16th Season Of IPL All Set To Entertain Cricket Fans!

Update: 2023-02-17 19:33 GMT
The IPL format is a game-changer in the history of Indian Cricket. The BCCI's brainchild not only created a platform for uncapped players to show their talent and get a spot in the Indian team, but it also gave a chance for foreign players to play along with Indian teams. The first season was started in 2007 and fifteen seasons were finished successfully.

The upcoming season marks the sixteenth season and the BCCI announced the schedule of the season. The first match will be played between Gujarat Titans and CSK on the 31st of March. The Gujarat team is entering the tournament as defending champions. The final of the tournament will be played on the 12th of May.

12 venues were picked for the tournament and 10 teams will fight for the trophy. The opening week of the tournament will be high on entertainment as all the teams will be locking horns with others.

Gujarat and CSK will start the IPL fight on Friday, while Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals game is on Saturday. Sunrisers Hyderabad will play Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will play Mumbai Indians on Sunday.

As part of the tournament,70 matches will be played between the teams. - Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Mohali are picked as the venues. Guwahati and Dharamsala were also picked as the venues.

After around three long years, IPL will be played in India after a very long time. In 2020 and 2021 the season was shifted to UAE due to Covid. Limited venues were picked for the tournament in 2022.

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