On Tuesday, the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council released the fixtures for the first two weeks i.e., between 23rd March 2019 and 05th April 2019 (17 matches) of the upcoming season. These are still subject to the announcement of the Lok Sabha 2019 election dates. Once the election dates are release, BCCI will do some changes in the schedule for the first two weeks if required and will also prepare a schedule for the remainder of the season working with the local authorities around the polling dates.
The IPL’s release said, “Once the election dates are released we will address any issues with the first two weeks and also prepare a schedule for the remainder of the season working with the local authorities around the polling dates.”
A total of 17 matches will be played during this 2 weeks period across the 8 home venues of the respective franchises. All teams will play a minimum of 4 matches with Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) playing 5 matches. Every team will play a minimum of 2 home and 2 away matches with Delhi Capitals (DC) playing 3 home matches, while RCB will play 3 away matches.
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The tournament opener will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and RCB on March 23 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
🚨 Announcement 🚨: The #VIVOIPL schedule for the first two weeks is out. The first match of the 2019 season will be played between @ChennaiIPL and @RCBTweets
Details – https://t.co/wCi6dYHlXL pic.twitter.com/TaYdXNKVSx
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 19, 2019
Here is the full schedule:
Saturday, March 23:
CSK vs RCB at 8 pm IST in Chennai
Sunday, March 24:
KKR vs SRH at 4 pm IST in Kolkata
MI vs DC at 8 pm IST in Mumbai
Monday, March 25:
RR vs KXIP at 8 pm IST in Jaipur
Tuesday, March 26:
DC vs CSK at 8 pm IST in Delhi
Wednesday, March 27:
KKR vs KXIP at 8 pm IST in Kolkata
Thursday, March 28:
RCB vs MI at 8 pm IST in Bengaluru
Friday, March 29:
SRH vs RR at 8 pm IST in Hyderabad
Saturday, March 30:
KXIP vs MI at 4 pm IST in Mohali
DC vs KKR at 8 pm IST in Delhi
Sunday, March 31:
SRH vs RCB at 4 pm IST in Hyderabad
CSK vs RR at 8 pm IST in Chennai
Monday, April 1:
KXIP vs DC at 8 pm IST in Mohali
Tuesday, April 2:
RR vs RCB at 8 pm IST in Jaipur
Wednesday, April 3:
MI vs CSK at 8 pm IST in Mumbai
Thursday, April 4:
DC vs SRH at 8 pm IST in Delhi
Friday, April 5:
RCB vs KKR at 8 pm IST in Bengaluru
