IPL 2019: WATCH - Hilarious IPL Promo Feat. Dhoni, Kohli, Rashid and Pant Unveils New Tagline

With the twelfth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) just a handful of days away from getting underway, the excitement is reaching the highest level. Last month, the BCCI released the schedule of the first 17 games while the whole schedule is still subject to the announcement of the Lok Sabha election dates.Once the election date is announced, the BCCI will address any issues with the first two weeks and will also prepare a schedule for the remainder of the season working with the local authorities around the polling dates.

This is the first time the IPL is being held entirely in India despite the elections. In 2009, the BCCI had shifted the whole tournament to South Africa. Five years later, the initial part of the tournament was played in UAE before returning to India.

According to the released schedule, a total of 17 matches will be played during this 2 weeks period across the 8 home venues of the respective franchises. All teams will play minimum of 4 matches with Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore playing 5 matches.

Keeping up with the tradition, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in a mouth-watering season-opener. And as the IPL draws near, Star Sports, the official broadcasters of the tournament, are taking all possible steps to take the excitement a notch higher.

Recently, the broadcasters released some hilarious videos, showing player vs player battle with Rishabh Pant teasing MS Dhoni and Jasprit Bumrah taking on Virat Kohli. Well, in their latest attempt to excite the fans, Star Sports have come up with another gem of an advertisement.

The promo features the likes of Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jaydev Unadkat as well as Afghanistan star Rashid Khan.

In the video, a split screen dividing the IPL stars practicing alongside a bunch of local players can be seen. Soon, the two sides started a fight with both of them taking hilarious steps to gain the upper hand.  MS Dhoni then made a grand entry to lend  a helping hand to bring the local players face to face with the IPL stars. The video concludes with India skipper Virat Kohli uttering the tagline of IPL 2019 “Game Banayegaa Name.”

Here is the video posted by Star Sports:

Different teams, different colours, one motto: Naam nahi, sirf game hi kaafi hai! ??

The players have spoken – #GameBanayegaName! ?

Watch the #VIVOIPL magic LIVE from March 23, only on Star Sports. pic.twitter.com/ZJhNf71ehY

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 5, 2019