IPL 2019: BCCI announces schedule for league stage of Indian Premier League 2019

CSK and RCB will clash in the tournament opener on March 23.

Chennai Super Kings are the defending champions of IPLThe Indian Premier League 2019 will commence from March 23, 2019, and will see eight franchises take one another on to become the champions of the most popular and cash-rich T20 league in the world at the moment.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the IPL governing council faced a big task of scheduling the IPL in India itself, as the dates of the tournament are clashing with the general Lok Sabha elections which will be held in April-May all over the nation. The BCCI had mulled the options of holding the tournament in part or in full outside India, as happened in 2009 and 2014.

However, pressure from franchises and business partners, saw BCCI decide on holding the entire IPL season 12 in India itself. However, with the dates of elections which were not announced earlier, the BCCI had announced a partial schedule for the first two weeks of the tournament which saw Chennai Super Kings take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening match on March 23 in Chennai.

All teams are playing a minimum of four matches with the newly-christened Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) playing five matches in that phase. Every team was assigned a minimum of two home and two away matches with DC given three home matches.

Now with the dates of the Lok Sabha elections announced, the BCCI has gone onto announcing the dates of the remaining schedule of the tournament. 

Here is the schedule for the league stage of IPL 2019:

Saturday, March 23

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai

Sunday, March 24

4 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals in Mumbai

Monday, March 25

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur

Tuesday, March 26

8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings in Delhi

Wednesday, March 27

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab in Kolkata

Thursday, March 28

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru

Friday, March 29

8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad

Saturday, March 30

4 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians in Mohali
8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi

Sunday, March 31

4 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad
8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals in Chennai

Monday, April 1

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals in Mohali

Tuesday, April 2

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Jaipur

Wednesday, April 3

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai

Thursday, April 4

8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Delhi

Friday, April 5

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Bengaluru

Saturday, April 6

4 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab in Chennai
8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad

Sunday, April 7

4 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru
8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Jaipur

Monday, April 8

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mohali

Tuesday, April 9

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai

Wednesday, April 10

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab in Mumbai

Thursday, April 11

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings in Chennai

Friday, April 12

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals in Kolkata

Saturday, April 13

4 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai
8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mohali

Sunday, April 14

4 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings in Kolkata
8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals in Hyderabad

Monday, April 15

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mumbai

Tuesday, April 16

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals in Mohali

Wednesday, April 17

8 pm IST Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad

Thursday, April 18

8 pm IST Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians in Delhi

Friday, April 19

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Kolkata

Saturday, April 20

4 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians in Jaipur
8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab in Delhi

Sunday, April 21

4 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad
8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru

Monday, April 22

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals in Jaipur

Tuesday, April 23

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai

Wednesday, April 24

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab in Bengaluru

Thursday, April 25

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata

Friday, April 26

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians in Chennai

Saturday, April 27

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur

Sunday, April 28

4 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi
8 pm IST: Kolkata vs Mumbai Indians in Kolkata

Monday, April 29

8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab

Tuesday, April 30

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals

Wednesday, May 1

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals in Chennai

Thursday, May 2

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai

Friday, May 3

8 pm IST Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali

Saturday, May 4

4 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals in Delhi
8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru

Sunday, May 5

4 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings in Mohali
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 19 Mar, 2019

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