | 2.2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 |
| Harshit Rana | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 |
| Powerplays Overs 1 – 6 | KKR: 60/1 RCB: 80/0 | Middle Over 7 – 15 | KKR: 85/4 RCB: 77/2 | Death Overs 16 – 20 | KKR: 29/3 RCB: 20/1 |
Players Information
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad (Full KKR Squad is Here)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Playing 11
Quinton De Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarty, Vaibhav Arora.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Players In Bench
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Luvnith Sisodia, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad (Full RCB Squad is Here)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Playing 11
Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Salam, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Players In Bench
Swastik Chhikara, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Manoj Bhandage, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Match Summary
- Key Moments:
- Ajinkya Rahane’s explosive 56 runs for 31 balls set the target 174 for KKR.
- Sunil Narine scored 44 runs off 26 balls and got 1 wicket.
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi made 30 runs off 22 balls.
- KKR fails take wickets in the first IPL 2025 match.
- Phil Salt tremendously played well, scored 56 runs off 31 balls.
- Virat Kohli’s explosive 59 runs off 36 balls not out made easily achieve the chase.
- The RCB captain Rajat Patidar scored 34 runs off 16 balls.
- Krunal Pandya has made RCB winner by taking 3 wickets.
- Player of the Match: Krunal Pandya (RCB)
