IPL fans were eagerly waiting for the announcement of the schedule of the upcoming IPL season. The wait is finally over, as the IPL 2023 schedule is finally out. Read the blog till the end to discover the complete schedule, venues, match timings, and match distributions. You will also find the groups and format of the league for this year’s edition. Lastly, we will tell you about the top 5 matchups of IPL 2023.
So, let’s get right into it.
IPL 2023 Teams
The 10 teams that will participate in IPL 16 are:
- Chennai Super Kings
- Mumbai Indians
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Gujarat Titans
- Rajasthan Royals
- Delhi Capitals
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Lucknow Super Giants
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Punjab Kings
IPL 2023 Groups
With the addition of two new teams in the IPL, the total of teams went to 10 in IPL 2022. Like the previous season, two groups have been created for the IPL 16. Both group A and group B have 5 teams each. Let’s take a brief look at both groups:
Group A
- Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Lucknow Supergiants (LSG)
Group B
- Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Gujrat Titans (GT)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Punjab Kings (PBKS)
IPL 2023 Format
The purpose of forming groups in the IPL is to limit the total number of matches in the tournament. After the introduction of two new teams in the league, IPL no longer follows the double round-robin format. Each team in the league will play the 5 teams of the other group twice and the other 4 teams of their own group once.
Therefore, all 10 IPL teams will play 14 league matches. The total number of matches in the league stages will be 70. These 70 games will be played across 52 days and will include 18 double-headers. The league phase will be followed by playoffs and the final. So a total of 74 matches will be played in IPL 2023.
Key Dates
The league will kickstart on the 31st of March with a match between Gujrat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. The first double-header of the season will be played on the first of April. The final game of the league phase will be contested between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujrat Titans on the 21st of May. The league will conclude on the 28th of May, as the final will be played that day.
IPL 2023 Full Schedule
Underlying is the complete schedule of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League:
Match # Teams Date Day Match Time (Local) Venue
1 Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Mar 31 Friday 19:30 Ahmedabad
2 Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Apr 1 Saturday 15:30 Mohali
3 Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Apr 1 Saturday 19:30 Lucknow
4 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Apr 2 Sunday 15:30 Hyderabad
5 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Apr 2 Sunday 19:30 Bengaluru
6 Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Apr 3 Monday 19:30 Chennai
7 Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Apr 4 Tuesday 19:30 Delhi
8 Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings Apr 5 Wednesday 19:30 Guwahati
9 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Apr 6 Thursday 19:30 Kolkata
10 Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Apr 7 Friday 19:30 Lucknow
11 Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals Apr 8 Saturday 15:30 Guwahati
12 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Apr 8 Saturday 19:30 Mumbai
13 Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders Apr 9 Sunday 15:30 Ahmedabad
14 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings Apr 9 Sunday 19:30 Hyderabad
15 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants Apr 10 Monday 19:30 Bengaluru
16 Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians Apr 11 Tuesday 19:30 Delhi
17 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Apr 12 Wednesday 19:30 Chennai
18 Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans Apr 13 Thursday 19:30 Mohali
19 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Apr 14 Friday 19:30 Kolkata
20 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals Apr 15 Saturday 15:30 Bengaluru
21 Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings Apr 15 Saturday 19:30 Lucknow
22 Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Apr 16 Sunday 15:30 Mumbai
23 Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals Apr 16 Sunday 19:30 Ahmedabad
24 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings Apr 17 Monday 19:30 Bengaluru
25 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians Apr 18 Tuesday 19:30 Hyderabad
26 Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants Apr 19 Wednesday 19:30 Jaipur
27 Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Apr 20 Thursday 15:30 Mohali
28 Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Apr 20 Thursday 19:30 Delhi
29 Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Apr 21 Friday 19:30 Chennai
30 Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans Apr 22 Saturday 15:30 Lucknow
31 Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings Apr 22 Saturday 19:30 Mumbai
32 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals Apr 23 Sunday 15:30 Bengaluru
33 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Apr 23 Sunday 19:30 Kolkata
34 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals Apr 24 Monday 19:30 Hyderabad
35 Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians Apr 25 Tuesday 19:30 Ahmedabad
36 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Apr 26 Wednesday 19:30 Bengaluru
37 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Apr 27 Thursday 19:30 Jaipur
38 Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Apr 28 Friday 19:30 Mohali
39 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans Apr 29 Saturday 15:30 Kolkata
40 Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Apr 29 Saturday 19:30 Delhi
41 Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Apr 30 Sunday 15:30 Chennai
42 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Apr 30 Sunday 19:30 Mumbai
43 Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore May 1 Monday 19:30 Lucknow
44 Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals May 2 Tuesday 19:30 Ahmedabad
45 Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians May 3 Wednesday 19:30 Mohali
46 Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings May 4 Thursday 15:30 Lucknow
47 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders May 4 Thursday 19:30 Hyderabad
48 Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans May 5 Friday 19:30 Jaipur
49 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians May 6 Saturday 15:30 Chennai
50 Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore May 6 Saturday 19:30 Delhi
51 Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants May 7 Sunday 15:30 Ahmedabad
52 Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad May 7 Sunday 19:30 Jaipur
53 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings May 8 Monday 19:30 Kolkata
54 Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore May 9 Tuesday 19:30 Mumbai
55 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals May 10 Wednesday 19:30 Chennai
56 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals May 11 Thursday 19:30 Kolkata
57 Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans May 12 Friday 19:30 Mumbai
58 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants May 13 Saturday 15:30 Hyderabad
59 Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings May 13 Saturday 19:30 Delhi
60 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore May 14 Sunday 15:30 Jaipur
61 Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders May 14 Sunday 19:30 Chennai
62 Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad May 15 Monday 19:30 Ahmedabad
63 Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians May 16 Tuesday 19:30 Lucknow
64 Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals May 17 Wednesday 19:30 Dharamsala
65 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore May 18 Thursday 19:30 Hyderabad
66 Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals May 19 Friday 19:30 Dharamsala
67 Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings May 20 Saturday 15:30 Delhi
68 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants May 20 Saturday 19:30 Kolkata
69 Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad May 21 Sunday 15:30 Mumbai
70 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans May 21 Sunday 19:30 Bengaluru
71 TBC vs TBC, Qualifier To be announced To be announced 19:30 To be announced
72 TBC vs TBC, Eliminator 1 To be announced To be announced 19:30 To be announced
73 TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 To be announced To be announced 19:30 To be announced
74 TBC vs TBC, Final May 28 Sunday 19:30 Ahmedabad
Match Timings and Distribution of Matches
All the night matches will start at 7:30 PM as per the Indian Standard Time. Meanwhile, all the day games will begin at 3:30 PM IST. Apart from 10 regular venues used in the IPL, a few matches will be played in Guwahati and Dharamsala. The former venue will be the second home venue for Rajasthan Royals, while the latter venue will be the second home for the Punjab Kings. Both venues will host 2 games each.
IPL 2023 Venues
Following are the 10 regular venues for the IPL 2023:
- M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
- Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
- Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
- Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
- Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
All these 10 venues will host 7 matches each. The other two venues, Barsapara Cricket Stadium Guwahati and Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Dharamsala, will both host 2 matches.
Top 5 Matchups in IPL 2023
The Indian Premier League features all the great T20 players from across the world. From all those world-class players, we have chosen the 5 most exciting matchups for IPL 2023. Let’s check them out:
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Ben Stokes vs. Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans and Ben Stokes of Gujrat Titans are two of the biggest white-ball stars in IPL 2023. The two guys are proven match-winners in the format. Also, the leg spinner against the left-hander sets up the perfect matchup.
Ben Stokes has faced Rashid Khan 6 times in T20 cricket. Rashid has dismissed Stokes thrice in only 21 balls. The southpaw will certainly want to improve his stats against the leggie. Stokes will be CSK’s main middle-order batsman, while Rashid will be GT’s main bowler in the middle overs. So, it’s going to be a fascinating battle to witness.
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Rohit Sharma vs. Trent Boult
The two former Mumbai Indians will face each other in the next IPL. Trent Boult opens the bowling for Rajasthan Royals, while Rohit Sharma opens the batting for Mumbai Indians. Hitman has had issues against the left-arm pace with the new ball, and Boult will look to exploit that area of his game.
Trent Boult has dismissed Rohit Sharma 4 times in 12 innings. The right-hander has scored 67 runs against him on 48 deliveries. Trent Boult has the upper hand on Rohit Sharma so far in the format. It will be interesting to see whether the Mumbai Indians’ captain can eradicate this weakness or not.
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Jos Buttler vs. Sam Curran
Jos Butler was the captain of the T20 World Cup 2022 winning team, England. Sam Curran was the Player of the Series in the same tournament as he played under Jos Butler. Butler will open the batting for Rajasthan Royals, and Sam Curran could be Punjab Kings’ go-to-man against him. Considering Butler bats long and deep in T20 cricket, these two can also face each other in the slog overs.
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Virat Kohli vs. Yuzvendra Chahal
The former RCB teammates will now be the rivals. Virat Kohli is likely to bat at the one-down position for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Yuzvendra Chahal will likely start his spell for Rajasthan Royals straight after the batting powerplay. Hence we can see them face each other in IPL 2023. So far, Virat has scored 6 runs off 9 balls against Chahal in T20s, and he is yet to be dismissed by him.
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Harry Brook vs. Wanindu Hasaranga
These two cricketers have faced each other only once in this format before. But what makes this clash a breathtaking one is their style of playing and the amount of talent they possess. Wanindu Hasaranga (from Royal Challengers Bangalore) has 186 T20 wickets to his name with an economy rate of 6.74. Whereas Harry Brook (from Sunrisers Hyderabad) scores runs at a superb strike rate of 148.38. Brook loves to dominate spin, and Hasaranga will be a tough competitor for him.
