The defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will look to extend their title rush when they meet last year's finalists Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the IPL 2022 season opener on March 26 at Wankhede. Last year MS Dhoni-led CSK defeated KKR by 27 runs to clinch their fourth IPL trophy, one short than five-time champions Mumbai Indians.
The all pepped-up Yellow army will fancy their title chances against two-time winners KKR, who will be led by the newly recruited skipper Shreyas Iyer.
A total of 70 league matches will be played from March 26 to May 22. The playoffs dates have not been finalised yet but the final will be played on May 29. The matches will be held across four venues in Maharashtra. Wankhede and DY Patil Stadium will host 20 matches each while the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai and MCA Stadium in Pune will play hosts to 15 games each. There will be a total of 12 doubleheaders in the upcoming IPL season.
Here is the full schedule of CSK for IPL 2022:
March 26 - vs KKR, 7.30 pm IST at Wankhede
March 31 - vs LSG, 7.30 pm IST at Brabourne
April 3 - vs Punjab Kings, 7.30 pm IST at Brabourne
April 9 - vs SRH, 3.30 pm IST at DY Patil Stadium
April 12 - vs RCB, 7.30 pm IST at DY Patil stadium
April 17 - vs Gujarat Titans, 7.30 pm IST at MCA Pune
April 21- vs MI, 7.30 pm IST at DY Patil stadium, Mumbai
April 25 - vs Punjab Kings, 7.30 pm IST at Wankhede
May 1 - vs SRH, 7.30 pm IST at MCA Pune
May 4 - vs RCB, 7.30 pm IST at MCA Pune
May 8 - vs DC, 7.30 pm IST at DY Patil Stadium
May 12 - vs MI, 7.30 pm IST at Wankhede
May 15 - vs GT, 3.30 pm IST at Wankhede
May 20 - vs RR, 7.30 pm IST at Brabourne
Chennai Super Kings' squad: Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Shivam Dube, Robin Uthappa, Tushar Deshpande, KM Asif, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, C Hari Nishaanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, K Bhagath Varma.
