IPL 2025 - KKR vs RCB, Eden Gardens Records

Updated At: 2025/03/20

The 18th season of the Indian Premier League is here and the first match will take place between IPL 2025 will take place at the historical Eden Gardens on Saturday.

Kolkata Knight Riders are defending their 3rd IPL trophy as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final game of the previous edition. Royal Challengers Bangalore are coming with a new hope to win their first-ever IPL title.

Eden Gardens is a home ground for Kolkata Knight Riders. It is a historical cricket ground that has hosted some of the most memorable international and IPL fixtures. Whenever a fixture takes place at Eden Gardens, there is always animosity on the ground among the players.

Since it is the first match of a new IPL season, all the attention will be on Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this article, we bring you all the statistics and records for Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens. These records and stats will be helpful for you to place your bets on the right odds at the online betting apps.

IPL 2025 - KKR at the Eden Gardens

Matches Played	88
Won	52
Lost	36
Batting Average	29.43
Batting Run Rate	8.58
Bowling Average	26.19
Bowling Economy	8.3

KKR’s Performance at the Eden Gardens - Post Toss

	Years	Matches	Won	Lost	Runs	Wickets	Average	RPO
lost toss & fielded	2008-2024	28	17	11	3860	139	27.76	7.78
lost toss & sent in	2008-2024	60	24	36	10273	391	26.27	8.7
won the toss & fielded	2008-2024	60	36	24	9580	317	30.22	8.8
won toss & batted	2008-2024	28	11	17	4281	162	26.42	7.75

IPL 2025 - RCB At the Eden Gardens

Matches Played	13
Won	5
Lost	8
Batting Average	27.57
Batting Run Rate	8.76
Highest Score	221
Lowest Score	49

RCB’s Performance at the Eden Gardens - Post Toss

	Years	Matches	Won	Lost	Runs	Wickets	Average	RPO
lost toss & fielded	2008-2024	2	2	0	319	11	29	8.86
lost toss & sent in	2008-2024	11	5	6	1807	64	28.23	8.97
won the toss & fielded	2008-2024	11	6	5	2014	65	30.98	9.17
won toss & batted	2008-2024	2	0	2	267	10	26.7	7.41

KKR vs RCB - Head To Head at The Eden Gardens

KKR	Matches (12)	RCB
8	Won	5
8	Lost	4
2118	Runs Scored	1889
68	Wickets	72
31.14	Average	26.23
9.06	RPO	8.61

IPL 2025 - Last Meeting of KKR vs RCB

Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore last met in the previous edition of the league and their meeting happened at the Eden Gardens. It was a high-scoring game where KKR batters came out on top while batting first.

Phil Salt, who is now part of Royal Challengers Bangalore, started the game from the top order and scored 48 off 14 balls at a strike rate of 342.86. His firepower performance gave momentum to the team for the rest of the innings. Former KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer scored 50 off 36 balls at a strike rate of 138.89 and took the score of the team beyond 200.

For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Yash Dayal and Cameron Green were the primary wicket takers with 2 wickets each at an economy of 14 and 8.75 respectively.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, after a horrible bowling performance, started slowly where their top-order partnership was broken early. Will Jacks and newly elected skipper Rajat Patidhar handled the situation and scored 55 off 32 and 52 off 33 respectively. However, once their partnership was broken, the whole team fell short of completing the chase.

For Kolkata Knight Riders, Andre Russell picked up 3 wickets at an economy of 8.33. Sunil Narine and Harshit Rana scalped 2 wickets each at an economy of 8.50 and 8.25 respectively.