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Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Schedule, Probable Playing XI, Squad for IPL 2025 – All you need to know

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will begin their IPL 2025 campaign against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Saturday. After 17 seasons, RCB is still hunting for their maiden title and they will want to end their trophy hoodoo in the 18th edition.

Rajat Patidar has been given the captaincy onus by the management and it would be interesting to note how he would marshall his troops on the big stage as he doesn’t have the experience of leading any IPL team. 

Bowling has been RCB’s kryptonite over the years however they have the services of bowlers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood for this season

RCB’s schedule for IPL 2025

KKR vs RCB – 7:30 pm – March 22 – Kolkata

CSK vs RCB – 7:30 pm – March 28 – Chennai

RCB vs GT – 7:30 pm – April 2 – Bengaluru

MI vs RCB – 7:30 pm – April 7 – Mumbai

RCB vs DC – 7:30 pm – April 10 – Bengaluru

RR vs RCB – 3:30 pm – April 13 – Jaipur

RCB vs PBKS – 7:30 pm – April 18 – Bengaluru

PBKS vs RCB – 3:30 pm – April 20 – Mullanpur

RCB vs RR – 7:30 pm – April 24 – Bengaluru

DC vs RCB – 7:30 pm – April 27 – Delhi

RCB vs CSK – 7:30 pm – May 3 – Bengaluru

LSG vs RCB – 7:30 pm – May 9 – Lucknow

RCB vs SRH – 7:30 pm – May 13 – Bengaluru

RCB vs KKR – 7:30 pm – May 17 – Bengaluru

RCB squad for IPL 2025:

Batters: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara.

Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma.

All-rounders: Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell.

Fast bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Yash Dayal, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh.

Spinners: Suyash Sharma, Mohit Rathee.

RCB predicted playing XI:

Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Liam Livingstone, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David, Rajat Patidar, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.

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