The Board of Control for Cricket in India, on Sunday, released the schedule for the upcoming Indian Premier League, defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on runners-up Chennai Super Kings in the opener in Abu Dhabi on September 19.
Moved out of India due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the upcoming
edition of the world's biggest T20 league will be held in the three venues of
Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in the UAE.
After the tournament-opener in the capital city, Dubai will host its
first game the next day when Delhi Capitals take on Kings XI Punjab followed by
the third match on Monday between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers
Bangalore.
The
action will then shift to Sharjah on September 22 when Rajasthan Royals will
host Chennai Super Kings.
There
will be 10 double headers, with the first match starting at 3:30pm IST and the
second 7:30pm, according to a BCCI release.
In all,
24 matches will be held in Dubai, 20 in Abu Dhabi and 12 in Sharjah.
Venues
for the playoffs and the IPL 2020 final will be announced later. The final is
slated for November 10.
The
upcoming 53-day edition is by far the longest in the history of the league.
The
schedule was expected to be out in the last week of August but the announcement
was delayed after 13 personnel of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) camp tested
positive for the dreaded virus.
Also,
due to different quarantine rules in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, IPL's operations team
took time to finalise the schedule.
As per
IPL rules, the defending champions and the last year's runner-up face off in
the tournament opener. The same is going to happen this year after concerns
over Chennai Super Kings' readiness were erased with their first practice
session in Dubai on Friday.
CSK
were the last franchise to hit the nets after clearing final rounds of COVID-19
testing.
Captain
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and all other CSK players, except for the COVID-19
afflicted duo of Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad, started training on Friday.
With
Deepak and Ruturaj testing positive last week along with 11 members of the CSK
contingent, the team was forced to delay its training plan after completing the
six-day quarantine, including three tests, upon arrival on August 21.
The
virus free players had to undergo three additional tests before beginning their
training on Friday. The infected players are in 14-day quarantine.
This
year's IPL was originally scheduled to be held from March 29 to May 24 but was
postponed barely two weeks before the start of the tournament due to the
coronavirus outbreak.
Then,
as the number of cases increased, the league was indefinitely postponed but the
postponement of the T20 World Cup cleared the decks for the league to take
place in the September-November window.
Match Time Table
|
DATE & DAY |
MATCH |
TIME (IST) |
VENUE |
|
September 19,
Saturday |
Mumbai Indians vs
Chennai Super Kings |
7:30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
September 20, Sunday |
Delhi Capitals vs
Kings XI Punjab |
7:30 PM |
Dubai |
|
September 21, Monday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs Royal Challengers Bangalore |
7:30 PM |
Dubai |
|
September 22,
Tuesday |
Rajasthan Royals vs
Chennai Super Kings |
7:30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
September 23,
Wednesday |
Kolkata Knight
Riders vs Mumbai Indians |
7:30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
September 24,
Thursday |
Kings XI Punjab vs
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
7:30 PM |
Dubai |
|
September 25, Friday |
Chennai Super Kings
vs Delhi Capitals |
7:30 PM |
Dubai |
|
September 26,
Saturday |
Kolkata Knight
Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad |
7:30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
September 27, Sunday |
Rajasthan Royals vs
Kings XI Punjab |
7:30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
September 28, Monday |
Royal Challengers
Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians |
7:30 PM |
Dubai |
|
September 29,
Tuesday |
Delhi Capitals vs
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
7:30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
September 30,
Wednesday |
Rajasthan Royals vs
Kolkata Knight Riders |
7:30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 1, Thursday |
Kings XI Punjab vs
Mumbai Indians |
7:30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 2, Friday |
Chennai Super Kings
vs Sunrisers Hyderabad |
7:30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 3, Saturday |
Royal Challengers
Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals |
3:30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 3, Saturday |
Delhi Capitals vs
Kolkata Knight Riders |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
October 4, Sunday |
Mumbai Indians vs
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
3.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
October 4, Sunday |
Kings XI Punjab vs
Chennai Super Kings |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 5, Monday |
Royal Challengers
Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 6, Tuesday |
Mumbai Indians vs
Rajasthan Royals |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 7, Wednesday |
Kolkata Knight
Riders vs Chennai Super Kings |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 8, Thursday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs Kings XI Punjab |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 9, Friday |
Rajasthan Royals vs
Delhi Capitals |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
October 10, Saturday |
Kings XI Punjab vs
Kolkata Knight Riders |
3.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 10, Saturday |
Chennai Super Kings
vs Royal Challengers Bangalore |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 11, Sunday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs Rajasthan Royals |
3.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 11, Sunday |
Mumbai Indians vs
Delhi Capitals |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 12, Monday |
Royal Challengers
Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
October 13, Tuesday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs Chennai Super Kings |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 14,
Wednesday |
Delhi Capitals vs
Rajasthan Royals |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 15, Thursday |
Royal Challengers
Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
October 16, Friday |
Mumbai Indians vs
Kolkata Knight Riders |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 17, Saturday |
Rajasthan Royals vs
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
3.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 17, Saturday |
Delhi Capitals vs
Chennai Super Kings |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
October 18, Sunday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs Kolkata Knight Riders |
3.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 18, Sunday |
Mumbai Indians vs
Kings XI Punjab |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 19, Monday |
Chennai Super Kings
vs Rajasthan Royals |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 20, Tuesday |
Kings XI Punjab vs
Delhi Capitals |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 21,
Wednesday |
Kolkata Knight
Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 22, Thursday |
Rajasthan Royals vs
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 23, Friday |
Chennai Super Kings
vs Mumbai Indians |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
October 24, Saturday |
Kolkata Knight
Riders vs Delhi Capitals |
3.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 24, Saturday |
Kings XI Punjab vs
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 25, Sunday |
Royal Challengers
Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings |
3.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 25, Sunday |
Rajasthan Royals vs
Mumbai Indians |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 26, Monday |
Kolkata Knight
Riders vs Kings XI Punjab |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
October 27, Tuesday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs Delhi Capitals |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 28,
Wednesday |
Mumbai Indians vs
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 29, Thursday |
Chennai Super Kings
vs Kolkata Knight Riders |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 30, Friday |
Kings XI Punjab vs
Rajasthan Royals |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
October 31, Saturday |
Delhi Capitals vs
Mumbai Indians |
3.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
October 31, Saturday |
Royal Challengers
Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
|
November 1, Sunday |
Chennai Super Kings
vs Kings XI Punjab |
3.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
November 1, Sunday |
Kolkata Knight
Riders vs Rajasthan Royals |
7.30 PM |
Dubai |
|
November 2, Monday |
Delhi Capitals vs
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
7.30 PM |
Abu Dhabi |
|
November 3, Tuesday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs Mumbai Indians |
7.30 PM |
Sharjah |
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