IPL 2024 schedule: Fixtures, dates, timings and all you need to know

Here is all you need to know about the IPL 2024 schedule and timings.

The first phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season schedule has been officially announced by the Board of Council for Cricket in India (BCCI). A total of 21 matches have been announced by the apex council. It is to be noted that the IPL 2024 schedule has been announced till April 7. Despite the forthcoming general elections in India, the competition will be held entirely in the country.

The opening fixture of IPL 2024 will be played between five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on March 22 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

A total of 332 players from 13 countries went under the hammer at the IPL 2024 auction which was held in December 2023 in Dubai. A total of 216 Indians were sold during the auction.

Besides Australian pacers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins initiating the Rs 20-crore club in the IPL, New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell (INR 14.00 cr to CSK), Harshal Patel (INR 11.75 cr to PBKS), Alzarri Joseph (INR 11.50 cr to RCB) and Spencer Johnson (INR 10 cr to GT) were the players who were sold for over 10 crore at the IPL 2024 auction.

Here’s all you need to know about the IPL 2024 fixtures, dates, timings, and more:

What is the format of IPL 2024 tournament?

IPL 2024 follows a two-stage format. In the group stage, 10 teams are divided into two groups of five. Each team plays twice against every team in the other group and once against every team in their own group, totaling 14 matches. The top four teams based on points advance to the playoffs.

Here, the top two teams play in Qualifier 1, with the winner going straight to the final. The loser plays the winner of the Eliminator match between the third and fourth-placed teams in the second qualifier. The winner of the second qualifier joins the winner of Qualifier 1 in the final, where the champion is crowned. This format ensures a thrilling season with all teams having a shot at the title.

What are the timings of IPL 2024 tournament?

The afternoon games will start from 3:30 PM (IST) whereas the evening matches will start from 7:30 PM (IST).

Where can we watch the live telecast of IPL 2024 tournament?

IPL 2024 will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network in India.

Where can we live stream the IPL 2024 tournament for free?

IPL 2024 can be live streamed on Jio Cinema.

What are the fixtures of the first 21 matches of the IPL 2024 tournament?

How many teams are taking part in the IPL 2024?

A total of 10 teams are taking part in the upcoming edition of the TATA IPL 2024.

• Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
• Delhi Capitals (DC)
• Gujarat Titans (GT)
• Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
• Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
• Mumbai Indians (MI)
• Punjab Kings (PBKS)
• Rajasthan Royals (RR)
• Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) 
• Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

What are the squads of all 10 teams in the IPL?

Chennai Super Kings: 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: 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: David Miller, Shubman Gill (c), Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, 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 Knights Riders: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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