The brand new edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to get rolling from April 9 (Friday) when defending champion Mumbai Indians lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Meanwhile, with the pandemic in view, BCCI has decided to stage IPL 2021 in six cities – Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore. All the matches will be played behind closed doors.
Meanwhile, BCCI was forced to shift the tournament to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the fans will be glad to have their favorite cricketing extravaganza back in the country. The eight participating franchises will meet each other twice in a round-robin format during the league phase before the top four battle out in the Playoffs, followed by the pinnacle clash.
The evening games are scheduled to start each day at 7:30 pm IST, while on double-headers days, the afternoon fixtures will commence at 3:30 pm IST. In all, there will be a total of 11 doubleheaders where six teams will play three afternoon matches and two sides will play two matches in the afternoon.
On that note, let us take a look at the IPL 2021 schedule, squads, and live streaming details:
IPL 2021 squads of all eight teams:
Chennai Super Kings
Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Narayan Jagadeesabn, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore
Delhi Capitals
Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Anrich Nortje, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Pravin Dubey, Vishnu Vinod
Kolkata Knight Riders
Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer
Mumbai Indians
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, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar
Punjab Kings
KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar
Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahim, Chetan Sakariya, K.C. Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Daniel Sams, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kane Richardson, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyesh Prabhudessai, K.S. Bharat, Finn Allen
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Basil Thampi, Jason Holder, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Yadav, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Jason Roy
Where to watch IPL 2021 live on television in India?
All the fixtures of IPL 2021 will be broadcasted live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, and Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 3 HD TV in India.
Where to watch IPL 2021 live streaming?
Live streaming of IPL 2021 will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar and Jio TV in India.
Where to watch the regional telecast for IPL 2021?
The entire tournament will be aired live in regional languages on Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports Tamil, Star Sports Telugu, Star Sports Kannada, and Star Sports Bangla.
IPL 2021 full schedule, fixtures, venues, and timings
Friday, April 9
Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 7:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Saturday, April 10
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Sunday, April 11
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 7:30 PM IST (Chennai)
April 12, Monday
Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Tuesday, April 13
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) – 7:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Wednesday, April 14
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 7:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Thursday, April 15
Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Friday, April 16
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Saturday, April 17
Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 7:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Sunday, April 18
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 3:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Monday, April 19
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Tuesday, April 20
Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) – 7:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Wednesday, April 21
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 3:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Thursday, April 22
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Friday, April 23
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) – 7:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Saturday, April 24
Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 7:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Sunday, April 25
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 3:30 PM IST (Mumbai)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) – 7:30 PM IST (Chennai)
Monday, April 26
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Tuesday, April 27
Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Wednesday, April 28
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 7:30 PM IST (Delhi)
Thursday, April 29
Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 3:30 PM IST (Delhi)
Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Friday, April 30
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Saturday, May 1
Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 7:30 PM IST (Delhi)
Sunday, May 2
Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 3:30 PM IST (Delhi)
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Monday, May 3
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Tuesday, May 4
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) – 7:30 PM IST (Delhi)
Wednesday, May 5
Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 7:30 PM IST (Delhi)
Thursday, May 6
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Friday, May 7
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 7:30 PM IST (Delhi)
Saturday, May 8
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) – 3:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) – 7:30 PM IST (Delhi)
Sunday, May 9
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 3:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 7:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Monday, May 10
Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 7:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Tuesday, May 11
Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 7:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Wednesday, May 12
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 7:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Thursday, May 13
Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 3:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 7:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Friday, May 14
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) – 7:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Saturday, May 15
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 7:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Sunday, May 16
Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 3:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) – 7:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Monday, May 17
Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 7:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Tuesday, May 18
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 7:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Wednesday, May 19
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 7:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Thursday, May 20
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) – 7:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Friday, May 21
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 3:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 7:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Saturday, May 22
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 7:30 PM IST (Bengaluru)
Sunday, May 23
Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) – 3:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 7:30 PM IST (Kolkata)
Tuesday, May 25
Qualifier 1 – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Wednesday, May 26
Eliminator – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Friday, May 28
Qualifier 2 – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
Sunday, May 30
IPL 2021 Final – 7:30 PM IST (Ahmedabad)
