IPL to start from March 26; Mumbai-Pune to host league phase

IPL 2022 to kick-start from March 26; Mumbai and Pune to host league phase

By Team ISN February 25, 2022

Indian Premier League season 14th will begin in Mumbai on March 26 and end on May 29 with around 40% spectators will be allowed.

“The IPL will start on Saturday, March 26,” IPL chairman Brijesh Patel told PTI after the governing council meeting on Thursday.

With two new teams Lucknow Supergiants and Gujarat Titans added, there will be 74 matches with 70 of them being played at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, and Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil stadium, alongside Gahunje Stadium in Pune.

20 games each will be held at Wankhede and DY Patil, while 15 each will be facilitated 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.

It is discovered that 55 matches will be played in Mumbai, while 15 will be played in Pune.

BCCI league have completely expressed that the association won’t go overseas. There have been plans to explore overseas venues, similar to South Africa and Sri Lanka, yet the superior Covid circumstance in the nation has urged the BCCI to hold the 14th edition in India itself.

The league is set to wrap up on Sunday, May 29. The venues for the playoffs are yet to be discussed. Whenever got some information about it, Patel said, “We will decide about the play-offs later.”