March 20, (IANS) – The schedule of the group stages of the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is out with all eight teams playing seven home matches at their respective home venues.
The schedule is balanced in terms of afternoon matches/weekend matches and travel. The board has factored the 2019 Lok Sabha elections dates/phases in the respective states and cities and clearance thereof.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Chennai in the IPL opener, which will begin on March 23.
The schedule of this year’s edition has been released in parts by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls that would be a staggered process in seven phases stretched across April and May.
Earlier, the BCCI announced the schedule of the first 17 matches that will be played during the two-week period from March 23 to April 5 across the eight home venues of the respective franchises.
All teams are playing a minimum of four matches with the newly-christened Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) playing five matches in that phase.
Every team was assigned a minimum of two home and two away matches with DC given three home matches.
Saturday, March 23
8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai
Sunday, March 24
4 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals in Mumbai
Monday, March 25
8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur
Tuesday, March 26
8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings in Delhi
Wednesday, March 27
8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab in Kolkata
Thursday, March 28
8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru
Friday, March 29
8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad
Saturday, March 30
4 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians in Mohali
8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi
Sunday, March 31
4 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad
8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals in Chennai
Monday, April 1
8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals in Mohali
Tuesday, April 2
8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Jaipur
Wednesday, April 3
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai
Thursday, April 4
8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Delhi
Friday, April 5
8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Bengaluru
Saturday, April 6
4 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab in Chennai
8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad
Sunday, April 7
4 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru
8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Jaipur
Monday, April 8
8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mohali
Tuesday, April 9
8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai
Wednesday, April 10
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab in Mumbai
Thursday, April 11
8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings in Chennai
Friday, April 12
8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals in Kolkata
Saturday, April 13
4 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai
8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mohali
Sunday, April 14
4 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings in Kolkata
8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals in Hyderabad
Monday, April 15
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mumbai
Tuesday, April 16
8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals in Mohali
Wednesday, April 17
8 pm IST Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad
Thursday, April 18
8 pm IST Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians in Delhi
Friday, April 19
8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Kolkata
Saturday, April 20
4 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians in Jaipur
8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab in Delhi
Sunday, April 21
4 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad
8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru
Monday, April 22
8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals in Jaipur
Tuesday, April 23
8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai
Wednesday, April 24
8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab in Bengaluru
Thursday, April 25
8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata
Friday, April 26
8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians in Chennai
Saturday, April 27
8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur
Sunday, April 28
4 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi
8 pm IST: Kolkata vs Mumbai Indians in Kolkata
Monday, April 29
8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab
Tuesday, April 30
8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals
Wednesday, May 1
8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals in Chennai
Thursday, May 2
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai
Friday, May 3
8 pm IST Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali
Saturday, May 4
4 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals in Delhi
8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru
Sunday, May 5
4 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings in Mohali
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai
