IPL -2009 Schedule

[Richards]

The second edition of IPL 2009 will start from April 18 with the first match being played at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. The final will be held at none other than Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24as per the new schedule released by IPL. The semi-finals have been scheduled to be held on May 22nd and 23rd at Pretoria and Johannesburg respectively.

There will be two games on the first day, last year's IPL winners Rajasthan Royal will take on the Malaya's Bangalore Royal Challengers, while the Mumbai Indians would clash with the last years runners-up Chennai Super Kings at Cape Town.

In all, the 59 matches will be held in eight cities: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, East London, Kimberly, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth. With many south asians staying at Kingsmead in Durban, it has been alloted a majority share of 16 matches while the Centurion Park in Pretoria, which also serves as a home to many Indians will host 12 ties.

The daily timings for the matches are at 4 pm Indian Time - (12.30 pm local SA time) and 8 pm Indian Time - (4.30pm local SA time) A total of ten double headers which is two matches at the same venue will be played during the tournament. The Indian Tv Channel Sony will telecast the matches in three languages - English, Hindi and Bengali.

Schedule: All times are Indian Standard Time (IST)

Team Codes:

Rajasthan Royals = RR
Royal Challengers Bangalore = RCB
Mumbai Indians = MI
Chennai Super Kings = CSK
Kolkata Knight Riders = KKR
Deccan Chargers = DC
Delhi Daredevils= DD
Kings XI Punjab= KXIP

April 18: RR v RCB - 4 pm & MI Vs CSK - 8 pm at Cape Town

April 19: KKR v DC - 4 pm & DD v KXIP - 8 pm at Cape Town

April 20: RCB V CSK - 4 pm at Port Elizabeth

April 21: RR v MI - 4 pm at Durban & KKR v KXIP - 8 pm at Durban

April 22: DD v CSK - 4 pm at Durban & RCB v DC - 8 pm at Cape Town

April 23: KKR v RR - 4 pm at Port Elizabeth

April 24: KXIP v RCB - 4 pm at Johannesburg

April 25: KKR v CSK - 4 pm at Cape Town & DC v MI - 8 pm at Durban

April 26: RR v KXIP - 4 pm at Cape Town & RCB v DD - 8 pm Port Elizabeth

April 27: KKR v MI - 4 pm at Cape Town & CSK v DC - 8 pm at Durban

April 28: DD v RR - 4 pm at Pretoria

April 29: MI v KXIP - 4 pm at Durban & KKR v RCB - 8 pm at Durban

April 30: DD v DC - 4 pm at Pretoria & RR v CSK - 8 pm at Pretoria

May 1: RCB v KXIP - 4 pm at East London & MI v KKR - 8 pm at Durban

May 2: RR v DC - 4 pm at Johannesburg & CSK v DD - 8 pm at Port Elizabeth

May 3: MI v RCB - 4 pm at Durban & KXIP v KKR - 8 pm at East London

May 4: DC v CSK - 4 pm at Port Elizabeth

May 5: DD v KKR - 4 pm at Durban & KXIP v RR - 8 pm at Durban

May 6: MI v DC - 4 pm at Pretoria

May 7: KXIP v CSK - 4 pm at Pretoria & RCB v RR - 8 pm at Pretoria

May 8: DD v MI - 4 pm at East London

May 9: DC v KXIP - 4 pm at Bloemfontein & CSK v RR - 8 pm at Port Elizabeth

May 10: KKR v DD - 4 pm at East London & RCB v MI - 8 pm at Johannesburg

May 11: DC v RR - 4 pm at Bloemfontein

May 12: RCB v KKR - 4 pm at Pretoria & KXIP v MI - 8 pm at Pretoria

May 13: DC v DD - 4 pm at Durban

May 14: MI v RR - 4 pm at Durban & CSK v RCB - 8 pm at Durban

May 15: KXIP v DD - 4 pm at Kimberley

May 16: CSK v MI - 4 pm at Johannesburg & DC v KKR - 8 pm at Port Elizabeth

May 17: RR v DD - 4 pm at Kimberley & KXIP v DC - 8 pm at Johannesburg

May 18: CSK v KKR - 4 pm at Pretoria

May 19: DD v RCB - 4 pm at Johannesburg

May 20: CSK v KXIP - 4 pm at Durban & RR v KKR - 8 pm at Durban

May 21: DC v RCB - 4 pm at Pretoria & MI v DD - 8 pm at Pretoria

May 22: Semi Final 1 at Pretoria

May 23: Semi Final 2 at Johannesburg

May 24: Final at Johannesburg

[brandipl]

Thnx richards for the Schedule! I hope this IPL season to be bigger bonanza than Last year's.