CSK vs RCB / Bengaluru captain Du Plessis won the toss and decided to bat first - see playing 11

CSK vs RCB: The opening match of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League is being played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Chepauk Stadium. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and decided to bat. Ruturaj Gaikwad is captaining in his first match in this league. A day earlier, Mahendra Singh Dhoni had handed over the command of the team to him.

The playing 11 of both the teams is as follows

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Deepak Chahar, Mahesh Teekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande.

The performance of Bollywood stars and singers was seen on Friday in the opening ceremony of season-17 of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Singers like AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Mohit Chauhan and Neeti Mohan graced the occasion with their hit songs in the ceremony which lasted for about 40 minutes at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The ceremony started with Akshay Kumar performing. After that, Tiger Shroff danced on the song Jai Jai Shiv Shankar. After Sonu, AR Rahman sang Maa Tujhe Salaam and Neeti Mohan sang Barso Re Megha. Finally AR Rahman concluded the ceremony with the song 'Jai Ho'. 

At last AR Rahman sang 'Jai Ho' song

At the end of the ceremony, AR Rahman concluded the ceremony by singing the Oscar Award winning song 'Jai Ho'.

Chandrayaan landing also shown

During the ceremony, the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the South Pole of the Moon was also shown.

Sonu Nigam sang Vande Mataram...

After the explosive dance of Akshay-Tiger, Sonu Nigam started his performance with Vande Mataram.

Akshay-Tiger danced on Bollywood numbers

Akshay and Tiger performed on songs like Jai Jai Shiv Shankar Aaj Mood Hai Bhaikar...Desi Boyz...Hare Ram Ram, Chura Ke Dil Mera...Bala-Bala and Suno Gaur Se Duniya Walon...

First match between CSK and RCB, Dhoni-Kohli will face each other