When is the first match of IPL 17?

The first match of TATA IPL 17 will be played on 22 March 2024 at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai.

Who will be playing the first match in IPL 17?

The first match will be between the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Where can I watch IPL 17?

You can watch IPL on Star Sports and Jio Cinema.

Who is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore?

Faf du Plesis is the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Who is the captain of Chennai Super Kings?

MS Dhoni is the captain for Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings was the winner of IPl season 16.

IPL 2024 Schedule announced! Date, Timings, Venue, Schedule and More

Cricket enthusiasts, mark your calendars! The 17th season of the electrifying TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to kick off on March 22, 2024. With the announcement of the IPL 17 schedule on February 22, the countdown has officially begun for one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year.

Opening the IPL season in grand style, the first clash will see the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) face off against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai.

There will be 74 total matches this season and the matches will be held between March 22 and May 26. Get ready for a season of unforgettable moments, spellbinding performances, and cricketing excellence that only the IPL can deliver. Read more to know about the schedule, venue, timings,teams and more.

IPL Schedule and Timings

BCCI has released the schedule for the first 21 matches as of now, along with the locations and timings.

Match No	Teams	Date	Venue	Time
1	CSK vs RCB	March 22	Chennai	7:30 PM IST
2	PBKS vs DC	March 23	Mohali	3:30 PM IST
3	KKR vs SRH	March 23	Kolkata	7:30 PM IST
4	RR vs LSG	March 24	Jaipur	3:30 PM IST
5	GT vs MI	March 24	Ahmedabad	7:30 PM IST
6	RCB vs PBKS	March 25	Bengaluru	7:30 PM IST
7	CSK vs GT	March 26	Chennai	7:30 PM IST
8	SRH vs MI	March 27	Hyderabad	7:30 PM IST
9	RR vs DC	March 28	Jaipur	7:30 PM IST
10	RCB vs KKR	March 29	Bengaluru	7:30 PM IST
11	LSG vs PBKS	March 30	Lucknow	7:30 PM IST
12	GT vs SRH	March 31	Ahmedabad	3:30 PM IST
13	DC vs CSK	March 31	Visakhapatnam	7:30 PM IST
14	MI vs RR	April 1	Mumbai	7:30 PM IST
15	RCB vs LSG	April 2	Bengaluru	7:30 PM IST
16	DC vs KKR	April 3	Visakhapatnam	7:30 PM IST
17	GT vs PBKS	April 4	Ahmedabad	7:30 PM IST
18	SRH vs CSK	April 5	Hyderabad	7:30 PM IST
19	RR vs RCB	April 6	Jaipur	7:30 PM IST
20	MI vs DC	April 7	Mumbai	3:30 PM IST
21	LSG vs GT	April 7	Lucknow	7:30 PM IST

IPL 17 Teams and Captains

11 teams will be competing in the tournament in a series of 74 matches. Here is a list of the teams and their captains for IPL 17.

IPL 2024 Team list	Captains
Mumbai Indians	Hardik Pandya
Kolkata Knights Riders	Shreyas Iyer
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Punjab Kings	Shikhar Dhawan
Delhi Capitals	David Warner
Rajasthan Royals	Sanju Samson
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Pat Cummins
Lucknow Super Giants	KL Rahul
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Faf Du Plesis
Gujrat Titans	Shubhman Gill
Mumbai Indians	Hardik Pandya

IPL Venue and Stadiums

Following is the list of stadiums where the matches will be held in different cities.

City	Stadiums
Delhi	Arun Jaitley Stadium
Mumbai	Wankhede Stadium
Hyderabad	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
Chennai	M.A. Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium
Kolkata	Eden Garden
Ahmadabad	Narendra Modi Stadium
Mohali	Punjab Cricket Association's Bindra Stadium
Bangalore	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Guwahati	Barsapara Cricket Stadium
Lucknow	Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
Dharamsala	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium

IPL Teams and Players

Here is a list of the players that will be representing every team in the IPL this year. The team selected the players through the auctions.

Name of team	Players
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)	Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur,
Gujarat Titans	Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, David Miller, Shubman Gill (c), Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore,
Mumbai Indians	Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj,
Lucknow Super Giants	KL Rahul (c), Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Yudhvir Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Faf du Plessis (c), Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage.
Rajasthan Royals	Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen,
Kolkata Knights Riders	Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc
Punjab Kings	Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes
Delhi Capitals	Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra,Sarfaraz Khan, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga

This IPL season will be no different than the others and it will be as exciting and fun as it can get. So, fasten your seatbelts and get ready for all the thrill, fun and excitement.

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