The 58th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). This match was a home ground of Bengaluru. The Chinnaswamy Stadium will begin on May 17, 2025 at 7:30 pm.
Both teams will play against each other for the second time this season. The first match of this season was also played between the two teams. In that match, Bengaluru beat Kolkata by 7 wickets.
The RCB, which is second in the points table, wants to strengthen its position in the knockout. The team has scored 16 points with 8 wins in 11 matches. Although Gujarat Titans, ranked first, have won the same match, its net run rate is a little better than Bengaluru. On the other hand, this match is 'do or die' for KKR, which lost 6 matches out of 12 matches. If the team loses, it will be the fourth team out of the playoff race.
Match Details
Match: Rcb vs kkr
Date: May 17, 2025
Place: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Time: Toss – At 7:00 pm, The match starts – 7:30 pm
Kolkata in front of head-to-head
In the IPL, a total of 36 matches have been played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). KKR has won 21 matches, while RCB has made 15 matches in its own name.
M. So far 13 matches have been played between the two teams in Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The RCB has won only 4 matches, while KKR has won 9 matches.
Kohli can be a top scorer today
Virat Kohli has scored the highest runs from RCB. If he makes 6 runs today, he will become the top run scorer of the tournament. Josh Hazelwood is the top bowler of the team with 18 wickets. He could not play the previous match due to the injury. If Hazelwood plays today and takes 3 wickets, it can be a tournament's top wicket -taker. Although Hazelwood may be released from the tournament due to injury, this has not yet been officially confirmed.
KKR No Top Better Rahane
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane has been the most successful batter of the team. He has scored 375 runs in 12 games, including 3 Fifty. Varun Chakraborty has taken the highest wicket for the team. He is 17 wickets fast with an economy rate of 7. After that, Vaibhav Arora has taken 16 wickets and Harshit Rana took 15 wickets.
IPL remained postponed for 8 days due to tensions with Pakistan The IPL had to be postponed on May 9 due to tensions with Pakistan. The BCCI stopped the tournament and said that the country is currently in war, at which time the cricket tournament is not appropriate. The match between Punjab and Delhi on May 8 had to be stopped amid attacks from Pakistan. The match will now be played in Jaipur on May 24.
Pitch report In this match, M. Chinnaswamy stadium pitch will be convenient for batters, but rain can also be challenged for them. Since the boundary is small, it will be easy to play big shots. Spinners will help more than fast bowlers here. A total of 100 IPL matches have been played in this stadium. The first batting team has won 43 matches and the first bowling team won 53 matches. 4 matches have been inconclusive. The highest team in the ground is 287/3, which Sunrisers Hyderabad made the Royal Challengers Bangalore last year.
Weather report Heavy rains are expected in Bengaluru on Saturday. The probability of rainfall here on May 17 is up to 84%. Today, there will be a cloudy day and there will be heat. Temperatures are likely to be between 22 and 31 degrees Celsius.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jacob Bethel, Virat Kohli, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Kranal Pandya, Bhubaneswar Kumar, Lungi Angidi, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Sunil Narayan, Rahmanullah Gurbaaz (wicketkeeper), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramanadeep Singh, Moin Ali, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Aurora.
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