Published: Feb 17, 2025, 06:36 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 17, 2025, 06:36 PM (IST)
Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB) have been handed an interesting IPL 2025 schedule. RCB will be playing majority of their matches at home towards the business end of the league phase.
The Bengaluru-based franchise will be up against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the tournament opener on March 22.
Following the schedule announcement, Chopra pointed out that RCB’s last match of their group phase is against KKR and it could turn out to be a tough challenge.
He also pointed out how KKR had dominated over RCB in both of their league stage encounters last season and added that for RCB, facing the defending champions at crucial stages could turn out to be disadvantageous for them.
“It’s interesting for Bengaluru. They have three of their last four and four of their last six games at home. They have more matches at home towards the back end. It used to be a problem earlier but the last season made you understand that they are quite okay,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
“They won the last few matches at home and they happened to qualify. So if we see the last year’s template, it just looks alright. However, it’s interesting that they are starting against Kolkata and are also ending against Kolkata. That could be a tough game because their matches are tight and Kolkata beat them here,” Chopra added.
Meanwhile, RCB recently elected Rajat Patidar as their captain for the upcoming IPL season despite there being several media reports which stated that Virat Kohli will be the one who will be handed the leadership role.
