 "Chennai, Ahmedabad to host IPL 2024 playoffs BCCI unveils schedule for remainder of season")
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ended the suspense surrounding the schedule for the remaining weeks of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL), with Chennai and Ahmedabad set to host the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
The only difference, however, is that Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium is set to host the big final besides Qualifier 2, while Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium hosts Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator.
It had been the other way round last season, with the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings defeating Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans in the summit clash to win the tournament for the fifth time.
The BCCI had on 23 February unveiled the schedule for the first two weeks of the 17th season due to the tournament coinciding with the Lok Sabha Elections, with the last set of fixtures in the original schedule taking place on the 7 April double-header.
Additionally, 2020 runners-up Delhi Capitals are set to play their first home game at the Arun Jaitley Stadium against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 20 April. The venue had been used for the second half of this year’s Women’s Premier League (WPL), including the playoffs, and the franchise decided to allow the pitches to recover before hosting IPL matches this season.
Delhi are set to play their first two ‘home’ games, against CSK (31 March) and Kolkata Knight Riders (3 April), at Visakhapatnam’s ACA-VDCA Stadium.
As had been the case in recent years, Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals are set to play a couple of their ‘home’ matches in Dharamsala and Guwahati respectively.
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More ShortsPunjab, who have shifted base to the brand new Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur from the IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali, host CSK (5 May) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (9 May) in Dharamsala’s HPCA Stadium.
RR, meanwhile, host PBKS and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Guwahati’s Barsapara Stadium on 15 and 19 May respectively.
Here’s the full list of fixtures of the remainder of IPL 2024:
Mar 22: CSK vs RCB (Chennai) 8 pm
Mar 23: PBKS vs DC (Mullanpur) 3:30 pm; KKR vs SRH (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
Mar 24: RR vs LSG (Jaipur) 3:30 pm; GT vs MI (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
Mar 25: RCB vs PBKS (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
Mar 26: CSK vs GT (Chennai) 7:30 pm
Mar 27: SRH vs MI (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
Mar 28: RR vs DC (Jaipur) 7:30 pm
Mar 29: RCB vs KKR (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
Mar 30: LSG vs PBKS (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Mar 31: GT vs SRH (Ahmedabad) 3:30 pm; DC vs CSK (Visakhapatnam) 7:30 pm
Apr 1: MI vs RR (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
Apr 2 : RCB vs LSG (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
Apr 3: DC vs KKR (Visakhapatnam) 7:30 pm
Apr 4: GT vs PBKS (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
Apr 5: SRH vs CSK (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
Apr 6: RR vs RCB (Jaipur) 7:30 pm
Apr 7: MI vs DC (Mumbai) 3:30 pm; LSG vs GT (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Apr 8: CSK vs KKR (Chennai) 7:30 pm
Apr 9: PBKS vs SRH (Mullanpur) 7:30 pm
Apr 10: RR vs GT (Jaipur) 7:30 pm
Apr 11: MI vs RCB (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
Apr 12: LSG vs DC (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Apr 13: PBKS vs RR (Mullanpur) 7:30 pm
Apr 14: KKR vs LSG (Kolkata) 3:30 pm; MI vs CSK (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
Apr 15: RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
Apr 16: GT vs DC (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
Apr 17: KKR vs RR (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
Apr 18: PBKS vs MI (Mullanpur) 7:30 pm
Apr 19: LSG vs CSK (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Apr 20: DC vs SRH (Delhi) 7:30 pm
Apr 21: KKR vs RCB (Kolkata) 3:30 pm; PBKS vs GT (Mullanpur) 7:30 pm
Apr 22: RR vs MI (Jaipur) 7:30 pm
Apr 23: CSK vs LSG (Chennai) 7:30 pm
Apr 24: DC vs GT (Delhi) 7:30 pm
Apr 25: SRH vs RCB (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
Apr 26: KKR vs PBKS (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
Apr 27: DC vs MI (Delhi) 3:30 pm; LSG vs RR (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Apr 28: GT vs RCB (Ahmedabad) 3:30 pm; CSK vs SRH (Chennai) 7:30 pm
Apr 29: KKR vs DC (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
Apr 30: LSG vs MI (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
May 1: CSK vs PBKS (Chennai) 7:30 pm
May 2: SRH vs RR (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
May 3: MI vs KKR (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
May 4: RCB vs GT (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
May 5: PBKS vs CSK (Dharamshala) 3:30 pm; LSG vs KKR (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
May 6: MI vs SRH (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
May 7: DC vs RR (Delhi) 7:30 pm
May 8: SRH vs LSG (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
May 9: PBKS vs RCB (Dharamshala) 7:30 pm
May 10: GT vs CSK (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
May 11: KKR vs MI (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
May 12: CSK vs RR (Chennai) 3:30 pm; RCB vs DC (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
May 13: GT vs KKR (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
May 14: DC vs LSG (Delhi) 7:30 pm
May 15: RR vs PBKS (Guwahati) 7:30 pm
May 16: SRH vs GT (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
May 17: MI vs LSG (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
May 18: RCB vs CSK (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
May 19: SRH vs PBKS (Hyderabad) 3:30 pm; RR vs KKR (Guwahati) 7:30 pm
May 21: Qualifier 1 (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
May 22: Eliminator (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
May 24: Qualifier 2 (Chennai) 7:30 pm
May 26: Final (Chennai) 7:30 pm .
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