Bengaluru, February 16: In a repeat of last edition's final, defending champions Mumbai Indians and runners-up Chennai Super Kings will open the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium on March 29.
The franchise-based event will start 11 days after India''s home ODI series against South Africa ends on March 18 in Kolkata.
The Indian Premier League will release the schedule for the knockouts later, but the final is scheduled for May 24.
The organisers have done away with the Saturday double-headers, resulting in an extra week in the league phase.
The BCCI sent out the final fixture to the franchises on Saturday (February 15), stating that six double-headers will take place only on Sundays.
The last league game is scheduled for May 17, between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai in Bengaluru. Except Rajasthan Royals, all the other seven franchises have retained their original home bases.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande, Parthiv Patel, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahamad, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, M Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, N Jagadeesan, Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma, Sam Curran, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Piyush Chawla, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore
Delhi Capitals
Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Jason Roy, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Rishabh Pant, Alex Carey, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Fabian Allen, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh
Surisers Hyderabad
Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Mitchell Marsh, Fabian Allen, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sanjay Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem
Kolkata Knight Riders
Dinesh Karthik, Nikhil Naik, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Siddesh Lad, Eoin Morgan, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Chris Green, Harry Gurney, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, M Siddharth, Praveen Tambe
Rajasthan Royals
Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Steve Smith, Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Anuj Rawat,Ben Stokes, Rahul Tewatia, Shashank Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anirudha Joshi, Tom Curran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye
Kings XI Punjab
KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, Sheldon Cottrell, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Arshdeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, M Ashwin, J Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Darshan Nalkande
Here is the full schedule of IPL 2020:
DATE | MATCH | TIME | VENUE |
March 29, Sunday | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | 8 PM | Mumbai |
March 30, Monday | Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab | 8 PM | Delhi |
March 31, Tuesday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 PM | Bengaluru |
April 1, Wednesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | 8 PM | Hyderabad |
April 2, Thursday | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals | 8 PM | Chennai |
April 3, Friday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals | 8 PM | Kolkata |
April 4, Saturday | Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 PM | Mohali |
April 5, Sunday | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 4 PM | Mumbai |
April 5, Sunday | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals | 8 PM | Guwahati |
April 6, Monday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings | 8 PM | Kolkata |
April 7, Tuesday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 PM | Bengaluru |
April 8, Wednesday | Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians | 8 PM | Mohali |
April 9, Thursday | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 PM | Guwahati |
April 10, Friday | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 PM | Delhi |
April 11, Saturday | Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab | 8 PM | Chennai |
April 12, Sunday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals | 4 PM | Hyderabad |
April 12, Sunday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | 8 PM | Kolkata |
April 13, Monday | Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings | 8 PM | Delhi |
April 14, Tuesday | Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 PM | Mohali |
April 15, Wednesday | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals | 8 PM | Mumbai |
April 16, Thursday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 PM | Hyderabad |
April 17, Friday | Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings | 8 PM | Mohali |
April 18, Saturday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals | 8 PM | Bengaluru |
April 19, Sunday | Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 PM | Delhi |
April 19, Sunday | Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 PM | Chennai |
April 20, Monday | Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab | 8 PM | Mumbai |
April 21, Tuesday | Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 PM | Jaipur |
April 22, Wednesday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals | 8 PM | Bengaluru |
April 23, Thursday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab | 8 PM | Kolkata |
April 24, Friday | Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians | 8 PM | Chennai |
April 25, Saturday | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 PM | Jaipur |
April 26, Sunday | Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 PM | Mohali |
April 26, Sunday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals | 8 PM | Hyderabad |
April 27, Monday | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 PM | Chennai |
April 28, Tuesday | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 PM | Mumbai |
April 29, Wednesday | Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab | 8 PM | Jaipur |
April 30, Thursday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings | 8 PM | Hyderabad |
May 1, Friday | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | 8 PM | Mumbai |
May 2, Saturday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals | 8 PM | Kolkata |
May 3, Sunday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab | 4 PM | Bengaluru |
May 3, Sunday | Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 PM | Delhi |
May 4, Monday | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | 8 PM | Jaipur |
May 5, Tuesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 PM | Hyderabad |
May 6, Wednesday | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | 8 PM | Delhi |
May 7, Thursday | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 PM | Chennai |
May 8, Friday | Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals | 8 PM | Mohali |
May 9, Saturday | Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 PM | Mumbai |
May 10, Sunday | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals | 4 PM | Chennai |
May 10, Sunday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 PM | Kolkata |
May 11, Monday | Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians | 8 PM | Jaipur |
May 12, Tuesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab | 8 PM | Hyderabad |
May 13, Wednesday | Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals | 8 PM | Delhi |
May 14, Thursday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings | 8 PM | Bengaluru |
May 15, Friday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 PM | Kolkata |
May 16, Saturday | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals | 8 PM | Mohali |
May 17, Sunday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | 8 PM | Bengaluru |