The first match of the much-awaited competition, the Indian Premier League 2025, is set to take place on 22nd March. Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on the Defenders Kolkata Knight Riders in the very first game of the Indian Premier League Season 18th. Here are the Best Fantasy Cricket Tips for RCB vs KKR 1st match to help you get started on your team selection.
This edition of the Indian Premier League 2025 will be full of action-packed moments due to the inclusion of new faces. On the other hand, Dream11 users are eagerly waiting for the matches so that they can also play and earn.
Official organizers of the Indian Premier League and respective captains will soon reveal the squads ahead of the toss. India’s popular cricket ground, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, will host the much-awaited opening game of the IPL Season 18th.
Best Fantasy Cricket Tips for RCB vs KKR 1st match
Dream11 Users are looking forward to making the best strategies and forming their best playing XI for the game. To select the best possible teams, users need to form a team with the Players who are most likely to perform in the opening game of the IPL Season 18th. Cricket fans need to keep a note of forming a team must be within 100 credit points only for Dream11.
Here, we have listed down the best possible picks for the KKR vs RCB, Dream11 fatansy team. The pickup players are most likely to perform extraordinarily in the game and will contribute to the team. So the Players from Dream11 Fantasy Cricket Team perform extraordinarily, and then it will help the user to reach a higher rank.
Players to Best Pick
Captain: Rajat Patidar (RCB).
Batsman: Venkatesh Iyer (KKR), Virat Kohli (RCB).
Wicket-keepers: Quinton de Kock (KKR), Phil Salt (RCB).
All-Rounders: Sunil Narine (KKR), Liam Livingstone (RCB), Andre Russell (KKR)
Bowlers: Bhuvaneswar Kumar (RCB), Varun Chakravarthy (KKR)
Players to Avoid
So the Players who are not mentioned in the above list, users can avoid them for the Dream11 Fantasy Playing XI Team. Because the pick players will surely perform better in the match than the non-picked players. All of the select players are based on the statistics, their recent performance, and other details.
There are a few inexperienced players who will be part of the KKR and RCB team squads in the 1st game of the IPL Season 18th. So users can avoid them as a pick for the Dream11 Fantasy team for the KKR vs RCB 1st Match. On the other hand, Krunal Pandya’s recent performance is also not up to the mark, so he is also included on the list.
- Jitesh Sharma (RCB)
- Suyash Sharma (KKR)
- Krunal Pandya (RCB)
- Vaibhav Arora (KKR)
Problem XI of KKR vs RCB: IPL 1st Match 18th
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, JM Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt (wk), Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Virat Kohli, Tim David.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Andrew Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, SH Johnson, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh.
