New Delhi. All 10 teams are ready for the new season of IPL 2023. All the team captains appeared with the trophy on Thursday before the tournament starting on March 31. During this, all the captains were seen hugging each other. Except Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, all the 9 captains took part in the photo session with the trophy. The inaugural match of the T20 league is to be held between Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni. The Pandya-led Gujarat Titans team is the defending champion of the league. On the other hand, the team of Chennai Super Kings, captained by Dhoni, would like to recover from the poor performance of last season.
Photos of all 9 captains and trophies have been shared on social media by IPL. The first match of the league is to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. During this, there is a possibility of about 1 lakh people coming to the stadium. This is only the second season of T20 League of Gujarat. Last season, 2 matches were played between Gujarat and CSK and both the matches were won by Gujarat. In such a situation, Pandya’s team would like to retain it.
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41-year-old MS Dhoni has been appearing in the T20 league since the first season i.e. 2008. Under his captaincy, he has won the IPL 4 times and the Champions League title 2 times to Chennai Super Kings. He is the most hunting wicketkeeper in the history of IPL. He also won 2 World Cup titles to Team India as captain. In this way, this can also be his last season of IPL.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : March 30, 2023