IPL 2025 Opening Match: Unlimited JioHotstar Offer Ahead Of KKR Vs RCB On March 22; Check Jio's Latest Plan

IPL 2025: The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are gearing up to compete each other on March 22, becoming the opening match for Tata Group-backed Indian premier league (IPL). Ahead of the onset of IPL season, India's largest company, Reliance Industries has announced unlimited Jio recharge plans that will give free JioHotstar and Jio Home and other benefits.

To bring the real-time experience of the IPL 2025 season to cricket lovers, Jio announced an exclusive offer for existing and new Jio SIM customers. By buying a JIO sim and choosing the Rs 299 recharge plan, customers can enjoy the ultimate cricketing season like never before.

The Rs 299 Jio recharge plan offers 90-day free JioHotstar on both TV and mobile in 4K. Also, the plan offers a 50-day free JioFiber/Air Fiber trial connection for home. These offers are applicable to both existing and new Jio SIM users.

Jio said, experience a free trial of ultra-fast internet and the best home entertainment with a truly immersive cricket viewing experience in 4K. It highlighted that Jio AirFiber offers 800+ TV Channels, 11+ OTT apps, unlimited WiFi, and much more.

How To Avail Jio Offer:

Recharge and get a new SIM between 17th March and 31st March 2025.

- Existing Jio SIM users: Recharge with Rs. 299 (1.5GB/day or more) or above plan.

- New Jio SIM users: Get a new Jio SIM with Rs 299 (1.5GB/day or more) or above plan.

Know further benefits by giving a missed call on 60008-60008 to know the details of the benefits.

Other offers include:

- Customers who have recharged before 17th March, can opt for a Rs 100 add-on pack.

- The Jio Hotstar pack will be activated from 22nd March 2025 (the opening match day of the cricket season) for a period of 90 days.

KKR Vs RCB:

KKR will face off with RCB at 7.30 pm IST on March 22, Saturday. The match will start with a toss of a coin, and the winning team in the toss will decide whether they prefer batting or bowling first.

Data from the IPL website showed that KKR won the IPL trophy in 2012, 2014 and the latest, 2024. However, unlike KKR, RCB has been unlucky in that zone. RCB holds no IPL trophy as of now.

KKR Teams: KKR batters are Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Quinton De Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, and Luvnith Sisodia. While all-rounders are Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, and Andre Russel, among the bowlers are --- Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, and Chetan Sakariya.

RCB Team: The batting form of RCB includes prominent players like Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, and Swastik Chhikara. All-rounders of the team include Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, TIM David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, and Jacob Bethell. Bowlers listed include Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh DAR, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar KUMAR, Nuwan Thushara, Lungisani Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rane and Yash Dayal.

Ajinkya Rane is captain of KKR, while Rajat Patidar is captain of RCB.