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The schedule of the 17th season of IPL has been announced. The first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The schedule of the first 21 matches of IPL has been announced. Due to Lok Sabha elections, this time IPL will be played in 3 phases. The schedule of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been announced on Thursday. The first match will take place on February 22 when defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at their home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium. Recently the schedule of 21 matches has been announced. Chennai team will play the first match of an IPL season for a record ninth time. Before this, the team has played the opening matches in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.
The tournament will be organized in India
IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal has said that the entire tournament will be organized in India. Only in 2009 was the IPL played entirely abroad (South Africa), while in 2014, due to the general elections, some matches were played in the UAE. However, the tournament was held in India despite the general elections in 2019. Considering that the T20 World Cup will start just a few days after the IPL ends, the final is likely to be held on May 26.
GT will play its first match on home ground
Gujarat Titans will play their first two matches at their home ground in Ahmedabad while the third match will be played in Vizag. Delhi Capitals will play its first two matches in Visakhapatnam. The final of the Women's Premier League will be played in Delhi, immediately after which it will take time to prepare the ground for the IPL. For this reason, Delhi's first two matches will be played in Visakhapatnam. Due to the general elections to be held in the country this year, the complete schedule of IPL has not been announced. Now the 15 day program has come out. The schedule of the remaining matches will be announced after the announcement of Lok Sabha election dates.
The tournament will start from March 22
Dhumal said that the tournament will start from March 22 in Chennai. However, he also said that the schedule for the first 15 days will be announced, according to which the rest of the tournament will be organised. According to reports, after the Lok Sabha elections, the entire tournament will be played in India only.
There will also be four double header matches
The schedule announced so far also includes four double-header matches. Four double header matches will be played on the second day of the season on March 23, the third day on March 24, March 31 and April 7. During this period, each team will play about 4 matches.
After the schedule was revealed, Mumbai Indians also made a post and released the poster of their new captain and former captain. Schedule for MI's first four matches announced. Mumbai Indians team will compete against Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. Mumbai will take the field for the first time under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.