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IPL 2018 schedule out: Mumbai to host Chennai in the opener

The world’s biggest cricketing extravaganza, Indian Premier League (IPL), is all set to get rolling for its 11th edition. The mega event, which is awaited by fans all across the globe, has its schedule out with the first match set to be played on April 7th, 2018. Defending Champions Mumbai Indians will be locking horns with M.S Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings, in what promises to be a cracking opener for the tournament.

This year’s edition of the IPL will witness the comeback of two famous teams, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), after an exile of two years. The tournament will consist of a total of 60 matches spread across 9 venues over a span of 51 days. While the venues for the eliminator and qualifier 2 haven’t been finalised yet, the opening game, qualifier 1 and the finale will be played at Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede stadium.

Much similar to each year, the star-studded opening ceremony will be held a day prior to the first match, on April 6th.

However, much to the disappointment of the fans in Visakhapatnam, this year’s schedule too hasn’t allocated a match to the city. Visakhapatnam’s Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy stadium hosted matches over the previous editions of the IPL, where the fans were treated to some high-voltage matches and got the chance to witness their favourite superstars live in action.

Visakhapatnam last played host to an IPL match back in 2016 where M.S Dhoni took Punjab’s Axar Patel to cleaners in the last over and handed over a memorable victory for the Rising Pune Supergiants in a nail-biter.

IPL 2018 Schedule

Sunday 8th April 2018
Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings Match 1, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab Match 2, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 3, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals Match 4, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Tuesday 10th April 2018
Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders Match 5, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Wednesday 11th April 2018
Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils Match 6, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Thursday 12th April 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians Match 7, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Friday 13th April 2018
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab Match 8, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Saturday 14th April 2018
Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils Match 9, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad Match 10, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sunday 15th April 2018
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals Match 11, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings Match 12, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Monday 16th April 2018
Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils Match 13, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Tuesday 17th April 2018
Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 14, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Wednesday 18th April 2018
Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders Match 15, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Thursday 19th April 2018
Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad Match 16, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Friday 20th April 2018
Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals Match 17, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT), M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Saturday 21st April 2018
Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Match 18, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 19, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Sunday 22nd April 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings Match 20, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Match 21, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Monday 23rd April 2018
Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils Match 22, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Tuesday 24th April 2018
Mumbai Indians v Sunrisers Hyderabad Match 23, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Wednesday 25th April 2018
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings Match 24, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Thursday 26th April 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab Match 25, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Friday 27th April 2018
Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Match 26, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Saturday 28th April 2018
Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians Match 27, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Sunday 29th April 2018
Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad Match 28, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders Match 29, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Monday 30th April 2018
Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils Match 30, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Tuesday 1st May 2018
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians Match 31, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals Match 32, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Thursday 3rd May 2018
Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Match 33, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Friday 4th May 2018
Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians Match 34, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Saturday 5th May 2018
Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 35, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils Match 36, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Sunday 6th May 2018
Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders Match 37, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Match 38, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Monday 7th May 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 39, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Tuesday 8th May 2018
Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab Match 40, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Wednesday 9th May 2018
Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Match 41, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Thursday 10th May 2018
Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad Match 42, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Friday 11th May 2018
Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings Match 43, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Saturday 12th May 2018
Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders Match 44, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils Match 45, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Sunday 13th May 2018
Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad Match 46, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals Match 47, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Monday 14th May 2018
Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 48, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Tuesday 15th May 2018
Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Match 49, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wednesday 16th May 2018
Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Match 50, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Thursday 17th May 2018
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad Match 51, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Friday 18th May 2018
Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings Match 52, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Saturday 19th May 2018
Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 53, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders Match 54, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Sunday 20th May 2018
Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Match 55, 16:00 IST (10:30 GMT),
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab Match 56, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Tuesday 22nd May 2018
TBC v TBC Qualifier 1, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Wednesday 23rd May 2018
TBC v TBC Eliminator, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT), TBC, TBC
Friday 25th May 2018
TBC v TBC Qualifier 2, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT), TBC, TBC
Sunday 27th May 2018
TBC v TBC Final, 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT),
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

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