Bengluru, 17 May: RCB vs KKR: The IPL 2025’s second phase will begin on Saturday. In this league match, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders will square off in the 58th game. The focus of this game will be on Virat Kohli, who just announced his retirement from Test cricket.
Everyone will be watching Kohli
But during the game, all eyes will be on Kohli. His name will be the most chanted by the crowd, even inside the stadium. Earlier this week, the renowned batsman declared his retirement from Test cricket. According to social media conversations, supporters are preparing to don white jerseys in remembrance of the batsman who values the game’s classic structure the most.
Virat Kohli would like to play impressive innings
Kohli, who is in great form, would also like to play some impressive innings with the bat after the sudden end of his Test career. KKR has been most disappointed by its batsmen in the current season. Apart from captain Ajinkya Rahane and young Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no batsman has shown consistency.
KKR’s batting is the biggest problem
All the matches of the league stage are do or die for the KKR team, so it will expect effective innings from Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh. The team will miss England’s experienced all-rounder Moeen Ali. Moeen is out of the league due to viral fever. KKR’s bowling line-up of Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana has maintained its grip despite proving expensive on many occasions.
RCB vs KKR: Probable playing-11
RCB: Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal, Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell/Phil Salt, Swastik Chikara/Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (captain), and Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper).
KKR: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, and Ajinkya Rahane (captain).
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