Schedule for the 9th edition of the Indian Premier League announced: The 9th edition of the Indian Premier League will kick-off in Mumbai on the 9th of April with Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians to lock horn in the opener. This year the most popular cricket league in the world, IPL will be sponsored by the Chinese mobile brand, Vivo and hence is named as Vivo IPL 9.
The schedule has been released and according to it the tournament will run for 51 days. The final is scheduled on 29th May in Mumbai. The tournament opener will just be six days after the World T20.
This time two new teams have replaced the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals-Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions. The MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina led team have been assigned home grounds at Pune and Rajkot respectively.
The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium at Raipur will play host to two home games of Delhi Daredevils, while the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium at Nagpur will host three home games of Kings XI Punjab.
IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said: “All the top players from around the world will be seen in action this year. This season the IPL will be played at 10 venues – Mohali, Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Rajkot and Raipur. I am excited to join the fans to see a lot of exciting cricket over the next three months”
The first qualifier will be played at Bengaluru on 24th May, while the eliminator and the second qualifier will be played in Pune on 25th May and 27th May respectively.
FIXTURES
| Day | Date | Time | Mat. No. | Matches | Venue |
| Saturday | 9.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 1 | Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiants | Mumbai |
| Sunday | 10.4.46 | 8.00 PM | 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils | Kolkata |
| Monday | 11.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 3 | Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions | Mohali |
| Tuesday | 12.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 4 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Bengaluru |
| Wednesday | 13.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | Kolkata |
| Thursday | 14.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 6 | Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiants | Rajkot |
| Friday | 15.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 7 | Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab | Delhi |
| Saturday | 16.4.16 | 4.00 PM | 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Hyderabad |
| Saturday | 16.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 9 | Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Lions | Mumbai |
| Sunday | 17.4.16 | 4.00 PM | 10 | Kings XI Punjab vs Rising Pune Supergiants | Mohali |
| Sunday | 17.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 11 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils | Bengaluru |
| Monday | 18.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 12 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad |
| Tuesday | 19.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 13 | Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Mohali |
| Wednesday | 20.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 14 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai |
| Thursday | 21.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 15 | Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rajkot |
| Friday | 22.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 16 | Rising Pune Supergiants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Pune |
| Saturday | 23.4.16 | 4.00 PM | 17 | Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians | Delhi |
| Saturday | 23.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 18 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab | Hyderabad |
| Sunday | 24.4.16 | 4.00 PM | 19 | Gujarat Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Rajkot |
| Sunday | 24.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 20 | Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Pune |
| Monday | 25.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 21 | Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians | Mohali |
| Tuesday | 26.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 22 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rising Pune Supergiants | Hyderabad |
| Wednesday | 27.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 23 | Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions | Delhi |
| Thursday | 28.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 24 | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai |
| Friday | 29.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 25 | Rising Pune Supergiants vs Gujarat Lions | Pune |
| Saturday | 30.4.16 | 4.00 PM | 26 | Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi |
| Saturday | 30.4.16 | 8.00 PM | 27 | Sunsers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad |
| Sunday | 1.5.16 | 4.00 PM | 28 | Gujarat Lions vs Kings XI Punjab | Rajkot |
| Sunday | 1.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 29 | Rising Pune Supergiants vs Mumbai Indians | Pune |
| Monday | 2.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 30 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Bengaluru |
| Tuesday | 3.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 31 | Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils | Rajkot |
| Wednesday | 4.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 32 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab | Kolkata |
| Thursday | 5.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 33 | Delhi Daredevils vs Rising Pune Supergiants | Delhi |
| Friday | 6.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 34 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Lions | Hyderabad |
| Saturday | 7.5.16 | 4.00 PM | 35 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rising Pune Supergiants | Bengaluru |
| Saturday | 7.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 36 | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils | Nagpur |
| Sunday | 8.5.16 | 4.00 PM | 37 | Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai |
| Sunday | 8.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 38 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Lions | Kolkata |
| Monday | 9.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 39 | Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Nagpur |
| Tuesday | 10.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 40 | Rising Pune Supergiants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Pune |
| Wednesday | 11.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 41 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | Bengaluru |
| Thursday | 12.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 42 | Sunrisers Hyderbad vs Delhi Daredevils | Hyderabad |
| Friday | 13.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 43 | Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab | Mumbai |
| Saturday | 14.5.16 | 4.00 PM | 44 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Lions | Bengaluru |
| Saturday | 14.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 45 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rising Pune Supergiants | Kolkata |
| Sunday | 15.5.16 | 4.00 PM | 46 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils | Mumbai |
| Sunday | 15.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 47 | Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Nagpur |
| Monday | 16.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 48 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Kolkata |
| Tuesday | 17.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 49 | Rising Pune Supergiants vs Delhi Daredevils | Pune |
| Wednesday | 18.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 50 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab | Bengaluru |
| Thursday | 19.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 51 | Gujarat Lions vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Rajkot/Kanpur |
| Friday | 20.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 52 | Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Raipur |
| Saturday | 21.5.16 | 4.00 PM | 53 | Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kings XI Punjab | Pune |
| Saturday | 21.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 54 | Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians | Rajkot/Kanpur |
| Sunday | 22.5.16 | 4.00 PM | 55 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata |
| Sunday | 22.5.16 | 8.00 PM | 56 | Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Raipur |
| PLAYOFFS | |||||
| Tuesday | 24.5.16 | 8.00 PM | Qualifier 1 | Bengaluru | |
| Wednesday | 25.5.16 | 8.00 PM | Eliminator | Pune | |
| Friday | 27.5.16 | 8.00 PM | Qualifier 2 | Pune | |
| Sunday | 29.5.16 | 8.00 PM | FINAL | Mumbai | |
