IPL 2020 full schedule: Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings to lock horns in opening clash; league to feature only six doubleheaders

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the schedule for the league stage of the much-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) for the year 2020. The lung-opener will be played by two of the most successful franchises and the finalists of the 2019 edition — Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings — at the Wankhede Stadium on 29 March while the final will take place on 24 May. [caption id=“attachment_3369572” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Twitter @IPL[/caption] The cash-rich league will go on for a duration of 57 days and feature  only six afternoon games  and doubleheaders. The IPL will run six days longer than last year, BCCI added, with the extra days necessitated by the decision to do away with double-headers on Saturdays, limiting them to only Sundays. While the BCCI revealed the league fixtures, it did not disclose the venue of the final for the eight-team tournament, which begins 11 days after India’s home ODI series against South Africa. The Steve Smith-led Rajasthan Royals begin their campaign at Chennai on 2 April with Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler expected to join the side after England wrap up a two-Test series in Sri Lanka in late March. Here’s the schedule for the league stage of IPL 2020: 29 March (evening): MI vs CSK at Mumbai 30 March (evening): DC vs KXIP at Delhi 31 March (evening): RCB vs KKR at Bengaluru 1 April (evening): SRH vs MI at Hyderabad 2 April (evening): CSK vs RR at Chennai 3 April (evening): KKR vs DC at Kolkata 4 April (evening):  KXIP vs SRH at Mohali 5 April (afternoon): MI vs RCB at Mumbai 5 April (evening): RR vs DC at Jaipur/ Guwahati   6 April (evening): KKR vs CSK at Kolkata 7 April (evening): RCB vs SRH at Bengaluru 8 April (evening): KXIP vs MI at Mohali 9 April (evening): RR vs KKR at Jaipur/Guwahati 10 April (evening): DC vs RCB at Delhi 11 April (evening): CSK vs KXIP at Chennai 12 April (afternoon): SRH vs RR at Hyderabad 12 April (evening): KKR vs MI at Kolkata  13 April (evening): DC vs CSK at Delhi 14 April (evening): KXIP vs RCB at Mohali 15 April (evening): MI vs RR at Mumbai   16 April (evening): SRH vs KKR at Hyderabad 17 April (evening): KXIP vs CSK at Mohali 18 April (evening): RCB vs RR at Bengaluru 19 April (afternoon): DC vs KKR at Delhi 19 April (evening): CSK vs SRH at Chennai 20 April (evening):  MI vs KXIP at Mumbai 21 April (evening): RR vs SRH at Jaipur 22 April (evening): RCB vs DC at Bengaluru 23 April (evening): KKR vs KXIP at Kolkata 24 April (evening): CSK vs MI at Chennai 25 April (evening): RR vs RCB at Jaipur 26 April (afternoon): KXIP vs KKR at Mohali 27 April (evening): CSK vs RCB at Chennai 28 April( evening): MI vs KKR at Mumbai 29 April (evening): RR vs KXIP at Jaipur 30 April (evening): SRH vs CSK at Hyderabad 1 May (evening): MI vs DC at Mumbai 2 May (evening): KKR vs RR at Kolkata 3 May (afternoon): RCB vs KXIP at Bengaluru 3 May (evening): DC vs SRH at Delhi 4 May (evening): RR vs CSK at Jaipur 5 May (evening): SRH vs RCB at Hyderabad 6 May (evening): DC vs MI at Delhi 7 May (evening): CSK vs KKR at Chennai 8 May (evening): KXIP vs RR at Mohali 9 May (evening): MI vs SRH at Mumbai 10 May (afternoon): CSK vs DC at Chennai 10 May (evening): KKR vs RCB at Kolkata 11 May (evening): RR vs MI at Jaipur 12 May (evening): SRH vs KXIP at Hyderabad 13 May (evening): DC vs RR at Delhi 14 May (evening): RCB vs CSK at Bengaluru 15 May (evening): KKR vs SRH at Kolkata 16 May (evening): KXIP vs DC at Mohali 17 May (evening): RCB vs MI at Bengaluru   With inputs from Reuters