IPL 2024 schedule has been released. BCCI announced the schedule on February 22. However, the schedule of the entire tournament has not yet been released, rather only the first 21 games have been announced. But why did BCCI do this? In this article we will give you the answer why this step was taken.
Since the tournament is taking place this year, the schedule will actually be released in two phases. The schedule of the remaining games will be published after the election dates. Currently, only the schedule for the games that will be played until April 7th has been announced. Now it will be interesting to see when the poll date comes and when the schedule of the remaining IPL matches will be announced.
We tell you that the first match of IPL 2024 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Chennai will start the tournament at its home ground, meaning the first match will be played in Chennai. There will be a double-header on April 7th. The first game will be between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals from 3:30 p.m. Then the second game between Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans will take place from 7:30 p.m.
The first 21 matches of IPL 2024 will be played in Chennai, Mohali, Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Lucknow, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
It is noteworthy that Chennai Super Kings had won the title of the last season i.e. IPL 2023. Playing under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Chennai defeated the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the final under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Chennai became IPL champions for the fifth time by defeating Gujarat. Gujarat Titans were the defending champions in 2023.
The wait is over🥳
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