IPL 2024 is underway: See schedule, teams, matches, where to ...

The 17th edition of the highly competitive Indian Premier League was off to a thrilling start Friday with a nail-biting match between defending champions and five-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The Super Kings won the opening match of the season by six wickets.

The IPL, arguably the biggest T20 tournament in the world, will have top cricket players from across the world participate in the event, that is expected to be played over a month.

Here's everything you need to know about the 17th edition of the Indian Premiere League, including match schedule and venues.

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IPL 2024 match schedule

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has only announced the schedule for the first two weeks of IPL 2024 from March 22 to April 7.

21 matches will be played during the two-week period, "with each team playing a minimum of three matches and a maximum of five," said BCCI, in a news release. The reason behind not announcing the complete tournament schedule are the upcoming general elections that will be held in phases from April 19 to June 1.

Here's the schedule for the first two weeks of IPL 2024, including each match's start times in EST:

• March 22: Chennai Super Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore
• March 23: Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals at 3:30 p.m. local time / 6 a.m. EST
• March 23: Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• March 24: Rajasthan Royals vs. Lucknow Super Giants at 3:30 p.m. local time / 6 a.m. EST
• March 24: Gujrat Titans vs. Mumbai Indians at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• March 25: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Punjab Kings at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• March 26: Chennai Super Kings vs. Gujarat Titans at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• March 27: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Mumbai Indians at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• March 28: Rajasthan Royals vs. Delhi Capitals at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• March 29: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Kolkata Knight Riders at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• March 30: Lucknow Super Giants vs. Punjab Kings at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• March 31: Gujarat Titans vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad at 3:30 p.m. local time / 6 a.m. EST
• March 31: Delhi Capitals vs. Chennai Super Kings at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• April 1: Mumbai Indians vs. Rajasthan Royals at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• April 2: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Lucknow Super Giants at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• April 3: Delhi Capitals vs. Kolkata Knight Riders at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• April 4: Gujarat Titans vs. Punjab Kings at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• April 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Chennai Super Kings at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• April 6: Rajasthan Royals vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST
• April 7: Mumbai Indians vs. Delhi Capitals at 3:30 p.m. local time / 6:00 a.m. EST
• April 7: Lucknow Super Giants vs. Gujarat Titans at 7:30 p.m. local time / 10 a.m. EST

Where to watch IPL matches in the US

IPL matches are available to stream live on WillowTV and on the Cricbuzz app. The live score will be available to view on the Cricbuzz website, IPL website and the official social media handles of the league.

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What teams will be playing in IPL 2024?

A total of 10 teams will be playing in IPL this year, including:

• Chennai Super Kings
• Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Kolkata Knight Riders
• Rajasthan Royals
• Delhi Capitals
• Lucknow Super Giants
• Punjab Kings
• Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Gujarat Titans

IPL 2024 match locations

The opening match of the 2024 Indian Premier League took place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in India’s southern city of Chennai, the home of the defending champions.

Other match venues, as per IPL, include:

• PCA New Stadium, Mullanpur, Mohali
• Eden Gardens, Kolkata
• Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
• Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
• M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
• Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
• Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
• Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
• Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

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ICC World Cup Prize Money

While IPL organizers have not yet announced the total prize money for this year’s edition, Al Jazeera reported that it could be anything around $6 million, based on previous trends, with the 2024 champions to get approximately $2.4 million and runners up $1.56 million.

Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@gannett.com and follow her on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter @saman_shafiq7.