At the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will play the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to kick off the Indian Premier League (IPL) season on March 22, 2024. Due to the Lok Sabha elections, the schedule for the first 21 matches—which are split into two parts—has been made public. During the first 17 days of the 2024 Indian Premier League, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals, and Gujarat Titans will each play up to five matches.
There will be four matches between the other teams, which are the Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Super Giants, and Punjab Kings. The Kolkata Knight Riders will only play in three games. Ten teams will compete in a home-and-away T20 tournament.
Chennai Super Kings
Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is an Indian professional cricket team. The squad, which is owned by Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited, has five titles and has competed in 10 IPL finals. They have won the 2010 and 2014 Champions League Twenty20, and they have qualified for the postseason 12 times out of the previous 14 seasons. With a $1.15 billion valuation as of 2022, CSK is the second-most valuable IPL team after winning the title in their comeback season in 2018.
Team
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.
Mumbai Indians
The Mumbai Indians are an Indian Premier League team that plays professional cricket and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The squad was established in 2008 and is owned by Indiawin Sports and Reliance Industries. For the fourth year running, the Mumbai Indians are the most valuable IPL franchise, with a brand value estimated at over ‚Çπ809 crore in 2019.
They have taken home many IPL championships, including the Champions League Twenty20 in 2011. Lasith Malinga leads the squad in wicket-taking while Rohit Sharma leads in runs scored. Hardik Pandya is the team’s captain.
Team
Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Harvik Desai, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
A professional cricket team based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), formerly known as Royal Challengers Bangalore, competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The squad was founded by United Spirits in 2008, and it plays in the 32,000-seat M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The squad is one of the most valuable IPL franchises, having won three IPL titles and being valued at $69.8 million.
Team
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
Kolkata Knight Riders
The Bollywood stars Jay Mehta, Juhi Chawla, and Shah Rukh Khan own the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), a professional cricket team. The squad, which plays its home games at Kolkata’s Eden Garden Stadium, qualified for the 2011 Indian Premier League and won the league in 2012 and 2014. At fourteen, the side has the longest victory run in Twenty20 history. The team’s all-time top run scorer is Gautam Gambhir, while their top wicket-taker is Sunil Narine. The team’s official colours are purple and gold, and their motif is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re.
Team
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.
Gujarat Titans
The Gujarat Titans (GT) are an Indian cricket team that plays professionally and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is where the Titans play. The Gujarat Titans’ home field is Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera. The team was founded in 2021. The owner of the franchise is CVC Capital Partners. Ashish Nehra is the team’s coach, while Shubman Gill is the team’s current captain, following Hardik Pandya’s return to the Mumbai Indians. Under Hardik Pandya’s leadership, they made their debut in the 2022 season and won their first title.
Team
Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath.
Lucknow Super Giants
Based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is a professional cricket franchise that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The squad was established in 2021, and its home ground is Lucknow’s BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium. The group, which was once in charge of the Rising Pune Supergiant club from 2016 to 2017, owns the team, which is led by KL Rahul and has Justin Langer as its coach.
Team
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan.
Rajasthan Royals
The Indian Premier League is home to the Jaipur, Rajasthan-based Rajasthan Royals, a professional cricket team (IPL). The group was established in 2008 and has a reputation for seeing potential in people. They finished second in the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 led by Rahul Dravid and won the first IPL tournament led by Shane Warne. In the 2022 Indian Premier League, they were also runners-up under the captaincy of Sanju Samson and coach Kumar Sangakkara.
The Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings were placed on two-year suspension by the Supreme Court of India in 2015 due to a 2013 betting scam. For the 2018 season, they made a comeback to the competition. With 3403 runs, Sanju Samson holds the squad record for most runs scored, while Shane Watson leads in wickets taken with 67.
Team
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj.
Delhi Capitals
The Delhi Capitals, formerly known as the Delhi Daredevils, are an Indian Premier League (IPL) professional cricket team located in Delhi. Joint owners of the team are JSW Sports and GMR Group. Arun Jaitley Stadium, previously Feroz Shah Kotla, in New Delhi serves as the team’s home field. Ricky Ponting is the team’s coach, and Rishabh Pant serves as captain. 2020 saw the Capitals play the Mumbai Indians in their first-ever IPL final.
Team
Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Lizaad Williams.
Punjab Kings
Based in Mullanpur, Punjab, Punjab Kings (PBKS), formerly known as Kings XI Punjab, is a professional cricket team that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The squad plays its home games at the PCA Stadium in Dharamsala and Indore. It is owned jointly by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, and Karan Paul. In 16 seasons, they have only made one playoff appearance and have only ever participated in the Champions League Twenty20. The squad became the Punjab Kings in February 2021. The team offered ‚Çπ18.50 crore (US$2.3 million), the largest amount ever made for a player in the Indian Premier League, in December 2022.
Team
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
In Hyderabad, India, Sunrisers Hyderabad is a professional cricket team that was established in 2012 following the IPL’s dismissal of the Deccan Chargers. They won their first IPL title in 2016 and were first coached by Daniel Vettori and Pat Cummins. They were first introduced to the IPL in 2013. In 2018, they made it to the Indian Premier League finals, however they were defeated by Chennai Super Kings. With 277 runs, the team—known for its bowling prowess—holds the record for the highest-ever IPL total. The team’s brand value, however, suffered from the COVID-19 epidemic and fell by 4% to US$57.4 million in 2020.
Team
Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Tanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
Conclusion
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Gujarat Titans play their opening games of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season in Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium. Up to five IPL match will be played in each of the first 21 games. As of 2022, CSK is the second-most valuable team, valued at $1.15 billion.
The most valued team in the IPL, the Mumbai Indians, have won many titles, including the Champions League Twenty20 in 2011. The Bollywood actors Jay Mehta, Juhi Chawla, and Shah Rukh Khan are the owners of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who qualified for the 2011 IPL and won the competition in 2012 and 2014. CVC Capital Partners formed GT in 2021, and they debuted in the 2022 season.