With just a day to go for the most extravagant cricket league in the world, Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) is all set to fire up the stage yet again in its 15th edition which will be played from March 26 to May 29. Meawhile, the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will lock horns with two-time title holders Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the inaugural match of the cash-rich league at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday (March 26).
Here's is everything you need to know about the upcoming India's cricket carnival:
Venues and stadiums
Four venues have already been decided for the IPL matches to be held and a total of 70 league matches will be played across these four international venues in Mumbai and Pune. The venue for the playoff matches is scheduled to be decided later.
Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil Stadium will stage four matches each. On the other hand, 3 matches each will be held at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium (CCI) and MCA International Stadium, Pune.
With the addition of two new teams- Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans, 10 teams will be seen vying for the prestigious IPL trophy in the 15th edition of Indian Premier League.
Previously, Gujarat Titans had roped in Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya and announced his name as the leader of their for the 2022 season. Apart from Pandya, the Gujarat-based franchise signed Indian batter Shubman Gill and Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan ahead of the mega auction.
On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants had signed Indian batsman KL Rahul and The former Punjab Kings skipper will be seen leading the Lucknow team in the upcoming edition of 2022. Apart from Rahul, the Lucknow-based team landed Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and Indian spinner Ravi Bishnoi ahead of the mega auction.
Format of IPL
The 10 teams are slated to be played a total of 14 league matches (7 home matches and 7 away matches). After the completion of the league matches the four playoff matches will take place.
Each team will play five teams twice and the remaining 4 teams only once. 10 teams have already been assigned in two virtual groups based on the number of IPL titles won by the respective teams, followed by the number of final matches played by them.
The mega auction for the IPL 2022 was previously held on February 12 and February 13, in Bengaluru where franchises broke bank to rope in their favourite players with coveted IPL trophy up for grabs.
Here's the full IPL 2022 (league stage) schedule:
1) Mar-26, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
2) Mar-27, Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 3:30 PM
3) Mar-27, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
4) Mar-28, Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
5) Mar-29, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
6) Mar-30, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
7) Mar-31, Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
8) Apr-01, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
9) Apr-02, Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 3:30 PM
10) Apr-02, Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
11) Apr-03, Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
12) Apr-04, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
13) Apr-05, Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
14) Apr-06, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
15) Apr-07, Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
16) Apr-08, Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
17) Apr-09, Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 3:30 PM
18) Apr-09, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
19) Apr-10, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 3:30 PM
20) Apr-10, Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
21) Apr-11, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
22) Apr-12, Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
23) Apr-13, Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
24) Apr-14, Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
25) Apr-15, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
26) Apr-16, Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
27) Apr-16, Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
28) Apr-17, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 3:30 PM
29) Apr-17, Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
30) Apr-18, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
31) Apr-19, Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
32) Apr-20, Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
33) Apr-21, Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
34) Apr-22, Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
35) Apr-23, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 3:30 PM
36) Apr-23, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
37) Apr-24, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
38) Apr-25, Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
39) Apr-26, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
40) Apr-27, Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
41) Apr-28, Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
42) Apr-29, Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
43) Apr-30, Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 3:30 PM
44) Apr-30, Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
45) May-01, Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 3:30 PM
46) May-01, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
47) May-02, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
48) May-03, Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
49) May-04, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
50) May-05, Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
51) May-06, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
52) May-07, Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 3:30 PM
53) May-07, Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
54) May-08, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 3:30 PM
55) May-08, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
56) May-09, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
57) May-10, Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
58) May-11, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
59) May-12, Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
60) May-13, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
61) May-14, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 7:30 PM
62) May-15, Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 3:30 PM
63) May-15, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
64) May-16, Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
65) May-17, Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
66) May-18, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 7:30 PM
67) May-19, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
68) May-20, Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
69) May-21, Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
70) May-22, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM
Full squads of IPL 2022 teams:
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Shahrukh Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Odean Smith, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Prabhsimran Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Ishan Porel, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Vaibhav Arora, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Benny Howell.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Abdul Samad, T Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik, Aiden Markram, Shreyas Gopal, Priyam Garg, Jagadeesha Suchith, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Prasidh Krishna, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Navdeep Saini, KC Cariappa, Obed Mccoy, Kuldeep Sen, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Faf du Plessis, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Luvnith Sisodia, David Willey.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Dewald Brevis, Murugan Ashwin, Basil Thampi, Tilak Varma, Sanjay Yadav, Daniel Sams, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Tim David, Riley Meredith, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Aryan Juyal, Fabian Allen.
Chennai Super Kings: 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.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakaravarthy, Shivam Mavi, Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheldon Jackson, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan.
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Srikar Bharat, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Mandeep Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ashwin Hebbar, Sarfaraz Khan, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungisani Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Vicky Ostwal.
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Krunal Pandya, Mark Wood, Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chameera, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Evin Lewis, Mayank Yadav.
Gujarat Titans: Rashid Khan, Hardik Pandya, Lockie Ferguson, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar, Jason Roy, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Dominic Drakes, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Gurkeerat Singh, Varun Aaron.
IPL 2022 mega auction highlights
Five most expensive players in IPL 2022 mega auction:
Ishan Kishan, INR 15.25 crore, Mumbai Indians
Deepak Chahar, INR 14 crore, Chennai Superkings
Shreyas Iyer, INR 12.25 crore, Kolkata Knightriders
Liam Livingstone, INR 11.50 crore, Punjab Kings
Shardul Thakur, INR 10.75 crore, Delhi Capitals
Five unknown million dollars arms in IPL 2022 mega auction:
Yash Dayal, INR 3.2 crore, Gujarat Titans
Vaibhav Arora, 2 crore, Punjab Kings
Prashant Solanki, INR 1.2 crore, Chennai Superkings
Tilak Varma, INR 2 crore, Mumbai Indians
Five most expensive batters in IPL 2022 mega auction:
Shreyas Iyer, INR 12.25 crore, Kolkata Knightriders
Shahrukh Khan, INR 9 crore, Punjab Kings
Shimron Hetmyer, INR 8.50 crore, Rajasthan Royals
Rahul Tripathi, INR 8.50 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shikhar Dhawan, INR 8.25 crore, Punjab Kings
Five most expensive bowlers in IPL 2022 mega auction:
Deepak Chahar, INR 14 crore, Chennai Superkings
Shardul Thakur, INR 10.75 crore, Delhi Capitals
Harshal Patel, INR 10.75 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Prasidh Krishna, INR 10 crore, Rajasthan Royals
Lockie Ferguson, INR 10 crore, Gujarat Titans
Five most expensive all-rounders in IPL 2022 mega auction:
Liam Livingstone, INR 11.50 crore, Punjab Kings
Wanindu Hasaranga, INR 10.75 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Rahul Tewatia, INR 9 crore, Gujarat Titans
Jason Holder, INR 8.75 crore, Lucknow Super Giants
Washington Sundar, 8.75 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Five most expensive wicketkeepers in IPL 2022 mega auction:
Ishan Kishan, INR 15.25 crore, Mumbai Indians
Nicholas Pooran, INR 10.75 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Quinton de Kock, INR 6.75 crore, Lucknow Super Giants
Dinesh Karthik, INR 5.50 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Anuj Rawat, INR 3.4 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore
