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The website of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has confirmed that online ticket sales for their opening game of IPL 2024 with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will start on Monday, March 18. Tickets will be sold from 9:30 am onwards.
The CSK vs RCB IPL 2024 opener will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on March 22. The Chennai Super Kings website has confirmed that fans can book tickets for the blockbuster clash through PAYTM and www.insider.in
The prices of tickets for the CSK vs RCB IPL 2024 game are as follows - ₹1,700, ₹4,000, ₹4,500 and ₹7,000. In its instructions, the website made it clear that patrons buying tickets elsewhere other than PAYTM Insider will do so at their own risk.
The Chennai franchise's portal also added that fans can participate in quiz contests by signing up on the website to stand a chance to win tickets for CSK's home games.
Chennai Super Kings are the defending champions in the Indian Premier League. They beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets (via DLS method) in the 2023 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad to clinch their record-equalling fifth IPL crown. Before CSK, only Mumbai Indians had won the Indian T20 league five times.
New Zealand trio joins CSK training camp
The New Zealand trio of Mitchell Santner, Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra recently joined CSK's training camp ahead of the IPL 2024 season.
While Santner has been a key member of the Chennai franchise since 2019, both Mitchell and Ravindra, who had splendid 2023 ODI World Cup campaigns in India, were purchased by the team at the IPL 2024 mini-auction in Dubai in December.
Mitchell was bought for a whopping ₹14 crore, while Ravindra was signed for ₹1.8 crore. The franchise's other purchases at the IPL 2024 auction were Shardul Thakur (₹4 crore), Sameer Rizvi (₹8.40 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (₹2 crore), and Avanish Rao Aravelly (Rs 20 lakh).
After the tournament opener against RCB, MS Dhoni and co. take on Gujarat Titans in Chennai on March 26, Delhi Capitals in Vizag on March 31 and SunRisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on April 5. The schedule beyond that is yet to be announced by the BCCI.
