Mumbai Indians to play Chennai Super Kings in IPL season opener

Mumbai: Defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on two-time winners Chennai Super Kings in the opening game of the Indian Premier League 2018 to be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 7. Get here the full schedule, match timings, venues of IPL matches.

The 11th edition of the world's most prestigious and cash-rich Twenty20 tournament will be played at nine venues across 51 days.

Chennai and Jaipur will get their share of the IPL frenzy as MA Chidambaram Stadium and the Sawai Mansingh Stadium will host home matches of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals respectively -- the two teams which return to the IPL fold after a gap of two years.

Kings XI Punjab will play their three home matches in Indore and four matches at home in Mohali.

» Check full schedule here.

The upcoming edition will feature 13 matches that will be played at 4:00 PM IST and 47 matches will start at 8:00 PM IST.

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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