Steve Smith and David Warner return to India for IPL 2019; see pictures

Steven Smith and David Warner return to India for their cricketing comeback after they faced a one year ban from international cricket. Steven Smith and David Warner will lead their respective sides in the Indian Premier League. Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderbad welcomed their star players with a bang. Both the teams will play against each other on March 29, a day after their ban are supposed to expire.

Take a look at the pictures shared by the IPL franchises:

The dates for 2019 edition of Indian Premier League has been announced by the organisers. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will play Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opener on March 23 in Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium.

However, the dates announced are only for first seventeen matches, where each team will play a minimum of 4 matches each while Delhi and Bangalore will play five matches. Every team will play two away and two home matches with Delhi playing three home matches and Bangalore playing three away games.

SRH squad for 2019: David Warner (C), Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Bhuveneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan, Martin Guptill, Billy Stanlake, Basil Thampi, Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Deepak Hooda, Ricky Bhui, Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jonny Bairstow, Siddharth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami

RR squad for 2019: Steve Smith (C), Sanju Samson, Ashton Turner, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane, Jaydev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi, Shubham Ranjane, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Sudhesan Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Mahipal Lomror, Oshane Thomas, Aryaman Birla, Riyan Parag, Dhawan Kulkarni, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Liam Livingstone, Varun Aaron, Rahul Tripathi, Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Shashank Singh