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Not long now to start and then first bit of new for this year is that Ishan Kishan will captain the sunrisers in pat Cummins absence meaning all teams will start the season with an Indian captain!

Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the entire compeition

I wonder if they've found a way to make the matches last 4 and a half hours this year?

After all it's only an extra 3 strategic ad breaks per innings.... you know it makes sense

SCurran out of the IPL

Suspected groin injury

Akash Deep now out the comp as well, KKR bowling attack has been decimated with injuries

Yash Dayal of RCB now out for the entire comp too

Ben Duckett has pulled out of the ipl

The start of the IPL has arrived...and the mighty sunrisers are up first against RCB.....RCB have won the toss and choose to field first

Duffy with three early wickets.

Sunrisers drag themselves up to a par score...201-9 Kishan with 80 from 38 balls

RCB win by 6 wickets....gonna be a long season for sunrisers....our bowling attack is shocking...no standout overseas no quality spinner just a bunch of medium pacers who are cannon fodder ....batting will have to do the grunt work this season.....RCB batting line up is scarily good

a bit of a tonking, that

Imagine..... an IPL game that lasts less than 3 and a half hours.

They might have had to forego a strategic ad break. The sponsors and the advertisers will be furious

doubtless RCB will have had their ears pinned back.... very naive of them. Much more of this shoddiness and the players might have to have some of their match fees deducted to compensate the poor broadcasters for lost revenue and to remind them of what this competition is really all about

Chennai reeling at 62-6 against Rajasthan....and they already used their impact player!

Rajasthan hammered Chennai by eight wickets.