Watch: Virat Kohli Fan Breaches Security At Eden Gardens, Refuses To Let Go Of RCB Star

The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 opener was quite a one-sided affair with Virat Kohli leading the charge. The chase-master scored an unbeaten 59 (36 balls) as RCB chased down a 175-run target in just 16.2 overs. The match also saw the Virat Kohli's popularity. The evening started with Shah Rukh Khan dancing with Virat Kohli on a song from the movie 'Pathaan', then BCCI felicitated him on the occasion of IPL turning 18. During the match, a fan breached security and went inside he ground to meet him. He touched Kohli's feet and refused to let go of the star until the stadium security officials intervened.  

MrBeast wasn't wrong when he said Indians worship Virat Kohli. pic.twitter.com/XHVwYd5tQY

Talking about the game, half-centuries by Virat Kohli (59 not out) and Phil Salt (56) went hard in power-play to set the base for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to chase down 175 and beat defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by seven wickets in the first game of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Eden Gardens  on Saturday.

After Krunal Pandya's 3-29 and Josh Hazlewood's 2-22 helped RCB stage a comeback and restrict KKR to 174/8, Salt and Kohli were blazing from the word go to stitch a 95-run opening partnership. Though Salt fell just before the halfway mark of the chase, Kohli remained unbeaten on 59 off 36 balls, as RCB wrapped the emphatic win with 22 balls to spare.

Salt began the chase with a sizzling cover drive off Vaibhav Arora before Kohli flicked him through mid-wicket in the opening over. Salt then drilled a cover drive off Spencer Johnson, before lofting Arora over mid-on on back-to-back balls for a four and six respectively.

After Kohli swiped Arora through the line