It’s back.
The Indian Premier League, cricket’s most glamorous and lucrative T20 tournament, returns for its 16th edition this weekend, with ten franchises fighting for the coveted trophy over the coming eight weeks.
The competition gets underway on in the early hours of Saturday morning — Gujarat Titans, the reigning champions, will host the Chennai Super Kings at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium at 1am AEDT.
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Australia paceman Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc elected not to take part in this year’s IPL to manage their workloads ahead of a busy winter campaign in England, which includes the World Test Championship final and the Ashes.
Earlier this month, West Australian seamer Jhye Richardson, signed by the Mumbai Indians for $270,700 at this summer’s Auction, was ruled out of the tournament after undergoing surgery on his hamstring.
Josh Hazlewood, still recovering from an Achilles injury, will miss the initial stages of the IPL, but remains hopeful of turning out for Royal Challengers Bangalore later in the season.
However, 13 other Australians are participating in this year’s tournament, including $3.15 million rookie Cameron Green, who became the second-most expensive IPL player in history after the Mumbai Indians snapped up the young all-rounder at December’s Auction.
Once daylight saving ends on Sunday, afternoon IPL matches will start at 8pm AEST, while evening games commence at midnight — India is four-and-a-half hours behind Australia’s east coast during the winter months.
HOW TO WATCH
Every match of the 2023 IPL will be broadcast live and ad-break free on Foxtel and streaming platform Kayo Sports.
Kayo Minis, 20-minute highlight packages, for each match will also be available for Kayo subscribers.
AUSSIES IN ACTION
Delhi Capitals — David Warner, Mitch Marsh
Mumbai Indians — Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Cameron Green
Punjab Kings — Nathan Ellis, Matthew Short
Gujurat Titans — Matthew Wade
Lucknow Super Giants — Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams
Royal Challengers Bangalore — Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood
Rajasthan Royals — Adam Zampa
BIGGEST AUCTION SIGNINGS
$3.35 million — Sam Curran (ENG), Punjab Kings
$3.15 million — Cameron Green (AUS), Mumbai Indians
$2.95 million — Ben Stokes (ENG), Chennai Super Kings
$2.9 million — Nicholas Pooran (WI), Lucknow Super Giants
$2.4 million — Harry Brook (ENG), Sunrisers Hyderabad
$3.33M – Curran sets IPL record! | 00:38
FORMAT
Each of the ten IPL franchises will play 14 group stage games — seven at home and seven away, with 70 matches in total before a four-game finals series.
The top two teams on the ladder will face off in a Qualifier, with the victor progressing straight through to the final. The loser will then take on the winner of the Eliminator, comprised of the third and fourth ranked teams, to determine the other finalist.
WHEN IS THE FINAL?
The IPL final will take place at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, which seats 132,000 spectators, on Sunday, May 28.
ODDS
Gujarat Titans — 6.50
Rajasthan Royals — 7.00
Royal Challengers Bangalore — 7.50
Mumbai Indians — 7.50
Chennai Super Kings — 8.00
Lucknow Super Giants — 9.00
Delhi Capitals — 9.00
Sunrisers Hyderabad — 10.00
Punjab Kings — 12.00
Kolkata Knight Riders — 12.00
Hazlewood to use IPL to return to Tests? | 01:03
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2008 — Rajasthan Royals
2009 — Deccan Chargers
2010 — Chennai Super Kings
2011 — Chennai Super Kings
2012 — Kolkata Knight Riders
2013 — Mumbai Indians
2014 — Kolkata Knight Riders
2015 — Mumbai Indians
2016 — Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017 — Mumbai Indians
2018 — Chennai Super Kings
2019 — Mumbai Indians
2020 — Mumbai Indians
2021 — Chennai Super Kings
2022 — Gujarat Titans
VENUES
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala
Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Cummins makes decision to skip 2023 IPL | 01:03
SQUADS
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sidhu, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Verma
Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant (C), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Phil Salt, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw
Gujarat Titans
Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jadadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Shakib Al Hasan
Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (c), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal, Mohit Rathee
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shahrukh Khan, Matt Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh
Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa, Jason Holder, Donavon Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, KM Asif, M Ashwin, Akash Vashisht, Abdul PA, Joe Root
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Michael Bracewell, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, R Sonu Yadav
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Anmolpreet Singh, Akeal Hosein
Mumbai Indians claim Cam Green at $3.15M | 01:51
FIXTURES (All times local)
Once daylight saving ends on Sunday, afternoon IPL matches will start at 8pm AEST, while evening games commence at midnight — India is four-and-a-half hours behind Australia’s east coast during the winter months.
March 31 – 19.30 – Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings – Ahmedabad
April 1 – 15.30 – Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Mohali
April 1 – 19.30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals – Lucknow
April 2 – 15.30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals – Hyderabad
April 2 – 19.30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians – Bengaluru
April 3 – 19.30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants – Chennai
April 4 – 19.30 – Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans – Delhi
April 5 – 19.30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings – Guwahati
April 6 – 19.30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Kolkata
April 7 – 19.30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Lucknow
April 8 – 15.30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals – Guwahati
April 8 – 19.30 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – Mumbai
April 9 – 15.30 – Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Ahmedabad
April 9 – 19.30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings – Hyderabad
April 10 – 19.30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants – Bengaluru
April 11 – 19.30 – Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians – Delhi
April 12 – 19.30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals – Chennai
April 13 – 19.30 – Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans – Mohali
April 14 – 19.30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kolkata
April 15 – 15.30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals – Bengaluru
April 15 – 19.30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings – Lucknow
April 16 – 15.30 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Mumbai
April 16 – 19.30 – Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals – Ahmedabad
April 17 – 19.30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings – Bengaluru
April 18 – 19.30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians – Hyderabad
April 19 – 19.30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants – Jaipur
April 20 – 15.30 – Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Mohali
April 20 – 19.30 – Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Delhi
April 21 – 19.30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Chennai
April 22 – 15.30 – Lucknow Super vs Giants Gujarat Titans – Lucknow
April 22 – 19.30 – Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings – Mumbai
April 23 – 15.30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals – Bengaluru
April 23 – 19.30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings – Kolkata
April 24 – 19.30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals – Hyderabad
April 25 – 19.30 – Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians – Ahmedabad
April 26 – 19.30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Bengaluru
April 27 – 19.30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings – Jaipur
April 28 – 19.30 – Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants – Mohali
April 29 – 15.30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans – Kolkata
April 29 – 19.30 – Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Delhi
April 30 – 15.30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings – Chennai
April 30 – 19.30 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – Mumbai
May 1 – 19.30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Lucknow
May 2 – 19.30 – Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals – Ahmedabad
May 3 – 19.30 – Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians – Mohali
May 4 – 15.30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings – Lucknow
May 4 – 19.30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Hyderabad
May 5 – 19.30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans – Jaipur
May 6 – 15.30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians – Chennai
May 6 – 19.30 – Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Delhi
May 7 – 15.30 – Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants – Ahmedabad
May 7 – 19.30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Jaipur
May 8 – 19.30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings – Kolkata
May 9 – 19.30 – Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Mumbai
May 10 – 19.30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals – Chennai
May 11 – 19.30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals – Kolkata
May 12 – 19.30 – Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans – Mumbai
May 13 – 15.30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants – Hyderabad
May 13 – 19.30 – Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings – Delhi
May 14 – 15.30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Jaipur
May 14 – 19.30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Chennai
May 15 – 19.30 – Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Ahmedabad
May 16 – 19.30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians – Lucknow
May 17 – 19.30 – Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals – Dharamshala
May 18 – 19.30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Hyderabad
May 19 – 19.30 – Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals – Dharamshala
May 20 – 15.30 – Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings – Delhi
May 20 – 19.30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants – Kolkata
May 21 – 15.30 – Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Mumbai
May 21 – 19.30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans – Bengaluru
