The much-anticipated opening match of IPL 2025 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Eden Gardens on March 22 might be disrupted by bad weather. According to Accuweather Kolkata is expected to experience persistent rain in the morning followed by some clear patches in the afternoon.

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Weather Forecast for IPL 2025 Opener (March 22, 2025)

Rain Probability: 90% chance of precipitation with an 18% chance of thunderstorms.

Cloud Cover: 79% of the sky covered.

Wind Speed: 9 km/hr from the south.

Temperature: Max - 27°C | Min - 23°C.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light to moderate rainfall over West Bengal from March 19 to 22. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Kolkata has also warned of thunderstorms with lightning and strong winds in some districts of West Bengal during this period.

With rainfall continuing for the last few days, the IPL 2025 opening ceremony might also be affected. However there is hope that weather conditions could improve before the match.

Both teams will be led by new captains this season KKR will be led by Ajinkya Rahane and RCB Rajat Patidar will lead the Bengaluru franchise

Probable playing XIs for KKR vs RCB

KKR (probable XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, and Vaibhav Arora.

RCB(probable XI): Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.