The VIVO IPL match schedule for the year 2021 has been published. BCCI has already declared all the details regarding the IPL match list of 2021. Though the previous IPL 2020 was held in The United Arab Emirates.
But the IPL 2021 is going to take place in India only. A total of 60 matches will be played in 6 different major cities of India. You will gradually get to know all the mandatory information about this coming season of IPL.
IPL Teams
Here is the list of IPL teams that are participating in this IPL 2021.
| Team Names | AKA |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | KKR |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | SH |
| Mumbai Indians | MI |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | RCB |
| Punjab Kings | PK |
| Delhi Capitals | DC |
| Chennai Super Kings | CSK |
| Rajasthan Royals | RR |
IPL Schedule
BCCI has declared the VIVO IPL 2021 date schedule. In the IPL 2021, there will be a total of 60 T20 IPL matches, starting on 9th April 2021 and will end by 30th May 2021. All the scheduled matches are going to be played in 5 major cities, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. No teams are getting the chance to play at their home ground.
BCCI also decides that the IPL 2021 match list is going to be played in closed doors without any audiences. Here is the IPL time table with the proper IPL scheduled matches
So, now you know the match list of the entire IPL 2021. But where will you watch the live IPL 2021 matches? Wait, do not worry about that. I will cover everything here.
You can download the list from here
IPL Live Streaming
Just like other IPL seasons, we will also get to see all the IPL matches live on TV. Star Sports is the official broadcasting partner for this IPL 2021. On the other hand, Hotstar is the digital partner for this IPL season. Apart from the IPL live streaming, you will also be able to watch IPL highlights on Hotstar on the go.
Online Platforms for watching IPL 2021
Last year, Doordarshan or DD Sports also broadcasted Live IPL matches and the Matches were also available on their official website. But for this IPL season 14, there is no proper news till now whether we will be able to watch IPL 2021 in DD Sports or not.
IPL Teams With Players
The IPL match schedule will be played between 8 teams and the list of the IPL 2021. As we all know that the IPL auction has already ended and all the teams are ready with their players. The auction list of IPL 2021 had a total of 292 cricketers from 16 different countries including India.
The players’ list is given below along with their teams.
| Team Names | Players’ Names |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (17) | Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi, Sunil Narine, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shubman Gill, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy. |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (22) | David Warner, Basil Thampi, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan, Wriddhiman Saha, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Khaleel Ahmed, Vijay Shankar, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad. |
| Mumbai Indians (18) | Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Krunal Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Dhawal Kulkarni, Anmolpreet Singh, Rohit Sharma. |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (12) | Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Harshal Patel, Finn Allen, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat |
| Kings XI Punjab (17) | KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Harpreet Brar, Mayank Agarwal, M Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Jordan, Ishan Porel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Mohd. Shami, Mandeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh. |
| Delhi Capitals (19) | Ajinkya Rahane, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Marcus Stoinis, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Shreyas Iyer, Amit Mishra, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Lalit Yadav, Daniel Sams, Chris Woakes. |
| Chennai Super Kings (18) | MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, N Jagadeesan, Lungi Ngidi, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood, Suresh Raina, KM Asif, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran, R Sai Kishore. |
| Rajasthan Royals (17) | Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Riyan Parag, Robin Uthappa, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, David Miller, Anuj Rawat, Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Manan Vohra, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes. |
IPL Standings 2020
Before the IPL 2021 starts with a band, let’s check the IPL 2020 standing before qualifier 1.
| Teams | Played | Won | Lost | Net RR | PTS |
| Mumbai Indians | 14 | 9 | 5 | +1.107 | 18 |
| Delhi Capitals | 14 | 8 | 6 | -0.109 | 16 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 7 | 7 | +0.608 | 14 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 7 | 7 | -0.172 | 14 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 7 | 7 | -0.214 | 14 |
| Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | -0.162 | 12 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | -0.455 | 12 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 6 | 8 | -0.569 | 12 |
After defeating Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets Mumbai Capital won the IPL 2020, which was held at Dubai International Stadium. This victory gave Mumbai Indians the title of IPL winner for the fifth time.
All Set To Start
So, IPL 2021 is all set to begin from 4th April 2021 at M.A.Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium, Chennai. The opening match will be played with all IPL power between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Do not forget to set the alarm for the IPL next match as well. The final match will take place at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 30th May 2021. So, keep the snacks and your team’s jersey ready to cheer for your team and enjoy the IPL 2021.
