The countdown to the most awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 is about to start. The teams’ squads with the old and the new recruits in the eight franchises will soon be hitting the nets.
The 13th edition of the cash-rich premier league will kick-off from 29th March with the two finalists of IPL 2019 facing each other. The premier league will wrap up on 24th May.
The 12th season of IPL had witnessed a riveting game between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
This season Rohit Sharma-led Indians will enter the league as the defending champions while CSK will be looking forward, to lift the fourth IPL title with MS Dhoni at the helm of affairs.
Another interesting fact about the IPL 13 is that this time, the T20 league will take place for 56 days. All the Sundays, except the 29th March and 17th May, of the league, will have double-headers. There will be no double-headers for IPL on the Saturdays.
Find below the entire schedule of the league with the details of where to watch, teams’ squads, and online streaming.
Also, Rajasthan Royals will play first two home games at Guwahati’s Barsapara Cricket Stadium on 5th and 9th March respectively.
Whereas, the team-wise schedule for the eight franchises is also available with the pdf version to download.
Full Schedule of the Vivo IPL 2020:
| S.NO. | Match Centre | Date | Day | Time | Stadium | City | State |
| 1 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 29-Mar-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 30-Mar-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 31-Mar-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 4 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 01-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 5 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 02-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 6 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 03-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 7 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 04-Apr-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 8 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 05-Apr-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 9 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 05-Apr-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Barsapara Cricket Stadium | Guwahati | Rajasthan |
| 10 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 06-Apr-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 11 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 07-Apr-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi. |
| 12 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 08-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 13 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 09-Apr-20 | Thursday | 4:00 PM | Barsapara Cricket Stadium | Guwahati | Rajasthan |
| 14 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 10-Apr-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 15 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 11-Apr-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 16 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 12-Apr-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 17 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 12-Apr-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 18 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 13-Apr-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 19 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 14-Apr-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 20 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 15-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 21 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 16-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 22 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 17-Apr-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 23 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 18-Apr-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 24 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 19-Apr-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 25 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 19-Apr-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 26 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 20-Apr-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 27 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 21-Apr-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 28 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 22-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 29 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 23-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 30 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 24-Apr-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu. |
| 31 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 25-Apr-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 32 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 26-Apr-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 33 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 26-Apr-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 34 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 27-Apr-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu. |
| 35 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 28-Apr-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 36 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 29-Apr-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 37 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 30-Apr-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 38 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 01-May-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 39 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 02-May-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 40 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 03-May-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 41 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 03-May-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 42 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 04-May-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 43 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 05-May-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 44 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 06-May-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 45 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 07-May-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 46 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 08-May-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 47 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 09-May-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra. |
| 48 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 10-May-20 | Sunday | 4:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu |
| 49 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 10-May-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 50 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 11-May-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 51 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 12-May-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | R.G.I. Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana. |
| 52 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 13-May-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi | Delhi |
| 53 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 14-May-20 | Thursday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 54 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 15-May-20 | Friday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata | WB |
| 55 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 16-May-20 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | PCA Stadium | Mohali | Punjab |
| 56 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 17-May-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 57 | Qualifier-1 | 18-May-20 | Monday | 8:00 PM | Eden Gardens | Kolkata | West Bengal. |
| 58 | Eliminator | 19-May-20 | Tuesday | 8:00 PM | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka. |
| 59 | Qualifier-2 | 20-May-20 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | M.A.Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium | Chennai | Tamilnadu. |
| 60 | FINAL | 24-May-20 | Sunday | 8:00 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
Teams’ squad list:
Mumbai Indians (MI):
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Jayant Yadav, Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Quinton de Kock, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Balwant Rai Singh, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Sherfane Rutherford, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Lungi Ngidi, Monu Singh, Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore
Delhi Capitals (DC):
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Jason Roy, Chris Woakes, Alex Carey, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Harshal Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Ravichandran Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Avesh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, M Siddarth, Chris Green, Tom Banton, Pravin Tambe, Nikhil Naik, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Siddesh Lad.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP):
Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, James Neesham, Chris Jordon, Tajinder Dhillon, Prabhsimran Singh, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mohammad Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, K Gowtham, J Suchith.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):
Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, B Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Billy Stanlake, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad, Sanjay Yadav.
Rajasthan Royals (RR):
Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra, Ankit Rajpoot, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Anirudha Joshi, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):
Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Joshua Philippe, Kane Richardson, Pawan Deshpande, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shahbaz Ahamad.
Team-wise Full Schedule and Time Table:
Full Schedule and Time Table for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) View Download
Full Schedule and Time Table for Mumbai Indians (MI) View Download
Full Schedule and Time Table for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) View Download
Full Schedule and Time Table for Delhi Capitals (DC) View Download
Full Schedule and Time Table for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) View Download
Full Schedule and Time Table for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) View Download
Full Schedule and Time Table for Rajasthan Royals (RR) View Download
Full Schedule and Time Table for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) View Download
Where to watch and online streaming of the IPL 2020:
SuperSport – Channel 2: South Africa
Willow TV: USA, UK and Canada
Star Network Subsidiaries: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
Yupp TV: Australia
Bein Sports: the Middle East and North Africa
Eleven Sports: Singapore
Flow TV: West Indies/ Caribbean Nations.
Meanwhile, due to the recent political tensions between India and Pakistan, the IPL 2020 will not be televised in Pakistan.
In India, the channels dedicated towards the broadcast of IPL are Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports Select 1 HD, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports Telugu, Star Sports Kannada, Star Sports Bangla and Star Sports Tamil. Some tailored content will also be available on Star Sports First.
Certain matches will also be aired on Star Gold and Star Gold HD (Hindi), Vijay Super (Tamil), Maa Movies and Maa Movies HD (Telugu), Star Suvarna and Star Suvarna HD (Kannada), Jalsha Movies and Jalsha Movies HD (Bengali), Star Pravah and Star Pravah HD (Marathi), Asianet Plus and Asianet Plus HD (Malayalam).
The live streaming of all the matches will be available on Hotstar.
Where to buy the tickets:
Ticket Partner Details –
| Partner | IPL Ticket URL |
| BookMyShow | https://in.bookmyshow.com/sports |
| Insider.in | https://insider.in/indian-premier-league-ipl |
| TicketGenie | https://ticketgenie.in/ |
| EventsNow | https://www.eventsnow.com/ |
| Paytm | https://paytm.com/offer/ipl-offers/ |
Team Official Website URLs for ticket bookings –
| S.No | Team | Official Site URL |
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | https://www.chennaisuperkings.com/CSK_WEB/index.html |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals (DC) | https://www.delhicapitals.in/ |
| 3 | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | https://www.kxip.in/ |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | https://www.kkr.in/ |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians (MI) | https://www.mumbaiindians.com/ |
| 6 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) | https://www.rajasthanroyals.com/ |
| 7 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | https://www.royalchallengers.com/ |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | http://www.sunrisershyderabad.in/ |