The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the schedule for the first 15 days of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are set to clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the opening match, promising an exciting start to the tournament.
The partial schedule release is attributed to the overlap with the General Elections. The Election Commission is expected to unveil the nationwide polls schedule in mid-March, following which the remaining fixture list for the IPL will be disclosed.
Key Matchups and Highlights:
CSK vs. RCB Showdown: The tournament opener on March 22 in Chennai will witness a high-profile clash between two cricketing giants, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
Hardik Pandya's Return: March 24 will mark a significant moment as Hardik Pandya returns to Ahmedabad, donning the Mumbai Indians colors against former franchise Gujarat Titans.
The ten participating teams are as follows:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
- Squad: MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.
Delhi Capitals:
- Squad: Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara.
Gujarat Titans:
- Squad: David Miller, Shubman Gill (c), Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
- Squad: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain.
Lucknow Super Giants:
- Squad: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan.
Mumbai Indians:
- Squad: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.
Punjab Kings:
- Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
Rajasthan Royals:
- Squad: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
- Squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
- Squad: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
Captains for IPL 2024 Teams:
Team | Captain |
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Chennai Super Kings | MS Dhoni |
Mumbai Indians | Hardik Pandya |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | Aiden Markram |
Punjab Kings | Shikhar Dhawan |
Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | Faf du Plessis |
Gujarat Titans | Shubman Gill |
Lucknow Super Giants | KL Rahul |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Shreyas Iyer |
Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant |
IPL 2024 Full Schedule:
| Match No | Fixture | Date | Venue | Time |
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| 1 | CSK vs RCB | March 22 | Chennai | 7:30 PM IST | | 2 | PBKS vs DC | March 23 | Mohali | 3:30 PM IST | | 3 | KKR vs SRH | March 23 | Kolkata | 7:30 PM IST | | 4 | RR vs LSG | March 24 | Jaipur | 3:30 PM IST | | 5 | GT vs MI | March 24 | Ahmedabad | 7:30 PM IST | | 6 | RCB vs PBKS | March 25 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST | | 7 | CSK vs GT | March 26 | Chennai | 7:30 PM IST | | 8 | SRH vs MI | March 27 | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM IST | | 9 | RR vs DC | March 28 | Jaipur | 7:30 PM IST | | 10 | RCB vs KKR | March 29 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST | | 11 | LSG vs PBKS | March 30 | Lucknow | 7:30 PM IST | | 12 | GT vs SRH | March 31 | Ahmedabad | 3:30 PM IST | | 13 | DC vs CSK | March 31 | Visakhapatnam | 7:30 PM IST | | 14 | MI vs RR | April 1 | Mumbai | 7:30 PM IST | | 15 | RCB vs LSG | April 2 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST | | 16 | DC vs KKR | April 3 | Visakhapatnam | 7:30 PM IST | | 17 | GT vs PBKS | April 4 | Ahmedabad | 7:30 PM IST | | 18 | SRH vs CSK | April 5 | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM IST | | 19 | RR vs RCB | April 6 | Jaipur | 7:30 PM IST | | 20 | MI vs DC | April 7 | Mumbai | 3:30 PM IST | | 21 | LSG vs GT | April 7 | Lucknow | 7:30 PM IST |
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Franchise-wise Fixture List (First 15 Days):
| Team | Date | Opponent | Venue |
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| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | March 22 | RCB | Chennai |
| | March 26 | GT | Chennai |
| | March 31 | DC | Visakhapatnam |
| | April 5 | SRH | Hyderabad |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | March 22 | CSK | Chennai |
| | March 25 | PBKS | Bengaluru |
| | March 29 | KKR | Bengaluru |
| | April 2 | LSG | Bengaluru |
| | April 6 | RR | Jaipur |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | March 23 | DC | Mullanpur |
| | March 25 | RCB | Bengaluru |
| | March 30 | LSG | Lucknow |
| | April 4 | GT | Ahmedabad |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | March 23 | PBKS | Mullanpur |
| | March 28 | RR | Jaipur |
| | March 31 | CSK | Visakhapatnam |
| | April 3 | KKR | Visakhapatnam |
| | April 7 | MI | Mumbai |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | March 23 | SRH | Kolkata |
| | March 29 | RCB | Bengaluru |
| | April 3 | DC | Visakhapatnam |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | March 23 | KKR | Kolkata |
| | March 27 | SRH | Hyderabad |
| | March 31 | GT | Ahmedabad |
| | April 5 | CSK | Hyderabad |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | March 24 | LSG | Jaipur |
| | March 28 | RR | Jaipur |
| | April 1 | MI | Mumbai |
| | April 6 | RCB | Jaipur |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | March 24 | RR | Jaipur |
| | March 30 | PBKS | Lucknow |
| | April 2 | RCB | Bengaluru |
| | April 7 | GT | Lucknow |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | March 24 | MI | Ahmedabad |
| | March 26 | CSK | Chennai |
| | March 31 | SRH | Ahmedabad |
| | April 4 | PBKS | Ahmedabad |
| | April 7 | LSG | Lucknow |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | March 24 | GT | Ahmedabad |
| | March 27 | SRH | Hyderabad |
| | April 1 | RR | Mumbai |
| | April 7 | DC | Mumbai |
IPL 2024 Venues:
A total of 10 venues will host IPL 2024 matches, with the possibility of additional venues being utilized. The selected venues and their respective home teams are as follows:
| Venue | Home Team | Seating Capacity |
|---|
| M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | RCB | 40,000 |
| Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | MI | 30,000 |
| MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | CSK | 50,000 |
| Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | GT | 110,000 |
| Ekana Stadium, Lucknow | LSG | 20,000 |
| IS Bindra Cricket Stadium, Mohali | PBKS | 27,000 |
| Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | DC | 40,000 |
| Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur | RR | 23,000 |
| Eden Gardens, Kolkata | KKR | 68,000 |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | SRH | 39,000 |
