Tomorrow is a special day for cricket fans across the world especially in India as it marks the start of the 11th edition of Indian Premier League. Tomorrow IPL match inauguration will take place at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai that will kick-start the current season of cash-rich T20 cricket established by BCCI.
The season is special as Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals will return after the two-year suspension. It also marks the start of the inclusion of DRS system in the game.
Teams
Eight teams compete in the exciting T20 cricket format namely:
- Chennai Super Kings
- Delhi DareDevils
- Kolkata Night Riders
- Kings XI Punjab
- Mumbai Indians
- Rajasthan Royals
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
Players
The prominent players in the current season of IPL are:
- CSK: M. S. Dhoni is rumored to lead the team while Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja have retained their spots in the team.
- DD: Gautam Gambir is the captain of the team with Chris Morris, Rishabh Pant, and Shreyas Iyer retaining their spots in the team.
- KKR: KKR has a new captain Dinesh Karthik. The team has retained Sunil Narine and Andre Russell.
- MI: Rohit Sharma leads MI with the team retaining Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.
- KXIP: R. Ashwin is the captain of the team Axar Patel retaining his place in the team.
- RR: Ajinkya Rahane is the captain of the team.
- RCB: Virat Kohli is the captain of the team with AB de Villiers and Sarfaraz Khan retaining their place.
- SRH: Kane Williamson is the captain with Bhuvneshwar Kumar retaining his spot.
For more details on the players, visit:
Timetable
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Date |
Teams Playing |
Venue |
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7th April 2018 |
Mumbai Indians (MI) V Chennai Super Kings |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai at 20:00 IST |
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8th April 2018 |
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) v Delhi Daredevils (DD) |
IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali at 16:00 IST |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata at 20:00 IST |
|
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9th April |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) v Rajasthan Royals (RR) |
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad at 20:00 IST |
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10th April |
CSK v KKR |
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai at 20:00 IST |
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11th April |
RR v DD |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur at 20:00 IST |
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12th April |
SRH v MI |
At 20:00 Hyderabad |
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13th April |
RCB v KXIP |
Chennai 20:00 IST |
|
14th April |
MI v DD |
16:00 IST Mumbai |
|
KKR v SRH |
20:00 IST Kolkata |
|
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15th April |
RCB v RR |
16:00 IST M.Chinnaswani Stadium, Bengaluru |
|
KXIP v CSK |
20:00 IST Mohali |
|
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16th April |
KKR v DD |
20:00 IST Kolkata |
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17th April |
MI v RCB |
20:00 IST Mumbai |
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18th April |
RR v KKR |
20:00 IST Jaipur |
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19th April |
KXIP v SRH |
20:00 IST Mohali |
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20th April |
CSK V RR |
20:00 IST Chennai |
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21st April |
KKR v KXIP |
16:00 IST Kolkata |
|
RCB v DD |
20:00 IST Bengaluru |
|
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22nd April |
SRH v CSK |
16:00 IST Hyderabad |
|
RR v MI |
20:00 IST Jaipur |
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23rd April |
DD v KXIP |
20:00 IST Firoz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
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24th April |
MI v SRH |
20:00 IST Mumbai |
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25th April |
RCB v CSK |
20:00 IST Bengaluru |
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26th April |
SRH v KXIP |
20:00 IST Hyderabad |
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27th April |
DD v KKR |
20:00 IST Delhi |
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28th April |
CSK v MI |
20:00 IST Chennai |
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29th April |
RR v SHR |
16:00 IST Jaipur |
|
RCB v KKR |
20:00 IST Bengaluru |
|
|
30th April |
CSK v DD |
20:00 IST Chennai |
|
1st May |
RCB v MI |
20:00 IST Bengaluru |
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2nd May |
DD v RR |
20:00 IST Delhi |
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3rd May |
KKR v CSK |
20:00 IST Kolkata |
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4th May |
MI vs. KXIP |
20:00 Holkar cricket stadium, Indore |
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5th May |
CSK v RCB |
16:00 IST Chennai |
|
SRH v DD |
20:00 IST Hyderabad |
|
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6th May |
MI v KKR |
16:00 IST Mumbai |
|
KXIP v RR |
20:00 IST Indore |
|
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7th May |
SRH v RCB |
20:00 IST Hyderabad |
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8th May |
RR v KXIP |
20:00 IST Jaipur |
|
9th May |
KKR v MI |
20:00 IST Kolkata |
|
10th May |
DD v SRH |
20:00 IST Delhi |
|
11th May |
RR v CSK |
20:00 IST Jaipur |
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12th May |
KXIP v KKR |
16:00 IST Indore |
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DD v RCB |
20:00 IST Delhi |
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13th May |
CSK v SRH |
16:00 IST Chennai |
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MI v RR |
20:00 IST Mumbai |
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14th May |
KXIP v RCB |
20:00 IST Indore |
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15th May |
KKR v RR |
20:00 IST Kolkata |
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16th May |
MI v KXIP |
20:00 IST Mumbai |
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17th May |
RCB v SRH |
20:00 IST Bengaluru |
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18th May |
DD v CSK |
20:00 IST Delhi |
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19th May |
RR v RCB |
16:00 IST Jaipur |
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SRH v KKR |
20:00 IST Hyderabad |
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20th May |
DD v MI |
16:00 IST Delhi |
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CSK v KXIP |
20:00 IST Chennai |
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22nd May |
TBC v TBC (Qualifier 1) |
20:00 IST Mumbai |
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23rd May |
TBC v TBC (Eliminator) |
20:00 IST MCA International stadium, Pune |
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25th May |
TBC v TBC (Qualifier 2) |
20:00 IST Pune |
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27th May |
Finals |
20:00 IST, Mumbai |
Viewers have a chance to enjoy the fireworks of the T20 format as they can view it on Star Sports, and online partner, HOTSTAR.
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