Who Will Score Most Runs in KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Match 1?

The Maha Sangram of the Indian Premier League (IPL) begins from today i.e. March 22. The opening match of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, the IPL 2025, will be played out between the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and one of the fan favourite franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Despite the threat of rain looms large over the match, the fans of both sides are quite hopeful that rain will stay away and will have a cracking match-up between these two teams. Both sides in the past have delivered thrilling matches, especially KKR winning by just 1 runs with a last ball run out in the 2nd match between the two teams in IPL 2025.

IPL 2025 Match Prediction

All eyes will be on some key players for this match, especially the likes Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer etc. In this article, we take a look at some of the players who could score most runs in this match.

Virat Kohli

The first player in this list is former RCB captain Virat Kohli. Kohli is the modern day great of the game and he is the leading run scorer in the IPL history with over 8000 runs. He has a great record against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) having scored 962 runs. Kohli opens the inning for RCB and so will be looking to take advantage of the first 6 overs.

Rajat Patidar

Rajat Patidar has been RCB’s one of the best batter in the IPL since making his debut in 2021. He will have extra responsibility this time around as he will be leading the team. Rajat is known for his batting display against spin and given the spin bowling quality at KKR’s disposal, Patidar will play a huge role. Although Rajat has scored only 56 runs vs KKR, in the 3 seasons he has played in the IPL, he has scored 424 runs vs spin bowling at a strike rate of 177.4 and average of 53.0.

Venkatesh Iyer

Over the years since making his debut in 2021, Venkatesh Iyer has established himself as one of the best batter in the KKR squad. Most importantly, he has a knack of scoring valuable runs in big matches for the Knight Riders. Iyer has played some key knocks against RCB where he has scored 177 runs vs the Challengers. He has also done excellent work at the Eden Gardens having scored 274 runs at the venue in 2023 and 2024.

Andre Russell

Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) star all-rounder Andre Russell has been known as RCB destroyer for his astonishing performance against the franchise. In several matches, Russell on his own has won matches for KKR against RCB. The Caribbean hard-hitting batter has scored 423 runs vs RCB in IPL. Russell has also mastered his batting at the Eden Gardens with 956 runs with a strike rate of 190.1 and average of 35.4.