The IPL Governing Council on Sunday announced the schedule for VIVO Indian Premier League 2021 to be held in India. After nearly two years, the IPL extravaganza will return home with Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai & Kolkata hosting the marquee event.
The season will kickstart on 9th April, 2021 in Chennai with a high octane clash between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The World’s Largest Cricket Stadium - Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host the Playoffs as well as the final on 30th May, 2021 which promises to be a visual spectacle. The newly-built stadium that hosted India’s second Pink Ball fixture at home with great grandeur will host its first ever IPL.
There will be a total of 11 double headers where 6 teams will play three afternoon matches & two teams will play two afternoon matches. The afternoon games are slated for a 3:30 PM IST start while the evening games will have a 7:30 PM IST start.
After hosting the tournament safely and successfully in the UAE last year with all safety protocols in place, the BCCI is confident of hosting the IPL at home with health and safety of players and all people involved being paramount.
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The fixtures of the tournament have been mapped in a way that every team will travel only three times during the league stage, thus reducing commute and minimising risk. The VIVO IPL this year at home will be played behind closed doors to begin with and a call on allowing spectators will be taken at a later stage of the tournament.
More details about IPL Schedules and Matches please go to IPL Official Website www.iplt20.com
IPL 2021 Season Schedule:
DATE | MATCH | TIME | VENUE |
Apr-09 | MI vs RCB | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-10 | CSK vs DC | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-11 | SRH vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-12 | RR vs PK | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-13 | KKR vs MI | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-14 | SRH vs RCB | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-15 | RR vs DC | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-16 | PK vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-17 | MI vs SRH | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-18 | RCB vs KKR | 3:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-18 | DC vs PK | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-19 | CSK vs RR | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-20 | DC vs MI | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-21 | PK vs SRH | 3:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-21 | KKR vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-22 | RCB vs RR | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-23 | PK vs MI | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-24 | RR vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-25 | CSK vs RCB | 3:30 PM | Mumbai |
Apr-25 | SRH vs DC | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
Apr-26 | PK vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
Apr-27 | DC vs RCB | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
Apr-28 | CSK vs SRH | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
Apr-29 | MI vs RR | 3:30 PM | Delhi |
Apr-29 | DC vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
Apr-30 | PK vs RCB | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
May-01 | MI vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
May-02 | RR vs SRH | 3:30 PM | Delhi |
May-02 | PK vs DC | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
May-03 | KKR vs RCB | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
May-04 | SRH vs MI | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
May-05 | RR vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
May-06 | RCB vs PK | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
May-07 | SRH vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
May-08 | KKR vs DC | 3:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
May-08 | RR vs MI | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
May-09 | CSK vs PK | 3:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-09 | RCB vs SRH | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-10 | MI vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-11 | DC vs RR | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-12 | CSK vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-13 | MI vs PK | 3:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-13 | SRH vs RR | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-14 | RCB vs DC | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-15 | KKR vs PK | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-16 | RR vs RCB | 3:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-16 | CSK vs MI | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-17 | DC vs SRH | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-18 | KKR vs RR | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-19 | SRH vs PK | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-20 | RCB vs MI | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-21 | KKR vs SRH | 3:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-21 | DC vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-22 | PK vs RR | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
May-23 | MI vs DC | 3:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-23 | RCB vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
May-25 | Qualifier 1 | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
May-26 | Eliminator | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
May-28 | Qualifier 2 | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
May-30 | Final | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
The following players from the eight franchises were retained & released from the squad:
Chennai Super Kings
Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore
Released Players: Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh, Shane Watson
Delhi Capitals
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Daniel Sams, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes
Released Players: Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy
Kings XI Punjab
Retained Players: KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh
Released Players: Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained Players: Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert
Released Players: Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton
Mumbai Indians
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan
Released Players: Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McCleneghan
Rajasthan Royals
Retained Players: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye
Released Players: Steve Smith, Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained Players: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Md. Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Phillipe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson
Released Players: Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana, Gurkeerat Mann
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained Players: David Warner, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad
Released Players: Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Prithviraj Yarra