In a shocker to BCCI and IPL, the Bombay High Court has ruled to move 13 matches of the ongoing IPL season out of Maharashtra. The ruling came after a PIL has raised hue and cry over the wastage of water in Maharashtra which is reeling under severe drought.
However the court has given some relief as it has only asked IPL to move matches after April 30. This means that all the matches before 30th April will be played as scheduled.
Though BCCI gave all sorts of explanations like very less water is being used, only treated sewage water is used for ground preparations. Also Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants also proposed to contribute INR 5 crore to the Maharashtra chief minister’s drought relief fund and supply 40 lakh litres of water to drought-hit areas at their own cost. But the court rejected and passed the order to move away the matches.
Today’s Match – 1st match IPL 2016 – Mumbai Indians v Rising Pune Supergiants
Date – Sat Apr 9, 2016
Time – 14:30 GMT | 8 pm Indian time
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Toss – Mumbai Indians elected to bat
Rising Pune Supergiants won by 9 wickets.
IPL 2016 opening ceremony was a perfect mix of glamour with cricket. A star studded night at Sardar Vallabhbhai Stadium at the National Sports Club of India in Mumbai set the ball rolling for the VIVO IPL 2016 edition.
Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez thrilled the audiences with her performance on ‘Yaar Na Milay Mar Jawa’ and ‘Sooraj Dooba’ followed by a performance by Kings United Group
The captains of 8 teams Zaheer Khan (Delhi Daredevils), Suresh Raina (Gujarat Lions), David Miller (Kings XI Punjab), Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders), Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Rising Pune Supergiants), Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) and David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) took the MCC Spirit of Cricket pledge one by one.
Sensational Katrina Kaif then took the stage and performed on ‘Dhoom Machale’, ‘Bang Bang’ and ‘Afghan Jalebi’. West Indies cricketer Bravo’s ‘Champion Dance’ was the most appreciated performance of all.
The Punjabi rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh also entertained the crowd with many super hit songs before Bollywood heartthrob Ranveer Singh to make a spectacular entry. He performed on ‘Galla Goodiyan’and ‘Malhari’. His performance ended with a entry of Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Bravo on stage. All of them then perfomed ‘Champion Dance’.
The final performance of the glittering ceremony was from the American dancehall reggae group Major Lazer.
Players retained: Gautam Gambhir (C), Robin Uthappa, Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Brad Hogg, Morne Morkel, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson, Suryakumar Yadav and Umesh Yadav. Players bought during 2016 IPL Auction: Jaydev Unadkat, John Hastings, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Jason Holder, Colin Munro, Rajagopal Satish and Manan Ajay Sharma.
Mumbai Indians
Players retained: Rohit Sharma (C), Lendl Simmons, Ambati Rayudu, Corey Anderson, Unmukt Chand, Kieron Pollard, Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan, Akshay Wakhare, Lasith Malinga, Marchant de Lange, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Jagadeesha Suchitch, Nitish Rana, R Vinay Kumar, Shreyas Gopal and Siddhesh Lad. Players bought during 2016 IPL Auction: Jos Buttler, Nathu Singh, Krunal Pandya, KP Kamath, Tim Southee, Jitesh Sharma and Deepak Punia.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Players retained: David Warner (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Eoin Morgan, Moises Henriques, Kane Williamson, KL Rahul, Naman Ojha, Parvez Rasool, Trent Boult, Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bipul Sharma, Karn Sharma, Ricky Bhui and Siddharth Kaul.
Players bought during 2016 IPL Auction: Yuvraj Singh, Aditya Tare, Ashish Nehra, Deepak Hooda, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Singh Sran, Abhimanyu Mithun, Ben Cutting, Vijay Shankar and T Suman.
Rising Pune Supergiants
Players bought in IPL Draft: MS Dhoni (C), Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Steve Smith and Faf Du Plessis. Players bought during 2016 IPL Auction: Mitchell Marsh, M Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Kevin Pietersen, Irfan Pathan, Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, Ashok Dinda, Scott Boland, RP Singh, Peter Handscomb, Adam Zampa, Ishwar Pandey, Ankit Sharma, Ankush Bains, Baba Aparijith, Deepak Chahar and Jaskaran Singh.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Players retained: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villers, Chris Gayle, David Wiese, Adam Milne, Mitchell Starc, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Sreenath Arvind, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Varun Aaron, Virat Kohli and Yuzvendra Chahal. Players bought during 2016 IPL Auction: Shane Watson, Kane Richardson, Stuart Binny, Travis Head, Samuel Badree, Praveen Dubey, Vikas Tokas, Vikramjeet Malik, Akshay Karnewar, Iqbal Abdullah and Sachin Baby.
