IPL 2021 auction was held successfully on February 18 in Chennai. The franchises splashed money like anything in order to grab the services of some talented and exciting players. Around 150 Crores were used by all eight franchises.
Now every side looks jam-packed with big T20 names that will be spotted playing in the IPL 2021 season. In the recently concluded IPL auction, Kyle Jamieson, Chis Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Moeen Ali managed to get million dollar deal from the buyers.
With everything done, now cricket fans are waiting for the commencement of the Indian Premier League 2021 season that is reportedly expected to begin in the 2nd week of April, probably April 11. Earlier, there were rumors that IPL governing council will add two new teams to the tournament. But, due to a shortage of time BCCI dropped that idea. Also, they decided to increase overseas player slots in aside from 4 to 5 in a match. Meanwhile, there is also a report that states that BCCI has picked Mumbai and Ahemdabad as the venue that will be used during IPL 2021.
IPL 2021 schedule has been released tentatively
| S.No | Match Center | Date | Time | Stadium | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 11 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 12 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 3 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 13 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 14 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 15 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 6 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 16 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 7 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 17 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 8 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 18 April 2021 | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 9 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 18 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 10 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 19 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 11 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 20 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 12 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 21 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 13 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 22 April 2021 | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 14 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 23 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 15 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 24 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 16 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 25 April 2021 | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 17 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 25 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 18 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 26 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Mohali |
| 19 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 27 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 20 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 28 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 21 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 29 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 22 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 30 April 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 23 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 1 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 24 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 2 May 2021 | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 25 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 2 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 26 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 3 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 27 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 4 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 28 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 5 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 29 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 6 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 30 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 7 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 31 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 8 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 32 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 9 May 2021 | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 33 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 9 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 34 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 10 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 35 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 11 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 36 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 12 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 37 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 13 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 38 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 14 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 39 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 15 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 40 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 16 May 2021 | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 41 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 16 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 42 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 17 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 43 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 18 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 44 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 19 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 45 | Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 20 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 46 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 21 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 47 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | 22 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 48 | Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 23 May 2021 | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 49 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 23 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 50 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 24 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 51 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 25 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 52 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) | 26 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 53 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 27 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 54 | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 28 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 55 | Delhi Capitals (DC) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 29 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 56 | Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Mumbai Indians (MI) | 30 May 2021 | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Mumbai |
| 57 | Qualifier-1 | TBD | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 58 | Eliminator | TBD | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 59 | Qualifier-2 | TBD | 7:30 PM | Motera Stadium | Ahemdabad |
| 60 | FINAL | TBD | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
IPL 2021 Squads:
| Teams | Squads |
| Chennai Super Kings | MS Dhoni (c), Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood, KM Asif, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K. Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishanth |
| Delhi Capitals | Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Eoin Morgan (c), Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, K.S. Bharat |
| Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar |
| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh |
| Punjab Kings | KL Rahul (c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen , Saurabh Kumar |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman |
IPL Winners Between 2008 & 2020
Here the winners for all the IPL seasons. IPL 2020 and 2021 winners yet to announce.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians |
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians |
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians |
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians |
| 2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians |
| 2012 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 2011 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2010 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers |
| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals |
New Rules To Be Introduced In IPL 2021
IPL governing council has increased the number of overseas player strength in each game. Earlier, only four overseas players used to get a place in the final playing XI. But, in the upcoming edition, every side can pick a total of five foreign players in a match.
Disclaimer: This is the tentative schedule for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League. However, BCCI is yet to release the exact schedule for the tournament. Also, their are rumors that the Indian Premier League will be organized in the month of April and May in Mumbai and Ahemdabad explicitly.
