The once-a-year tournament was earlier expected to take place in either UAE or South Africa due to the clash of days with India’s General Elections. In 2014 and 2009 also such situations arose due to the General Elections. In 2014, the first leg took place in the United Arab Emirates. Whereas, in 2009, the tournament was hosted by South Africa in which Gilchrist’s Deccan Chargers won. The tournament is expected to start in the last week of March, before concluding two weeks ahead of the World Cup.
On Tuesday (19 February), the schedule of the first two weeks of the Indian Premier League 2019 was released. The inaugural game is set to take place between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 23 March, while the last game in the first two week period announced will take place between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders.
Check out the full schedule of the first 17 matches
BCCI earlier had quashed rumours of IPL 2019 being hosted outside India.
Later, it was confirmed that the first match of the Indian Premier League will take place on March 23, 2019. It has been understood that the information regarding the dates have been send to the franchises.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) had met with the Supreme Court, after which it was cleared that IPL 2019 will take place in India only.
The press release had read, “It is proposed that the Indian Premier League 2019 will begin on March 23, 2019. Detailed program will be finalized in consultation with appropriate authorities.”
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