Title defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the very first match of Vivo Indian Premier League 2017 on April 5. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Live cricket streaming and telecast to begin from 20:00 IST and 14:30 GMT.
Preview
2016 IPL finalists Bangalore and Hyderabad will be meeting each other in the first match of 2017 Indian Premier League. Kohli & Co. will look forward to take revenge from Warner & Company for the previous edition’s final defeat. Orange Army is having good batting lineup that has got Dhawan, Warner, Williamson and Yuvraj. These are four pillars of SRH batting order.
On the other side of coin, RCB is facing injury issues before the start of IPL as their skipper Kohli will not be available for selection for the starting few matches meanwhile KL Rahul is already out from the entire season. AB De Villiers is also out from the first game against SRH due to back injury.
Sarfraz Khan got leg injury during RCB practice session hence he might also ruled out from the 2017 Indian Premier League. So RCB has to make some big changes in the roster. Shane Watson to lead Royal Challengers in absence of Kohli. Both sides have got good sides and will be interesting inaugural game of tenth IPL season.
Predicted Playing XIs
SRH
David Warner (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Yuvraj Singh, Naman Ojha, Deepak Hooda, Ashish Nehra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pravin Tambe, Chris Jordan, Mustafizur Rahman.
RCB
Chris Gayle, Travis Head, Shane Watson (c), Stuart Binny, Sachin baby, Avesh Khan, Tymal Mills, Kedar Jadhav, Mandeep Singh, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Aniket Chaudhary.
Predictions
SRH will be favorite against RCB in the opening match of IPLT20 2017 on 5th April. Twenty20Wiki understands that Sunrisers Hyderabad has got 60% win chances.
SRH vs RCB 2017 Live Streaming, TV Channels
India based IPL cricket fans can watch live broadcast of 1st match on Sony Max, Sony Six and Sony ESPN. Live streaming of SRH vs RCB match will be aired on hotstar.com.
| Country | Broadcaster |
| Africa | SuperSport |
| Bangladesh | Maasranga |
| Bhutan | Sony Max, Sony Six |
| Caribbean | Sportsmax |
| Hong Kong | PCCW |
| India | Sony Six, Sony Max |
| Malaysia | Astro |
| Arab | OSN Sports |
| Nepal | Sony Max, Sony Six |
| New Zealand | Sky Sports |
| Pakistan | Geo Super |
| Singapore | StarHub, Singtel |
| Sri Lanka | Carlton Sports Network |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports |
| United States of America | ESPN |
Live Score
The live cricket match score of Vivo IPL 2017 1st match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad will be provided by espncricinfo.com and cricbuzz.com.