IPL 2023 Season: The opening ceremony of this year's edition of IPL will take place on March 31. The first match of the 2023 IPL edition will be played on Friday. A reception will be held before the match.
IPL 2023 Opening Ceremony: This year the 16th edition of IPL will start from 31st March. This time the inaugural match of the IPL edition will be played between the last time winner Gujarat Titans and former winner Chennai Super Kings. While the command of the Gujarat team is in the hands of Hardik Pandya, the command of Chennai Super Kings is once again in the hands of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
This time the first match of the IPL edition will be played on Friday, March 31. Every year on the occasion of IPL, there will also be a grand opening ceremony before the match. We bring you all the details related to the opening ceremony and first match of the current edition of IPL.
The opening ceremony of this year's edition of IPL will take place on March 31. The first match of the 2023 IPL edition will be played on Friday. A reception will be held before the match. This time there is no specific news about which stars will perform in the opening ceremony of IPL. According to some media reports, Rashmika Mandhana and Tamannaah Bhatia may attend the opening ceremony. According to some other media reports, Katrina Kaif, Tiger Shroff and Arijit Singh may attend the opening ceremony of IPL 2023. This program will be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The first match of IPL 2023 will be played between Hardik Pandya-led defending champion Gujarat Titans and 4-time IPL champion Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings. The match will start at 7:30 pm Indian time. A total of two matches have been played between these two teams so far. Chennai Super Kings were defeated by Gujarat Titans by 3 and 7 wickets in both the matches. In the previous edition, Gujarat Titans won the IPL title while Chennai Super Kings were placed ninth out of 10 in the table.
Gujarat Titans Squad: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Shudhman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, B. Sai Sudarshan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Jadhav, Deepep Sangwan, Rahul Tewatia, Shivam Mavi, Vijay Shankar, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Yash Mayil, Kane Williamson, Joshua Little, Odion Smith, Urbil Patel , KS India and Mohit Sharma.
Chennai Super Kings Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Singhwad, Sripanshu Kaptan, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, K. Bhagat Verma, Moeen Alli, Rajwaran Hangargakar, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Chahar, Mahesh Thikshana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Tushar Deshpande, Ben Stokes, Mathisha Pathirana, Sheikh Rashid, Nishant Sindhu, Kyle Jamieson and Ajay Mondal .
