2017 IPL: Sunrisers face RCB in opening game on Sky Sports

The stage is set for the 2017 Indian Premier League, and you can watch it all live on Sky Sports from April 5

Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad will play last year’s runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening game of the 2017 IPL season.

The tournament - which you can watch in its entirety on Sky Sports - will be spread over 47 days across 10 venues.

Each of the eight teams will play 14 matches - seven of them at home - with the tournament returning to Indore for the first time since 2011.

The final will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium - on Sunday May 21.

Image: Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers' RCB get things underway against the Sunrisers

April 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore

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April 6: Rising Pune Supergiant v Mumbai Indians

April 7: Gujarat Lions v Kolkata Knight Riders

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April 8: Kings XI Punjab v Rising Pune Supergiant

April 9: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Gujarat Lions

April 9: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai

April 10: Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 11: Rising Pune Supergiant v Delhi Daredevils

April 12: Mumbai Indians v Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 13: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab

April 14: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians

April 14: Gujarat Lions v Rising Pune Supergiant

Image: Jos Buttler will be back in action for the Mumbai Indians

April 15: Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 15: Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab

April 16: Mumbai Indians v Gujarat Lions

April 16: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rising Pune Supergiant

April 17: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders

April 17: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab

April 18: Gujarat Lions v Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 19: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils

April 20: Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians

April 21: Kolkata Knight Riders v Gujarat Lions

April 22: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians

April 22: Rising Pune Supergiant v Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 23: Gujarat Lions v Kings XI Punjab

April 23: Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore

Image: David Warner led the Sunrisers to the 2016 IPL title

April 24: Mumbai Indians v Rising Pune Supergiant

April 25: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 26: Rising Pune Supergiant v Kolkata Knight Riders

April 27: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions

April 28: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils

April 28: Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 29: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 29: Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians

April 30: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils

April 30: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders

May 1: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

May 1: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lions

May 2: Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

May 3: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rising Pune Supergiants

May 4: Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions

May 5: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab

May 6: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rising Pune Supergiants

May 6: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils

Image: Amit Mishra was in top form for the Delhi Daredevils in 2016

May 7: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders

May 7: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions

May 8: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians

May 9: Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

May 10: Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils

May 11: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab

May 12: Delhi Daredevils vs Rising Pune Super Giants

May 13: Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

May 13: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians

May 14: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kings XI Punjab

May 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

May 16: First Qualifier

May 17: Eliminator

May 19: Second Qualifier

May 21: Final

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