After moving to the United Arab Emirates for season 13, Indian Premier League will return home for the 2021 edition, as the BCCI confirmed the schedule on Sunday.

Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata will be hosting matches.

The season will kickstart on April 9 in Chennai with a clash between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ahmedabad will host the playoffs as well as the final on 30 May.

Each team is set to play at four venues during the league stage. Out of the 56 league matches, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru will host 10 matches each while Ahmedabad and Delhi will host eight matches each. All matches will be played at neutral venues, no team will play at their home venue. All teams will play at four out of six venues during the league stage.

IPL this year at home will be played behind closed doors to begin with and a call on allowing spectators will be taken at a later stage of the tournament, the BCCI said on Sunday in a press release.

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IPL 2021 Group Stage

# Date Team1 Team 2 VENUE DAY TIME
1 9-Apr-21 MI RCB CHENNAI FRI 07:30 PM
2 10-Apr-21 CSK DC MUMBAI SAT 07:30 PM
3 11-Apr-21 SRH KKR CHENNAI SUN 07:30 PM
4 12-Apr-21 RR PBKS MUMBAI MON 07:30 PM
5 13-Apr-21 KKR MI CHENNAI TUE 07:30 PM
6 14-Apr-21 SRH RCB CHENNAI WED 07:30 PM
7 15-Apr-21 RR DC MUMBAI THU 07:30 PM
8 16-Apr-21 PBKS CSK MUMBAI FRI 07:30 PM
9 17-Apr-21 MI SRH CHENNAI SAT 07:30 PM
10 18-Apr-21 RCB KKR CHENNAI SUN 03:30 PM
11 18-Apr-21 DC PBKS MUMBAI SUN 07:30 PM
12 19-Apr-21 CSK RR MUMBAI MON 07:30 PM
13 20-Apr-21 DC MI CHENNAI TUE 07:30 PM
14 21-Apr-21 PBKS SRH CHENNAI WED 03:30 PM
15 21-Apr-21 KKR CSK MUMBAI WED 07:30 PM
16 22-Apr-21 RCB RR MUMBAI THU 07:30 PM
17 23-Apr-21 PBKS MI CHENNAI FRI 07:30 PM
18 24-Apr-21 RR KKR MUMBAI SAT 07:30 PM
19 25-Apr-21 CSK RCB MUMBAI SUN 03:30 PM
20 25-Apr-21 SRH DC CHENNAI SUN 07:30 PM
21 26-Apr-21 PBKS KKR AHMEDABAD MON 07:30 PM
22 27-Apr-21 DC RCB AHMEDABAD TUE 07:30 PM
23 28-Apr-21 CSK SRH DELHI WED 07:30 PM
24 29-Apr-21 MI RR DELHI THU 03:30 PM
25 29-Apr-21 DC KKR AHMEDABAD THU 07:30 PM
26 30-Apr-21 PBKS RCB AHMEDABAD FRI 07:30 PM
27 1-May-21 MI CSK DELHI SAT 07:30 PM
28 2-May-21 RR SRH DELHI SUN 03:30 PM
29 2-May-21 PBKS DC AHMEDABAD SUN 07:30 PM
30 3-May-21 KKR RCB AHMEDABAD MON 07:30 PM
31 4-May-21 SRH MI DELHI TUE 07:30 PM
32 5-May-21 RR CSK DELHI WED 07:30 PM
33 6-May-21 RCB PBKS AHMEDABAD THU 07:30 PM
34 7-May-21 SRH CSK DELHI FRI 07:30 PM
35 8-May-21 KKR DC AHMEDABAD SAT 03:30 PM
36 8-May-21 RR MI DELHI SAT 07:30 PM
37 9-May-21 CSK PBKS BANGALORE SUN 03:30 PM
38 9-May-21 RCB SRH KOLKATA SUN 07:30 PM
39 10-May-21 MI KKR BANGALORE MON 07:30 PM
40 11-May-21 DC RR KOLKATA TUE 07:30 PM
41 12-May-21 CSK KKR BANGALORE WED 07:30 PM
42 13-May-21 MI PBKS BANGALORE THU 03:30 PM
43 13-May-21 SRH RR KOLKATA THU 07:30 PM
44 14-May-21 RCB DC KOLKATA FRI 07:30 PM
45 15-May-21 KKR PBKS BANGALORE SAT 07:30 PM
46 16-May-21 RR RCB KOLKATA SUN 03:30 PM
47 16-May-21 CSK MI BANGALORE SUN 07:30 PM
48 17-May-21 DC SRH KOLKATA MON 07:30 PM
49 18-May-21 KKR RR BANGALORE TUE 07:30 PM
50 19-May-21 SRH PBKS BANGALORE WED 07:30 PM
51 20-May-21 RCB MI KOLKATA THU 07:30 PM
52 21-May-21 KKR SRH BANGALORE FRI 03:30 PM
53 21-May-21 DC CSK KOLKATA FRI 07:30 PM
54 22-May-21 PBKS RR BANGALORE SAT 07:30 PM
55 23-May-21 MI DC KOLKATA SUN 03:30 PM
56 23-May-21 RCB CSK KOLKATA SUN 07:30 PM
All times in IST

IPL 2021 Playoffs

Match No Day Date Time Venue
57 TUE 25-May-21 07:30 PM AHMEDABAD QUALIFIER 1
58 WED 26-May-21 07:30 PM AHMEDABAD ELIMINATOR
59 FRI 28-May-21 07:30 PM AHMEDABAD QUALIFIER 2
60 SUN 30-May-21 07:30 PM AHMEDABAD FINALMAt