The Chennai Super Kings take on the Kings XI Punjab in a Indian Premier League match on April 18.
UPDATE: The KXIP won by six wickets
Next, the Punjab will play the Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, April 20 at 8 p.m. IST; the Super Kings will face the Delhi Daredevils the following day at the same time.
See a complete league schedule here.
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The teams are playing at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
The game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. IST (2:30 p.m. GST, 10:30 a.m. GMT).
The match will be broadcast on Set Max and Sony Six in India, OSN Network in the Middle East, and GeoSuper in Pakistan.
It will also be broadcast on Maasaranga TV in Bangladesh, Carlton Sports Network in Sri Lanka, SuperSport in Africa, StarHub in Singapore, PCCW in Hong Kong, Astro in Malaysia, EMTV in Papua New Guinea, Sky NZ in New Zealand, ITV in the United Kingdom, Sportsnet in Canada, and Willow TV in the United States.
Live streaming will be available through Go Cricket, Star Sports, and nexGTV in India; OSN in the Middle East; TBC in Pakistan; Willow TV in the U.S.; Rogers in Canada; and Go Cricket internationally.
Both teams are playing their first game of the season.
The Super Kings were the runners-up last year while the Punjab haven’t made it to the final four since the inaugral season of the IPL.
The Kings are perhaps the most consistent team in the league, according to the league’s preview of the game, having gone to the playoffs every one of the six seasons so far, winning the championship twice and coming in second two other times.
“The team owners exercised the option of retaining five key players prior to the 2014 Pepsi IPL Player Auction – MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja ,and Dwayne Bravo, apart from Suresh Raina,” the preview said. “As a result, they have maintained the nucleus of the team that has done well over the years. With a calm leader in MS Dhoni on the field and the serene Stephen Fleming managing the players off it, one can be sure that CSK will be best equipped for battle.”
The Punjab, meanwhile, snagged some impressive players at the auction, and retained David Miller and Manan Vohra.
“They have a good mix of Indian youngsters, experienced hands and overseas players with proven credentials. The one player to keep an eye on is Virender Sehwag, who has more than just one reason to deliver the goods; apart from throwing his hat back into the ring as he aims to regain a spot in the Indian team, the Delhi Dasher will also be keen to prove that he still has a lot to offer even if he is no longer the swashbuckling opener of the past.”
See squads below.
Super Kings:
MS Dhoni (C) (W), Ravichandran Ashwin, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Francois du Plessis, Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Ashish Nehra, Mohit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Ben Hilfenhaus, John Hastings, Samuel Badree, Matt Henry, Mithun Manhas, Vijay Shankar, Ronit More, Baba Aparajith, Pawan Negi
Punjab:
George Bailey (C), David Miller, Manan Vohra, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Virender Sehwag, Rishi Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Shaun Marsh, Cheteshwar Pujara, Beuran Hendricks, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Thisara Perera, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Murali Kartik, Sandeep Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Akshar Patel, Parvinder Awana, Shardul Thakur, Anureet Singh, Shivam Sharma, Karanveer Singh
