On Tuesday, the schedule of the group stages of the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has finally been released by the BCCI with all eight teams playing seven home matches at their respective home venues. The schedule comprises of afternoon matches almost on all the weekends. The board has factored the 2019 Lok Sabha elections dates/phases in the respective states and cities and clearance thereof.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are scheduled to lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Chennai in the IPL opener, which will begin on March 23.
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The schedule of this year’s edition has been released in parts by the BCCI in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls that would be a staggered process in seven phases stretched across April and May. Earlier, the BCCI announced the schedule of the first 17 matches that will be played during the two-week period from March 23 to April 5 across the eight home venues of the respective franchises.
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
Saturday, April 6:
CSK vs KXIP at 4 pm IST in Chennai
SRH vs MI at 8 pm IST in Hyderabad
Sunday, April 7:
RCB vs DC at 4 pm IST in Bangalore
RR vs KKRs at 8 pm IST in Jaipur
Monday, April 8:
KXIp vs SRH at 8 pm IST in Mohali
Tuesday, April 9:
CSk vs KKR at 8 pm IST in Chennai
Wednesday, April 10:
MI vs KXIP at 8 pm IST in Mumbai
Thursday, April 11:
RR vs CSK at 8 pm IST in Jaipur
Friday, April 12:
KKR vs DC at 8 pm IST in Kolkata
Saturday, April 13:
MI vs RR at 4 pm IST in Mumbai
KXIP vs RCB at 8 pm IST in Mohali
Sunday, April 14:
KKR vs CSK at 4 pm IST in Kolkata
SRH vs DC at 8 pm IST in Hyderabad
Monday, April 15:
MI vs RCB at 8 pm IST in Mumbai
Tuesday, April 16:
KXIP vs RR at 8 pm IST in Mohali
Wednesday, April 17:
SRH vs CSK at 8 pm IST in Hyderabad
Thursday, April 18:
DC vs MI at 8 pm IST in Delhi
Friday, April 19:
KKR vs RCB at 8 pm IST in Kolkata
Saturday, April 20:
RR vs MI at 4 pm IST in Jaipur
DC vs KXIP at 8 pm IST in Delhi
Sunday, April 21:
SRH vs KKR at 4 pm IST in Hyderabad
RCB vs CSK at 8 pm IST in Bangalore
Monday, April 22:
RR vs DC at 8 pm IST in Jaipur
Tuesday, April 23:
CSK vs SRH at 8 pm IST in Chennai
Wednesday, April 24:
RCB vs KXIP at 8 pm IST in Bangalore
Thursday, April 25:
KKR vs RR at 8 pm IST in Kolkata
Friday, April 26:
CSk vs MI at 8 pm IST in Chennai
Saturday, April 27:
RR vs SRH at 8 pm IST in Jaipur
Sunday, April 28:
DC vs RCB at 4 pm IST in Delhi
KKR vs MI at 8 pm IST in Kolkata
Monday, April 29:
SRH vs KXIP at 8 pm IST in Hyderabad
Tuesday, April 30:
RCB vs RR at 8 pm IST in Bangalore
Wednesday, May 1:
CSK vs DC at 8 pm IST in Chennai
Thursday, May 2:
MI vs SRH at 8 pm IST in Mumbai
Friday, May 3:
KXIp vs KKR at 8 pm IST in Mohali
Saturday, May 4:
DC vs RR at 4 pm IST in Delhi
RCB vs SRH at 8 pm IST in Bangalore
Sunday, May 5:
KXIp vs CSK at 4 pm IST in Mohali
MI vs KKR at 8 pm IST in Mumbai
