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Will rain play spoilsport in KKR vs RCB match at Eden Gardens

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IPL 2025, KKR vs RCB Kolkata Weather Forecast Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch Report Moderate but persent rain on Friday forced players to wrap up their training sessions early and move indoors, ahead of the Kolkata Knight Riders versus Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 season opener at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. In a re-match of the inaugural IPL clash from way back in 2008, both KKR and RCB could suffer a damp opening if rain decides to hamper play at the venue on Saturday evening.
KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 – Eden Gardens weather report
According to Accuweather.com, the showery weather can extend from Friday evening to Saturday morning. “Cloudy in the morning with a couple of showers, then intervals of clouds and sunshine in the afternoon,” read the forecast with the proposed precipitation chances reducing to 25 per cent evening.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department has predicted thunderstorms and gusty winds (speed 40-60 kmph) over parts of Kolkata till March 22 due to an anti-cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal.
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“Isolated to scattered light or moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds likely over sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on March 20 and 21,” the IMD announced.
KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Squads
KKR squad: Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Venkatesh Iyer, Moeen Ali, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson.
RCB squad: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Swastik Chikara, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Philip Salt, Manoj Bhandage, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Mohit Rathee, Abhinandan Singh

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