The IPL is one of the most celebrated cricket events in India. People from all over the country and of course, the world eagerly wait for the IPL matches to commence. Cricket is a favored sport in India, and people from all social classes, ages, and backgrounds tune in for the IPL matches, and root for their favorite team. The 2024 IPL is also called the IPL17 and is the 17th rendition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The IPL will be hosted in India itself, and the chairman of the board, Mr Arun Singh clarified that the board is going to partner up with the Government of India to determine the IPL 2024 schedule while also keeping The 2024 Lok Sabha Elections in hindsight. The schedule for the match was announced on February 22nd of this year. The matches will take place in two halves, and the second half will commence after the election dates have been announced.
IPL Start Date 2024
The IPL is revving up to come back stronger than ever. It is exciting for fans across the country, and one might say even across the globe. The match starts on March 22nd, and the 17th season is predicted to bring in good viewership and ignite the spirit of thousands of Indians across the country. The event is organized by the BCCI and sponsored by TATA, which is known for contributing the largest sponsorship amount in IPL history.
In the IPL schedule 2024, the matches will start with a match between the defending team of Chennai Super Kings, and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match is set to take place at the home Stadium of the defending team; MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
IPL Time Table
The 17th season has brought out a clear timetable of ipl 2024 schedule to help fans tune in on time and not miss out on the fun and action.
| Match | Date | Fixture | Venue | Time |
| 1 | 22nd March | CSK vs RCB | Chennai | 7:30 pm |
| 2 | 23rd March | PBKS vs DC | Mohali | 3.30 pm |
| 3 | 23rd March | KKR vs SRH | Kolkata | 7.30 pm |
| 4 | 24th March | RR vs LSG | Jaipur | 3.30 pm |
| 5 | 24th March | GT vs MI | Ahmedabad | 7.30 pm |
| 6 | 25th March | RCB vs PBKS | Bengaluru | 7.30 pm |
| 7 | 26th March | CSK vs GT | Chennai | 7.30 pm |
| 8 | 27th March | SRH vs MI | Hyderabad | 7.30 pm |
| 9 | 28th March | RR vs DC | Jaipur | 7.30 pm |
| 10 | 29th March | RCB vs KKR | Bengaluru | 7.30 pm |
| 11 | 30th March | LSG vs PBKS | Lucknow | 7.30 pm |
| 12 | 31st March | GT vs SRH | Ahmedabad | 7.30 pm |
| 13 | 31st March | DC vs CSK | Vishakapatnam | 7.30 pm |
| 14 | 1st April | MI vs RR | Mumbai | 7.30 pm |
| 15 | 2nd April | RCB vs LSG | Bengaluru | 7.30 pm |
| 16 | 3rd April | DC vs KKR | Vishakapatnam | 7.30 pm |
| 17 | 4th April | GT vs PBKS | Ahmedabad | 7.30 pm |
| 18 | 5th April | SRH vs CSK | Hyderabad | 7.30 pm |
| 19 | 6th April | RR vs RCB | Jaipur | 7.30 pm |
| 20 | 7th April | LSG vs GT | Lucknow | 7.30 pm |
| 21 | 7th April | MI vs DC | Mumbai | 3.30 pm |
This is the IPL 2024 schedule for the first half of the match. The second half will be announced keeping in mind the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections duly.
Ipl Match Team List
If you want to root for your favorite team, you need to keep in mind the IPL match team list, along with the captains of each team. We have provided the necessary information in the table below.
| Captains | Teams |
| Shreyas Iyer | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Punjab Kings |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni/Ravindra Jadeja | Chennai Super Kings |
| Hardik Pandya | Mumbai Indians |
| Sanju Samson | Rajasthan Royals |
| Shubman Gill | Gujrat Titans |
| Aiden Makram | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| KL Rahul | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| David Warner/Rishab Pant | Delhi Capitals |
Indian Premier League Squad Details
The squad has been auctioned meticulously and the teams have been chosen wisely. So, now that you have an idea about the other details let’s check where each of your favorite players is placed and which teams you are about to cheer for:
1.Gujarat Titans (GT)
The squad includes: Shubhman Gill(C), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha, B. Sai Sudharsan, Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Joshua Little, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Spencer Johnson, Sushant Mishra, Robin Minz, Manav Suthar and Kartik Tyagi.
2. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
The RCB squad has: Virat Kohli(C), Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mayank Dagar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Cameron Green, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Alzarri Joseph, Swapnil Singh, Lockie Ferguson and Saurav Chauhan.
3. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
The CSK has retained most of its players and has some potential new names too, let’s see who they are: MS Dhoni, Ajay Mandal, Deepak Chahar, Moeen Ali, Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, Tushar Deshpande, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja(C), Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Prashant Solanki, Mukesh Choudhary, Sameer Rizvi, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Daryl Mitchell, Mustafizur Rahman and Simarjeet Singh.
4. Mumbai Indians (MI)
The MI squad includes: Hardik Pandya(C), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, N. Tilak Varma, Arjun Tendulkar, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Romario Shepherd, Jason Behrendorff, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Dilshan Madushanka, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, Mohammad Nabi and Shivalik Sharma.
5. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
The squad is as follows: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Suyash Sharma, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, KS Bharat, Mitchell Starc, Chetan Sakariya, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson and Sakib Hussain.
6. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
The squad is as follows: Aiden Markram(C), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Pat Cummins, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jaydev Unadkat, Wanindu Hasaranga and Akash Singh.
7. Delhi Capitals (DC)
The squad includes: Rishabh Pant(C), David Warner, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Prithvi Shaw, Kuldeep Yadav, Abishek Porel, Lungi Ngidi, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dhull, Harry Brook, Mukesh Kumar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Rasikh Dar, Sumit Kumar, Jhye Richardson, Shai Hope and Swastik Chhikara.
8. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
The LSG includes: KL Rahul (c), Nicholas Pooran, Quinton de Kock, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Devdutt Padikkal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mark Wood, Yudhvir Singh, Krunal Pandya, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Mayank Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Ashton Turner, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, David Willey, Yash Thakur and Mohd. Arshad Khan.
9. Punjab Kings (PBKS)
This squad includes: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Rishi Dhawan, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Bhatia, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel, Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Shashank Singh, Prince Choudhary, Tanay Thyagarajann and Rilee Rossouw.
10. Rajasthan Royals (RR)
The RR squad includes: Sanju Samson (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Adam Zampa, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Shubham Dubey and Nandre Burger.
IPL Match Venue
The match venue is very important for IPL. You can book tickets to see the match live if you know about the venue and the timings. The venue is given in the table below:
| Venue | City |
| Eden Gardens | Kolkata |
| Wankhade Stadium | Mumbai |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad |
| Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru |
| Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium | Dharamshala |
| MA Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium | Chennai |
| Punjab Cricket Association | Mohali |
| Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium | Lucknow |
| Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium | Vishakapatnam |
| The Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur |
Ipl match format
If you are a fan of the IPL, you must already be aware of the format of the match. But if you’re not, and want to experience the IPL for the first time, we are breaking down the match formal in simple terms for you.
The ten teams are divided into two groups Group A and Group B. The teams play seven matches at home field and seven matches away from home field. The teams in each group (A and B) play twice against each other. The best teams compete with each other in the Qualifier and the Eliminators which is called the Qualifier 2. The winning team becomes the defending champions for the next season.
Conclusive Insights
So, we have come to the end of this blog. I hope that everyone tunes in for the IPL matches this year, as it is going to come back bigger and better than the previous times. Don’t forget to support your teams
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1. What are the new rules for IPL this year?
Ans. There is only one new rule change in this season of IPL. It is that the bowlers will be permitted to deliver two bouncers per over. This new rule was established during India’s home T20 tournaments.
Q2. How many teams are there in this IPL?
Ans. There are ten teams in total that come back every year to participate in the IPL matches. These are Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Q3. Why isn’t IPL hosted in Delhi?
Ans. The first two matches are not played at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, much to the surprise of fans. This is because the stadium is under reparations and will not be ready in time to host the matches.