IPL 2020 full fixtures and schedule announced! Mumbai Indians to kickstart season against Chennai Super Kings
The schedule for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 has been announced officially. Mumbai Indians will take on Chennai Super Kings in the opening match on March 29.
- The schedule for IPL 2020 has been announced officially.
- Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will kickstart IPL 2020 at the Wankhede Stadium.
- The season opener will be played on March 29, the last group stage match on May 17.
The complete schedule for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 has been officially rolled out on the official website and app. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will kickstart the fresh season of IPL 2020 at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 29. The last match of the round-robin stage will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on May 17.
The first match between MI and CSK will be followed by Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on March 30. In match no. 3, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru.
Here is IPL 2020 Full Schedule:
March 29, Sunday: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – 8:00 PM in Mumbai
March 30, Monday: Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab – 8:00 PM in Delhi
March 31, Tuesday: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 8:00 PM in Bengaluru
April 1, Wednesday: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians – 8:00 PM in Hyderabad
April 2, Thursday: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals – 8:00 PM in Chennai
April 3, Friday: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals – 8:00 PM in Kolkata
April 4, Saturday: Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 8:00 PM in Mohali
April 5, Sunday: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – 4:00 PM in Mumbai
April 5, Sunday: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals – 8:00 PM in Jaipur/Guwahati
April 6, Monday: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings – 8:00 PM in Kolkata
April 7, Tuesday: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 8:00 PM in Bengaluru
April 8, Wednesday: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians – 8:00 PM in Mohali
April 9, Thursday: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 8:00 PM in Jaipur/Guwahati
April 10, Friday: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8:00 PM in Delhi
April 11, Saturday: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab – 8:00 PM in Chennai
April 12, Sunday: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals – 4:00 PM in Hyderabad
April 12, Sunday: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – 8:00 PM in Kolkata
April 13, Monday: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings – 8:00 PM in Delhi
April 14, Tuesday: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8:00 PM in Mohali
April 15, Wednesday: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – 8:00 PM in Mumbai
April 16, Thursday: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 8:00 PM in Hyderabad
April 17, Friday: Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings – 8:00 PM in Mohali
April 18, Saturday: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals – 8:00 PM in Bengaluru
April 19, Sunday: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 4:00 PM in Delhi
April 19, Sunday: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 8:00 PM in Chennai
April 20, Monday: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab – 8:00 PM in Mumbai
April 21, Tuesday: Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 8:00 PM in Jaipur
April 22, Wednesday: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals – 8:00 PM in Bengaluru
April 23, Thursday: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab – 8:00 PM in Kolkata
April 24, Friday: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians – 8:00 PM in Chennai
April 25, Saturday: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8:00 PM in Jaipur
April 26, Sunday: Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 4:00 PM in Mohali
April 26, Sunday: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals – 8:00 PM in Hyderabad
April 27, Monday: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8:00 PM in Chennai
April 28, Tuesday: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 8:00 PM in Mumbai
April 29, Wednesday: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab – 8:00 PM in Jaipur
April 30, Thursday: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings – 8:00 PM in Hyderabad
May 1, Friday: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals – 8:00 PM in Mumbai
May 2, Saturday: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals – 8:00 PM in Kolkata
May 3, Sunday: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab – 4:00 PM in Bengaluru
May 3, Sunday: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 8:00 PM in Delhi
May 4, Monday: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings – 8:00 PM in Jaipur
May 5, Tuesday: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8:00 PM in Hyderabad
May 6, Wednesday: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians – 8:00 PM in Delhi
May 7, Thursday: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 8:00 PM in Chennai
May 8, Friday: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals – 8:00 PM in Mohali
May 9, Saturday: Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 8:00 PM in Mumbai
May 10, Sunday: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals – 4:00 PM in Chennai
May 10, Sunday: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8:00 PM in Kolkata
May 11, Monday: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians – 8:00 PM in Jaipur
May 12, Tuesday: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab – 8:00 PM in Hyderabad
May 13, Wednesday: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals – 8:00 PM in Delhi
May 14, Thursday: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings – 8:00 PM in Bengaluru
May 15, Friday: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 8:00 PM in Kolkata
May 16, Saturday: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals – 8:00 PM in Mohali
May 17, Sunday: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians – 8:00 PM in Bengaluru
There will be no doubleheaders this time on Saturdays after the IPL governing council accepted the request by the broadcasters. The league stage has been stretched by a week to accommodate extra matches. The league stage of IPL 2020 will now run for 50 days as opposed to 44 days last year.
MI will look to defend their IPL trophy after defeating CSK in a thrilling last-ball final of IPL 2019 whereas other teams will be hoping to break CSK and MI’s dominance in the cash-rich tournament. While almost all the teams have revamped their respective sides in the IPL 2020 auction, which was held in December 2019 in Kolkata, it would be interesting to see how the teams fare after the start of the competition.
In a new, IPL 2020 will see the introduction of exclusive third-umpire no-ball calls along with concussion substitute after BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed the same a few weeks back. All the evening matches will be played at 8:00 pm while the afternoon matches will be played at 4:00 pm. The tentative fixture of the playoff stages and final hasn’t been announced as of now.
