Kohli, Suryavanshi to light up IPL as stampede dead remembered
The richest league in cricket launches with RCB hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, where June's title party turned to tragedy a day after Bengaluru's first IPL crown.
Eleven supporters aged between 14 and 29 died outside the stadium in a crush.
The club, sold on Tuesday for nearly $1.8 billion to an Indian-US consortium, will leave 11 seats permanently empty at the stadium while players will wear black armbands.
Kohli, who has retired from Tests and T20 internationals,...