The schedule of phase one of the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League 2019 was announced yesterday. The exciting season of the IPL 12 will begin on March 23, 2019, in Chennai. The first match will be held between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The full schedule of the IPL 2019 will be announced in the next few days keeping in mind the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Now, ahead of the game, the official Twitter account of CSK and RCB got into a Twitter banter. IPL 2019 Schedule in PDF: Download VIVO Indian Premier League 12 Full Timetable With Fixtures, Matches, Team and Venue Details.

Soon after the opening games were announced, the official account of the RCB read, “A spicy south Indian Derby for starters - but we prefer the sweet sambar... Our VIVO IPL 2019 begins away from Bengaluru on Day 1 ❤ #PlayBold.” Csk replied to the tweet and wrote, “But sambar is always #Yellove in colour no? 🤔💛🦁.”

The Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have met twice last season with the Yellow Army winning both games. Dhoni’s men ultimately went on to win the tournament by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad. Talking about the IPL schedule, the matches are subjected to change keeping in mind the Lok Sabha election 2019. “This is still subject to the announcement of Lok Sabha 2019 election dates. Once the election dates are released we will address any issues with the first two weeks and also prepare a schedule for the remainder of the season working with the local authorities around the polling dates,” read the website of the Indian Premier League.

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