IPL to start from 31st March in Ahmedabad

The opening match of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place on March 31 in Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, featuring the defending champion Gujarat Titans and the four-time champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
The 10-team league will feature 70 league games, 18 of which will be doubleheaders on the weekends. On April 1, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali and Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals in Lucknow will face off in the inaugural doubleheader.
Rajasthan Royals will play their first two home fixtures in Guwahati before playing the remainder of their home games in Jaipur. Punjab Kings will play five home matches in Mohali and then travel to Dharamsala for two home games against Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals.
The league will resume home-and-away games in the following season after a three-year break. Due to Covid-19 threat, only Mumbai, Pune, and Ahmedabad hosted the previous edition. The 2020 edition of the league - postponed to September-November from its usual March-May window - was played in the UAE while the 2021 tournament was suspended midway and moved to the UAE later that year after the deadly second wave of Covid-19 swept the country.
The schedule and venues for the playoffs and final will be announced later, BCCI said.