IPL 2019 News : CSK and RCB to kick start season

There is fervour, there is passion, there are heartbreaks and there are moments of joys, yes Indian Premier League is back, the biggest T20 league in the world cricket. The best in the world are all set to wear franchise jerseys. The tournament will kick off with perhaps the biggest match of the tournament, MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings versus Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore. And 12th season of the IPL which will run for approximately two months could not have had a bigger blockbuster opener than this. While Dhoni will wear the chennai yellow and go as defending champions , Kohli will hope to finally crack the code for RCB. With the core of the Chennai team almost the same, the team’s playing XI will not have any surprises. Here is the probable playing XI for CSK. Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu are expected to open while Raina, Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav and Faf de Plessis will make the middle order strong. Bravo, Jadeja, Chahar, Mohit Sharma and Imran Tahir will take care of the bowling department. Royal challengers on the other hand made big moves at the auctions. They have fireopower in their batting arsenal now with Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel at the top followed by AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmeyer, Moeen Ali and Grandhomme . Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Chahal and Mohammad Siraj are expected to complete the RCB’s XI for the opening game. In 2018 Chennai Super Kings had to move out of the MA Chidambram stadium because local authorities didn’t guarantee of the security due to cauvery water dispute. This year they are back at their fortress