After having a lot of fun in IPL 2023, the cricket viewers are ready for another season. The IPL (Indian Premier League) is one of the most admirable and popular cricket tournaments known for its exciting matches, teams, and atmosphere. The first phase of the IPL 2024 season schedule, has been officially declared by the BCCI. There are a total of 21 matches that are announced by the apex council. It is noted that the timetable has been announced till April 7 for IPL 2024. Despite the upcoming general election in India, the competition will held entirely in the country.
The initial match will be between five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). This match will be played on 22 March at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. There were 332 players from 13 countries in the auction of IPL 2024, which was on December 2023, in Dubai. In the IPL 2024 auction, there were only 216 Indians were who were sold.
IPL Schedule 2024: All You Need to Know For the First 21 Matches
The schedule of IPL has been successfully created to ensure an intense and captivating cricket experience. BCCI has now only introduced a 21 Matches schedule. Below is the list of 21 matches for the 2024 IPL.
| S No. | Match Fixture | Venue | Date | Time |
| 1. | CSK vs RCB | Chennai | 22 March | 8 PM |
| 2. | PBKS vs DC | Mohali | 23 March | 3:30 PM |
| 3. | KKR vs SRH | Kolkata | 23 March | 7:30 PM |
| 4. | RR vs LSG | Jaipur | 24 March | 3:30 PM |
| 5. | GT vs MI | Ahmedabad | 24 March | 7:30 PM |
| 6. | RCB vs PBKS | Banglore | 25 March | 7:30 PM |
| 7. | CSK vs GT | Chennai | 26 March | 7:30 PM |
| 8. | SRH vs MI | Hyderabad | 27 March | 7:30 PM |
| 9. | RR vs DC | Jaipur | 28 March | 7:30 PM |
| 10. | RCB vs KKR | Bangalore | 29 March | 7:30 PM |
| 11. | LSG vs PBKS | Lucknow | 30 March | 7:30 PM |
| 12. | GT vs SRH | Ahmedabad | 31 March | 3:30 PM |
| 13. | DC vs CSK | Vishakhapatnam | 31 March | 7:30 PM |
| 14. | MI vs RR | Mumbai | 1 April | 7:30 PM |
| 15. | RCB vs LSG | Bangalore | 2 April | 7:30 PM |
| 16. | DC vs KKR | Vishakhapatnam | 3 April | 7:30 PM |
| 17 | GT vs PBKS | Ahmedabad | 4 April | 7:30 PM |
| 18 | SRH vs CSK | Hyderabad | 5 April | 7:30 PM |
| 19 | RR vs RCB | Bangalore | 6 April | 7:30 PM |
| 20 | MI vs DC | Mumbai | 7 April | 3:30 PM |
| 21 | LSG vs GT | Lucknow | 7 April | 7:30 PM |
IPL 2024 Teams and Squads: All You Need to Know
The IPL 2024 timetable is designed to adjust 10 teams that will contest against each other in the round-robin format. In this, each team will play a given number of matches, also giving them plenty of opportunities to showcase their talent and skills. Here is a list provided of teams and squads.
| S No. | Team Name | Team Squad |
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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly. |
| 2. | Gujarat Titans (GT) | David Miller, Shubman Gill (c), Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz. |
| 3. | Mumbai Indians (MI) | Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma. |
| 4. | Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan. |
| 5. | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan. |
| 6. | Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger. |
| 7. | Kolkata Knights Riders (KKR) | Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain. |
| 8. | Punjab Kings (PK) | Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw. |
| 9. | Delhi Capitals (DC) | Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara. |
| 10. | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SH) | Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan. |
