3 possible opening pairs for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2025

2. Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli 

This could be another move from RCB which could allow Devdutt Padikkal to play a more attacking game since the legendary Virat Kohli will most likely continue with an anchoring role. Knowing that the two have also played together in the past and it would be a left-right combination could tempt the franchise to go with this pairing.  

Kohli has been making a lot of runs for RCB while opening the batting, and though he has been a great player at number three as well, the franchise might still choose to let him continue to open the batting with Padikkal who will be looking to rediscover his old self.

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