In the IPL 2020 opener, Mumbai Indians will face Chennai Super Kings :
In the opening match of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is scheduled to be held on 19th Septemeber, defending champion Mumbai Indians will play against Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi. The last game of the league phase will be played by Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which concludes on 3rd November.
On Sunday (20-09-2020), Dubai will organize its 1st match when Delhi Capitals will face Kings XI Punjab and after that on Monday, the third match will be held between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
On 22nd September (Tuesday), Sharjah will organize its 1st match when Chennai Super Kings will play against Rajasthan Royals. In the whole, 10 numbers of doubleheaders will be held. In this meantime, venues for the playoff matches as well as the final matches will be declared.
In total, Dubai will host 24 numbers of round-robin matches, Abu Dhabi 20, and Sharjah will host 12 matches.
| DATE & DAY | MATCH | TIME (IST) | VENUE |
| 19th September (Saturday) | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings (MI Vs CSK) | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 20th September (Sunday) | Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab (DC Vs KXIP) | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 21st September (Monday) | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (SRH Vs RCB) | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 22nd September (Tuesday) | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (RR Vs CSK) | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| September 23 Wednesday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 24th September 24 (Thursday) | Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (KXIP Vs RCB) | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 25th September 25 (Friday) | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals (CSK Vs DC) | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 26th September (Saturday) | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (KKR Vs SRH) | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 27th September (Sunday) | Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab (RR Vs KXIP) | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 28th September (Monday) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (RCB Vs MI) | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 29th September (Tuesday) | Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (DC Vs SRH) | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 30th September (Wednesday) | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (RR Vs KKR) | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 1st October (Thursday) | Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians (KXIP Vs MI) | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 2nd October (Friday) | Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (CSK Vs SRH) | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 3rd October (Saturday) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals (RCB Vs RR) | 3:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 3rd October (Saturday) | Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (DC Vs KKR) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 4th October (Sunday) | Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (MI Vs SRH) | 3.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 4th October (Sunday) | Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings (KXIP Vs CSK) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 5th October (Monday) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals (RCB Vs DC) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 6th October (Tuesday) | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals (MI Vs RR) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 7th October (Wednesday) | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (KKR Vs CSK) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 8th October (Thursday) | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab (SRH Vs KXIP) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 9th October (Friday) | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals (RR Vs DC) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 10th October (Saturday) | Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KXIP Vs KKR) | 3.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 10th October (Saturday) | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (CSK Vs RCB) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 11th October (Sunday) | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (SRH Vs RR) | 3.30 PM | Dubai |
| 11th October (Sunday) | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals (MI Vs DC) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 12th October (Monday) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders (RCB Vs KKR) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 13th October 13 (Tuesday) | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings (SRH Vs CSK) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 14th October (Wednesday) | Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals (DC Vs RR) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 15th October (Thursday) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab (RCB Vs KXIP) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 16th October (Friday) | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (MI Vs KKR) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 17th October (Saturday) | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RR Vs RCB) | 3.30 PM | Dubai |
| 17th October (Saturday) | Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings (DC Vs CSK) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 18th October (Sunday) | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders (SRH Vs KKR) | 3.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 18th October (Sunday) | Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab (MI Vs KXIP) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 19th October (Monday) | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (CSK Vs RR) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 20th October (Tuesday) | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals (KXIP Vs DC) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 21st October (Wednesday) | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (KKR Vs RCB) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 22nd October (Thursday) | Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (RR Vs SRH) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 23rd October (Friday) | Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (CSK Vs MI) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 24th October (Saturday) | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals (KKR Vs DC) | 3.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 24th October (Saturday) | Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (KXIP Vs SRH) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 25th October (Sunday) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings (RCB Vs CSK) | 3.30 PM | Dubai |
| 25th October (Sunday) | Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians (RR Vs MI) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 26th October (Monday) | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab (KKR Vs KXIP) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 27th October (Tuesday) | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals (SRH Vs DC) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 28th October (Wednesday) | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (MI Vs RCB) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 29th October (Thursday) | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (CSK Vs KKR) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 30th October (Friday) | Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (KXIP Vs RR) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 31st October (Saturday) | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians (DC Vs MI) | 3.30 PM | Dubai |
| 31st October (Saturday) | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (RCB Vs SRH) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 1st November (Sunday) | Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab (CSK Vs KXIP) | 3.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 1st November (Sunday) | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (KKR Vs RR) | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 2nd November (Monday) | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (DC Vs RCB) | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 3rd November (Tuesday) | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (SRH Vs MI) | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
From 19th September to 10th November, the cash-rich tournament will be taken place. It constitutes 53 numbers of matches, three days longer than the 19th edition IPL. All those games will take place in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah. The afternoon matches will start at 3.30 pm IST and the night matches at 7.30 pm IST.
