(Football news) The IPL 2024 title match, which is scheduled for May 26, will take place at Chepauk, making Chennai the host city for the first IPL final in twelve years. The defending IPL champion Chennai Super Kings call the MA Chidambaram Stadium, often known as the Chepauk, home. The IPL finals were held there in 2011 and 2012.
The first qualifier is scheduled for May 21 in Ahmedabad, while the eliminator is scheduled for May 22 in Ahmedabad. Chennai will also host the second qualifier on May 24.
The 52-match second half of the IPL calendar, which includes the playoffs, will go off in Chennai on April 8 when CSK takes on Kolkata Knight Riders. As usual, all playoff games will take place in the evening.
As in 2023, the ten teams have been divided across two groups of five each. Each team plays the other four teams in their group twice and four teams in the other group once while playing the remaining team from the other group – picked via a draw – twice.
CSK are grouped with 2022 IPL champions Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. The second group comprises five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians along with KKR, Royals, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants.
In all, the 2024 league phase will include 11 double-header days, two of which took place on the opening weekend.
On February 22, the IPL had released a partial schedule of an initial set of 21 matches from March 22 to April 7. A complete schedule could not be put out since, at the time, the IPL was waiting for the Election Commission of India to announce the dates for the country’s general elections, which have since been made public. They will take place in seven phases from April 19 to June 1.
Apart from the main home grounds of the ten teams, the tournament will also travel to Visakhapatnam, Dharamsala and Guwahati, which will host two games each as the respective second home grounds of Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals respectively. Guwahati will host the final league game of the season on May 19, between Royals and KKR.
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