IPL to start on March 26, 40% crowd to be allowed in Maharashtra stadiums
The 10-team Indian Premier League will start in Mumbai on March 26 and end on May 29 with around 40 percent crowd being allowed at the start of the tournament.
🚨 JUST IN 🚨#IPL2022 will kick off on March 26.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the IPL Governing Council today, reports @vijaymirror.https://t.co/Ef2dqRydZe
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“The IPL will start on Saturday, March 26,” IPL chairman Brijesh Patel told PTI after the governing council meeting on Thursday.
IPL-2022 schedule cleared. Starts March 26, ends May 29.
74 matches.
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With two new teams Lucknow Supergiants and Gujarat Titans added to the roster, there will be 74 matches with 70 of them being played at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium and Brabourne Stadium along with Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil ground and Gahunje Stadium in Pune.
The league phase of IPL 2022 will be played across four stadiums in Mumbai and Pune, from March to May
The venues for the playoffs will be decided at a later date pic.twitter.com/QDBg6uuA3z
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As many as 20 games each will be held at Wankhede and DY Patil, while 15 each will be hosted at Brabourne and Gahunje Stadium.
“Spectators will be allowed as per guidelines set by the Maharashtra government and to start with, it will be 40 percent. If the COVID situation remains under control and cases decline, it might be full house at the business end,” a source said.
There has been no decision with regards to play-offs but Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium is likely to host the final.
It is learnt that 55 matches will be played in Mumbai, while 15 will be played in Pune.
“Each team will play same number of games at each of the stadiums. Mumbai Indians will play four games at Wankhede Stadium. We are having as many as 12 double headers and it was decided that Saturday start (March 26) allows us to host a double header on Sunday,” an IPL source added.