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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