Despite the challenging pandemic, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally managed to reschedule the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the ongoing year (2020). As India can’t organize this tournament at present due to the pandemic, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the entire IPL 2020 between 19th September and 10th November 2020.
A total of eight teams will participate in the IPL 2020. Every participating team is getting ready to begin their journey in the upcoming IPL edition. It will be a 53-day long tournament, where a total of 60 matches will be played, including four playoffs (Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and Final).
IPL 2020: Venue details
A total of three venues of the UAE have been finalized that will organize the entire IPL 2020. These venues are Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai), Sharjah Cricket Stadium (Sharjah), and Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi).
In the league stage part of this tournament, Dubai will host 24 matches while Abu Dhabi will host 20 games and Sharjah will organize 12 matches.
The venues of the playoffs of this tournament have yet to be finalized.
IPL 2020: Full Schedule
The detailed fixture for the playoffs of IPL 2020 will be announced later.
IPL 2020: Full Squads & Base Camps
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock (WK), Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, James Pattinson
Base Camp: Abu Dhabi
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
MS Dhoni (C & WK), Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson, Sai KishoreNarayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay
Base Camp: Dubai
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Shreyas Iyer (C), Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Alex Carey, Kagiso Rabada, Shimron Hetmyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Tushar Deshpande, Daniel Sams
Base Camp: Dubai
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Kane Williamson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Fabian Allen, Vijay Shankar, Sanjay Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Shreevats Goswami, Bavanaka Sandeep, Basil Thampi, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, Thangarasu Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma
Base Camp: Dubai
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Dinesh Karthik (C & WK), Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, Manimaran Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Ali Khan
Base Camp: Abu Dhabi
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
KL Rahul (C & WK), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Sheldon Cottrell, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Arshdeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Murugan Ashwin, Jagadeesha Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Darshan Nalkande, Deepak Hooda, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, Prabhsimran Singh.
Base Camp: Sharjah
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Steve Smith (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Ankit Rajpoot, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Mayank Markande, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, Rahul Tewatia, Shashank Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anirudha Joshi, Tom Curran, Anuj Rawat
Base Camp: Sharjah
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande Parthiv Patel (WK), Joshua Philippe (WK), Shahbaz Ahmad
Base Camp: Dubai
IPL 2020: Match timings
Out of the 56 matches in the league stage of this tournament, 46 matches will begin at 19:30 IST, 30 minutes earlier than previous years’ night matches in IPL. During the double-header match days (only Saturday and Sunday will follow this process from October), the first match will begin at 15:30 IST (30 minutes earlier than previous years’ afternoon matches schedules).
All the playoff matches are likely to be scheduled at 19:30 IST.
IPL 2020: Broadcasting details
Star Sports network is the sole right holder to broadcast the entire IPL 2020. Its various sports TV channels will broadcast this tournament live. Similarly, Disney+ Hotstar will bring the live streaming of the upcoming IPL edition (only for VIP/Premium subscribers).