The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is round the corner and is all set to be bigger and grand than earlier seasons. So much so, that the stakes of the cash-rich league which will begin on March 29 are on par to that of the ICC T20 World Cup which will follow later this year in Australia.
Defending Champions Mumbai Indians will lock horns MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in the tournament opener at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This edition will see the tournament spread over 50 days instead of 44 days. All the six double-headers will take place on Sundays, barring the opening game on March 29, and the last league clash to be held on May 17th.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to introduce the concussion substitute and the third umpire for no-ball which will make the game more interesting. The final league game will take place between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians before the tournament progress through to the semifinals.
Here is the squad of the all the eight participating teams in IPL 2020:
Kolkata Knight Riders
Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Pat Cummins, M Siddarth, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, Varun Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Nikhil Naik, Pravin Tambe, Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Siddesh Lad
Delhi Capitals
Shikhar Dhawan, Marcus Stoinis, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Mohit Sharma, Axar Patel, Chris Woakes, Jason Roy, Alex Carey, Amit Mishra, Shimron Hetmyer, Ishant Sharma, Harshal Patel, Tushar Deshpande, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul
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Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Surya Kumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Kieron Pollard, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Balwant Rai Singh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Dhawal Kulkarni.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Abhishek Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, T Natarajan, B Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Priyam Garg, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Billy Stanlake, Basil Thampi, Virat Singh, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pawan Negi, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahamad, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Deshpande, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Mann, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Joshua Philippe, Kane Richardson, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Devdutt Padikkal
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Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Rituraj Gaikwad, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Mitchell Santner, Harbhajan Singh, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Monu Singh, Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, R Sai Kishore, Lungi Ngidi
Rajasthan Royals
Steve Smith, Shreyas Gopal, Sanju Samson, Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Ankit Rajpoot, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Anuj Rawat, Robin Uthappa, Akash Singh, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Kartik Tyagi, Anirudha Joshi, Andrew Tye, Ben Stokes
Kings XI Punjab
Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham, Sheldon Cottrell, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordon, Mohammad Shami, Tajinder Dhillon, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Prabhsimran Singh, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Hardus Viljoen, Sarfaraz Khan, K Gowtham, Arshdeep Singh, Murugan Ashwin, J Suchith, Harpreet Brar
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Here is the full schedule of IPL 2020:
| S.NO. | Match Centre | Date | Day | Time | Stadium | City | State |
| 1 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 29-Mar-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 30-Mar-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 31-Mar-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 4 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 01-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 5 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 02-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 6 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 03-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 7 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 04-Apr-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 8 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 05-Apr-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 9 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 05-Apr-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Barsapara Cricket Stadium | Guwahati | Rajasthan |
| 10 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 06-Apr-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 11 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 07-Apr-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 12 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 08-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 13 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 09-Apr-20 | Thursday | 4:00 PM | Barsapara Cricket Stadium | Guwahati | Rajasthan |
| 14 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 10-Apr-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 15 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 11-Apr-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 16 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 12-Apr-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 17 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 12-Apr-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 18 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 13-Apr-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 19 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 14-Apr-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 20 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 15-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 21 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 16-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 22 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 17-Apr-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 23 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 18-Apr-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 24 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 19-Apr-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 25 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 19-Apr-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 26 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 20-Apr-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 27 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 21-Apr-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 28 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 22-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 29 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 23-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 30 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 24-Apr-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu. |
| 31 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 25-Apr-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 32 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 26-Apr-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 33 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 26-Apr-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 34 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 27-Apr-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu. |
| 35 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 28-Apr-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 36 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 29-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 37 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 30-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 38 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 01-May-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 39 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 02-May-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 40 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 03-May-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 41 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 03-May-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 42 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 04-May-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 43 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 05-May-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 44 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 06-May-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 45 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 07-May-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 46 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 08-May-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 47 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 09-May-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 48 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 10-May-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 49 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 10-May-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 50 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 11-May-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 51 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 12-May-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 52 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 13-May-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 53 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 14-May-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 54 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 15-May-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 55 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 16-May-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 56 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 17-May-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 57 | Qualifier-1 | 18-May-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens | Kolkata | West Bengal. |
| 58 | Eliminator | 19-May-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 59 | Qualifier-2 | 20-May-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu. |
| 60 | FINAL | 24-May-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
Where to watch and online Streaming of the IPL 2020:
In India, the channels which will broadcast the matches of IPL are –
Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports Select 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports Kannada, Star Sports Telugu, Star Sports Bangla and Star Sports Tamil.
Certain matches will also be telecasted on –
Star Gold and Star Gold HD (Hindi), Vijay Super (Tamil), Maa Movies and Maa Movies HD (Telugu), Star Suvarna and Star Suvarna HD (Kannada), Jalsha Movies and Jalsha Movies HD (Bengali), Star Pravah and Star Pravah HD (Marathi), Asianet Plus and Asianet Plus HD (Malayalam).
The live streaming of all the matches will be available on Hotstar.
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Here is the country-wise list of the channels streaming IPL 2020 –
SuperSport – Channel 2: South Africa
Willow TV: USA, UK and Canada
Star Network Subsidiaries: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
Yupp TV: Australia
Bein Sports: the Middle East and North Africa
Eleven Sports: Singapore
Flow TV: West Indies/ Caribbean Nations.
Meanwhile, because of the recent political escalations between India and Pakistan, IPL 2020 will not be telecasted in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, some special moments will also be available on Star Sports First.
Here are the online portals to buy tickets for IPL 2020:
Team Official Website URLs for ticket bookings –
| S.No | Team | Official Site URL |
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | https://www.chennaisuperkings.com/CSK_WEB/index.html |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals (DC) | https://www.delhicapitals.in/ |
| 3 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | https://www.kxip.in/ |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | https://www.kkr.in/ |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians (MI) | https://www.mumbaiindians.com/ |
| 6 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) | https://www.rajasthanroyals.com/ |
| 7 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | https://www.royalchallengers.com/ |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | http://www.sunrisershyderabad.in/ |
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Ticket Partner Details –
| Partner | IPL Ticket URL |
| BookMyShow | https://in.bookmyshow.com/sports |
| Insider.in | https://insider.in/indian-premier-league-ipl |
| TicketGenie | https://ticketgenie.in/ |
| EventsNow | https://www.eventsnow.com/ |
| Paytm | https://paytm.com/offer/ipl-offers/ |
