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Cricket's richest franchise event – the Indian Premier League (IPL) – is about to return this weekend as defending champions Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) start their title protection towards Royal Challengers Bangalore on residence soil.
The seventeenth season of the T20 league will start on March 22 at 8pm native time (14:30 GMT) on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in India's southern metropolis of Chennai, the place the five-time champions can count on a rousing welcome from the house crowd.
Right here's what you want to know concerning the event:
What’s the IPL schedule?
The event, which can final for nearly two months, will start on Friday, March 22. Final month, organizers had introduced a partial schedule for the primary 21 matches until 7 April because the dates for India's upcoming common elections had not been introduced at the moment.
It’s understood that points associated to the administration and safety of the event are being thought of as the explanation behind the announcement of curtailment of this system throughout the elections within the nation.
The election schedule was introduced final week, the elections will run from April 19 to June 4 and IPL organizers are anticipated to launch the dates for the remaining occasions within the subsequent few days.
Day video games will begin at 3:30 PM native time (10:00 GMT) and night time video games will begin at 7:30 PM native time (14:00 GMT).
The wait is over 🥳
For the primary 2⃣1⃣ matches of #TATAIPL 2024 is right here!
Which fixture are you most wanting ahead to 🤔 pic.twitter.com/HFIyVUZFbo
– IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) 22 February 2024
What number of groups will play in IPL 2024?
The IPL was launched in 2008 as an eight-team event, however the configuration has modified on a number of events as franchises have been suspended (over corruption prices), faraway from the event or renamed. .
Nonetheless, this would be the third consecutive season that the league will encompass the identical 10 groups. they’re:
- Chennai Tremendous Kings
- Delhi Capitals
- Gujarat Titans
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Lucknow Tremendous Giants
- Mumbai Indians
- punjab kings
- Rajasthan Royals
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
What’s the format of IPL 2024 season?
Just like the configuration of the groups, the event schedule has additionally been modified on a number of events. The league began with a round-robin format, however in its earlier version it was modified to a gaggle format and with the return of the round-robin format this season, all 10 groups will play one another twice.
The highest two groups on the finish of the league video games will play the primary qualifier whereas the third and fourth positioned groups will face one another within the eliminator.
The winner of the primary qualifier will e book a spot within the finals, whereas the loser will face the winner of the eliminator within the second qualifier. The winner of this match will develop into the second workforce to qualify for the ultimate.
Who’re the ten captains of IPL?
There have been some modifications and modifications forward of this season, with a brand new chief taking cost of collectively essentially the most profitable workforce Mumbai Indians. Listed here are the groups and their captains:
Chennai Tremendous Kings: M S Dhoni
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer
Lucknow Tremendous Giants: KL Rahul
Mumbai Indians: hardik pandya
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan
Rajasthan Royals: sanju samson
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis
Sunrisers Hyderabad: pat cummins
able to roar 🐯
Welcome again Rishabh Pant.Can't wait to see you ❤️💙#ThisisNewDelhi pic.twitter.com/4jz0wFppFb
– Delhi Capitals (@delhicapitals) 12 March 2024
ipl 2024 venues
Since every workforce will play the opposite 9 groups twice, the event might be performed in a home-and-away format.
The venues for the qualifiers, eliminators and finals haven’t been confirmed.
Delhi Capitals will play their first two residence matches in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, whereas the attractive Dharamshala Stadium in northern Himachal Pradesh state can also be anticipated to host some video games.
The venues and their residence groups are:
- MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai – Chennai Tremendous Kings
- Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi – Delhi Capitals
- Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad – Gujarat Titans
- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Eden Gardens, Kolkata – Kolkata Knight Riders
- BRSABV Ekana Stadium, Lucknow – Lucknow Tremendous Giants
- Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – Mumbai Indians
- Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Punjab – Punjab Kings
- Swai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur – Rajasthan Royals
- Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium, Hyderabad – Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
- HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
Who’re the earlier IPL champions?
Chennai Tremendous Kings: 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023
Mumbai Indians: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
Kolkata Knight Riders: 2012, 2014
Rajasthan Royals: 2008
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2016
Gujarat Titans: 2022
Deccan Chargers: 2009
Get able to whistle, led by the defending champions @M S Dhoni absolutely ready for #TATAIPL 2024 😊@ChennaiIPL Followers, prepare to color the city yellow! pic.twitter.com/ZOsWLm6o28
– IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) 18 March 2024
Who’s the costliest signing of IPL 2024?
Australia's Mitchell Starc grew to become the costliest signing in IPL historical past, topping the report determine paid for teammate Pat Cummins within the competitors's 2024 public sale in December.
Starc, who was final within the IPL eight years in the past, was purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.98 million. This surpassed the payment paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Cummins, which was value $2.46 million.
Earlier than this public sale, the report contract belonged to England bowler Sam Curran, who joined Punjab Kings for $2.23 million final 12 months.
What’s the prize cash?
Though the prize cash for this 12 months's IPL has not been confirmed by the organizers, if earlier years are something to go by, this time the IPL prize cash is anticipated to be round $6 million.
The 2024 champions can take residence about $2.4 million and the runners-up $1.56 million.