New Delhi, March 22 -- Kolkata Knight Riders are all set to begin their IPL 2025 season with the opening match against the Royal Challengers Benglaluru at the Eden Gardens stadium from today. KKR - the defending champions - will have a point to prove under a new captain (Ajinkya Rahane) but with largely the same setup. Incidentally, this will also be the first match to be played after all the new rule changes implemented by the BCCI.

Ahead of IPL 2025, the BCCI has made a number of changes to the tournament's rules, including reinstating the use of saliva on the ball, making provision for a new ball in the event of dew, expanding the scope of DRS and scrapping the policy of banning captains for slow over rates.

Of these, the BCCI's rein...