IPL opening ceremony will start at 6:30 pm: Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff and AR Rahman will perform.

Before the opening ceremony of IPL-2024, a rehearsal of the laser light show took place at Chepauk Stadium.

Indian Premier League-17 is starting from today. The opening match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chepauk ground. The opening ceremony will start at 6:30 pm before the match.

Singer AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam and Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff will perform in it. Last season, actress Tamannaah Bhatia and singer Arijit Singh had performed in the opening ceremony.

Many big stars have performed
Earlier, Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and American singers Pitbull, Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone have also performed in IPL.

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan performed in IPL season 6.

Schedule of 21 matches of IPL 2024
The schedule of 21 matches of the Indian Premier League-2024 was released last month. Due to the general elections, the complete schedule of this season has not been released yet. In the first phase, the schedule from March 22 to April 7 has been declared. During this period, 21 matches will be played in 17 days, which will include 4 double headers (two matches in a day).

CSK had won the last title, defeated GT by 5 wickets
The title of the last season of IPL was won by Chennai Super Kings under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The team had defeated Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the final match in Ahmedabad. CSK and MI have won 5 titles each in this tournament.