The 58th game of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). This match will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on May 17 at 7:30 PM IST. The tournament is back after a forced break due to Indo-Pak border tensions. Both teams played each other in the opening game of the tournament on March 22. RCB won that game.
RCB vs KKR: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz ✈️ (Wicket-Keeper) | Phil Salt ✈️ |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ | Virat Kohli |
| Ajinkya Rahane (Captain) | Devdutt Padikkal |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Rajat Patidar (Captain) |
| Manish Pandey | Jitesh Sharma (Wicket-Keeper) |
| Andre Russell ✈️ | Tim David ✈️ |
| Rinku Singh | Krunal Pandya |
| Moeen Ali ✈️ | Romario Shepherd ✈️ |
| Ramandeep Singh | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Vaibhav Arora | Lungi Ngidi ✈️ |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Yash Dayal |
RCB vs KKR Squad
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
|---|---|
| Rajat Patidar (c) – Top-order batter | Ajinkya Rahane (C) – Top Order Batter |
| Mayank Agarwal – Batter | Quinton de Kock (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Swastik Chikara – Batter | Manish Pandey – Top Order Batter |
| Tim David ✈️ – Middle-order batter | Rovman Powell ✈️ – Middle Order Batter |
| Virat Kohli – Top-order batter | Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Top Order Batter |
| Phil Salt ✈️ – Wicketkeeper batter | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Jitesh Sharma – Wicketkeeper batter | Ramandeep Singh – Middle Order Batter |
| Jacob Bethell ✈️ – Batting allrounder | Rinku Singh – Middle Order Batter |
| Manoj Bhandage – Allrounder | Luvnith Sisodia (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ – Batting allrounder | Venkatesh Iyer (VC) – Allrounder |
| Mohit Rathee – Allrounder | Moeen Ali ✈️ – Batting Allrounder |
| Krunal Pandya – Allrounder | Sunil Narine ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder |
| Romario Shepherd ✈️ – Bowling allrounder | Anukul Roy – Allrounder |
| Abhinandan Singh – Bowler | Andre Russell ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ – Bowler | Vaibhav Arora – Bowler |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Bowler | Harshit Rana – Bowler |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ – Bowler | Spencer Johnson ✈️ – Bowler |
| Rasikh Salam – Bowler | Mayank Markande – Bowler |
| Suyash Sharma – Bowler | Anrich Nortje ✈️ – Bowler |
| Swapnil Singh – Bowler | Chetan Sakariya – Bowler |
| Nuwan Thushara ✈️ – Bowler | Varun Chakravarthy – Bowler |
| Yash Dayal – Bowler | Umran Malik – Withdrawn Bowler |
| Kolkata Knight Riders |
RCB vs KKR 2025: Injury Updates
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal has been ruled out of the tournament due to injury and has been replaced by Mayank Agarwal
Kolkata Knight Riders: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
