IPL or Indian Premier League is a fascinating contest that every cricket lover knows about. Starting in 2008, it has certainly come a long way in 2022. The 15th edition of this mega fest of cricket will surely offer entertainment to cricket lovers. So, in this edition, we will see ten teams competing, or in other words, there are two more new teams that have signed up. Therefore, we can expect some tighter contests between the teams for sure. So, what’s IPL is all about you may ask. It is a tournament or franchise cricket tournament where different franchises compete against each other. Each franchise has players from all international teams, like Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, etc.
Since it’s the IPL or Indian Premier League, there are a lot of Indian players as well. In fact, not only the Internationals play in this tournament but also the uncapped players play. So, in this article, we will share a few interesting details about IPL and what to expect from this edition.
Main Attraction of IPL
First of all, it’s a tournament where players from all over the world play on the same team. In other words, in an IPL team, you will have the chance to see players from India, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, playing together. Since 2008, one of the biggest attractions of this tournament is surely this one.
In addition, it’s a glamorous cricket tournament as well because some of the franchise owners are famous Indian Actors or actresses. Moreover, IPL offers immense exposure to the players as they get a platform to showcase their talent. It helps them to get a selection call from the international teams on many occasions. For example, we have a lot of Indian players who made it to the International squad for putting up amazing performances at the IPL.
Auction 2022
This year’s IPL 2022 Auction held on Feb 12-13 was surely remarkable. It was a tough auction because this year we have two new teams, Gujrat Lions and Lucknow SuperGiants, along with eight other teams. Moreover, it’s worth noting that Hugh Edmeades was the auctioneer but he got ill in the middle of the auction. However, Charu Sharma was there to save the auction and did well. Some of the huge buys of the auction were Ishan Kishan ( MI), Shreyas Iyer ( KKR), Deepak Chahar ( CSK ), Liam Livingstone (PBKS), etc.
IPL 2022 Schedule (Date, Time and Venue)
| Match No | Match Centre | Date | Time (IST) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSK Vs KKR | 26-Mar-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 2 | SRH Vs RR | 27-Mar-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 3 | GT Vs RCB | 28-Mar-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 4 | DC Vs MI | 29-Mar-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 5 | LSG Vs PBKS | 30-Mar-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 6 | KKR Vs SRH | 31-Mar-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 7 | RR Vs DC | 01-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 8 | RCB Vs MI | 02-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 9 | LSG Vs GT | 02-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Pune |
| 10 | PBKS Vs CSK | 03-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 11 | SRH Vs RCB | 03-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Pune |
| 12 | MI Vs GT | 04-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 13 | DC Vs KKR | 05-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 14 | CSK Vs RCB | 06-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 15 | SRH Vs PBKS | 07-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 16 | RR Vs KKR | 08-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 17 | LSG Vs DC | 09-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 18 | GT Vs CSK | 09-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 19 | DC Vs SRH | 10-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 20 | RCB Vs RR | 10-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 21 | MI Vs LSG | 11-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 22 | KKR Vs GT | 12-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 23 | PBKS Vs RR | 13-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 24 | MI Vs CSK | 14-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 25 | KKR Vs RCB | 15-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 26 | DC Vs PBKS | 16-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 27 | SRH Vs MI | 16-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 28 | RR Vs GT | 17-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 29 | CSK Vs LSG | 17-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 30 | DC Vs RCB | 18-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 31 | LSG Vs CSK | 19-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 32 | GT Vs SRH | 20-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 33 | KKR Vs PBKS | 21-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 34 | RR Vs MI | 22-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 35 | RCB Vs LSG | 23-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 36 | GT Vs DC | 23-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 37 | MI Vs PBKS | 24-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 38 | RR Vs LSG | 24-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 39 | CSK Vs SRH | 25-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 40 | DC Vs GT | 26-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 41 | SRH Vs KKR | 27-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 42 | CSK Vs RR | 28-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 43 | LSG Vs MI | 29-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 44 | GT Vs KKR | 30-Apr-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 45 | SRH Vs DC | 30-Apr-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 46 | RCB Vs PBKS | 01-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 47 | KKR Vs CSK | 01-May-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 48 | MI Vs DC | 02-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 49 | RCB Vs GT | 03-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 50 | PBKS Vs LSG | 04-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 51 | RR Vs CSK | 05-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 52 | PBKS Vs MI | 06-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 53 | SRH Vs LSG | 07-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 54 | RR Vs RCB | 08-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 55 | CSK Vs DC | 08-May-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 56 | GT Vs PBKS | 09-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 57 | MI Vs SRH | 10-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 58 | RCB Vs KKR | 11-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 59 | PBKS Vs DC | 12-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 60 | GT Vs RR | 13-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 61 | KKR Vs MI | 14-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 62 | LSG Vs SRH | 14-May-22 | 3:30 PM | Pune |
| 63 | PBKS Vs RCB | 15-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 64 | CSK Vs GT | 15-May-22 | 3:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 65 | LSG Vs KKR | 16-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 66 | MI Vs RR | 17-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 67 | PBKS Vs SRH | 18-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 68 | DC Vs LSG | 19-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 69 | RCB Vs CSK | 20-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 70 | KKR Vs RR | 21-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| 71 | Qualifier-1 | 22-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| 72 | Eliminator | 24-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| 73 | Qualifier-2 | 27-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| 74 | FINAL | 29-May-22 | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
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IPL 2022 Teams List
- CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
- DELHI CAPITALS
- SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
- KINGS XI PUNJAB
- ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE
- KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
- MUMBAI INDIANS
- RAJASTHAN ROYALS
- Lucknow Super Giants
- Gujrat Titans
IPL 2022 Players List
| Team Name | Players Name |
|---|---|
| Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Dewald Brevis, Daniel Sams, N. Tilak Varma, Murugan Ashwin, Tymal Mills, Jaydev Unadkat, Riley Meredith, Fabian Allen, Mayank Markande, Sanjay Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Basil Thampi, Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Hrithik Shokeen, Mohd. Arshad Khan |
| Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant (C), Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, K.S. Bharat, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Yadav, Tim Seifert, Pravin Dubey, Lungisani Ngidi, Yash Dhull, Ashwin Hebbar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Vicky Ostwal |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Shreyas Iyer (C), Andre Russell (VC), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakaravarthy, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Sunil Narine, Sam Billings, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Alex Hales, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Nabi, Sheldon Jackson, Rinku Singh, Ashok Sharma, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Rasikh Dar, Anukul Roy, Baba Indrajith, Aman Khan, Ramesh Kumar, Pratham Singh |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Romario Shepherd, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Kartik Tyagi, Aiden Markram, Sean Abbott, Glenn Phillips, Shreyas Gopal, Vishnu Vinod, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Priyam Garg, R Samarth, Jagadeesha Suchith, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Shubham Garhwal, Baltej Dhanda |
| Punjab Kings | Mayank Agarwal (C), Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Shahrukh Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Odean Smith, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vaibhav Arora, Raj Angad Bawa, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Sandeep Sharma, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Prerak Mankad, Ansh Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee, Atharva Taide, Baltej Dhanda |
| Chennai Super Kings | Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, MS Dhoni (C), Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Shivam Dube, Chris Jordan, Robin Uthappa, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Prashant Solanki, Devon Conway, Maheesh Theekshana, Dwaine Pretorius, K.Bhagath Varma, Simarjeet Singh, N. Jagadeesan, C.Hari Nishaanth, K.M. Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, |
| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson (C), Jos Buttler, Prasidh Krishna, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, R. Ashwin, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Navdeep Saini, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Obed Mccoy, Daryl Mitchell, K.C Cariappa, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, Baltej Dhanda |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Virat Kohli (C), Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Faf Du Plessis, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahamad, David Willey, Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Siddharth Kaul, Jason Behrendorff, Karn Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Akash Deep, Aneeshwar Gautam, Luvnith Sisodia, Writtick Chatterjee, Atharva Taide, Baltej Dhanda |
| Lucknow Super Giants | KL Rahul (C), Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Krunal Pandya, Mark Wood, Quinton De Kock, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmanta Chameera, Evin Lewis, K. Gowtham, Kyle Mayers, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Manan Vohra, B. Sai Sudharsan, Karan Sharma, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Writtick Chatterjee, Atharva Taide, Baltej Dhanda |
| Gujrat Titans | Hardik Pandya (C), Lockie Ferguson, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Mohammad Shami, Yash Dayal, David Miller, R. Sai Kishore, Abhinav Sadarangani, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Dominic Drakes, Varun Aaron, Gurkeerat Singh, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Pradeep Sangwan |
Venues List
- Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
- M.A.Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium – Chennai
- Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
- Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium – Delhi
- M.Chinnaswamy Stadium – Bangalore
- Eden Gardens Stadium – Kolkata
- BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium – Lucknow
