IPL 2025: KKR and RCB to play tournament opener at Eden Gardens on March 22
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2025 opening match at their home ground Eden Gardens on March 22.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2025 opening match at their home ground Eden Gardens on March 22.
India will begin the new year with a T20 series against England at Eden Gardens, which will be their first series after the embarrassing defeat to Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy series Down Under.
Ajinkya Rahane’s return for his base sum of Rs 1.5 crore to reigning IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has opened a new debate with regards to the captaincy of the side, that was left vacant after Shreyas Iyer was released.
Starting with a base price of Rs 1.50 crore, Rana became the centre of a fierce tussle between Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and Rajasthan Royals.
Venky Mysore, the CEO of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), admitted that it was a very challenging task for them to trim the retentions down to six ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction after winning the previous season.
Wiese, who had featured in three games for the side during the season, opened up on the dressing room atmosphere throughout the campaign under Pandit, who had replaced New Zealander Brendon McCullum to the top spot in the KKR set-up.
KKR will be hoping that the return of Gambhir, who led the side to their two titles in 2012 and 2014, will reignite the spirit within the side that finished a lowly seventh on their past two IPL campaigns.
Gambhir, whose association with the franchise dates back to the fourth edition of the IPL in 2011, was instrumental in reviving a struggling side, taking them to the knockout stages in his first year as captain. Subsequently, the KKR went on to win two titles between 2012 and 2014.
According to some media reports, after consultation with the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bangalore, the 29-year-old visited the spine specialist in Mumbai, who advised the right-hand batsmen not to stretch much during forward defense as this can increase the injury.
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