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I am starting this newsletter as I have been missing something like this, where you get a snapshot of what’s going on with the IPL.

This newsletter will hit your inbox 1 hour before the match begins and will act as a reminder of what happened yesterday (with a match summary) and what’s in store today (with a match preview). And some fun stuff in the end.

In the ever expanding world of newsletters, I promise to keep it short and informative read.

Today is the day we have all been waiting since IPL finished last year.

LET THE IPL FESTIVITIES BEGIN !!!

Last Match Summary

Let’s relive the last year’s final to get into the IPL groove.

IPL 2022 Final - GUJRAT TITANS vs RAJASTHAN ROYALS

Hardik Pandya led Titans to a dream debut in IPL 2022, and led the team in the final with his all round performance.

Royals had a good campaign too but they fell short a bit in the final.

Brief scores: Gujrat Titans (Shubman Gill 45, Hardik Pandya 34; Trent Boult 1/14) beat Rajasthan Royals (Jos Buttler 39, Yashasvi Jaiswal 22; Hardik Pandya 3/17)

Today’s Match Preview

Match 1 - GUJRAT TITANS vs CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

The 1st match of the season presents us 2 superstars of Indian cricket - MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya.

With this season, we are back to home and away match format, where each team will play a home game in their home ground and away match in opponent’s home ground.

This will be a home match for Gujrat Titans and will be hosted in Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Gujarat Titans
Possible XI: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Matthew Wade, 5 Hardik Pandya, (capt) 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Shivam Mavi, 9 Jayant Yadav/R Sai Kishore 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Mohammed Shami

Chennai Super Kings
Possible XI: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Ben Stokes, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Ambati Rayudu, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 MS Dhoni (capt, wk), 9 Mitchell Santner, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Simarjeet Singh/Tushar Deshpande

Team News

Chennai Super Kings name Akash Singh as a replacement for injured Mukesh Choudhary. Mukesh has been ruled out of the tournament as he is recovering from a stress fracture.

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A fun fact

The first ever international cricket game was played between the USA and Canada in 1844. The match was played at the grounds of the St George's Cricket Club in New York. Funny that these 2 countries don’t play anymore.

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Until next time!

Gaurav