IPL 2024: Things to Watch Out for During the Opening Weekend

IPL 2024: Things to Watch Out for During the Opening

The Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin its 17th season in Chennai on Friday, March 22. The fact that M.S. Dhoni still captains the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is one thing that hasn’t altered since the original one in 2008. The mastermind, who will turn 43 in July, wants to win a sixth championship.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), led by another veteran who was Dhoni’s former colleague, South Africa’s Faf du Plessis, will play the reigning champions in their first match. In July, he turns forty. The women’s Premier League (WPL) champions on Sunday will want to follow in the footsteps of the RCB men, who have never won an IPL championship.

There is fascinating fresh talent at both RCB and CSK. The Mumbai Indians (MI) traded Australian all-rounder Cameron Green to RCB prior to this year’s auction. After smashing a hard-hitting 174 not out in a Test earlier this month in New Zealand, Green enters the IPL 2024. Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell, CSK’s two new Kiwi all-rounders who impressed at the ODI World Cup in India last year, are probably going to start for the team.

Let’s look at a few things to watch out for in the upcoming season:

1. At Eden Gardens, Starc vs. Cummins

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) square off in the evening session of Saturday’s doubleheader. This IPL season, Shreyas Iyer, the captain of KKR, will put his well-known susceptibility to bodyline bowling to the test. This is a result of the IPL regulations changing to permit two bouncers each over instead of just one. The addition of Andre Russell to the lineup will present another obstacle for the KKR star.

2. Pacer’s clash in Jaipur

A well-matched encounter between the Rajasthan Royals (RR) and the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is expected to take place in Jaipur on Sunday afternoon. Three notable wicketkeeper-batsmen are available to RR: Englishman Jos Buttler, skipper Sanju Samson, and youthful Dhruv Jurel, who was instrumental in India’s Ranchi Test victory over England last month. Probably two of them will be designated as speciality batsmen. RR has exceptional batting resources thanks to two West Indian power hitters, Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell, as well as India’s Test opener, Yashasvi Jaiswal, who amassed two double hundreds against England.

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3.Gill vs. Pandya in Ahmedabad

The Gujarat Titans (GT) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) match in Ahmedabad promises to be an exciting way to cap the weekend. Now Hardik Pandya, who took GT to two consecutive finals, will skipper MI against the team that initially awarded him the captaincy in the IPL. After Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar passed the baton to him, he guided the MI team to five titles as captain. Rohit Sharma will now take over as captain of the team.

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