IPL 2024: Everything you need to know
The highly anticipated Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to kick off this week as the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are geared up to start their journey to defend their title against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the opening match at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released a partial schedule, with 21 matches scheduled from March 22 to April 7, courtesy of the Loksabha Election 2024. The grand finale of IPL 2024 is set for May 26, just ahead of the ICC World T20 2024 in the United States and the Caribbean.
The season opener of IPL 2024 will kick off at 8 pm IST, with subsequent matches starting at 7:30 PM. On double-header days, the day match will commence at 3:30 PM.
The inaugural match will witness CSK playing at home in Chennai, promising an electrifying atmosphere. Following this, Punjab Kings (PBKS) will face Delhi Capitals (DC) in Mohali, and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Kolkata on March 23.
As the countdown to IPL 2024 begins, fans can catch all the live action on JioCinema, with live commentary available in 12 languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Haryanvi.
IPL 2024 Schedule for first 21 matches:
| Match No. | Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
| 1 | 22nd March | CSK vs RCB | 8.00 PM | Chennai |
| 2 | 23rd March | PBKS vs DC | 3:30 PM | Mohali |
| 3 | 23rd March | KKR vs SRH | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
| 4 | 24th March | RR vs LSG | 3:30 PM | Jaipur |
| 5 | 24th March | GT vs MI | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| 6 | 25th March | RCB vs PBKS | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
| 7 | 26th March | CSK vs GT | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| 8 | 27th March | SRH vs MI | 7:30 PM | Hyderabad |
| 9 | 28th March | RR vs DC | 7:30 PM | Jaipur |
| 10 | 29th March | RCB vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
| 11 | 30th March | LSG vs PBKS | 7:30 PM | Lucknow |
| 12 | 31st March | GT vs SRH | 3:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| 13 | 31st March | DC vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Visakhapatnam |
| 14 | 01st April | MI vs RR | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 15 | 02nd April | RCB vs LSG | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
| 16 | 03rd April | DC vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Visakhapatnam |
| 17 | 04th April | GT vs PBKS | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| 18 | 05th April | SRH vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Hyderabad |
| 19 | 06th April | RR vs RCB | 7:30 PM | Jaipur |
| 20 | 07th April | MI vs DC | 3:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 21 | 07th April | LSG vs GT | 7:30 PM | Lucknow |
IPL 2024 full squad:
Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni (c), Aravelly Avanish, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Sameer Rizvi, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, and Maheesh Theekshana.
Delhi Capitals – Rishabh Pant (c), Abishek Porel, Ricky Bhui, SS Chikara, Yash Dhull, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Kumar Kushagra, Prithvi Shaw, Tristan Stubbs, David Warner, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Vicky Ostwal, Rasikh Salam, Jhye Richardson, Ishant Sharma.
Gujarat Titans – Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Matthew Wade, Kane Williamson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Spencer Johnson, Kartik Tyagi, Josh Little, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Mohit Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra.
Kolkata Knight Riders – Shreyas Iyer (c), Srikar Bharat, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Phil Salt, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshit Rana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sakib Hussain.
Lucknow Super Giants – KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Arshin Kulkarni, Prerak Mankad, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, David Willey, Arshad Khan, Shamar Joseph, Amit Mishra, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddharth, Mayank Yadav, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Shamar Joseph
Mumbai Indians – Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Piyush Chawla, Shreyas Gopal, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Romario Shepherd, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Luke Wood, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma.
Punjab Kings – Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Harpreet Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Shivam Singh, Sikandar Raza, Atharva Taide, Chris Woakes, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Prince Choudhary, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan.
Rajasthan Royals – Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Riyan Parag, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore, Abid Mushtaq, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Zampa.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Akash Deep, Manoj Bhandage, Tom Curran, Cameron Green, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mayank Dagar, Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Reece Topley, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal.
Surnisers Hyderabad – Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Akash Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat.
IPL 2024 Broadcast and Live Stream details:
The Star Sports Network holds the television broadcast rights for the IPL 2024 season. Fans have the option to livestream IPL 2024 games on Jio Cinema.
