Royal Challengers Bangalore secured a seven-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of IPL 2025 on Saturday. Virat Kohli's unbeaten 59 led the RCB to triumph, igniting hopes among fans for a potential title win after a 17-year drought. The win at Eden Gardens has energised RCB supporters, who are now optimistic about their team's chances in the tournament.
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00:00It's an opener match of IPL 2025 and Royal Challenges Bangalore. RCB owned the match by
00:07seven wickets with Kolkata Night Riders after a fantastic, fantastic and tremendous batting
00:12performance by Virat Kohli. He scored 59 not out and after that the fans, after the first match,
00:21they have started believing that this time, after 17 years of long wait, RCB could win this
00:29IPL title. Virat's performance is very nice today and he has played extremely well. So after
00:35champions trophy and right now Virat Kohli in Royal Challenges Bangalore, he is alone having
00:42this baton of RCB from the this 17-18 years. So do you think that he can lift the trophy because
00:49it's a long, long, long wait? Definitely I think we will. I mean they have started in a very good
01:05note. So as a true RCB fan, like he said, we are wishing for this win in every match and let's see
01:12if everything goes well for the first time. As an RCB fan, I am walking out as a happy,
01:17happy person wearing this jersey for the first time. So let's see, let's hope, let's hope.
01:22So let's have a celebration by the fans over here. Let's celebrate.
01:48He is a crazy, crazy fan, crazy, crazy fan over here of Kolkata and right now it's a sports
01:55crazy city after all and people over here are all celebrating RCB's win and Virat Kohli's good
02:01innings as he has played extremely well. Also Virat Kohli is having a record of IPL century
02:09in the Eden Gardens itself and this time right now he has played extremely well and the people
02:17over here are getting crazy for the RCB and the fans are expecting that they could lift
02:25the IPL trophy after the long, long 17 years of wait. With camera person Shyam
02:31Anirban for India Today, Kolkata.