The IPL 2023 Playoffs line-up was confirmed after Royal Challengers Bangalore went down to defending champion Gujarat Titans in the final league stage match in Bengaluru on Sunday.
GT will now face Chennai Super Kings in the first Qualifier while RCB’s defeat enabled Mumbai Indians to lock in the fourth spot in the IPL. MI will face Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator match in Chennai on Wednesday.
While CSK qualified for the Playoffs for the 12th time, MI reached the last-four stage for the 10th time in 16 seasons. Meanwhile, GT and LSG achieved their second successive Playoffs spots since joining the league in 2022.
Here is a look at the IPL 2023 Playoffs schedule
- ⦿ Qualifier 1: Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings - M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - May 23, 2023 - Tuesday, 7:30 PM IST
- ⦿ Eliminator: Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants - M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - May 24, 2023 - Wednesday 7:30 PM IST
- ⦿ Qualifier 2: Loser of QF1 v Winner of Eliminator - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad - May 26, 2023 - Friday 7:30 PM IST
- ⦿ Final: Winner of Q1 v Winner of Q2 - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad - May 28, 2023 - SundayM 7:30 PM IST
SQUADS
GT squad: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Vijay Shankar, Srikar Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Urvil Patel, Sai Sudharsan, Josh Little.
CSK squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Dwaine Pretorius, Sisanda Magala, Ben Stokes, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, RS Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Simarjeet Singh.
MI squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Ramandeep Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Tristan Stubbs, Tilak Varma, Sandeep Warrier, Raghav Goyal, Arshad Khan, Dewald Brevis, Arjun Tendulkar, Riley Meredith, Shams Mulani, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen.
LSG squad: Quinton de Kock (wk), Karan Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya (c), Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Kyle Mayers, Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Deepak Hooda, Swapnil Singh, Amit Mishra, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge