IPL 2023: IPL 2023 starts today, Gujarat-Chennai clashes in the first match, and the opening ceremony will start with a colourful program, Know the details here...
IPL 2023 Match 1, Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings: India's biggest festival i.e. Indian Premier League is going to start today (31 March). The first match of the 16th season of IPL will be played between Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans and MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings. Before this, there will be a colourful program for the opening ceremony.
Bollywood stars will add glamour to the opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of IPL 2023 will be glamorous as well as musical. Singing sensation Arijit Singh will be seen performing during the opening ceremony, they will mesmerize the audience with his melodious voice. At the same time, actress Tamannaah Bhatia, and National Crush Rashmika Mandanna will also be seen performing in the IPL opening ceremony. Apart from these, Tiger Shroff and Katrina Kaif will enthral the audience with their dance moves. The opening ceremony of IPL 2023 will start at 6 pm. Fans can enjoy IPL Opening Ceremony on Star Sports Network. On the other hand, users who have a subscription to the Jio Cinema app can enjoy the opening ceremony of IPL 2023 on their mobile phones through online streaming.
IPL 2023 will be special
The 16th season of the Indian Premier League is going to be very special in itself. This time 5 new rules have been included in IPL 2023. The most important rule among these is the Impact Player Rule. In fact, this season, instead of 11, 12 players will be seen playing. The team can take the impact player before the 14th over. This rule will apply to both the bowling and batting teams. Overall, IPL 2023 is going to be very exciting with the inclusion of these new rules.
Chennai and Gujarat face-to-face in the first match
Today at 7.30 pm, Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans will be face to face at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Cricket fans will get to see some new things in this match. Actually, this time due to some rules in IPL, a lot is going to be changed. In this season, there has been a big change in two rules like the timing of sharing playing-11 by the captain and DRS. Along with this, a new rule like Impact Player has also come into force. Due to these three rules, IPL can be more interesting this time.
Who will have the upper hand?
The Gujarat Titans team looks more balanced than CSK. The Gujarat team has a good mix of young and experienced players. At the same time, CSK has mostly veteran players. Although CSK has the option of all-rounder players till number-10. In such a situation, the match is going to be a clash, although at first glance, if both the teams are seen then the Gujarat team looks a bit heavy.
Where to watch the live match?
The television rights of IPL 2023 are with Star Sports Network. In such a situation, live telecasts of all the matches of this season on TV can be seen on different channels of Star Sports. At the same time, the digital rights of IPL 2023 are with Viacom-18. In such a situation, live streaming of this match will be available on Jio Cinema.