The much-awaited schedule for the forthcoming season of Indian Premier League has been announced. The 11th edition of IPL will see the defending champions Mumbai Indians locking horns with the returning team Chennai Super Kings in the tournament opener at the iconic Wankhede Stadium on April 5, as per the reports in NewsX. The final will be played on May 21.
There is a plenty of buzz surrounding around the next season of IPL since it will mark the beginning of the new decade in the lucrative tournament and also for the first time, cricket fans will experience viewing it with a different broadcaster – Star Sports.
Moreover, the two controversial IPL franchises – Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings will return to the cash-rich event after completing their two-year suspension. RR and CSK were barred from the IPL for the past two seasons owing to corruption and fixing allegations against their respective owners during the 2013 edition.
Earlier this month, it has been announced that all the IPL franchises will be allowed to retain a maximum of five players through a combination of pre-auction retention and Right To Match (RTM) cards. On Thursday (January 4), IPL retention was held in Bangalore wherein India skipper Virat Kohli became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League after getting retained for a whopping sum of Rs 17 crores by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise.
The much talked about IPL auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28.
Let’s check out the entire schedule of the upcoming IPL 2018:
DATE MATCHES
5-April-2018 MI Vs CSK
6-April-2018 RR Vs KKR
7-April-2018 SH Vs RCB
8-April-2018 KXIP Vs DD
8-April-2018 MI Vs RR
9-April-2018 KKR Vs DD
9-April-2018 SH Vs KXIP
10-April-2018 RR Vs RCB
11-April-2018 KXIP Vs KKR
12-April-2018 MI Vs DD
13-April-2018 KKR Vs KXIP
14-April-2018 MI Vs SH
14-April-2018 RR Vs CSK
15-April-2018 KKR Vs SH
15-April-2018 DD Vs KXIP
16-April-2018 MI Vs KKR
16-April-2018 RCB Vs CSK
17-April-2018 DD Vs KKR
17-April-2018 SH Vs KXIP
18-April-2018 RR Vs RCB
19-April-2018 SH Vs DD
20-April-2018 KXIP Vs MI
21-April-2018 KKR Vs RR
22-April-2018 CSK Vs SH
22-April-2018 MI Vs RCB
23-April-2018 RR Vs KXIP
23-April-2018 KKR Vs RCB
24-April-2018 MI Vs KXIP
25-April-2018 RCB Vs SH
26-April-2018 CSK Vs KKR
27-April-2018 RCB Vs RR
28-April-2018 KKR Vs DD
28-April-2018 KXIP Vs SH
29-April-2018 CSK Vs RCB
29-April-2018 RR Vs MI
30-April-2018 KXIP Vs DD
30-April-2018 SH Vs KKR
01-May-2018 CSK Vs RR
01-May-2018 KXIP Vs RCB
02-May-2018 DD Vs SH
03-May-2018 KKR Vs CSK
04-May-2018 DD Vs RR
05-May-2018 RCB Vs KXIP
06-May-2018 SH Vs CSK
06-May-2018 DD Vs MI
07-May-2018 RCB Vs KKR
07-May-2018 KXIP Vs RR
08-May-2018 SH Vs MI
09-May-2018 KXIP Vs KKR
10-May-2018 RR Vs DD
11-May-2018 MI Vs KXIP
12-May-2018 DD Vs CSK
13-May-2018 RR Vs SH
13-May-2018 KKR Vs MI
14-May-2018 CSK Vs KXIP
14-May-2018 DD Vs RCB
16-May-2018 TBC Vs TBC, Qualifier 1
17-May-2018 TBC Vs TBC, Eliminator
19-May-2018 TBC Vs TBC, Qualifier 2
21-May-2018 TBC Vs TBC, Final VIVO IPL 2018 Match
