Great news for the cricket fans as Indian Premier League (IPL) schedule for the first two weeks of the 2019 season has been announced.
As per the schedule released on Tuesday (February 19), the season gets underway on March 23 with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) hosting Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Chennai.
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The statement released said, “IPL releases the schedule of the first two weeks (17 matches) of the VIVO IPL 2019 Season. These are still subject to the announcement of the Lok Sabha 2019 election dates. Once these have been released BCCI will address any issues with the first two weeks and will also prepare a schedule for the remainder of the season working with the local authorities around the polling dates.”
“This is still subject to the announcement of Lok Sabha 2019 election dates. 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.”
The current schedule sees 17 matches across the fortnight period with 8 venues of the eight franchises. Delhi Capitals and Royal Challenges will play five matches during this period with the rest playing four each. All teams will play minimum of two home and away games while DC and RCB will be at home at Feroz Shah Kotla and M Chinnaswamy thrice respectively.
Full schedule of IPL 2019 (1st 17 matches)
Saturday, March 23
Evening: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai
Sunday, March 24
Afternoon: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata
Evening: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals in Mumbai
Monday, March 25
Evening: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur
Tuesday, March 26
Evening: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings in Delhi
Wednesday, March 27
Evening: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab in Kolkata
Thursday, March 28
Evening: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru
Friday, March 29
Evening: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad
Saturday, March 30
Afternoon: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians in Mohali
Evening: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi
Sunday, March 31
Afternoon: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad
Evening: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals in Chennai
Monday, April 1
Evening: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals in Mohali
Tuesday, April 2
Evening: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Jaipur
Wednesday, April 3
Evening: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai
Thursday, April 4
Evening: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Delhi
Friday, April 5
Evening: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Bengaluru
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