The Indian Premier League (IPL) kicks off on April 16 with the first cricket match of the 2014 season.
UPDATE: The Knight Riders won by 41 runs. Final: 163/5 (20) for KKR and 122/7 (20) for MI.
Next, the Indians will play the Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 16 while the Knight Riders will play the Delhi Daredevils on the same day. Both games are slated to be played at Dubai International Stadium.
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The Mumbai Indians are playing the Kolkata Knight Riders at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. IST (6:30 p.m. GST, 2:30 p.m. GMT).
It 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 and Star Sports in India while mobile streaming will be available through these providors as well as nexGTV.
Live streaming will also be available through OSN in the Middle East, TBC in Pakistan, Willow TV in the U.S., Rogers in Canada, and Go Cricket internationally.
The defending champion Indians will look to start off the season strong while the Knight Riders, which won in 2012, are also looking to build momentum after failing to qualify for the playoffs last year.
See squads below
Indians
Rohit Sharma (C), Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Michael Hussey, Corey Anderson, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Aditya Tare, Jasprit Bumrah, Jalaj Saxena, Josh Hazlewood, Marchant de Lange, Krishmar Santokie, Ben Dunk, CM Gautam, Apporv Wankhade, Pawan Suyal, Sushant Marathe, Shreyas Gopal
Knight Riders
Gautam Gambhir (C), Sunil Narine, Jacques Kallis, Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Morne Morkel, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Manish Pandey, Chris Lynn, Pat Cummins, Ryan ten Doeschate, Suryakumar Yadav, Andre Russell, Manvinder Bisla, Veer Pratap Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Debabrata Das, Sayan Mondal
