New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, sponsored by TATA, is set to begin on March 22, 2024, with a blockbuster clash between the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The IPL is the second-richest domestic league in the world, after the NFL, and attracts top international players and fans from across the globe. The 17th edition of the IPL will feature 10 teams, who will compete in a round-robin and knockout format for the coveted trophy and a prize money of 46.5 crore.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the schedule for the first 21 matches of the IPL 2024, which will be played from March 22 to April 7. The fixtures for the remaining 53 matches will be announced in due course, keeping in mind the dates of the general elections in India. The IPL 2024 is expected to conclude on May 29, 2024, with the grand finale at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat.
The IPL 2024 will be played across 11 venues in India, with each team having a designated home ground. The venues are Delhi-Arun Jaitley Stadium, Mumbai-Wankhede Stadium, Hyderabad-Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Chennai-M.A. Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium, Kolkata-Eden Garden, Ahmadabad-Narendra Modi Stadium, Mohali-Punjab Cricket Association Is Bindra Stadium, Bangalore-M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Guwahati-Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Lucknow-Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, and Dharamsala-Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.
The 10 teams participating in the IPL 2024 are CSK, RCB, Punjab Kings (PBKS), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Titans (GT), Mumbai Indians (MI), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Lucknow Super Joints (LSG), and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). The teams were formed after the IPL auction 2024, which saw some of the most expensive players in IPL history being bought by the franchises. The most expensive player of the IPL 2024 is Chris Morris, who was bought by RR for 16.25 crore.
Here is the table of the first 21 matches of the IPL 2024, along with the dates, venues, and timings in IST:
| Match No | Fixture | Date | Venue | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSK vs RCB | March 22 | Chennai | 7:30 PM IST |
| 2 | PBKS vs DC | March 23 | Mohali | 3:30 PM IST |
| 3 | KKR vs SRH | March 23 | Kolkata | 7:30 PM IST |
| 4 | RR vs LSG | March 24 | Jaipur | 3:30 PM IST |
| 5 | GT vs MI | March 24 | Ahmedabad | 7:30 PM IST |
| 6 | RCB vs PBKS | March 25 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST |
| 7 | CSK vs GT | March 26 | Chennai | 7:30 PM IST |
| 8 | SRH vs MI | March 27 | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM IST |
| 9 | RR vs DC | March 28 | Jaipur | 7:30 PM IST |
| 10 | RCB vs KKR | March 29 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST |
| 11 | LSG vs PBKS | March 30 | Lucknow | 7:30 PM IST |
| 12 | GT vs SRH | March 31 | Ahmedabad | 3:30 PM IST |
| 13 | DC vs CSK | March 31 | Visakhapatnam | 7:30 PM IST |
| 14 | MI vs RR | April 1 | Mumbai | 7:30 PM IST |
| 15 | RCB vs LSG | April 2 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST |
| 16 | DC vs KKR | April 3 | Visakhapatnam | 7:30 PM IST |
| 17 | GT vs PBKS | April 4 | Ahmedabad | 7:30 PM IST |
| 18 | SRH vs CSK | April 5 | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM IST |
| 19 | RR vs RCB | April 6 | Jaipur | 7:30 PM IST |
| 20 | MI vs DC | April 7 | Mumbai | 3:30 PM IST |
| 21 | LSG vs GT | April 7 | Lucknow | 7:30 PM IST |
IPL 2024 Players List
Here is the complete squad of all ten competing teams in the IPL 2024. Take a look:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.
Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara.
Gujarat Titans
David Miller, Shubman Gill (c), Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz.
Kolkata Knights Riders
Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain.
Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan.
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan (c), 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 Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), 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, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
