IPL 2022: Schedule, squads, match times, live streaming – All you need to know

It is IPL time again. The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) opens at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium this Saturday, March 26, with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) facing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a repeat of last year’s final.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the schedule for the league phase while the venues and dates for the playoffs will be decided later.

The Federal presents to you a complete guide on IPL 2022.

Key dates

IPL 2022 will begin on March 26 and conclude on May 29. Seventy league matches and four playoff games will be played over 65 days.

Matches/Start time

The 10-team IPL 2022 will see 74 matches, 14 more than the previous year. There will be 12 double-headers in total with the first match starting at 3:30 PM IST. All evening matches begin at 7:30 pm IST. The final game of the league stage will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) on May 22 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

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New teams

IPL 2022 sees the addition of two new franchises – Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans.

Cricket during COVID-19

The league will be played in a bio-secure environment at a single hub to avoid air travel which is considered as a major reason for the spread of COVID-19 infection, thereby affecting the players and the league/matches, the BCCI said. In IPL 2021, several players had tested positive for coronavirus and the league had to be postponed on May 4. Later, it was moved to United Arab Emirates (UAE), and completed in October.

Venues

A total of 70 league matches will be played across four venues in Mumbai and Pune. The venues for the playoff matches will be decided later. In Mumbai, Wankhede Stadium will host 20 matches, Brabourne Stadium (CCI) 15, and DY Patil Stadium 20. Pune’s MCA International Stadium has got 15 games.

IPL 2022 format

All teams will play four matches each at Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil Stadium, three matches each at Brabourne Stadium and MCA International Stadium. The 10 teams will play a total of 14 league matches (7 home matches and 7 away matches), followed by four playoff games. Each team will play 5 teams twice and the remaining 4 teams only once (2 only home and 2 only away). To decide on the above, teams have been assigned in two virtual groups based on the number of IPL titles won followed by the number of final matches played by the respective teams.

Virtual groups

Five-time IPL champion Mumbai Indians (MI) is the top-ranked team having won the trophy most times, followed by CSK, which has four titles.

Each team will play twice with the teams in their group and with the team in the same row in the second group. With the rest of the teams in the second group, they will play only once during the season.

For example, in Group A, MI will play 2 matches each against KKR, RR, DC, LSG. MI will also play 2 matches against CSK and 1 match each against other teams in Group B. Similarly, in Group B, RCB will play 2 matches against CSK, SRH, PBKS, and GT. RCB will also play 2 matches against RR and 1 match each against other teams in Group A.

No home advantage

Barring Mumbai Indians, no team has the home advantage in the league phase.

Qualification for playoffs

As has been the case, the top four teams at the end of the league phase qualify for the playoffs. Despite the virtual groups, all 10 teams will be ranked together at the league table. The top-two finishers at the end of the league stage play Qualifier 1 with the winner going straight to the final while the loser plays the winner of Eliminator (3 vs 4) in Qualifier 2. The final on May 29 will be contested between the winners of Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2.

How to watch IPL 2022 in India?

All IPL 2022 matches will be telecast Live on the Star Sports network in eight languages – English, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, and Marathi. Live streaming is on Disney+ Hotstar.

IPL 2022 Squads

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Dwayne Bravo, Shivam Dube, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Chris Jordan, Adam Milne, Mukesh Choudhary, Hari Nishaanth, N Jagadeesan, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Simranjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Mitchell Santner, K Bhagath Varma. Head Coach: Stephen Fleming. Batting Coach: Michael Hussey. Bowling Coach: Lakshmipathy Balaji. Fielding Coach: Rajiv Kumar.

Delhi Capitals (DC): Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Rovman Powell, Tim Seifert, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Ashwin Hebbar, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat, Yash Dhull, Anrich Nortje, Shardul Thakur, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Axar Patel, Mustafizur Rahman, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vicky Ostwal. Head Coach: Ricky Ponting. Assistant Coaches: Shane Watson, Ajit Agarkar, Pravin Amre. Fast Bowling Coach: James Hopes.

Gujarat Titans (GT): Hardik Pandya (captain), Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Sai Sudarshan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), Abhinav Sadarangani, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Varun Aaron, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Alzarri Joseph, Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad. Head Coach: Ashish Nehra. Batting Coach and Mentor: Gary Kirsten. Spin Bowling Coach: Aashish Kapoor.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Aaron Finch, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Sam Billings (wicketkeeper), Chamika Karunaratne, Pat Cummins, Mohammad Nabi, Rinku Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Sheldon Jackson, Baba Indrajith, Varun Chakravarty, Rasikh Dar, Ashok Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Anukul Roy. Head Coach: Brendon McCullum. Assistant Coach: Abhishek Nayar. Assistant Bowling Coach: Omkar Salvi. Fielding Coach: James Foster.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Jason Holder, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ayush Badoni. Head Coach: Andy Flower. Assistant Coach: Vijay Dahiya. Bowling Coach: Andy Bichel. Fielding Coach: Richard Halsall.

Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Tilak Varma, Anmolpreet Singh, Dewald Brevis, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Aryan Juyal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Arshad Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Riley Meredith, Murugan Ashwin, Basil Thampi, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Sanjay Yadav, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen. Head Coach: Mahela Jayawardene. Batting Coach: Robin Singh. Bowling Coach: Shane Bond. Fielding Coach: James Pamment.

Punjab Kings (PBKS): Mayank Agarwal (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Shahrukh Khan, Liam Livingstone, Rishi Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Writtick Chatterjee, Odean Smith, Sandeep Sharma, Raj Bawa, Nathan Ellis, Vaibhav Arora, Ishan Porel, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Benny Howell, Baltej Singh, Ansh Patel, Atharva Taide. Head Coach: Anil Kumble. Assistant Coach: Jonty Rhodes. Batting Consultant: Julian Wood. Bowling Coach: Damien Wright. Assistant Fielding Coach: Prabhakar Bairgond.

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Rassie van der Dussen, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Jos Buttler, James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Garhwal, Kuldip Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Obed McCoy, Tejas Baroka, KC Kariappa, Anunay Singh. Head Coach: Kumar Sangakkara. Assistant Coach: Trevor Penney. Batting Coach: Amol Mazumdar. High-performance Fast Bowling Coach: Steffan Jones. Fast Bowling coach: Lasith Malinga. Fielding Coach: Dishant Yagnik.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Luvnith Sisodia, Josh Hazlewood, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Jason Behrendorff, Siddarth Kaul, Chama Milind, Akash Deep, David Willey, Mahipal Lomror, Sherfane Rutherford, Aneeshwar Gautam, Shahbaz Ahmed. Head Coach: Sanjay Bangar. Batting and Spin Bowling Coach: Sridharan Sriram. Bowling Coach: Adam Griffith.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Kane Williamson (captain), Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Aiden Markram, Shashank Singh, Romario Shepherd, Ravikumar Samarth, Rahul Tripathi, Priyam Garg, Glenn Phillips, Vishnu Vinod, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Saurabh Dubey, Fazal Farooqi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Sean Abbott, Abhishek Sharma. Head Coach: Tom Moody. Batting Coach: Brian Lara. Pace Bowling Coach: Dale Steyn. Spin Bowling Coach: Muttiah Muralitharan. Fielding Coach: Hemang Badani.

The full league phase schedule of IPL 2022