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After months of hype and drama IPL will kick off from Bangalore Today. Bangalore Royal Challengers will face Kolkatta Knight Rideras at Chinnaswamy Stadium which begins at 2000 local time (14:30 GMT)

Charu Sharma and his team are showcasing cricket matches in a different level a couple of players from the fielding side will be “miked up” to chat directly with the TV commentators during the match, the toss will be done takeing off lights and a spotlight will follow both capatains, blend of fireworks, semi naked cheerleaders flown from USA to support local team, live show by Shankar-Ehsan-Loy, a red-painted tunnel leading from the dressing rooms to the ground(lol some one closely following EPL)

Now coming back to the match

Bangalore Royal Challengers team: Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Mark Boucher, Nathan bracken, Chanderpaul, Kallis, Wasim Jaffer, Zaheer Khan, Dale Steyn, Cameroon White, Virat Kohli, Misbah-Ul-Haq, Abdur Razzak, Ross Taylor, Srivatsa Goswami.

Anil Kumble ruled out through injury. Misbah-ul-Haq will miss the opening clash because of the ongoing series in Pakistan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul is reportedly carrying an injury,but the good news for Bangalore fans is Kallis and Mark Boucher who re supposed to leave to SA will stay back

Kolkata Knight Riders  Team : Sourav Ganguly, Chris Gayle, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Brendon McCullum, Umar Gul, Ishant Sharma, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik, Salman Butt, Akash Chopra, Taibu, Sarwan, Cheteswar Pujara, Siddarth kaul, Yashpal Singh, Ranadeb Bose, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Rohan Banarjee, Debabrata Das, Sourashish Lahiri, Mohammad Hafeez, Iqbal Abdullah.

KolkataKnoght Riders will miss the services of Butt and Umar Gul. Karthik is doing a great job in T20’s, Ishanth is in a terrefic fom

Each team can field only 4 foreign players per match. . Chris Gayle, Ricky Ponting,Hussey and Brendon McCullum will represent Kolkata. Kallis, Cameron White, Mark Boucher and Ashley Noffke will represent Bangalore

Prediction – Kolkata Knight Riders will trash Bangalore, even the imported cheerleaders may not help Royal Challengers

King Khan says Kolkata Knight Riders will prove to be an inspiration Shahrukh Khan, the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders, team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) today said his team will be an inspiration for budding cricketers and fans. Speaking to reporters here, Shahrukh said his teams philosophy be to inspire the common man through the cricket. "We will create such a platform that not only those who want to play cricket, but also those who want to lead a better life can get inspired by our players and lead a successful victorious life," said Khan. Khan, and his business partners formally launched their team on Tuesday.

The Kolkata IPL team will be led by former Indian cricket team skipper Saurav Ganguly. John Buchanan will be its coach. The IPL, a Twenty20 competition is scheduled to start on April 18 this year and will last for 44 days involving 59 matches. The prize money for the league will be around three million dollars. Each team will have a pool of 16 players, of whom four will be of international caliber and four from the Under-19 level.