The Indian Premier League (IPL) marks its 17th season launch today, March 22nd. The inauguration match featuring Chennai Super Kings (CSK) versus Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium promises an epic showdown. Given the Lok Sabha elections, only the first 21 matches have been scheduled, reminiscent of the 2019 approach amid national elections when the IPL schedule was also segmented.
During the initial 17 days, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Delhi Capitals (DC), and Gujarat Titans (GT) will be the busiest, playing five matches each. Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Mumbai Indians (MI), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), and Punjab Kings (PBKS) will engage in four matches each, while Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) feature in three.
The spotlight is on Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals, which will play its initial home matches in Visakhapatnam, while other teams compete at their home grounds. Replacements for injured or absent players have been announced by the teams.
Let's delve into the updated squads of all 10 teams...
Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheikh Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avinesh Rao Aravali, Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana.
Mumbai Indians (MI):
Hardik Pandya (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Kwenar Mafaka.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):
Faf du Plessis (Captain), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijay Kumar Vaishak, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurabh Chauhan.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Ankrit Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Husain.
Gujarat Titans (GT):
Shubman Gill (Captain), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, 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, Sandeep Warrier.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG):
KL Rahul (Captain), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhveer Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohammad Arshad Khan.
Rajasthan Royals (RR):
Sanju Samson (Captain), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathod, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dube, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
Delhi Capitals (DC):
Rishabh Pant (Captain), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abhishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chikara.
Punjab Kings (PBKS):
Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), 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 Thyagarajan, Prince Chaudhary, Riley Rossouw.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):
Pat Cummins (Captain), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, 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, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhatvedh Subramanyan.
What's the format for this season?
Like the previous (2023) season, the IPL 2024 will feature 74 matches. Points will be awarded to the winning teams, with no points for the losing side. Draws or matches without outcomes will share points between the teams. Following the group stage, playoffs will be organized.
Where can you watch the matches?
The IPL 2024 will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network, with digital streams available on the Jio Cinema app and website. Doubleheaders have an afternoon match at 3:30 PM and an evening bout at 7:30 PM, with the opening match scheduled for 8 PM.
Here's the schedule for the first 21 matches of IPL 2024
1. Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, March 22, Chennai, 8 PM
2. Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals, March 23, Mohali, 3.30 PM
3. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, March 23, Kolkata, 7.30 PM
4. Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants, March 24, Jaipur, 3.30 PM
5. Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians, March 24, Ahmedabad, 7.30 PM
6. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings, March 25, Bangalore, 7.30 PM
7. Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans, March 26, Chennai, 7.30 PM
8. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians, March 27, Hyderabad, 7.30 PM
9. Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals, March 28, Jaipur, 7.30 PM
10. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, March 29, Bangalore, 7.30 PM
11. Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings, March 30, Lucknow, 7.30 PM
12. Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, March 31, Ahmedabad, 3.30 PM
13. Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings, March 31, Visakhapatnam, 7.30 PM
14. Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, April 1, Mumbai, 7.30 PM
15. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants, April 2, Bangalore, 7.30 PM
16. Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, April 3, Visakhapatnam, 7.30 PM
17. Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings, April 4, Ahmedabad, 7.30 PM
18. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings, April 5, Hyderabad, 7.30 PM
19. Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, April 6, Jaipur, 7.30 PM
20. Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, April 7, Mumbai, 3.30 PM
21. Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans, April 7, Lucknow, 7.30 PM
