For many years, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been heralded as the most entertaining extravaganza in cricket. Its combination of exciting cricket action and celebrity appearances has captivated viewers all over the world. Fans are looking forward to the newest iteration of this cricketing carnival with great anticipation as the calendar turns to 2024. Let’s examine the IPL 2024 highlights, unexpected turns, and memorable moments.
New Beginnings:
The IPL 2024 heralds in a new era in which experienced veterans will be joined by up-and-coming talent. Teams intentionally added players to their rosters during the preseason auction frenzy, which created a climate of fierce competitiveness.
IPL 2024 Schedule Information:
IPL 2024 |
Details |
| IPL Starts |
March 22, 2024 |
| IPL Ends on |
May 26, 2024 |
| Year |
2024 |
| Total matches |
74 |
| IPL Hosting Country |
India |
| Venue for the Grand Finale |
Narendra Modi stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Total participating Team |
10 |
| IPL Time Table 2024 Status |
Released |
| Organizer |
BCCI & IPL Governing Council |
| Award Money |
46.5 Crore |
| Updates on Topic |
IPL 2024 |
| First match Venue |
Chepauk, Chennai |
IPL 2024 Teams & Captain List:
IPL 2024 Teams List |
Captains |
| Mumbai Indians | Hardik Pandya |
| Kolkata Knights Riders | Shreyas Iyer |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| Punjab Kings | Shikhar Dhawan |
| Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant / David Warner |
| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Aiden Markram |
| Lucknow Super Joints | KL Rahul |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Virat Kohli |
| Gujrat Titans | Shubman Gill |
IPL 2024 Matches Schedule:
*Please note: The schedule provided is tentative and subject to change at any time by the IPL committee.
|
Match |
Date | Team 1 | Team 2 |
Venue/ Stadium |
|
1 |
March 22 | Chennai Super Kings | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai |
|
2 |
March 23 | Punjab kings | Delhi Capitals | Mohali |
|
3 |
March 23 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Kolkata |
| 4 | March 24 | Rajasthan Royals | Lucknow Super Giants |
Jaipur |
|
5 |
March 24 | Gujarat Titans | Mumbai Indians | Ahmedabad |
|
6 |
March 25 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Punjab kings |
Bengaluru |
| 7 | March 26 | Chennai Super Kings | Gujarat Titans |
Chennai |
|
8 |
March 27 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad |
| 9 | March 28 | Rajasthan Royals | Delhi Capitals |
Jaipur |
|
10 |
March 29 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Kolkata Knight Riders | Bengaluru |
| 11 | March 30 | Lucknow Super Giants | Punjab Kings |
Lucknow |
|
12 |
March 31 | Gujarat Titans | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Ahmedabad |
| 13 | March 31 | Delhi Capitals | Chennai Super Kings |
Visakhapatnam |
|
14 |
April 1 | Mumbai Indians | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai |
| 15 | April 2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Lucknow Super Giants |
Bengaluru |
|
16 |
April 3 | Delhi Capitals | Kolkata Knight Riders | Visakhapatnam |
|
17 |
April 4 | Gujarat Titans | Punjab Kings |
Ahmedabad |
| 18 | April 5 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Chennai Super Kings |
Hyderabad |
|
19 |
April 6 | Rajasthan Royals | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Jaipur |
|
20 |
April 7 | Mumbai Indians | Delhi Capitals | Mumbai |
| 21 | April 7 | Lucknow SuperGiants | Gujarat Titans |
Lucknow |
Young Brilliance:
The rise of young talent in the IPL 2024 has been one of its most fascinating features. Prospective cricket players have made a lasting impression on the competition with their bold strokeplay and steady resolve under duress. Their achievements demonstrate the breadth of skill in Indian cricket and provide hope for the future.
Iconic Clashes:
Beyond simple rivalries between cricket teams, every IPL season is full of memorable encounters. The high-stakes matchups between enduring contenders and the long-standing rivalry between the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings were just two of the memorable confrontations that kept spectators on the edge of their seats throughout IPL 2024.
IPL 2024 Teams:
Team Name |
Squads |
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly. |
Gujarat Titans |
David Miller, Shubman Gill (c), Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz. |
Mumbai Indians |
Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma. |
Lucknow Super Giants |
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan. |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan. |
Rajasthan Royals |
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, 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. |
Kolkata Knights Riders |
Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain. |
Punjab Kings |
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, 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, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw. |
Delhi Capitals |
Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara. |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan. |
Unexpected Turns:
The 2024 IPL has been no different from the unpredictable nature of life itself and cricket. Every step of the way, the tournament has kept fans guessing, from incredible upsets to incredible comebacks. Giants have fallen and the story of success has been rewritten by underdogs who have defied the odds.
International Taste:
Although the Indian Premier League is distinctly Indian, it has a genuinely worldwide appeal, drawing elite players from all over the world. International players demonstrated their skills on Indian soil during IPL 2024, giving the competition a touch of global flavor. The rivalry and friendship between athletes from different backgrounds emphasized how unifying sports can be.
Off-field Drama:
IPL 2024 is no stranger to drama taking place outside of the boundary ropes. The competition has given plenty of talking points, from contentious umpiring decisions to intense player interactions, keeping headlines and social media blazing.
Fan involvement:
IPL 2024 has prioritized fan involvement even in the face of the global epidemic, albeit in a virtual environment. Franchises have attempted to bring the thrilling stadium environment right to supporters’ fingertips with cutting-edge digital initiatives and interactive experiences, establishing a sense of community despite physical separation barriers.
Grand Finale:
As the Indian Premier League 2024 comes to an end, fans are eagerly awaiting the grand finale, in which two deserving teams will square off for the title of champions. After months of intense competition, the championship game is expected to be a spectacle worthy of the top T20 league in the world, establishing a lasting legacy in cricket history.
In conclusion:
IPL 2024 has been an intense emotional roller coaster that perfectly captures the spirit of cricket’s greatest show. With its jaw-dropping talent displays and dramatic moments, the event has once again proved why cricket fans around the world hold it in such high regard. Fans are excitedly awaiting the next chapter in the IPL narrative, where legends will be born and aspirations will be realized on cricket’s biggest stage, as another exciting season concludes.