Who Won Yesterday's IPL Match 1? KKR vs RCB, IPL 2025 on March 22: Salt-Kohli Power Bengaluru To Opening Day Victory

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Who won Yesterday's IPL Match 1, KKR vs RCB, played in Kolkata on March 22 - Saturday?With the excitement of fresh team combinations following the mega auction, the 2025 IPL season kicked off with plenty of buzz.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) had every reason to celebrate as their newest signings made a significant mark, contributing to a commanding victory over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Further details from the match below.

Yesterday's IPL Match 1: KKR vs RCB (Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Kolkata Knight Riders - 174/8 in 20 overs vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 177/3 in 16.2 overs. Result - RCB won by 7 wickets at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Toss: RCB won the toss and opted to bowl first

Captains: Ajinkya Rahane (KKR), Rajat Patidar (RCB)

Who scored the most runs for RCB?

Virat Kohli - 59-not-out off 36 balls

Who scored the most runs for KKR?

Ajinkya Rahane - 56 out off 31 balls

Who took the most wickets for RCB?

Krunal Pandya- 3/29

Who took the most wickets for KKR?

Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine (1 each)

Who Was Man of the Match in Yesterday's IPL Match?

Krunal Pandya: 4-29-3 bowling figures

KKR vs RCB match Playing 11

Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Impact Substitute: Vaibhav Arora (IN), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (OUT)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Impact Substitute: Devdutt Padikkal (IN), Suyash Sharma (OUT)

Full Squads

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Swapnil Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Rasikh Dar Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Jacob Bethell, Suyash Sharma, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Manish Pandey, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Mayank Markande, Chetan Sakariya, Luvnith Sisodia.