22 Mar, 21:23 (IST)

There has been no rain interruptions so far in the game and the sky stays clear. The opening ceremony and the first innings happened without any pause. KKR finished batting with their first innings score being 174/8. RCB to bat next. 

22 Mar, 19:01 (IST)

Fortunately, without any interruptions the opening ceremony performances are over without any interruption, and it is time for the toss which is all set to be held on 7:10. 

22 Mar, 18:12 (IST)

The weather remains clear as of now at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the opening ceremony has commenced with Shah Rukh Khan being the moderator. After the performers display their act, the KKR vs RCB match will take place.

22 Mar, 16:58 (IST)

Fans have started entering the Eden Gardens and have been providing visuals from the stadium. As previously updated, there is patchy clouds but none of them are dark and the sun is clearly visible. 

22 Mar, 16:53 (IST)

Although there is threat of rainfall throughout in the evening, fans have started to enter the Eden Gardens and take their seat. There are clouds over the stadium but they are not dark clouds and also there is strong winds. Fans are now waiting for the IPL 2025 opening ceremony which is now an hour away.

22 Mar, 16:11 (IST)

It is not bright as it was in the afternoon, with the twilight time nearing gradually. Clouds have been playing hide and seek with the sun and currently there are more dispersing ones. No dark clouds spotted as of yet. 

22 Mar, 15:07 (IST)

Things doesn't look bad as of now and rather promising. While the brightness of the sun has dimmed, the sun is well visible in the sky. There has been patches of cloud coming and going over Eden Gardens while the preparation for the match continue. 

22 Mar, 14:18 (IST)

The sun has stayed out for some time now. There has been no significant cloud coverage although some patchy cloud has made the sun play hide and seek with the fans. 

22 Mar, 13:48 (IST)

Fans get hopeful as the sky gets cleared up at Kolkata ahead of the KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 opener. It is sunny in Kolkata now and has stayed like that for sometime. The prediction for the evening still remains there but the clear sky is providing fans with hope of a full match without interruptions.

22 Mar, 13:41 (IST)

After the sun came out after a spell of rain the morning it has stayed like that for a few hours. Hopeful signs although there is prediction of rain in the evening. Fans will hope they get some action.Sun is Out in Kolkata

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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is all set to kickstart with the opening game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on March 22. KKR are the defending champions and they will face rivals in RCB in what is going to be a mouth-watering clash for the fans. KKR has lost their mentor Gautam Gambhir, captain Shreyas Iyer and star overseas players Phil Salt and Mitchell Starc ahead of the mega auction. They have replaced the lost mentor and players with Dwayne Bravo, Ajinkya Rahane, Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje. With the old core and some new additions, they will start the campaign where they left off. IPL 2025: Rain Threat Looms Over KKR vs RCB Season Opener at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru are off to a fresh start again. They have appointed Rajat Patidar as their new captain and added power-hitters like Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, Tim David and Jacob Bethell up their ranks to add some different dimensions to their game. Bowling boasts of experienced names like Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. RCB will hope they can turn around things and the turn around starts as quickly as the first match. Although there has been some uncertainty around the KKR vs RCB match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. There has been predictions of persistent rain and the opening match of IPL 2025 can end up being an washout.

Kolkata Weather Live

Unfortunately for the fans, the KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 match faces significant rain threat in the evening. According to the weather forecasts, there is chances of rain and thunderstorm in the evening, specially after 8 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) when the match is going to commence. The cut-off for a 5 over game per side is 10:56 PM IST and considering the Eden Gardens outfield gets covered and has a good drainage, the match can start quickly. So fans might still get to see some action.