IPL 2018: Full schedule and venues of the upcoming season

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will play the opening game in Mumbai

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury

Updated - 31 Mar 2018, 10:13 IST

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The eleventh season of the Indian Premier League (IPL)  is knocking on the door. There will be eight participating teams which will be fighting to claim the championship, scheduled for approximately eight weeks. The formalities started with the retention ceremony which was staged back in December. Thereafter, the auction took place in Bangalore where several players went down the hammer.

While many of them bagged lucrative deals, some of them return empty-handed after remaining unsold. A total of 169 players were brought and a whopping 431.7 crores were exhausted by the franchises over the period of two days. Recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the itinerary for the upcoming edition.

Opportunity for Delhi, Punjab, and Bangalore

The Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians will be pitted against each other in the opening game of the event at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Meanwhile, CSK and Rajasthan Royals will be making a comeback replacing the Rising Pune Supergiant and the Gujarat Lions, who played the previous two seasons. However, Rajasthan Royals have been jolted with a body blow by Steve Smith’s suspension.

Meanwhile, Kings XI Punjab, Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Delhi Daredevils would strain every muscle and end their trophy drought. Mumbai Indians are the defending champions and they have retained Rohit Sharma as their leader who would captain the side during the season. RCB ended as the cellar dweller last season and would be looking to turn their fortunes around.

Kolkata Knight Riders have been dealing with some injury concerns ahead of the event and would want the issues to be resolved at the earliest. Apart from the opening game, the Qualifier and the Final would also be played in Mumbai. The tournament will start on April 7 and will carry on till May 27.

Here is the full schedule   

No. Day Date Time Team 1 Team 2 Ground City
1 Saturday 7-Apr 20:00 Mumbai Indians Chennai Super Kings  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai
2 Sunday 8-Apr 16:00 Kings XI Punjab Delhi Daredevils IS Bindra Stadium  Mohali
3 Sunday 8-Apr 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore  Eden Gardens  Kolkata
4 Monday 9-Apr 20:00 Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajasthan Royals  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium  Hyderabad
5 Tuesday 10-Apr 20:00 Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Knight Riders  MA Chidambaram Stadium  Chennai
6 Wednesday 11-Apr 20:00 Rajasthan Royals Delhi Daredevils  Sawai Mansingh Stadium  Jaipur
7 Thursday 12-Apr 20:00 Sunrisers Hyderabad Mumbai Indians  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium  Hyderabad
8 Friday 13-Apr 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore Kings XI Punjab  M Chinnaswamy Stadium  Bengaluru
9 Saturday 14-Apr 16:00 Mumbai Indians Delhi Daredevils  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai
10 Saturday 14-Apr 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders Sunrisers Hyderabad  Eden Gardens  Kolkata
11 Sunday 15-Apr 16:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore Rajasthan Royals  M Chinnaswamy Stadium  Bengaluru
12 Sunday 15-Apr 20:00 Kings XI Punjab Chennai Super Kings  Holkar Cricket Stadium  Indore
13 Monday 16-Apr 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Daredevils  Eden Gardens  Kolkata
14 Tuesday 17-Apr 20:00 Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai
15 Wednesday 18-Apr 20:00 Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Knight Riders  Sawai Mansingh Stadium  Jaipur
16 Thursday 19-Apr 20:00 Kings XI Punjab Sunrisers Hyderabad  Holkar Cricket Stadium  Indore
17 Friday 20-Apr 20:00 Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals  MA Chidambaram Stadium  Chennai
18 Saturday 21-Apr 16:00 Kolkata Knight Riders Kings XI Punjab  Eden Gardens  Kolkata
19 Saturday 21-Apr 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Daredevils  M. Chinnaswamy Stadium  Bengaluru
20 Sunday 22-Apr 16:00 Sunrisers Hyderabad Chennai Super Kings  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium  Hyderabad
21 Sunday 22-Apr 20:00 Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Indians  Sawai Mansingh Stadium  Jaipur
22 Monday 23-Apr 20:00 Delhi Daredevils Kings XI Punjab  Feroz Shah Kotla  Delhi
23 Tuesday 24-Apr 20:00 Mumbai Indians Sunrisers Hyderabad  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai
24 Wednesday 25-Apr 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Super Kings  M Chinnaswamy Stadium  Bengaluru
25 Thursday 26-Apr 20:00 Sunrisers Hyderabad Kings XI Punjab  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium  Hyderabad
26 Friday 27-Apr 20:00 Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Knight Riders  Feroz Shah Kotla Ground  Delhi
27 Saturday 28-Apr 20:00 Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians  MA Chidambaram Stadium  Chennai
28 Sunday 29-Apr 16:00 Rajasthan Royals Sunrisers Hyderabad  Sawai Mansingh Stadium  Jaipur
29 Sunday 29-Apr 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Knight Riders  M Chinnaswamy Stadium  Bengaluru
30 Monday 30-Apr 20:00 Chennai Super Kings Delhi Daredevils  MA Chidambaram Stadium  Chennai
31 Tuesday 1-May 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians  M Chinnaswamy Stadium  Bengaluru
32 Wednesday 2-May 20:00 Delhi Daredevils Rajasthan Royals  Feroz Shah Kotla Ground  Delhi
33 Thursday 3-May 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai Super Kings  Eden Gardens  Kolkata
34 Friday 4-May 20:00 Kings XI Punjab Mumbai Indians  IS Bindra Stadium  Mohali
35 Saturday 5-May 16:00 Chennai Super Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore  MA Chidambaram Stadium  Chennai
36 Saturday 5-May 20:00 Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi Daredevils  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium  Hyderabad
37 Sunday 6-May 16:00 Mumbai Indians Kolkata Knight Riders  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai
38 Sunday 6-May 20:00 Kings XI Punjab Rajasthan Royals  IS Bindra Stadium  Mohali
39 Monday 7-May 20:00 Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium  Hyderabad
40 Tuesday 8-May 20:00 Rajasthan Royals Kings XI Punjab  Sawai Mansingh Stadium  Jaipur
41 Wednesday 9-May 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians  Eden Gardens  Kolkata
42 Thursday 10-May 20:00 Delhi Daredevils Sunrisers Hyderabad  Feroz Shah Kotla Ground  Delhi
43 Friday 11-May 20:00 Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings  Sawai Mansingh Stadium  Jaipur
44 Saturday 12-May 16:00 Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Knight Riders  IS Bindra Stadium  Mohali
45 Saturday 12-May 20:00 Delhi Daredevils Royal Challengers Banglore Feroz Shah Kotla  Delhi
46 Sunday 13-May 16:00 Chennai Super Kings Sunrisers Hyderabad  MA Chidambaram Stadium  Chennai
47 Sunday 13-May 20:00 Mumbai Indians Rajasthan Royals  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai
48 Monday 14-May 20:00 Kings XI Punjab Royal Challengers Bangalore  IS Bindra Stadium  Mohali
49 Tuesday 15-May 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders Rajasthan Royals  Eden Gardens  Kolkata
50 Wednesday 16-May 20:00 Mumbai Indians Kings XI Punjab  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai
51 Thursday 17-May 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrisers Hyderabad  M Chinnaswamy Stadium  Bengaluru
52 Friday 18-May 20:00 Delhi Daredevils Chennai Super Kings  Feroz Shah Kotla Ground  Delhi
53 Saturday 19-May 16:00 Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore  Sawai Mansingh Stadium  Jaipur
54 Saturday 19-May 20:00 Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata Knight Riders  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium  Hyderabad
55 Sunday 20-May 16:00 Delhi Daredevils Mumbai Indians  Feroz Shah Kotla Ground  Delhi
56 Sunday 20-May 20:00 Chennai Super Kings Kings XI Punjab  MA Chidambaram Stadium  Chennai
57 Tuesday 22-May 20:00 Qualifier 1  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai
58 Wednesday 23-May 20:00 Eliminator
59 Friday 25-May 20:00 Qualifier 2
60 Sunday 27-May 20:00 Final  Wankhede Stadium  Mumbai

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