IPL 2020

IPL 2020 Schedule

The 13^th edition of IPL will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2020. 2020 VIVO IPL was scheduled to be held between 29 March 2020 and 24 May 2020 but the schedule of IPL was changed due to the effect of the COVID 19 pandemic situation.  BCCI has finally announced IPL 2020 schedule on 6^th September 2020 and it will be held between 19^th September and 10 November in UAE. The defending champion Mumbai Indians (MI) will face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the opening match on 19^th September.  The first match is scheduled to be held in Abu Dhabi and it will start from 19:30 IST.

IPL 2020 Teams and Players

In IPL 2020, there will be a total of 60 matches and there will be 8 teams. As far as IPL 2020 Players price is concerned, Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the most expensive player and he was bided at Rs. 15.5 crore.  

The following are the IPL 2020 teams along with the name of the players in the team:

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK):

MS Dhoni (C) (India), Suresh Raina (India), Kedar Jadhav (India), Ravindra Jadeja (India), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Karn Sharma (India), Shane Watson (Australia), Shardul Thakur (India), Ambati Rayudu (India), Harbhajan Singh (India), Murali Vijay (India), Faf du Plessis (South Africa), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Deepak Chahar (India), Lungisani Ngidi (South Africa), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), KM Asif (India), Jagadeesan Narayan (India), Monu Singh (India), and Ruturaj Gaikwad (India)

2. Mumbai Indians (MI):

Rohit Sharma (C) (India), Hardik Pandya (India), Krunal Pandya (India), Jasprit Bumrah (India), Ishan Kishan (India), Kieron Pollard (West Indies), Suryakumar Yadav (India), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Rahul Chahar (India), Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand), Anmolpreet Singh (India), Jayant Yadav (India), Aditya Tare (India), Anukul Roy (India), Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), Trent Boult (Australia) and Dhawal Kulkarni (India)

3. Delhi Capitals (DC):

Ravichandran Ashwin (C) (India), Ajinkya Rahane (India), Rishabh Pant (India), Shreyas Iyer (India), Shikhar Dhawan (India), Axar Patel (India), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa), Amit Mishra (India), Prithvi Shaw (India), Ishant Sharma (India), Avesh Khan (India),  Keemo Paul (West Indies), Harshal Patel (India), Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal), and Mayank Markande (India)

3. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):

Dinesh Karthik (C) (India), Sunil Narine (West Indies), Andre Russell (West Indies), Kuldeep Yadav (India), Nitish Rana (India), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (India), Shivam Mavi (India), Shubman Gill (India), Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand), Rinku Singh (India), Harry Gurney (England), Prasidh Krishna (India), Sandeep Warrier [REP] (India), and Siddhesh Lad (India)

Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH)

Kane Williamson (C) (New Zealand), Manish Pandey (India), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Bhuvneshwar Kumar  (India), Siddarth Kaul (India), Shahbaz Nadeem (India), Vijay Shankar (India),  Khaleel Ahmed (India), Sandeep Sharma (India), Jonny Bairstow (England), Wriddhiman Saha (India), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Shreevats Goswami (India), Basil Thampi (India), Abhishek Sharma (India), Billy Stanlake (Australia), Thangarasu Natarajan (India)

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP):

KL Rahul (C) (India), Karun Nair (India), Mohammad Shami (India), Nicholas Pooran (West Indies), Mujeeb Zadran (Afghanistan), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Mandeep Singh (India), Mayank Agarwal (India), Hardus Viljoen (South Africa), Darshan Nalkande (India), Sarfaraz Khan (India), Arshdeep Singh  (India), Harpreet Brar (India),  Murugan Ashwin (India), Jagadeesha Suchith (India), and Krishnappa Gowtham (India)

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):

Virat Kohli (C) (India), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Yuzvendra Chahal (India), Shivam Dube (India), Umesh Yadav (India), Washington Sundar (India), Navdeep Saini (India), Mohammed Siraj (India), Moeen Ali (England), Parthiv Patel (India), Pawan Negi (India), Gurkeerat Singh (India), Devdutt Padikkal (India), and Ankit Rajpoot (India)

Rajasthan Royals (RR):

Steve Smith (C) (Australia), Ben Stokes (England), Sanju Samson (India), Jofra Archer (England), Jos Buttler (England), Varun Aaron (India), Shashank Singh (India), Mahipal Lomror (India), Manan Vohra (India), Riyan Parag (India), Shreyas Gopal (India), Mayank Markande (India), and Rahul Tewatia (India)

Official IPL 2020 Match List

The following is the IPL 2020 match list:

(Source: https://www.icccricketschedule.com/vivo-ipl-2020-schedule-team-venue-time-table-pdf-point-table-ranking-winning-prediction/)