The most awaited T20 tournament in the world, Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is all set to start from March 26th and the venues have been confirmed for the mega tournament. Basically, BCCI has previously announced the new format for this season – they have divided all the 10 teams into 2 groups. Let us know whether 1st match is gonna be Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders?

BCCI has officially announced 4 venues in Mumbai and Pune for IPL 2022 – But still, the board has to officially announce the schedule for this edition.

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders?

There are many reports circulating in the cricketing universe that the opening game would be between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. But there is no proper evidence that these rumors are correct.

For this edition, IPL governing council has come up with a new format where all the 10 teams have been divided into 2 groups (Group A and Group B). Where CSK is in Group B and KKR are in Group A.

Virtual Groups For IPL 2022:

Group A Group B
1 MI(5) 2 CSK(4)
3 KKR(2) 4 SRH(1)
5 RR(1) 6 RCB
7 DC 8 PBKS
9 LSG 10 GT

 

Few inside reports also say that the Maharastra officials are providing full support to BCCI in order to conduct the complete tournament at Pune and Mumbai. And the government is also planning to have a separate lane for easy movement of the IPL teams during the course of the tournament.

This idea to have a separate lane will actually help all the team in beating the busy traffic and they can arrive at the practice venue on time.

Venue Number of Matches
Mumbai – Wankhede Stadium 20 Matches
Mumbai – Brabourne Stadium (CCI) 15 Matches
Mumbai – DY Patil Stadium 20 Matches
Pune – MCA International Stadium 15 Matches

 

It is expected that BCCI is likely to announce the schedule on Sunday or Monday – And talking about the schedule BCCI treasure MR. Arun Dhumal said – “The full schedule of IPL 2022 will be released in the next 48 hours. BCCI has got all assurances & support from the Maharashtra government to conduct the IPL Season 15 as smoothly as it can get”

Here is the TATA IPL 2022 Schedule Matrix:

Team—> MI KKR RR DC LSG CSK SRH RCB PBKS GT Total
↓Opponent | Season -> 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
MI 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 14
KKR 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 14
RR 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 14
DC 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 14
LSG 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 14
CSK 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 14
SRH 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 14
RCB 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 14
PBKS 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 14
GT 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 14
Total Matches / Team 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

 

Mumbai Indians (MI): 

Teams to play twice: KKR, RR, DC, LSG, CSK
Teams to play once: SRH, RCB, PBKS, GT

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): 

Teams to play twice: MI, RR, DC, LSG, SRH
Teams to play once: CSK, RCB, PBKS, GT

Rajasthan Royals (RR):

Teams to play twice: MI, KKR, DC, LSG, RCB
Teams to play once: CSK, SRH, PBKS, GT

Delhi Capitals (DC):

Teams to play twice: MI, KKR, RR, LSG, PBKS
Teams to play once: CSK, SRH, RCB, GT

Lucknow Supergiants (LSG):

Teams to play twice: MI, KKR, RR, DC, GT
Teams to play once: CSK, SRH, RCB, PBKS

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): 

Teams to play twice: MI, SRH, RCB, PBKS, GT
Teams to play once: KKR, RR, DC, LSG

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):

Teams to play twice: KKR, CSK, RCB, PBKS, GT
Teams to play once: MI, RR, DC, LSG

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):

Teams to play twice: RR, CSK, SRH, PBKS, GT
Teams to play once: MI, KKR, DC, LSG

Punjab Kings (PBKS):

Teams to play twice: DC, CSK, SRH, RCB, GT
Teams to play once: MI, KKR, RR, LSG

Gujarat Titans (GT):

Teams to play twice: LSG, CSK, SRH, RCB, PBKS
Teams to play once: MI, KKR, RR, DC