The 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will commence on March 23, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on February 19. It also released a two-week schedule of the tournament. Winners of IPL 2018, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the first match in Chennai.
The BCCI has not released the complete schedule this year as they await the announcement of the 2019 Lok Sabha election dates. The fixture for the first 17 matches was released, which could be changed based on election dates.
BCCI would make necessary alterations to the two-week schedule before preparing the time-table for the remainder depending on election dates.
Seventeen matches will be played within the first two weeks across eight venues. All teams will be playing a total of four matches within the first two weeks, barring Delhi Capitals (DC) and RCB, who will play five matches.
Below is the time table released by BCCI:
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