CSK to host RCB in IPL 2024 opener on March 22

Defending champions Chennai Tremendous Kings will host Royal Challengers Bangalore on the MA Chidambaram Stadium within the opening match of IPL 2024 on March 22.

On Thursday, the IPL launched a partial schedule comprising an preliminary set of 21 matches between March 22 and April 7. The IPL last is anticipated to be performed on Could 26, with simply 5 days between that and the opening match of the boys’s T20 World Cup, to be performed within the USA and the Caribbean from June 1.

The second half of the match schedule is anticipated as soon as the Election Fee of India reveals the dates of the nationwide elections, that are anticipated to happen within the months of April and Could.

There are 4 double-headers within the preliminary schedule together with two on opening weekend. On March 23 Punjab Kings will play the day match in opposition to Delhi Capitals at house adopted by Kolkata Knight Riders internet hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens.

On March 24, Rajasthan Royals play their first sport in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants whereas Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians open with an away-fixture in opposition to Gujarat Titans, his former group.

Capitals are the one franchise that will not play any video games at their house floor, Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla, within the March 22-April 7 interval; each these video games can be held the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. ESPNcricinfo understands that the Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation has knowledgeable the IPL governing council that it won’t have sufficient time to organize the venue after internet hosting 11 Ladies’s Premier League matches, together with the ultimate, till March 17.

Capitals, Titans and RCB will play 5 of their 14 matches on this 17-day window. KKR will play solely three matches; all the opposite franchises have been slotted to play 4 video games. It is possible Punjab Kings will play their house video games at a model new venue, in Mullanpur on the outskirts of Chandigarh, as a substitute of their conventional house in Mohali.

The opening day of the match will mark MS Dhoni’s return to motion. He’s set to reach in Chennai within the first week of March to renew coaching along with his group. He had undergone knee surgical procedure shortly after main CSK to the title win over Titans in a rain-hit two-day last in Ahmedabad final season, and hasn’t performed aggressive cricket since.The match may also see Hardik Pandya return to Mumbai Indians – this time as captain – following two seasons at Titans, who he led to a title win of their first yr. Rishabh Pant, too, is anticipated to return to aggressive cricket after being out of motion following a critical automobile accident in December 2022.

In all, 74 video games can be performed, together with 4 playoff matches.

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