1. Dates
The IPL 2021 is most likely between April 9 and May 30. It is the normal IPL window but the business end of the tournament could clash with the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021), which has been postponed because of the Covid-19 situation.
2. Venues
New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai and Ahmedabad are the most likely venues. It means Hyderabad and Mohali (Punjab) will miss out on the IPL matches. The matches will be played under bio-secure environment as it was done during the on-going series against England.
3. Matches
As usual, this will be a 60-matches tournament over 52 days with double-headers on weekend. The BCCI will soon put out a detailed chart on this.
4. The current IPL situation
The IPL auction has been done away with in February with 8 teams finalising their squads. There was some high-profile bidding as Chris Morris emerged the costliest player ever in the IPL as he was sold for a whopping Rs 16.5 crore to Rajasthan Royals. The South African all-rounder surpassed the Rs 16 crore mark set earlier by Yuvraj Singh when he was sold to erstwhile Delhi Daredevils. We also see some veterans like Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla too in action where Mumbai Indians will be eager to defend their title.