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The final schedule of IPL has been released

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  • 07 March, 2021 17:50:35

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Sports Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally released the full schedule of 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket. According to the previous idea, this year's edition of IPL will start on April 9. The final of the 60-match tournament will be played on May 30. All IPL matches will be played in six cities of India this time. The cities are Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. As always, the game will not be played on a home-away basis.

This time all the venues will be neutral. However, the name of the specific host team will be announced on the day of the specific match. Each team will play 14 matches in the group stage of the two-and-a-half-month tournament. Later, the total number of matches including play-off and final was 60. The group stage matches will be played in Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bangalore.

Ahmedabad and Delhi will get 6 matches in the first round. The next four playoffs and finals will be played at the world's largest cricket stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad. In the first round, all the teams will play all their matches in four fields. However, no match will be played at home. This time 11 matches have been kept twice a day. Where six teams will play three-afternoon matches and for the other two teams, there are two-afternoon matches.

The reigning champions Mumbai Indians will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on April 9. The afternoon matches will start at 4 pm Bangladesh time and the night matches will start at 8 pm Bangladesh time.

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