Indian Premier League 2019: Schedule for first two weeks announced

The BCCI on Tuesday announced the schedule for the first two weeks of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). 

At the same time, the schedule for these seventeen matches of the IPL 2019 season is subject to the announcement of the dates for the Lok Sabha Election. The BCCI will further be addressing any issues following the declaration of the dates, and prepare a schedule around the polling dates after working with the local authorities.

Here is the schedule as well as timings of the IPL 2019 matches set to take place from March 23 to April 5-

23rd March - Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 8PM

24th March - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad -             4PM

24th March - Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals -                                 8PM

25th March - Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab -                            8PM

26th March - Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings -                         8PM

27th March - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab -                   8PM

28th March - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians -         8PM

29th March - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals -                    8PM

30th March - Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians -                             4PM

30th March - Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders -                       8PM

31st March - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore    4PM

31st March - Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals -                     8PM

1st April - Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals -                                      8PM

2nd April - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore -           8PM

3rd April - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings -                          8PM

4th April - Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad -                              8PM

5th April - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders -   8PM

Every franchise will play a minimum of 2 away and home matches with the Delhi Capitals playing three home matches, while the Royal Challengers Bangalore will play three away matches. 

 Announcement : The #VIVOIPL schedule for the first two weeks is out. The first match of the 2019 season will be played between @ChennaiIPL and @RCBTweets

Details - https://t.co/wCi6dYHlXL pic.twitter.com/TaYdXNKVSx — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 19, 2019

The first match of the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to be battled out between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore.