IPL 2023 Kicks Off On March 31: Check Dates, Venues, Matches, Schedule, Tickets, Live Streaming, Team Players List, Squads, Captains, All You Need To know

IPL 2023 is set to get underway in just over a week’s time with defending champions Gujarat Titans taking on MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings on March 31.

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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 is all set to kick off in a little over week’s time – on March 31 – with defending champions Gujarat Titans facing off against MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in the tournament opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The 16th edition of the IPL will feature 74 games between 10 IPL franchises with the final set to take place on May 28, 2023.

The 10 teams have been divided into two Groups with Group A featuring Mumbai Indians (MI), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Group B featuring Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gujarat Titans (GT).

The IPL 2023 will return to ‘home-and-away’ concept with 12 venues shortlisted for the T20 league this year. These include: Ahmedabad, Mohali, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Jaipur, Mumbai, Guwahati and Dharamshala.

Fake candid or real candid? __#TitansFAM, take your guess in the comments __#AavaDe pic.twitter.com/lXZNKBCs58 — Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) March 22, 2023

Here is all you need to know about IPL 2023…

IPL 2023 Squads

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Bhagath Varma, Ajay Mandal, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane

Delhi Capitals (DC): David Warner (C), Aman Khan (T), Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mustafizur Rahman, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Phil Salt

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Kartik Tyagi, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma, Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook

Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Nathan Ellis, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis (C), Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Manoj Bhandage, Will Jacks, Himanshu Sharma, Reece Topley

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas Iyer (C), Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T), Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan

Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff (T), Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Raghav Goyal, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Jhye Richardson, Cameron Green

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joe Root, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Jason Holder

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (C), Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Charak, Naveen-ul-Haq, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Nicholas Pooran

Gujrat Titans (GT): Hardik Pandya (C), Rashid Khan, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Urvil Patel, Shivam Mavi, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Kane Williamson

Whistles are the order of this Summer! __#TATAIPL #WhistlePodu __ pic.twitter.com/VoAzUmDyEy — Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) February 17, 2023

IPL 2023 Full Schedule

Mar 31 – 19:30 – Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)  

Apr 1 – 15:30 – Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali)  

Apr 1 – 19:30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)

Apr 2 – 15:30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)

Apr 2 – 19:30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)

Apr 3 – 19:30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)

Apr 4 – 19:30 – Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)

Apr 5 – 19:30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati)

Apr 6 – 19:30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)          

Apr 7 – 19:30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)             

Apr 8 – 15:30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals (Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati)      

Apr 8 – 19:30 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)         

Apr 9 – 15:30 – Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)  

Apr 9 – 19:30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)

Apr 10 – 19:30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)

Apr 11 – 19:30 – Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)   

Apr 12 – 19:30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)           

Apr 13 – 19:30 – Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans (Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali)         

Apr 14 – 19:30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)          

Apr 15 – 15:30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)

Apr 15 – 19:30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)

"Don't call me Coach, ____ __ _____." __

Different role, same character - @KieronPollard55 's transition _#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPL2023 #TATAIPL MI TV pic.twitter.com/Brav8Rkxl9 — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 21, 2023

Apr 16 – 15:30 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)         

Apr 16 – 19:30 – Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)  

Apr 17 – 19:30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)  

Apr 18 – 19:30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)        

Apr 19 – 19:30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur)         

Apr 20 – 15:30 – Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali)   

Apr 20 – 19:30 – Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)

Apr 21 – 19:30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)

Apr 22 – 15:30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)

Apr 22 – 19:30 – Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)           

Apr 23 – 15:30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)  

Apr 23 – 19:30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)          

Apr 24 – 19:30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)

Apr 25 – 19:30 – Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)  

Apr 26 – 19:30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)

Apr 27 – 19:30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur)             

Apr 28 – 19:30 – Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants (Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali)

Apr 29 – 15:30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)             

Apr 29 – 19:30 – Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)

Apr 30 – 15:30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)         

Apr 30 – 19:30 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)           

May 1 – 19:30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)

May 2 – 19:30 – Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)    

May 3 – 19:30 – Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali)

May 4 – 15:30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)

May 4 – 19:30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)

May 5 – 19:30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur)             

May 6 – 15:30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)

May 6 – 19:30 – Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)

#RCBUnbox presented by Walkers and Co.

_ First full squad practice
_ Hall of Fame induction of ABD and Chris
_ Live music acts by Jason Derulo, Sonu Nigam and others
_ Immersive RCB experience and more_ _#PlayBold #____RCB pic.twitter.com/v5kSDWkSo9 — Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 17, 2023

May 7 – 15:30 – Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)  

May 7 – 19:30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur)             

May 8 – 19:30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)             

May 9 – 19:30 – Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai) 

May 10 – 19:30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)         

May 11 – 19:30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)             

May 12 – 19:30 – Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)           

May 13 – 15:30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)

May 13 – 19:30 – Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)   

May 14 – 15:30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur)

May 14 – 19:30 – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)

May 15 – 19:30 – Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)  

May 16 – 19:30 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)

May 17 – 19:30 – Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals (Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala)

May 18 – 19:30 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)

May 19 – 19:30 – Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala)

May 20 – 15:30 – Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)

May 20 – 19:30 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)          

May 21 – 15:30 – Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)         

May 21 – 19:30 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)

Where can I watch IPL 2023 matches LIVE in India?

The IPL 2023 matches will be available LIVE on Star Sports Network channels in India?

How can I livestream IPL 2023 matches for FREE in India?

The IPL 2023 matches will be available for livestream for free on Jio Cinema website and app in India.