The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to welcome fans back to the stadiums in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL), starting from March 26. The 15th edition of the IPL will see the 70 league matches being played at four venues across Maharashtra.
And it has been expected that 25% of spectators’ occupancy will be there at venues in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Pune. The venue for the playoff matches will be decided later.
Four-times winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will lock horns with two-times champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium on March 26th.
“This match will be a momentous occasion as the 15th edition of the IPL will welcome the fans back to the stadiums after a brief hiatus owing to the pandemic. Ardent cricket fans are all set to witness nail-biting matches, cheering for their favorite players at the most anticipated cricket tournament of all time,” BCCI said in a statement.
Also, the tickets for the matches went online for sale from March 23 onwards at 12 PM onwards for the league phase of the tournament on IPL’s official website and bookmyshow.com.
In all, 20 matches each will be held at Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil Stadium, 15 matches each at Brabourne and MCA International Stadium, Pune. The IPL will be a ten-team affair this season after the Indian board added two new teams: Ahmedabad’s Gujarat’s Titans and Lucknow Super Giants.
The 10 teams will play a total of 14 league matches (7 home matches and 7 away matches) totaling to 70 league matches, followed by the 4 playoff matches. Each team will play 5 teams twice and the remaining 4 teams only once (2 only home and 2 only away).
Teams have been assigned in two virtual groups based on the number of IPL Championships won followed by the number of Final matches played by the respective teams.
(IPL inputs)
