{"id":302682,"date":"2023-03-28T06:10:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/03\/28\/ipl-2023-opening-ceremony-when-and-where-to-watch-first-match-of-the-season-all-big-details-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T06:10:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:10:12","slug":"ipl-2023-opening-ceremony-when-and-where-to-watch-first-match-of-the-season-all-big-details-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/03\/28\/ipl-2023-opening-ceremony-when-and-where-to-watch-first-match-of-the-season-all-big-details-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2023 Opening Ceremony: When and where to watch, first match of the season, all big details | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>The 16th edition of the<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_others- Indian Premier League -https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" frmappuse=\"1\"> Indian Premier League <\/a>is now around the corner. <!-- -->IPL 2023<!-- --> kicks off on March 31. As is the tradition, the defending champions play the first match and this time we will see the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/gujarat-titans\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Gujarat Titans-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/gujarat-titans\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gujarat Titans<\/a>, led by Hardik Pandya, go up against 4 time champions the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/chennai-super-kings\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Chennai Super Kings-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/chennai-super-kings\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a>, captained by MS Dhoni.<br \/>The first match on Friday, March 31 will be played at 7:30 pm IST and before the opening match, there will be a grand <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/opening-ceremony\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-opening ceremony-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/opening-ceremony\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opening ceremony<\/a> to mark the beginning of the next edition of the IPL.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">TimesofIndia.com here takes a closer look at what you should look out for in the opening ceremony of IPL 2023:<\/span><br \/><span class=\"strong\">What<\/span>: <!-- -->IPL 2023 Opening Ceremony<br \/><span class=\"strong\">When<\/span>: March 31, Friday &#8211; Before the first match of the season<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Where<\/span>: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Performers<\/span>: According to reports the likes of Rashmika Mandanna and Tamannaah Bhatia are likely to perform at the opening ceremony of IPL 2023. Some other names being reported are those of Katrina Kaif, Tiger Shroff and Arijit Singh <br \/><span class=\"strong\">First match of the season<\/span>: Defending champions Gujarat Titans vs 4 time champions Chennai Super Kings &#8211; 7:30 PM IST<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Head to head of these two teams from IPL 2022:<\/span> Gujarat Titans beat CSK both times they played last season &#8211; first by 3 wickets and then by 7 wickets<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Where the two teams finished last season: <\/span>While Gujarat Titans won the title in their maiden season, CSK finished 9th out of 10 teams<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Captains<\/span>: Gujarat Titans are being captained by Hardik Pandya and CSK are led by MS Dhoni<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cricket Batsmen.\" msid=\"99053546\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99053546,width-600,resizemode-4\/99053546.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\">Full squads:<\/span><br \/><span class=\"strong\">Gujarat <\/span><span class=\"strong\">Titans<\/span>: Hardik Pandya (captain), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohit Sharma, KS Bharat, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Odean Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Chennai <\/span><span class=\"strong\">Super <\/span><span class=\"strong\">Kings<\/span>: MS Dhoni (captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Ben Stokes, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n  );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n      var scripts = [\n      'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n      'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-658129294',\n      'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-2.cms',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n      'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n    ];\n      scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n        let script = document.createElement('script');\n        script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n        if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (!false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n          script.src = url;\n        }\n        script.async = true;\n        script.defer = true;\n        document.body.appendChild(script);\n      });\n    }\n  }\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2023-opening-ceremony-when-and-where-to-watch-first-match-of-the-season-all-big-details\/articleshow\/99053404.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League is now around the corner. 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