The 12th edition of Indian Premier League is set to kick off from Saturday, March 23. (Source: BCCI)IPL 2019 Schedule, Points Table, Time Table, Broadcast Channels: The 12th edition of Indian Premier League is set to kick off from Saturday, March 23 with the defending champions Chennai Super Kings locking horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore. The lucrative T20 league will feature 56 league matches followed by the playoffs and the final. However, due to the upcoming general elections, the BCCI are yet to announce the fixtures for the playoffs and the final. A total of eight franchises – Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Capitals – will feature in the cash-rich league.
The tournament will be played in a round robin format with each team locking horns with other seven oppositions in the home and away fixtures. A win fetches a team two points and the top four franchises at the end of league progress to the playoffs. A total of three matches are played in the playoff stages, which are segmented into Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifier 2, making it more interesting as the team placed first and second gets two opportunities to make it to the finals. A win in Qualifier 1 helps the team progress directly to the finals, while the losing side gets another opportunity to redeem themselves as they take on the winners of the Eliminators.
For the first time in the history of IPL, there will be no opening ceremony as the CoA has decided to donate the allocated budget for the event to the families of the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack.
Past IPL champions:
Chennai Super Kings, who made a return to the tournament after serving a two-year ban for spot-fixing, lifted their third title last year, after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final. CSK are only the second side to win three IPL titles, other than Mumbai Indians. Kolkata Knight Riders have won the trophy twice, while Sunrisers Hyderabad, earlier known as Deccan Chargers have won it once. Rajasthan Royals had won the title in the inaugural edition of the T20 league.
2018: Chennai Super Kings
2017: Mumbai Indians
2016: Sunrisers Hyderabad
2015: Mumbai Indians
2014: Kolkata Knight Riders
2013: Mumbai Indians
2012: Kolkata Knight Riders
2011: Chennai Super Kings
2010: Chennai Super Kings
2009: Deccan Chargers
2008: Rajasthan Royals
IPL 2019 squads:
CSK squad: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Mohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad
MI squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Quinton de Kock, Lasith Malinga, Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder Sran, Pankaj Jaiswal, Rasikh Salam, Yuvraj Singh
KKR squad: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Carlos Brathwaite, Lockie Ferguson, Nikhil Naik, Harry Gurney, Yarra Prithviraj, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Sandeep Warrier, KC Cariappa
DC squad: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh, Colin Ingram, Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Jalaj Saxena, Bandaru Ayyappa
SRH squad: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Martin Guptill
RR squad: Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S. Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror, Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S. Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Liam Livinstone, Shubham Rajane, Manan Vohra, Ashton Turner, Riyan Parag
KXIP squad: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin, KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin, KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sam Curran, Mohammad Shami, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin
RCB squad: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Heinrich Klassen, Gurkeerat Singh, Himmat Singh, Prayas Ray Barman, Mandeep Singh
Here is IPL 2019 full schedule:
Saturday, March 23:
Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at 8pm IST in Chennai
Sunday, March 24:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at 4pm IST in Kolkata
Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals at 8pm IST in Delhi
Monday, March 25:
Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab at 8pm IST in Jaipur
Tuesday, March 26:
Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings at 8pm IST in Delhi
Wednesday, March 27:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab at 8pm IST in Kolkata
Thursday, March 28:
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians at 8pm IST in Bengaluru
Friday, March 29:
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals at 8pm IST in Hyderabad
Saturday, March 30:
Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians at 4pm IST in Mohali
Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm IST in Delhi
Sunday, March 31:
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at 4pm IST in Hyderabad
Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals at 8pm IST in Chennai
Monday, April 1:
Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals at 8pm IST in Mohali
Tuesday, April 2:
Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at 8pm IST in Jaipur
Wednesday, April 3:
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings at 8pm IST in Mumbai
Thursday, April 4:
Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at 8pm IST in Delhi
Friday, April 5:
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm IST in Bengaluru
Saturday, April 6:
Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab at 4pm IST in Chennai
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians at 8pm IST in Hyderabad
Sunday, April 7:
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals at 4pm IST in Bangalore
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm IST in Jaipur
Monday, April 8:
Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at 8pm IST in Mohali
Tuesday, April 9:
Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm IST in Chennai
Wednesday, April 10:
Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab at 8pm IST in Mumbai
Thursday, April 11:
Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings at 8pm IST in Jaipur
Friday, April 12:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals at 8pm IST in Kolkata
Saturday, April 13:
Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals at 4pm IST in Mumbai
Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at 8pm IST in Mohali
Sunday, April 14:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings at 4pm IST in Kolkata
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals at 8pm IST in Hyderabad
Monday, April 15:
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at 8pm IST in Mumbai
Tuesday, April 16:
Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals at 8pm IST in Mohali
Wednesday, April 17:
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings at 8pm IST in Hyderabad
Thursday, April 18:
Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians at 8pm IST in Delhi
Friday, April 19:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at 8pm IST in Kolkata
Saturday, April 20:
Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians at 4pm IST in Jaipur
Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab at 8pm IST in Delhi
Sunday, April 21:
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders at 4pm IST in Hyderabad
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings at 8pm IST in Bangalore
Monday, April 22:
Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals at 8pm IST in Jaipur
Tuesday, April 23:
Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at 8pm IST in Chennai
Wednesday, April 24:
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Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab at 8pm IST in Bangalore
Thursday, April 25:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals at 8pm IST in Kolkata
Friday, April 26:
Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at 8pm IST in Chennai
Saturday, April 27:
Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at 8pm IST in Jaipur
Sunday, April 28:
Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at 4pm IST in Delhi
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians at 8pm IST in Kolkata
Monday, April 29:
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab at 8pm IST in Hyderabad
Tuesday, April 30:
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals at 8pm IST in Bangalore
Wednesday, May 1:
Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals at 8pm IST in Chennai
Thursday, May 2:
Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at 8pm IST in Mumbai
Friday, May 3:
Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm IST in Mohali
Saturday, May 4:
Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals at 4pm IST in Delhi
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at 8pm IST in Bangalore
Sunday, May 5:
Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings at 4pm IST in Mohali
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm IST in Mumbai
IPL 2019 Live Telecast and Live Streaming:
The league will broadcast on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Sports 3 and Star Sports 3HD. The Live telecast for the IPL 2019 fixtures will be available on Hotstar. You can also follow live updates, live commentary and live scores of IPL 2019 on indianexpress.com
