The cricket festival season is here as TATA IPL 2022 Schedule has been released by BCCI. This year's IPL season will start on March 26. Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will clash in the first match.
The match will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Right now only the venue and dates of league matches have been revealed.
As BCCI on Sunday announced the schedule of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 15th season.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the opening match of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium on March 26.
There will be 70 league matches and four playoff matches that will take place over 65 days in Mumbai and Pune for this year's IPL 2022.
IPL 2022 Schedule
Overall, 20 matches will take place at Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil Stadium, 15 each at Brabourne and MCA International Stadium, Pune, the league said in a statement by BCCI.
The league will stage its first double-header on March 27, starting with the match in Brabourne, where Delhi Capitals will take on Mumbai Indians.
The DY Patil Stadium will host the match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the night.
The MCA Stadium in Pune will host its first match on March 29, when Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rajasthan Royals.
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In all, there will be a total of 12 doubleheaders, with the first match starting at 15:30. All the matches in the evening will start at 19:30 IST.
The final match of the league phase will take place between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium on 22 May.
The schedule for the playoffs and IPL 2022 final to be played on May 29 will be announced later.