IPL 2023: Here are 12 venues which will host matches in upcoming mega tournament

2. M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look to win this year’s tournament and quench their thirst for the IPL trophy after fifteen years. They are the only team to have qualified for the knockout stage in each of the last three editions of the league. With the return of the home and away format, the team’s batters will be excited about playing the tournament on their home turf, as the short boundaries of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium will be conducive for them to pile up runs easily.

In 2013, RCB amassed the record-highest score of the tournament at this stadium, scoring 263/5 against the defunct Pune Warriors. After three years, in 2016, the team scored the second-highest total in the league. With the help of a record 229-run partnership between the-then RCB skipper Virat Kohli and star batter Ab de Villiers, the team notched up 248/3 against Gujarat Lions (GL). Later, the hosts also contained the opponents on 104 and got their biggest win in the history of the tournament by runs. 

So far, the three-time IPL runners-up have played 77 games at this venue, of which they have pulled off success in 37 and lost 36. In the upcoming competition, they will look to make their record better.