The 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL 17 or TATA IPL 2024) is the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The tournament will include ten teams and take place from March 22 to May 26, 2024.Chennai Super Kings are the defending champions, having won their fifth title during the previous season beating Gujarat Titans, becoming the joint-successful franchise in the history of the tournament along with Mumbai Indians.
On February 14, 2024, Arun Singh Dhumal, the chairman of the Indian Premier League, announced that the tournament would be held in India. The league will collaborate with the Indian government and other agencies to finalize the schedule. Dhumal also stated that the match allocation to states will be based on the Lok Sabha Election 2024 schedule released by the Election Commission of India.
BCCI is planning to start IPL 2024 from March 22. IPL 2024 schedule will be announced in two halves. The schedule for the first half will be announced and then the schedule for the other half will be announced after the announcement of general election dates,” Arun Dhumal told ANI.
The schedule for this season was announced on February 22, 2024, at 5 pm. According to IPL Chairman Arun Singh Dhumal, this season’s schedule will be announced in multiple phases due to the 2024 Lok Sabha Election. The first announcement includes the schedule for the first 17 days, consisting of 21 matches.
The opening match of the tournament will be played on 22 March 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai between the defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The final match will be played on 26 May 2024.
Lets look at Schedule of IPL 2024
Star Sports is the official TV broadcaster of the season, while JioCinema is the official digital broadcaster.
Let’s also check few changes done by IPL team franchise
- Gautam Gambhir is appointed as the Mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Justin Langer replaces Andy Flower as the Head Coach of Lucknow Super Giants.
- Sanjay Bangar is appointed by Punjab Kings as the Head of Cricket Development.
- Andy Flower replaces Sanjay Bangar as the Head Coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Daniel Vettori replaces Brian Lara as Head Coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- Shubman Gill is named as the captain of Gujarat Titans after their previous captain, Hardik Pandya had been traded to Mumbai Indians.
- Shreyas Iyer will return as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders after missing out last year due to a back injury, replacing Nitish Rana who will serve as the vice-captain
- Rohit Sharma is replaced by Hardik Pandya as the captain of Mumbai Indians.
- Rishabh Pant is expected to return to captaincy after missing out last year with serious injuries sustained in a car crash, replacing David Warner who stood in as the captain of Delhi Capitals for the 2023 season.
- Pat Cummins replaces Aiden Markram as the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
