MUMBAI: The 11th season of the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) will commence on Saturday with a lip-smacking fight between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super King at the Wankhede Stadium.

The cricketing carnival is set to have a sparkling launch as many celebrities going to perform in the opening ceremony.

The cricket lovers will witness a cricketing and entertainment spectacle like never before; fans can also look ahead to a lot of excitement as Chennai Team will clash with defending champions Mumbai Team at the Wankhede Stadium in the first league of the tournament shortly after the fascinating launch of the cricketing extravaganza.

The grand opening night, which is scheduled to kick off at 06:15 pm on April 7, will witness an amalgamation of stars and cricketers under one roof. The

The launch ceremony will be celebrating the love for the game and setting the stage for the highly anticipated cricketing action to chase in the next two months. Rocking the dance floor during the event will be Bollywood Superhero Hrithik Roshan who is set to get the fans in the stands to chill out with his dance moves along with young star Varun Dhawan and dance master Prabhudheva.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Mustafizur Rahman, Pat Cummins, Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Evin Lewis, Saurabh Tiwary, Ben Cutting, Pradeep Sangwan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Tajinder Singh, Sharad Lumba, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Mayank Markande, Akila Dananjaya, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Mitchell McClenaghan.

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni(c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan.