Fans show support on opening day of IPL 2020 in UAE

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00:00Hello everyone this is Anjana Kumar and I'm here with my colleague Clint and we are covering the

00:05live IPL event which is kick-starting today. Remember the venue for IPL has been moved from

00:12India to the UAE because of the rising number of COVID cases in India. Needless to say the fans in

00:18the UAE are super excited that the IPL matches are being played here in the Emirates. We are

00:23in Makar a restaurant in Business Bay and we are talking to some excited fans here who are looking

00:32forward to the match. Today the match is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai

00:37Indians. Two charismatic captains will be battling it out tonight. It will be between Rohit Sharma

00:44and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Both will want to take an early win so they can have a good lead in the

00:50IPL matches. So we are looking forward to an exciting match here. With me is Mr. Max. He's

00:57from Manipur in India and also Amit here is from Mumbai. I asked Amit earlier on if he's going to

01:05be supporting Mumbai Indians but he says he's just a fan of cricket. So anyway let's start with you

01:10Max. What do you think about this match today and where do you think it's going to be heading?

01:15I personally enjoy IPL because I don't have stress who is winning or who is losing the game

01:21but personally I prefer Dhoni's team Chennai. From a technical point of view who is you know

01:28in a better position like you know in terms of the batting lineup and in terms of the bowlers

01:36who do you think has a better chance today? I'm not the expert on it but to my understanding

01:42Mumbai has a better squad looking by their experience and the age factor and Chennai

01:50is a bit aged but experience is there so I guess Mumbai is a bit advantage on that. But your heart

01:57is with Chennai right because you're a Dhoni fan I believe. Yeah just because of Dhoni I guess.

02:04So Amit tell me are you going to be cheering for Mumbai? He's for Chennai we need someone

02:09from Mumbai. Yeah yeah definitely definitely I'm here for Mumbai Indians all the way. Awesome

02:14so tell me who are you a fan of from Mumbai? Mumbai Indians what's her name that Ambani lady

02:23I'm her fan. Oh but from a player's point of view. From a player's point of view Rohit Sharma he's

02:30playing well right now if you notice. Yes yes. He's already hit a few boundaries. Yes that's right.

02:34So I'll be watching him. Yes yes he is quite a charismatic captain to look at I mean amazing

02:42player as well. Yeah okay yeah. So thank you guys so much we will be talking to more people

02:48more excited fans so stay tuned.