With the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League right around the corner, the season’s schedule has been released. The season will begin on Sunday, March 29, with defending champions the Mumbai Indians hosting the Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore will play their first match at home in Bengaluru, against Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday, March 31.
With each team playing 14 matches in the league stage, Saturdays will not see double-headers for the first time. All Sundays except the last in the season will see two matches in different locations. The league stage has been extended by a week to accommodate the extra matches. The league stage will now go on for 50 days, which is longer compared to 44 days last year. The entire tournament will span a whopping duration of 57 days.
The Rajasthan Royals are planning to play home matches in Jaipur as well as Guwahati. The Royal Challengers Bangalore will play against the Mumbai Indians in the last match of the league stage on May 17, 2020. The dates for the play-off matches have not been released yet. The final will be played on May 24, 2020.
India will be hosting South Africa for an ODI series, which is expected to end only 11 days before the first match of IPL 2020.
The schedule for the matches in the 56 league stage is attached below.
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