The tournament-opener as well as the final will all play in Ahmedabad. There will be double-headers on Saturday and Sunday totalling 18. IPl Live Score 2023 will start on March 31 with the defending champions Gujarat Titans facing Chennai Super Kings in Ahmedabad. This is the league’s return to India’s traditional home-and away format for the first time since 2019. The final will play in Ahmedabad on May 28.
The IPL will begin five days following the conclusion of the inaugural Women’s Premier League. On Friday, Titans take on CSK, while Punjab Kings face off against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali. Lucknow SuperGiants take on Lucknow SuperGiants in Lucknow on Saturday, April 1st. Sunrisers Hyderabad takes on Rajasthan Royals, while Royal Challengers Bangalore plays Mumbai Indians at Bengaluru Sunday, April 2.
Today, the BCCI revealed the tournament’s schedule. The group stage will feature a clash between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans at the Narenda Modi Stadium.
The tournament will return to its home and away format, with all teams playing 7 home games and 7 away in the league stage.
Apart from Ahmedabad being confirm as the venue for the title clash, the schedule for the four playoff matches is not yet known.
Like last season, the teams were divide into two groups. The Mumbai Knight Riders SuperGiants, Royals Knight Riders, Royals Capitals, Super Giants and Royals are in Group A. Group B includes Super Kings, Royal Challengers Titans Kings and Sunrisers. Each team will play each other’s five teams twice, and four of their own groups once. This makes it 14 league games per team, unlike last season.
The league phase will consist of 70 matches over 52 days, covering 12 cities. It will also feature 18 double-headers. Apart from the 10 regular venues (Chenila, Bengaluru and Mumbai, Kolkata and Lucknow), Ahmedabad and Jaipur, and Mohali), some matches will also play at Guwahati (the second home of the Royals) and Dharamsala (“the second home of the Kings”).
The Royals will be playing their first two home matches in Guwahati, and the rest in Jaipur. Kings will be playing their first five home matches at Mohali, and their last two in Dharamsala.
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings at the 1000th IPL Live match
There will be 18 double-headers in the league phase, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Mumbai and Super Kings, the two most successful IpL Live teams, will be meeting twice on April 8th and May 6th. The second fixture will mark the 1000th match of the IPL’s history since 2008. Super Kings will, however, be returning to Chennai’s original venue, the MA Chidambaram Stadium or Chepauk in Chennai.
IPL 2019 was the last IPL that was play at all of the Indian traditional venues. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the tournament was move to the UAE in 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place in March-May but had to reschedule for September-November.
There was an attempt to play during the Indian summer in 2021. However, a breach in the biosecure bubble caused the season to interrupte midway through. The second half of the season resumed in the UAE in September. The tournament was held in India’s March-May window, however the entire league phase took place in Mumbai and Pune. The playoffs and final were play in Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
