XtraTime Web Desk: The BCCI has announced the schedule of Indian Premier League 2019 for the first two weeks and the schedule of next matches will be made official after Election Commission of India release the dates of the Lok Sabha polling. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match on March 23 in Chennai.
The statement released said, “IPL releases the schedule of the first two weeks (17 matches) of the VIVO IPL 2019 Season. These are still subject to the announcement of the Lok Sabha 2019 election dates. Once these have been released BCCI will address any issues with the first two weeks and will also prepare a schedule for the remainder of the season working with the local authorities around the polling dates.”
“This is still subject to the announcement of Lok Sabha 2019 election dates. Once the election dates are released we will address any issues with the first two weeks and also prepare a schedule for the remainder of the season working with the local authorities around the polling dates.”
The current schedule sees 17 matches across the fortnight period with 8 venues of the eight franchises. Delhi Capitals and Royal Challenges will play five matches during this period with the rest playing four each. All teams will play minimum of two home and away games while DC and RCB will be at home at Feroz Shah Kotla and M Chinnaswamy thrice respectively.
“A total of 17 matches will be played during this 2 weeks period across the 8 home venues of the respective franchises. All teams will play minimum of 4 matches with DC and RCB playing 5 matches. Every team will play minimum of 2 home and 2 away matches with DC playing 3 home matches, while RCB will play 3 away matches,” added the statement.