The first match for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad will air live from M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Royal Challengers Bangalore have never won any IPL Tournament and they would like to win this one. Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad would like to beat Challengers and moved ahead with a roaring start.
IPL 2016: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad live online, preview
Date: April 12, Tuesday
Start time: 8 p.m. local time
Where to watch:
India
TV: Viewers can watch the match live Set Max from 8 p.m. onwards.
Online: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad live streaming on Hotstar.
U.S.
TV: RCN, DISH, Mediacom, Verizon FiOS and Hotwire Communications will air IPL 2016 live, click here to know more.
Online: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad live can be viewed on Roku, Android and iOS devices by downloading the ESPN Cricket Pass app.
Squad:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Praveen Dubey, Akshay Karnewar, Kane Richardson, Abu Nechim, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Samuel Badree, Vikramjeet Malik, Vikas Tokas, KL Rahul, Parvez Rasool, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, David Wiese, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, S Aravind, Varun Aaron, Shane Watson, Adam Milne, Stuart Binny, Travis Head, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sachin Baby, Iqbal Abdulla.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Reddy, Bipul Sharma, Ben Cutting, Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Eoin Morgan, Ashish Nehra, Vijay Shankar, Barinder Sran, Aditya Tare, Kane Williamson, Ricky Bhui, Trent Boult, Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Siddarth Kaul, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mustafizur Rahman, Naman Ojha, Karn Sharma, Tirumalasetti Suman.
In other IPL news, Royal Challengers Bangalore unveiled their new team jersey. Amrit Thomas, RCB chairman and marketing officer of United Spirits Ltd. stated that RCB is the first team to have "home and away jerseys."
Michael Foley designed the jersey and a Bengaluru-based company Zeven manufactured them, NewsX reported. Meanwhile, the team anthem is composed by Salim Merchant and it is called "RCB PlayBold Anthem."
Kohli talked about his team. "This time we have a better team. And Bengaluru has always had the best fan base. That's why I love coming back to the city."
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Watch the RCB Bold Anthem for IPL 2016 below.
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