The Indian Premier League is all set to expand from the next season with the addition of two new teams – Lucknow and Ahmedabad. The cash-rich league is expected to return to India after the second half of the 2021 season was hosted in the UAE due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The addition of the two news teams will increase the number of games in the 15 addition – 74 T20 matches. The old 8 franchises have already retained the players while it’s still a work in progress for new teams – Lucknow and Ahmedabad.
The BCCI is planning to hold the two-day mega Indian Premier League auction on February 7 and 8 in Bengaluru, a senior BCCI official said last month. However. the cricket board is yet to make an official announcement about the IPL auction schedule.
The finalists of IPL 2021- Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to kickstart the next season from April 2 in Chennai.
Here is the tentative schedule for IPL 2022
1 CSK vs KKR 02-April 7:30 PM Chennai 2 SRH vs RR 03-April 7:30 PM Hyderabad 3 Ahmedabad vs RCB 04-April 7:30 PM Ahmedabad 4 DC vs MI 05-April 7:30 PM Delhi 5 Lucknow vs PBKS 06-April 7:30 PM Mumbai 6 KKR vs SRH 07-April 7:30 PM Kolkata 7 RR vs DC 08-April 7:30 PM Jaipur 8 RCB vs MI 09-April 3:30 PM Bangalore 9 Lucknow vs Ahmedabad 09-April 7:30 PM Mumbai 10 PBKS vs CSK 10-April 3:30 PM Mohali 11 SRH vs RCB 10-April 7:30 PM Hyderabad 12 MI vs Ahmedabad 11-April 7:30 PM Mumbai 13 DC vs KKR 12-April 7:30 PM Delhi 14 CSK vs RCB 13-April 7:30 PM Chennai 15 SRH vs PBKS 14-April 3:30 PM Hyderabad 16 RR vs KKR 14-April 7:30 PM Jaipur 17 Lucknow vs DC 15-April 7:30 PM Mumbai 18 Ahmedabad vs CSK 16-April 3:30 PM Ahmedabad 19 DC vs SRH 16-April 7:30 PM Delhi 20 RCB vs RR 17-April 3:30 PM Bangalore 21 MI vs Lucknow 17-April 7:30 PM Mumbai 22 KKR vs Ahmedabad 18-April 7:30 PM Kolkata 23 PBKS vs RR 19-April 7:30 PM Mohali 24 MI vs CSK 20-April 7:30 PM Mumbai 25 KKR vs RCB 21-April 7:30 PM Kolkata 26 DC vs PBKS 22-April 7:30 PM Delhi 27 SRH vs MI 23-April 3:30 PM Hyderabad 28 RR vs Ahmedabad 23-April 7:30 PM Jaipur 29 CSK vs Lucknow 24-April 3:30 PM Chennai 30 DC vs RCB 24-April 7:30 PM Delhi 31 Lucknow vs CSK 25-April 7:30 PM Mumbai 32 Ahmedabad vs SRH 26-April 7:30 PM Ahmedabad 33 KKR vs PBKS 27-April 7:30 PM Kolkata 34 RR vs MI 28-April 7:30 PM Jaipur 35 RCB vs Lucknow 29-April 7:30 PM Bangalore 36 Ahmedabad vs DC 30-April 3:30 PM Ahmedabad 37 MI vs PBKS 30-April 7:30 PM Mumbai 38 RR vs Lucknow 01-May 3:30 PM Jaipur 39 CSK vs SRH 01-May 7:30 PM Chennai 40 DC vs Ahmedabad 02-May 7:30 PM Delhi 41 SRH vs KKR 03-May 7:30 PM Hyderabad 42 CSK vs RR 04-May 7:30 PM Chennai 43 Lucknow vs MI 05-May 7:30 PM Mumbai 44 Ahmedabad vs KKR 06-May 7:30 PM Ahmedabad 45 SRH vs DC 07-May 3:30 PM Hyderabad 46 RCB vs PBKS 07-May 7:30 PM Bangalore 47 KKR vs CSK 08-May 3:30 PM Kolkata 48 MI vs DC 08-May 7:30 PM Mumbai 49 RCB vs Ahmedabad 09-May 7:30 PM Bangalore 50 PBKS vs Lucknow 10-May 7:30 PM Mohali 51 RR vs CSK 11-May 7:30 PM Jaipur 52 PBKS vs MI 12-May 7:30 PM Mohali 53 SRH vs Lucknow 13-May 7:30 PM Hyderabad 54 RR vs RCB 14-May 7:30 PM Jaipur 55 CSK vs DC 15-May 3:30 PM Chennai 56 Ahmedabad vs PBKS 15-May 7:30 PM Ahmedabad 57 MI vs SRH 16-May 7:30 PM Mumbai 58 RCB vs KKR 17-May 7:30 PM Bangalore 59 PBKS vs DC 18-May 7:30 PM Kolkata 60 Ahmedabad vs RR 19-May 7:30 PM Indore 61 KKR vs MI 20-May 7:30 PM Kolkata 62 Lucknow vs SRH 21-May 3:30 PM Lucknow 63 PBKS vs RCB 21-May 7:30 PM Kolkata 64 CSK vs Ahmedabad 22-May 3:30 PM Chennai 65 Lucknow vs KKR 22-May 7:30 PM Lucknow 66 MI vs RR 23-May 7:30 PM Mumbai 67 PBKS vs SRH 24-May 7:30 PM Kolkata 68 DC vs Lucknow 25-May 7:30 PM Delhi 69 RCB vs CSK 26-May 7:30 PM Bangalore 70 KKR vs RR 27-May 7:30 PM Kolkata 71 Qualifier-1 29-May 7:30 PM Mumbai 72 Eliminator 30-May 7:30 PM Mumbai 73 Qualifier-2 01-June 7:30 PM Chennai 74 FINAL 03-June 7:30 PM Chennai