Excitement Building Up: IPL Likely to Kick Off on April 2nd, 2022

According to the latest updates, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 will likely begin on 27^th March in Chennai; however, the two new franchises will meet for the first time on April 2nd, 2022. After two years of uncertainty, everyone expects that things will finally be getting back to their proper rhythm in 2022. There is a lot to be excited about even before the dates are confirmed though because the IPL Mega Auction is just around the corner.

Schedule Leaked?

Nothing is on the official IPL website, but several leaked sources are stating that they have a tentative schedule. It’s essential to know the dates first if you wish to take advantage of the IPL betting tips & predictions in advance. The final schedule is probably going to be pretty close to the leaked one below, but there may be some changes introduced later.

Matches in March

1. CSK vs KKR on 27^th March at 7:30 pm
2. SRH vs RR on 28^th March at 7:30 pm
3. Ahmedabad vs RCB on 29^th March at 3:30 pm
4. DC vs MI on 29^th March at 7:30 pm
5. Lucknow vs PBKS on 30^th March at 7:30 pm
6. KKR vs SRHon 31^st March at 7:30 pm

Matches in April

• RR vs DC on 1^st April at 7:30 pm
• RCB vs MI on 1^st April at 7:30 pm
• Lucknow vs Ahmedabad on 2^nd April at 3:30pm
• PBKS vs CSK on 2^nd April at 7:30 pm
• SRH vs RCB on 3^rd April at 3:30 pm
• MI vs Ahmedabad on 3^rd April at 7:30 pm
• DC vs KKRon 4^th April at 7:30 pm
• CSK vs RCB on 5^th April at 7:30 pm
• SRH vs PBKS on 6^th April at 3:30 pm
• RR vs KKR on 6^th April at 7:30 pm
• Lucknow vs DC on 7^th April at 7:30 pm
• Ahmedabad vs CSK on 8^th April at 7:30 pm
• DC vs SRH on 9^th Aprilat 3:30 pm
• RCB vs RR on 9^th April at 7:30 pm
• MI vs Lucknow on10^th April at 3:30 pm
• KKR vs Ahmedabad on 10^thApril at 7:30 pm
• PBKS vs RR on 11^th April at 7:30 pm
• MI vs CSK on 12^th April at 7:30 pm
• KKR vs RCB on 13^th April at 07:30 pm
• DC vs PBKS on 14^th April at 3:30 pm
• SRH vs MI on 14^th April at 7:30 pm
• RR vs Ahmedabad on 15^th April at 7:30 pm
• CSK vs Lucknow on 15^th April at 7:30 pm
• DC vs RCB on 16^th April at 3:30 pm
• Lucknow vs CSK on 16^th April at 7:30 pm
• Ahmedabad vs SRH on 17^th April at 7:30 pm
• KKR vs PBKS on 17^th April at 7:30 pm
• RR vs MI on 18^th April at 3:30 pm
• RCB vs Lucknow on 18^th April at 7:30 pm
• Ahmedabad vs DC on 19^th April at 7:30 pm
• MI vs PBKS on 20^th April at 7:30 pm
• RR vs Lucknow on 21^st April at 7:30 pm
• CSK vs SRH on 22^nd April at 7:30 pm
• DC vs Ahmedabad on 23^rd April at 3:30 pm
• SRH vs KKR on 23^rd April at 7:30 pm
• CSK vs RR on 24^th April at 3:30 pm
• Lucknow vs MI on 24^th April at 7:30 pm
• Ahmedabad vs KKR on 25^th April at 7:30 pm
• SRH vs DC on 26^th April at 7:30 pm
• RCB vs PBKS on 27^th April at 7:30 pm
• KKR vs CSK on 28^th April at 7:30 pm
• MI vs DC on 29^th April at 7:30 pm
• RCB vs Ahmedabad on 30^th April at 3:30 pm
• PBKS vs Lucknow on 30^th April at 7:30 pm

Matches in May

• RR vs CSK on 1^stMay at 3:30 pm
• PBKS vs Mi on 1^stMay at 7:30 pm
• SRH vs Lucknow on 2^nd May at 7:30 pm
• RR vs RCB on 3^rd May at 3:30 pm
• CSK vs DC 3^rdMay at 7:30 pm
• Ahmedabad vs PBKS on 4^thMay at 7:30 pm
• MI vs SRH on 5^th May at 7:30 pm
• RCB vs KKR on 6^th May at 7:30 pm
• PBKS vs DC on 7^thMay at 3:30 pm
• Ahmedabad vs RR on 7^thMay at 7:30 pm
• KKR vs MI on 8^thMay at 3:30 pm
• Lucknow vs SRH on 8^thMay at 7:30 pm
• PBKS vs RCB on 9^thMay at 7:30 pm
• CSK vs Ahmedabad on 10^th May at 7:30 pm
• Lucknow vs KKR on 11^thMay at 7:30 pm
• MI vs RR on 12^thMay at 7:30 pm
• PBKS vs SRH on 13^thMay at 7:30 pm
• DC vs Lucknow on 14^thMay at 3:30 pm
• RCB vs CSK on 14^th May at 7:30 pm
• KKR vs RR on 15^thMay at 3:30 pm

The Finals

• 1^stQualifieron 17^thMay at 07:30 pm
• Elimination Match on 18^thMay at 7:30 pm
• 2^ndQualifieron 19^thMay at 07:30 pm
• Final on 21^stMay at 7:30 pm

Recent reports suggest that that the mega Auction biddings will be held during the first week of January. This year’s Mega Auction will be financially bigger than it has been in any previous season since 10 franchises will try to snag the best players instead of the usual 8. While 10 teams did play in IPL 2011, the funding was nowhere near as high in 2011.

Read: IPL 2022: Here’s the list of the pay cheques of all the retained players