IPL Opener - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders

The opening ceremony of inaugural DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) ss going on in front of a packed Chinnaswamy Stadium. To kick the lucrative Twenty20 tournament off we have the Bangalore Royal Challengers hosting the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Rahul Dravid won the toss for Bangalore Royal Challengers and elected to field first.

Bangalore Royal Challengers:

Praveen Kumar, Wasim Jaffer, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid (capt), Virat Kohli, Cameron White, B Akhil, Mark Boucher (wk), Zaheer Khan, Ashley Noffke, R Vinay Kumar

Kolkata Knight Riders

Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly (capt), Ricky Ponting, Brendon McCullum (wk), David Hussey, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda.