IPL schedule announced, final at Jo'burg..!!





IPL 2009 will kick off at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on April 18 while

the final will be held at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24 according

to the new schedule.

The semi-finals meanwhile are to be held on May 22 and 23 in Pretoria and

Johannesburg respectively.

In a double header on the first day, last year's winners Rajasthan Royals will

take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers, Bangalore, while the Mumbai

Indians would clash with the first edition's runners-up Chennai Super Kings at

Cape Town.


In all, the 59 matches will be held in eight cities: Cape Town, Johannesburg,

Durban, Pretoria, East London, Kimberly, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth.

Kingsmead in Durban, which has a large number of South Asians, has been

allotted the lion's share of 16 matches while the Centurion Park in Pretoria will

host 12 ties.

The Wanderers in Johannesburg and Newlands in Cape Town will hold eight

matches each, with the latter playing host to four of these on the first two

days of the competition.

Seven matches are to be held in St George's Park in Port Elizabeth while

Buffalo Park in East London has been allotted four matches.

Two matches each have been handed over to Outsurance Oval in

Bloemfontein and De Beers Oval in Kimberley.


Matches will be held at 4 pm (12.30 pm local time) and 8 pm (4.30pm local

time) IST.

There are a total of ten double headers (two matches back to back at the

same venue) with Durban hosting half of these.

IPL commissioner Lalit Modi revealed that official broadcaster Sony will

telecast the matches in three languages - English, Hindi and Bengali.


Schedule: All times IST (GMT + 0530)

April 18: Rajasthan Royals (RR) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) (4 pm) at

Cape Town; Mumbai Indians (MI) v Chennai Super Kings (CSK) (8 pm) at

Cape Town

April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) v Deccan Chargers (DC) (4 pm) at Cape

Town; Delhi Daredevils (DD) v Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) (8 pm) at Cape Town


April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

April 21: RR v MI (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v KXIP (8 pm) at Durban

April 22: DD v CSK (4 pm) at Durban; RCB v DC (8 pm) at Cape Town

April 23: KKR v RR (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

April 24: KXIP v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg

April 25: KKR v CSK (4 pm) at Cape Town; DC v MI (8 pm) at Durban

April 26: RR v KXIP (4 pm) at Cape Town; RCB v DD (8 pm) Port Elizabeth

April 27: KKR v MI (4 pm) at Cape Town; CSK v DC (8 pm) at Durban

April 28: DD v RR (4 pm) at Pretoria

April 29: MI v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v RCB (8 pm) at Durban

April 30: DD v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria; RR v CSK (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 1: RCB v KXIP (4 pm) at East London; MI v KKR (8 pm) at Durban

May 2: RR v DC (4 pm) at Johannesburg; CSK v DD (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 3: MI v RCB (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v KKR (8 pm) at East London

May 4: DC v CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 5: DD v KKR (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v RR (8 pm) at Durban

May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria

May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) at Pretoria; RCB v RR (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 8: DD v MI (4 pm) at East London

May 9: DC v KXIP (4 pm) at Bloemfontein; CSK v RR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 10: KKR v DD (4 pm) at East London; RCB v MI (8 pm) at Johannesburg

May 11: DC v RR (4 pm) at Bloemfontein

May 12: RCB v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria; KXIP v MI (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 13: DC v DD (4 pm) at Durban

May 14: MI v RR (4 pm) at Durban; CSK v RCB (8 pm) at Durban

May 15: KXIP v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley

May 16: CSK v MI (4 pm) at Johannesburg; DC v KKR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 17: RR v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley; KXIP v DC (8 pm) at Johannesburg

May 18: CSK v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria

May 19: DD v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg

May 20: CSK v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; RR v KKR (8 pm) at Durban

May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) at Pretoria; MI v DD (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 22: Semi Final 1 at Pretoria

May 23: Semi Final 2 at Johannesburg

May 24: Final at Johannesburg

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