The IPL is the best cricket league in the world. The amount of viewership from the first match to the last keeps increasing. The first game of the season is always special and has been a blockbuster. This year, the Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore will play the opening match of the season. This game is expected to be a blockbuster, as are all the opening matches of every season. So, let us look at every IPL opening match since 2008.
Every IPL Opening Match Since 2008
- 2008: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Kolkata Knight Riders
- 2009: Chennai Super Kings vs. Mumbai Indians
- 2010: Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Deccan Chargers
- 2011: Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders
- 2012: Chennai Super Kings vs. Mumbai Indians
- 2013: Delhi Daredevils vs. Kolkata Knight Riders
- 2014: Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Mumbai Indians
- 2015: Mumbai Indians vs. Kolkata Knight Riders
- 2016: Mumbai Indians vs. Rising Pune Supergiants
- 2017: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore
- 2018: Chennai Super Kings vs. Mumbai Indians
- 2019: Chennai Super Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore
- 2020: Mumbai Indians vs. Chennai Super Kings
- 2021: Mumbai Indians vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore
- 2022: Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders
- 2023: Gujarat Titans vs. Chennai Super Kings
- 2024: Chennai Super Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore
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The team with the most opening matches of the season
- Chennai Super Kings: 9 times
- Mumbai Indians: 8 times
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 7 times
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 5 times
- Deccan Charges, Delhi Daredevils, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rising Pune Supergiants, and Gujarat Titans: 1 time
The three most decorated teams in the IPL, i.e., Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, and Kolkata Knight Riders, have played the most opening matches of the season. CSK stands at the top with nine, MI with eight, KKR with seven, and RCB with five matches.
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