Full schedule of RCB.
IPL 2019: BCCI has released fixtures for the group league matches of IPL 2019. It had earlier rolled out a two-week schedule for 17 games due to the General Elections. However, the BCCI released the IPL schedule for all the group matches to be played between April 6 and May 5.
All eight teams will play seven home matches at their respective home venues. M.A. Chidambaram stadium in Chennai will host the final on May 12.
Chennai Super Kings will be taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the league’s season 12 opener in Chennai on Saturday, March 23.
Here is the RCB squad for IPL 2019:
Retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nathan Coulter-Nile
Bought in IPL 2019 auction: Shivam Dube (Rs 50 million), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 42 million), Akshdeep Nath (Rs 36 million), Prayas Barman (Rs 15 million), Himmat Singh (Rs 6.5 million), Gurkeerat Singh Mann (Rs 5 million), Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 5 million), Devdutt Padikkal (Rs 2 million), Milind Kumar (Rs 2 million)
Here's the schedule:
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1. MS Dhoni vs Virat Kohli
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The Virat Kohli-led RCB will be facing defending champions Chennai Super Kings which is led by former Indian captain MS Dhoni.
The match will take place in Chennai on 23rd March and will start at 8 PM.
The two slippers who have helped India in winning against other countries will now fight against each other. While the wicketkeeper-batsman will want to retain the title, Kohli will look to give RCB their maiden win.
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2. Schedule of RCB for the first two weeks
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After facing Chennai on their home ground, RCB will return to Chinnaswamy Stadium to face Mumbai Indians on 28 March.
| Date | Match | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| March 23 | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (CSK vs RCB) | Chennai |
| March 28 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (RCB vs MI) | Bengaluru |
| March 31 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (SRH vs RCB) | Hyderabad |
| April 2 | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RR vs RCB) | Jaipur |
| April 5 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders (RCB vs KKR) | Bengaluru |
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3. Repeat fight against CSK
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The repeat between MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli will be on 21st April. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings will take place in Bengaluru and match will start at 8 pm.
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— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) March 19, 2019
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4. Matches at Chinnaswamy Stadium
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RCB have their first home match on 28 March against Mumbai Indians. They then host Kolkata Knight Riders on 5 April and Delhi Capitals on 7 April.
They have a repeat match against CSK on 21 April. On 24 April, they will host Kings XI Punjab.
We wait until 28th until we play at M Chinnaswamy.
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) February 19, 2019
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