Here is how you can expect your favourite IPL side to set up like.
After suffering a delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, IPL 2020 will finally kick-off on September 19 with the first match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at Abu Dhabi.
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The tournament will be held in the UAE due to the rising coronavirus cases in India.
Even in the UAE, the teams are strictly under the bio-bubble and this is the reason why there will be only one doubleheader that will be played in the week. No fans will be allowed in the initial days of the tournament.
There will be a total of 10 doubleheaders and all will be played on Sundays.
With the kick-off just days away, here is how you can expect your favourite IPL side to line up like in their very first game of the season.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
KKR did some interesting business at the IPL 2020 auctions and have one of the most exciting squads as a result of that.
The Kolkata franchise begins their IPL 2020 campaign against Mumbai Indians and people can expect some new faces in the playing 11 for the first game.
Probable KKR starting 11:
Dinesh Karthik (WK & C)
Shubman Gil
Sunil Narine
Nitish Rana
Eoin Morgan
Andre Russell
Rahul Tripathi
Kuldeep Yadav
Pat Cummins
Nagarkoti
Shivam Mavi
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
After a number of below-average IPL campaigns, Royal Challengers Bangalore are set to start their IPL 2020 season against Kane Williamson's Sunrishers Hyderabad.
The two teams have some iconic encounters against each other, one of them being the IPL 2016 final where SRH came out victorious.
Probable RCB playing XI:
Virat Kohli (C)
Aaron Finch
AB de Villiers
Parthiv Patel
Moeen Ali
Washington Sundar
Shivan Dube
Chris Morris
Yuzvendra Chahal
Umesh Yadav
Navdeep Saini