IPL 2025: Complete List of Season-Opening Matches in IPL History
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season will kick off with a highly anticipated match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on March 22, 2025.
This marks the second time these two teams have faced each other in an IPL opener. The last time was in 2008, when KKR crushed RCB by 140 runs, thanks to Brendon McCullum’s legendary 158 off 73 balls* at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
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Full List of IPL Season-Opening Matches Over the Years:
- 2008: RCB vs KKR – KKR won by 140 runs (Chinnaswamy, Bangalore)
- 2009: CSK vs MI – MI won by 19 runs (Newlands, Cape Town)
- 2010: DC vs KKR – KKR won by 11 runs (Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
- 2011: CSK vs KKR – CSK won by 2 runs (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
- 2012: CSK vs MI – MI won by 8 wickets (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
- 2013: KKR vs DD – KKR won by 6 wickets (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
- 2014: MI vs KKR – KKR won by 41 runs (Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi)
- 2015: KKR vs MI – KKR won by 7 wickets (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
- 2016: MI vs RPS – RPS won by 9 wickets (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)
- 2017: SRH vs RCB – SRH won by 35 runs (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)
- 2018: MI vs CSK – CSK won by 1 wicket (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)
- 2019: CSK vs RCB – CSK won by 7 wickets (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
- 2020: MI vs CSK – CSK won by 5 wickets (Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi)
- 2021: MI vs RCB – RCB won by 2 wickets (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
- 2022: CSK vs KKR – KKR won by 6 wickets (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)
- 2023: GT vs CSK – GT won by 5 wickets (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)
- 2024: CSK vs RCB – CSK won by 6 wickets (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
IPL 2025 is expected to start with a bang, as KKR and RCB battle it out in the season opener. Stay tuned for more updates!
