IPL Schedule 2024 Live Updates: Runner ups from last season Gujarat Titans will face off five-time champions Mumbai Indians in their opening game at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
IPL 2024 Full Schedule Live Updates: Old pals and former Indian skippers MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli will face off in the opening match of the 2024 Indian Premier League as the defending champions Chennai Super Kings host the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai. The league will kick off on March 22 and will be hosted in India despite general elections. As told by IPL chairman Arun Dhumal to The Indian Express earlier, initially the schedule for the first 15 days – 21 matches – has been announced.
For newly appointed Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya, it will be familiar foe to start his tenure as Gujarat Titans host the five-time champions in their first game of the season at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, another big talking point from the schedule announced on Thursday was that the first two home games of Delhi Capitals shall be hosted in Visakhapatnam after the DDCA requested more time to prepare a fresh surface for the league after they’re done staging 11 WPL games in a row including the final on March 17.
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As per the format, ten teams are divided into two groups of five. In the group stage, each team plays 14 games facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times.
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IPL 2024 set to begin from March 22, set to be hosted in India despite general elections, confirms league chairman Arun Dhumal
The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League is set to begin from March 22 and will be played in its entirety in India amidst the general elections, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal shared on Tuesday.
“We are looking for a March 22 date to start the IPL this season,” Dhumal told The Indian Express, furthermore adding that the schedule of the first 10 days will be announced initially, while the roster for the remaining games shall be announced once the dates for the general elections are made official. (Read more from Devendra Pandey)
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First uploaded on: 22-02-2024 at 16:32 IST
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