🏏IPL 2025 - Match 1: RCB vs KKR, 22 March 2025 @ 7:30 PM IST🏏 - Page 7

Vikas: "Is the opening ceremony recorded as there is good amount of daylight but opening ceremony seems to be happening in a dark night?" There is no daylight, floodlights aren't on for the ceremony. Just the spotlights lasering about and of course the phone flashlights from the fans.

Mustafa Moudi : "While Rinku vs Dayal Grabs all the Limelight, I am excited for Virat Kohli vs the Harshit Rana Battle!!"

Mustafa Moudi: Apart from QDK and Gurbaz, KKR has one more WK Luvnith Sisodia. Interestingly, he was with RCB in 2021 and got Injured. RCB brought Rajat Patidar as his Replacement, who is their captain today. So Luvnith is responsible for finding their New Skipper?

Shivam: Really interesting to see how PBKS and DC approach the season, considering they have pretty good squads on paper.

Arjun: As we gear up for the new IPL 2025, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are once again one of the most talked-about teams. But the big question is – can they overcome their past challenges and finally lift the coveted IPL trophy?

Now it is the turn of Disha Patani to entertain the crowd. Lungi Ngidi and Jacob Bethell are sat next to each other, in the RCB dugout, watching the opening ceremony. Time for the rap next as Karun Ahuja takes over.

18:10 local, 12:40 GMT: Alright! Back to serious business. 70 league games. 58 days of uninterrupted action. 4 knock-outs at 2 venues. ONE winner. Who will it be? It all begins today. Only fair to remind ourselves that India, less than a year ago, won their second T20 World Cup. The last and only time India won the ultimate glory was back at the inaugural edition in 2007 where IPL was still a dream waiting to be translated into reality. And when it eventually did, RCB and KKR kickstarted the first edition of IPL at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. 17 seasons passed by and not once did we have a repeat of that clash for the start of IPL. 17 years is quite a duration. All those puzzles of why India failed to bag the (T20 WC) title despite boasting of having the best T20 league in the world have now been put to bed. Arise India, and the rest of the world. It's game time in Kolkata. Defending champions KKR take on RCB at the Eden Gardens.

Mustafa Moudi: Apart from QDK and Gurbaz, KKR has one more WK Luvnith Sisodia. Interestingly, he was with RCB in 2021 and got Injured. RCB brought Rajat Patidar as his Replacement, who is their captain today. So Luvnith is responsible for finding their New Skipper?

Was any new IPL anthem released this year?

Sujatha : "Let not the RCB men repeat what the RCB girls did in 2025" says every RCB fan

Shreya performance was beautiful...😍😍😍

Disha i didnt like....😬😬😬😬

Ahuja ok ok.. 🙄

6.30pm Thanks, Ekanth. Nice to come in with Karan Aujla belting out his popular numbers. How's the weather is the question on everyone's mind. Looks clear for now in Kolkata. The same can't be said about where I am in Bengaluru, where it was pelting down not long back. Let's strap in for what should be an exciting opening game.