IPL is that time of the year when the entire country gets together and against each other at the same time with whole of the Indian Cricket Team playing against each other. Rohit Sharma fans turn to Mumbai Indians, MS Dhoni fans turn to 'Thalaiva's CSK', Kohli fans turn to RCB and Yuvraj Singh fans usually keep changing teams wherever he goes.
The Mad cricketing festival and potentially the biggest T20 tournament of the world will start on March 23, 2019 with two biggest of the stars in cricketing world taking on each other in the season opener.
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The MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings (CSK), which went on to win the 2018 IPL after making an emotional comeback after two years, will face the ever strong Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) led by the Indian Cricket Team captain Virat Kohli and it will be Kohli's aggression versus Dhoni's calm.
The match will begin at 8 pm tonight and both the teams would like to start the season on a positive note and carry on the momentum afterwards. While MS Dhoni's CSK has always seemed to be settled, Virat Kohli also has a strong team with a perfect mix of experienced players and the young talents.
Probable XI: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur
Probable XI: Parthiv Patel (WK), Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Tim Southee