{"id":33366,"date":"2017-02-15T15:14:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T15:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33366"},"modified":"2017-02-15T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T15:14:11","slug":"hyderabad-to-host-2017-ipl-opener-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33366","title":{"rendered":"Hyderabad to host 2017 IPL opener, final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33365\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sunrisers-Hyderabad-celebrate-after-winning-IPL-2016-at-M-Chinnaswamy-Stadium.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrate after winning IPL 2016 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium\" width=\"520\" height=\"342\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" \/>New Delhi: The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad will host the opening tie as well as the final of this year&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/617-indian-premier-league?highlight=WyJpbmRpYW4iLCJpbmRpYW4ncyIsIidpbmRpYW4iLCJwcmVtaWVyIiwiJ3ByZW1pZXIiLCJsZWFndWUiLCJsZWFndWUncyIsImxlYWd1ZSciLCJsZWFndWUnLiIsImluZGlhbiBwcmVtaWVyIiwiaW5kaWFuIHByZW1pZXIgbGVhZ3VlIiwicHJlbWllciBsZWFndWUiXQ==\">Indian Premier League<\/a><\/strong> (IPL), it was announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL opener on April 5 while the final is scheduled to take place on May 21.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced the fixtures of the upcoming Indian Premier League 2017 season with the opening match scheduled to be held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on April 5,&#8221; a BCCI statement read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"cricket-news\/44439-central-edge-past-north-by-4-runs-in-mushtaq-ali-t20\">Central edge past North by 4 runs in Mushtaq Ali T20<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tournament will be spread over 47 days across 10 venues. The schedule has been designed with each team playing 14 matches &#8212; seven of them at home venues,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>The season will also witness IPL returning to Indore for the first time since 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33365\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sunrisers-Hyderabad-celebrate-after-winning-IPL-2016-at-M-Chinnaswamy-Stadium.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrate after winning IPL 2016 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium\" width=\"520\" height=\"342\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" \/>New Delhi: The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad will host the opening tie as well as the final of this year&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/617-indian-premier-league?highlight=WyJpbmRpYW4iLCJpbmRpYW4ncyIsIidpbmRpYW4iLCJwcmVtaWVyIiwiJ3ByZW1pZXIiLCJsZWFndWUiLCJsZWFndWUncyIsImxlYWd1ZSciLCJsZWFndWUnLiIsImluZGlhbiBwcmVtaWVyIiwiaW5kaWFuIHByZW1pZXIgbGVhZ3VlIiwicHJlbWllciBsZWFndWUiXQ==\">Indian Premier League<\/a><\/strong> (IPL), it was announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL opener on April 5 while the final is scheduled to take place on May 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3307,660,466,2978,8076],"class_list":["post-33366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-board-of-control-for-cricket-in-india","tag-indian-premier-league","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-royal-challengers-bangalore","tag-sunrisers-hyderabad"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hyderabad to host 2017 IPL opener, final - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33366\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hyderabad to host 2017 IPL opener, final - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad will host the opening tie as well as the final of this year&#039;s Indian Premier League (IPL), it was announced on Wednesday. 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