Karan aulja

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar, the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the opening game of IPL 2025 against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.

Before the toss happened, the IPL 2025 season had the official opening ceremony hosted by actor-producer Shah Rukh Khan, also KKR’s co-owner, along with performances by singer Shreya Ghoshal, actor Disha Patani and singer-rapper Karan Aulja.

After winning the toss, Patidar, captaining RCB for the first time in the IPL, said he is playing with three seamers and two spinners. Interestingly, RCB have not picked veteran India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the tournament opener.