Chennai: Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on March 26.
The 15th edition of the Tata IPL will be played in four venues – Wankhede Stadium, DY Patil Stadium, Brabourne – CCI & the MCA International Stadium, Pune. There will be a total of 70 league matches and 4 playoffs in 65 days.
There will be 12 doubleheaders overall with the afternoon matches starting at 3.30 pm IST and the evening matches at 7.30 pm IST. Chennai Super Kings, led by skipper MS Dhoni, will feature in two-afternoon matches – one against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the DY Patil Stadium on April 9 and one against Gujarat Titans at the Wankhede Stadium on May 15. The first doubleheader will be played on March 27.
The Super Kings play their final league match on May 20 against the Rajasthan Royals, while the last league match of the tournament is between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings on May 22
Placed in Group B alongside Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans, the Super Kings will play two matches against Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans respectively.
The Super Kings play one match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants respectively. The final will be played on May 29.
Summer of 2022!
- Match 1 – March 26 – CSK vs KKR – 7.30pm, Wankhede stadium
- Match 7 – March 31 – LSG vs CSK – 7.30pm, Brabourne CCI
- Match 11 – April 3 – CSK vs PBKS – 7.30pm, Brabourne CCI
- Match 17 – April 9 – CSK vs SRH – 3.30pm, DY Patil Stadium
- Match 22 – April 12 – CSK vs RCB – 7.30pm, DY Patil Stadium
- Match 29 – April 17 – GT vs CSK – 7.30pm, MCA stadium, Pune
- Match 33 – April 21 – MI vs CSK – 7.30pm, DY Patil Stadium
- Match 38 – April 25 – PBKS vs CSK – 7.30pm, Wankhede Stadium
- Match 46 – May 1 – SRH vs CSK – 7.30pm, MCA Stadium, Pune
- Match 49 – May 4 – RCB vs CSK – 7.30pm, MCA Stadium, Pune
- Match 55 – May 8 – CSK vs DC – 7.30pm, DY Patil Stadium
- Match 59 – May 12 – CSK vs MI – 7.30pm, Wankhede stadium
- Match 62 – May 15 – CSK vs GT – 3.30pm, Wankhede Stadium
- Match 68 – May 20 – RR vs CSK – 7.30pm, Brabourne CCI
