IPL Opening Match List: What Happened in Previous 17 Indian Premier League Season Openers Ahead of IPL 2025?

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Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will get the Indian Premier League season 18 - IPL 2025 campaign under way against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday (March 22).

Ajinkya Rahane's KKR will be up against Rajat Patidar's RCB in the 18th IPL season opening match, also featuring some greats of the league in Virat Kohli, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell.

This will be the second time these two teams collide in first match of an IPL season. KKR and RCB got the ball rolling in the lucrative league, when it was founded in 2008 as the two sides locked horns in IPL's first match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

On that night, Brendon McCullum representing KKR blew away RCB with a knock of 158 to announce the arrival of what is to come in the next few years. Since then, 16 more IPL opening matches have taken place with RCB and KKR also involved in other season openers.

RCB possess a poor record of just one win in five IPL tournament openers so far with their solitary victory coming against Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2021. KKR, on the other hand, have won 6 of 7 IPL first matches with their sole defeat coming against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2011.

KKR, however, got the better of CSK in their most recent tournament opener in 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, while RCB lost to the same opposition last year at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Here is a look at the IPL first match list with their results:

IPL Opening Match List With Results

• IPL 2008 First Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru - KKR won by 140 runs
• IPL 2009 First Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at Newlands, Cape Town - MI won by 19 runs
• IPL 2010 First Match: Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai - KKR won by 11 runs
• IPL 2011 First Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - CSK won by 2 runs
• IPL 2012 First Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - MI won by 8 wickets
• IPL 2013 First Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils at Eden Gardens, Kolkata - KKR won by 6 wickets
• IPL 2014 First Match: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi - KKR won by 41 runs
• IPL 2015 First Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens, Kolkata - KKR won by 7 wickets
• IPL 2016 First Match: Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiant at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - RPSG won by 9 wickets
• IPL 2017 First Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad - SRH won by 35 runs
• IPL 2018 First Match: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - CSK won by 1 wicket
• IPL 2019 First Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - CSK won by 7 wickets
• IPL 2020 First Match: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi - CSK won by 5 wickets
• IPL 2021 First Match: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - RCB won by 2 wickets
• IPL 2022 First Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - KKR won by 6 wickets
• IPL 2023 First Match: Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad - GT won by 5 wickets
• IPL 2024 First Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - CSK won by 6 wickets