Madras military band will perform at IPL opening ceremony ahead of CSK vs RCB match

The Indian Premier League’s 12th edition begins with the blockbuster encounter between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Unlike previous editions, this time there will be no opening ceremony before the match but a military band will perform at the venue.

The Madras Regiment Band based out of Chennai will perform at the MA Chidambaram stadium before the felicitation program of the Indian Armed Forces, where the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will donate Rs 20 crore for the welfare of Armed forces.

The game will begin at 8:00 pm and the toss will be at 7:30 pm and the Madras regiment band will play from 7:20 to 7:30 pm.

RCB squad for 2019: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Moeen Ali, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mohammed Siraj, Marcus Stoinis, Tim Southee, Colin de Grandhomme, Yuzvendra Chahal, Akshdeep Nath, Parthiv Patel, Milind Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Navdeep Saini, Shivam Dube, Heinrich Klaasen, Gurkeerat Singh, Washington Sundar, Himmat Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya

CSK squad for 2019: MS Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina, Imran Tahir, Shane Watson, Sam Billings, David Willey, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Rituraj Gaikwad, Narayan Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Shradul Thakur, Druv Shorey, Mohit Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Santner

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