While Cape Town is going to host the inaugural ceremony, the Wanderers at Johannesburg will stage the grand finale of IPL Season 2. The Proteas are going to see some high- voltage, high- profile cricket encounters during the league over the span of five weeks! Here is the full schedule of the upcoming cricket tournament.
Countdown has begun - twenty one days to go before overseas IPL takes off in South Africa. It doesn’t matter that the upcoming twenty-20 tournament is taking place away from home - armed with the right set of information, you can still stay tuned to the developments through the various stages of the league. We bring to you the full schedule of the upcoming cricket extravaganza. So start stuffing your cupboard with packets of popcorns, start staying back late in the office to cut good impression on your boss so that he/she grumbles less when you slip out of the office early during the IPL days or better even start surfing the internet for hunting out the most convincing excuses for taking sudden leaves!
Indian Premier League in its inaugural season was runaway hit; in the second season it is going be relegated into one of Indian television’s reality shows. Even then cricket lovers in the subcontinent are all set to cheer for their favorite teams at real time. Mr. Modi and his associates in South Africa took just a couple of days to come out with the final schedule of IPL 2009. This year’s shortened tournament commences from April 18 and the opening match will be played at Newlands in Cape Town. This quiet South African suburb is going to experience some unprecedented excitement of live cricket on that day when last year’s champions, Rajasthan Royals take on to the Bangalore Royal Challengers and the runners-up Chennai Super Kings strike against the Mumbai Indians in two back to back matches at the same venue.
The real nerve-wrecker however has been slotted for May 24; the final match will be played on that day at Wanderers in Johannesburg. The eight cities that have been short listed for the 59 matches include: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, East London, Kimberly, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth. 16 matches are to be held in Kingsmead in Durban, while 12 ties will be staged at Centurion Park in Pretoria. Seven matches will be hosted by St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, and four matches by Buffalo Park in East London. Apart from the finals, the Wanderers will host seven other matches, while Newlands will stage eight matches in total. OUTsurance Oval in Bloemfontein and De Beers Oval in Kimberley have been handed over least number of matches; they will host two matches each.
Now coming to the most important aspect of the schedule – “The Match Timing: All matches will be held at 12.30pm and 4.30pm local time. That means Indian audience will be able to catch them up live on television at 4.00pm and 8.00pm respectively. So IPL chief kept his promise by bringing the mega event to the Indian television audience at the prime time.
THE TEAMS AND THE FIXTURES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Rajasthan Royals (RR), Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Delhi Daredevils (DD), Mumbai Indians (MI), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Deccan Chargers (DC).
ALL MATCHES ARE HELD AT IST(INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
IPL Season 2 Schedule (IPL 2009 in South Africa) |
Date | City | Matches |
April 18 | Cape Town | 1. RR vs. RCB (4 pm)
2. MI vs. CSK (8 pm) |
April 19 | Cape Town | 1. KKR vs. DC (4 pm)
2. DD vs. KXIP (8 pm) |
April 20 | Port Elizabeth | 1. RCB vs. CSK (4 pm) |
April 21 | Durban | 1. RR vs. MI (4 pm)
2. KKR vs. KXIP (8 pm) |
April 22 | Durban
Cape Town | 1. DD vs. CSK (4 pm)
2. RCB vs. DC (8 pm) |
April 23 | Port Elizabeth | 1. KKR vs. RR (4 pm) |
April 24 | Johannesburg | KXIP vs. RCB (4 pm) |
April 25 | Cape Town
Durban | 1. KKR vs. CSK (4 pm)
2. DC vs. MI (8 pm) |
April 26 | Cape Town
Port Elizabeth | 1. RR vs. KXIP (4 pm)
2. RCB vs. DD (8 pm) |
April 27 | Cape Town
Durban | 1. KKR vs. MI (4 pm)
2. CSK vs. DC (8 pm) |
April 28 | Pretoria | 1. DD vs. RR (4 pm) |
April 29 | Durban | 1. MI vs. KXIP (4 pm)
2. KKR vs. RCB (8 pm) |
April 30 | Pretoria | 1. DD vs. DC (4 pm)
2. RR vs. CSK (8 pm) |
May 1 | East London
Durban | 1. RCB vs. KXIP (4 pm)
2. MI vs. KKR (8 pm) |
May 2 | Johannesburg
Port Elizabeth | 1. RR vs. DC (4 pm)
2. CSK vs. DD (8 pm) |
May 3 | Durban
East London | 1. MI vs. RCB (4 pm)
2. KXIP vs. KKR (8 pm) |
May 4 | Port Elizabeth | 1. DC vs. CSK (4 pm) |
May 5 | Durban | 1. DD vs. KKR (4 pm)
2. KXIP vs. RR (8 pm) |
May 6 | Pretoria | 1. MI vs. DC (4 pm) |
May 7 | Pretoria | 1. KXIP vs. CSK (4 pm)
2. RCB vs. RR (8 pm) |
May 8 | East London | 1. DD vs. MI (4 pm) |
May 9 | Bloemfontein
Port Elizabeth | 1. DC vs. KXIP (4 pm)
2. CSK vs. RR (8 pm) |
May 10 | East London
Johannesburg | 1. KKR vs. DD (4 pm)
2. RCB vs. MI (8 pm) |
May 11 | Bloemfontein | 1. DC vs. RR (4 pm) |
May 12 | Pretoria | 1. RCB vs. KKR (4 pm)
2. KXIP vs. MI (8 pm) |
May 13 | Durban | 1. DC vs. DD (4 pm) |
May 14 | Durban | 1. MI vs. RR (4 pm)
2. CSK vs. RCB (8 pm) |
May 15 | Kimberley | 1. KXIP vs. DD (4 pm) |
May 16 | Port Elizabeth
Johannesburg | 1. CSK vs. MI (4 pm)
2. DC vs. KKR (8 pm) |
May 17 | Kimberley
Johannesburg | 1. RR vs. DD (4 pm)
2. KXIP vs. DC (8 pm) |
May 18 | Pretoria | 1. CSK vs. KKR (4 pm) |
May 19 | Johannesburg | 1. DD vs. RCB (4 pm) |
May 20 | Durban | 1. CSK vs. KXIP (4 pm)
2. RR vs. KKR (8 pm) |
May 21 | Pretoria | 1. DC vs. RCB (4 pm)
2. MI vs. DD (8 pm) |
May 22 | Pretoria | Semi Final 1 |
May 23 | Johannesburg | Semi Final 2 |
May 24 | Johannesburg | Final |
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