RCB vs KKR and SRH vs CSK Live Streaming IPL 2015

Ambati Rayudu proved yesterday that even the shortest form of cricket is not about muscles but its about your brain! Mumbai gets a much awaited win. We now move on to M Chinnaswamy Stadium for 4pm fixture Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders. 8pm match will be held at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium where Sunrisers Hyderabad will host Chennai Super Kings. Watch IPL 2015 live streaming on HotStar mobile app and Star Sports website. Sony Six and Sony Max will bring live telecast of IPL matches in India.

Royal Challengers Bangalore camp seem to be happy with some good performances in the recent past. They have slowly gained some momentum. Likes of David Weise and Mitchell Starc have strengthen the bowling line up while good to see Gayle, AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli bit consistent this time.

Kolkata Knight Riders are on the third spot of points tally. They can't get complacent. They need to reserve some wins to reserve a spot in the play offs. They suffered a loss recently against CSK but in the most recent outing against CSK they nailed a win. Gambhir and Uthappa hold the key at top of the order while there are few all rounders in the middle order who can anchor the innings.

CSK is again at the top of the points tally. They need few more wins to seal a berth in the play offs. MS Dhoni's team has done a great job so far in IPL 2015. Their last match resulted in a near loss against KKR. They would like to recover today at Hyderabad. 

SRH has done a decent job this year under David Warner. Their only drawback is over reliability on openers David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan. Middle order has to score for wins. Bowling line up is strong to contain the likes of McCullum or Raina from CSK.

We will keep you updated with previews and reviews of next IPL matches. Stay tuned with us for more updates.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Live - IPL 2015 Match 8

The Royal Challengers of Bangalore will face the Sun Risers of Hyderabad today! Its a complete South Indian affair at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Get ready for another run storm tonight. Watch Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad live streaming on Hot Star mobile app and Star Sports official website. Enjoy IPL 2015 live telecast on Sony Six, Sony Pix and Set Max (Sony Max) with live commentary in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali.

Royal Challengers Bangalore riding on Gayle's big knock thumped defending champions KKR in their last match. Once an impossible task to win looked so easy when Gayle got going. Before getting run out he had scored enough to see his team home. Even AB de Villiers played a small knock that came in handy. Virat Kohli is still due for a big one.

The overall performance for the team as a whole wasn't satisfactory. The bowling and fielding were below standard. Even the batting line up crumbled before Gayle took the charge to give two points to the team. He has set an example in this format of the game. He has played most number of T20s and has highest number of runs, sixes, centuries and fifties to his name. The only concern could be his fitness and inconsistency.

Sunrisers Hyderabad has always pitched in the best bowling line up since last few years. Even their batsmen have been able to score big. But luck has hardly favoured this team. They too could be termed as under-achievers just like Royal Challengers Bangalore. These two teams deserve much more than what they have got so far.

SRH needs to revisit all the strategies if they have to start winning more games. David Warner leads the side and he could be highly influential. He is a dangerous opening batsmen when he gets going. He has a good support of Shikhar Dhawan who consistently scores run for the team. 

It would be fun to see the contest between Hyderabad bowlers and Bangalore's batsmen, especially Steyn/Boult vs Gayle/AB de Villiers! Take a deep breathe, relax and enjoy another enthralling T20 match from the IPL 2015.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians - IPL 2015 Match 1

Watch KKR vs MI Live Streaming

The stage is set to kick off the Indian Premier League's 2015 edition. And what a way to embark on the IPL 2015 edition - a match at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata between IPL 2015 champions Kolkata Knight Riders and IPL 2013 champions Mumbai Indians. Watch KKR vs MI (Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians) live streaming on Star Sports official website and its mobile version. Watch live telecast of KKR vs MI match on Sony Six and Sony Max (Set Max) TV channels with Hindi and English commentary. One can also enjoy live streaming of this match on mobile by using HotStar app.

Kolkata Knight Riders being the defending champions would eye their third ever IPL title this year. They have retained most of their players and added few good ones to give the team management better options for selection. With the likes of Kallis and Wasim Akram in the coaching staff, the players would have a lot to learn and implement.

Mumbai Indians clinched the title in 2013 and last year they were eliminated by Chennai Super Kings in the eliminator match. Even here most of the old players have been retained. The big one to go back again to the CSK team is Michael Hussey. Australian Ricky Ponting who was a part of the squad last year will now be the head coach for MI team. With all the winning experience he brings to the coaching, he would certainly help the team in being firm under pressure situations.

KKR is glad to have Sunil Narine back into the team after clearing out the suspect action clouds. His mystery spin will be a lethal weapon for Gautam Gambhir against all the teams. He also enjoys a strong opening option of Robin Uthappa along with him and Surya Kumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan and Manish Pandey in the middle order. Bowlers like Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine and Shakib Al Hasan will provide a good bowling strength to the team.

MI has an equally good batting line up. Aaron Finch, Unmukt Chand, Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard and Corey Anderson play an important role in the batting department. Experience of Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh would be a key with the ball.

Both the teams would look for a positive start to IPL 2015 with a win today. Stay tuned with us for more updates on Pepsi IPL season 8!

IPL 2015 Opening Ceremony Live Streaming and Telecast

Watch IPL 8 Opening Ceremony Live

IPL's eight edition kicks off from 8th April 2015. The premier league will have a grand opening ceremony scheduled to be held at Kolkata on 7th April 2015. The exact venue would be the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Watch IPL 2015 opening ceremony live streaming and telecast on Star Sports and Sony Entertainment Television in India (Sony Six and Sony Max channels) with an option of HD telecast. Enjoy the IPL action with live Hindi and English commentary.

Every year Indian Premier League gets a grand opening. We see all the teams, franchise owners, IPL officials and of course Bollywood stars performing on stage. This year too we will see a colourful ceremony.

The ceremony will begin from 7:30pm Indian Standard Time and will have some big personas of Bollywood performing for the event. The names of these stars are not yet disclosed. BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur confirmed that they will soon disclose the names of Bollywood star who would perform in the IPL 2015 ceremony.

The online ticket sale for the ceremony has already started from 5pm Wednesday. Minimum price for the tickets would be Rs. 200. 

Just to update you the first match of IPL 2015 will be held between the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. We will keep you updated with IPL related news. Catch the IPL 2015 live streaming on Star Sports and live telecast on Sony Six and Sony Max. If you want to enjoy the live streaming on mobile, browse mobile version of Star Sports website or download HotStar live streaming app.

IPL Auction Results

IPL 2015 Auction Results

In yet another grand auction for Indian Premier League (IPL 2015), we saw a lot of players getting shuffled into some other teams. The biggest one was Yuvraj Singh moving to Delhi Daredevils that too for a mind boggling 16,00,00,000 Indian National Rupees (16 Crores INR). Unfortunately he wasn't picked for India's 2015 Cricket World Cup team. Total 349 players were auctioned out of which 67 were sold. 43 out of these were Indians and rest were overseas players. Further bifurcating it, 33 of them were capped players while 34 were uncapped. The total amount spent in this year's IPL auction was more than 87 Crore Indian Rupees.

Some highlights of the IPL 2015 auction:

Yuvraj Singh was bought by Delhi Daredevils for 16 Crore Rupees.

Dinesh Karthik was clinched by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 10.5 Crore Rupees.

Angelo Mathews (Delhi Daredevils - 7.5 Crore Rupees), Zaheer Khan (Delhi Daredevils - 4 Crore Rupees), Trent Boult (Sunrisers Hyderabad - 3.8 Crore Rupees), Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils - 3.5 Crore Rupees), Aaron Finch (Mumbai Indians - 3.2 Crore Rupees) and Murali Vijay (Kings XI Punjab - 3 Crore Rupeess) were other top buys in IPL 2015 auction.

Other notable sold players were as follows:

Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings - 1.5 Crore Rupees)

Irfan Pathan (Chennai Super Kings - 1.5 Crore Rupees)

Rahul Sharma (Chennai Super Kings - 30 Lakh Rupees)

Albie Morkel (Delhi Daredevils - 30 Lakh Rupees)

James Neesham (Kolkata Knight Riders - 50 Lakh Rupees)

Brad Hogg (Kolkata Knight Riders - 50 Lakh Rupees)

Pragyan Ojha (Mumbai Indians - 50 Lakh Rupees)

Mitchell McClenaghan (Mumbai Indians - 30 Lakh Rupees)

Christopher Morris (Rajasthan Royals - 1.4 Crore Rupees)

Darren Sammy (Royal Challengers Bangalore - 2.8 Crore Rupees)

David Wiese (Royal Challengers Bangalore - 2.8 Crore Rupees)

Praveen Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad - 2.2 Crore Rupees)

Kevin Pietersen (Sunrisers Hyderabad - 2 Crore Rupees)

Eoin Morgan (Sunrisers Hyderabad - 1.5 Crore Rupees)

Ravi Bopara (Sunrisers Hyderabad - 1 Crore Rupees)

Some of the notable unsold players were as follows:

Hashim Amla (Base price - 2 Crore Rupees)

Cameron White (Base price - 1.5 Crore Rupees)

Tillakaratne Dilshan (Base price - 1.5 Crore Rupees)

Marlon Samuels (Base price - 1.5 Crore Rupees)

Kumar Sangakkara (Base price - 1 Crore Rupees)

Mahela Jayawardene (Base price - 1 Crore Rupees)

Cheteshwar Pujara (Base price - 1 Crore Rupees)

David Hussey (Base price - 1 Crore Rupees)

Nathan McCullum (Base price - 50 Lakh Rupees)

Ravi Rampaul (Base price - 50 Lakh Rupees)

The IPL 2015 Schedule is released. The T20 tournament will begin from 8th April and it will continue till 24th May 2015. The total number of matches to be played would be 60. Watch IPL 2015 live streaming on Star Sports official website in India and IPL 8 live telecast on Sony Six and Set Max in India.