Indian Premier League 2024: The Ultimate Guide

Indian Premier League is not a just cricket tournament, but it is one of the festivals, that every Indian eagerly celebrates! And here it is finally knocking on the door! IPL 2024 is set to kick off on March 22 at different venues with 10 teams battling for the trophy, surrounded by enthusiastic fans, cheering, rising to their feet, and soaking up the shine it brings. (More Cricket News)

The year 2024 will mark the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League. The tournament is organised by the Board of Cricket Council in India (BCCI) each year featuring different teams consisting of cricketers from all across the globe. When legends like MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Kane Williamson, and David Warner, cross swords against each other fans reverberate! The stadium roars! And it goes on.

74 matches will be held this summer, and the time and venue have been released by BCCI. Read below to know the squad of your favourite team, the schedule of IPL 2024, and all the details.

Indian Premier League 2024 Teams and Squads:

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK):

Captain - Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Batters: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Devon Conway, Aravelly Avanish, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Sameer Rizvi

Bowling Allrounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell

Bowlers: Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Mustafizur Rahman, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana.

2. Delhi Capitals (DC):

Captain: Rishabh Pant

Batters: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Abhishek Porel, Harry Brook, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Khushagra, Tristan Stubbs

All-Rounders: Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Sumit Kumar

Bowlers: Pravin Dubey, Vickey Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Jhye Rishardson, Mukesh Kumar, Rasikh Dar

3. Gujarat Giants (GG):

Captain: Shubman Gill

Batters: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Robin Minz, Kane Williamson

All Rounder: Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Shahrukh Khan

Bowlers: Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tetwatia, Mohammad Shami, Kartik Tyagi, Sushant Mishra, Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Umesh Yadav, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Manav Suthar

4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):

Captain: Shreyas Iyer

Batters: Nitish Rana, Rinku Sharma, Rahmatullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Sherfane Rutherford, K.S Bharat, Manish Pandey, Jason Roy Angkrish Raghuvanshi

All Rounders: Ankul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer

Bowlers: Suyash Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mitchell Starc, Chetan Sakariya

5. Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG):

Captain: KL Rahul

Batters: KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal Quinton De Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner

All Rounders: Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, David Willey

Bowlers: Shivan Mavi, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen Ul Haq, M. Siddharth

6. Mumbai Indians (MI):

Captain: Hardik Pandya

Batter: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod

All Rounders: Mohammad Nabi, Arjun Tendulkar, Romario Shepherd, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya, Gerald Coetzee, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma

Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara

7. Punjab Kings (PBKS):

Captain: Shikhar Dhawan

Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossow, Shashank Singh

All Rounders: Chris Woakes, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thyagarjann, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh

Bowlers: Prince Choudhary, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel

8. Rajasthan Royals (RR):

Captain: Sanju Samson

Batters: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore

All Rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abid Mushtaq

Bowlers: Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Nandre Burger

9. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):

Captain: Faf Du Plessis

Batters: Faf Du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Saurav Chauhan

All Rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Mayank Dagar, Manoj Bhandage

Bowlers: Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammad Siraj, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijay Kumar

10. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):

Captain: Adien Markman

Batter: Abdul Samad, Aidan Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Travis Head

All Rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvor Singh, Wannidu Hasarangra

Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Jathavedh Subramanyan, Akash Singh, Shabaz Ahamad, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Jaydev Unadkat, T Nataranjan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande

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IPL 2024 Schedule for the first two weeks:

March 22: CSK vs RCB in Chennai at 7:30 PM IST

March 23: PBKS vs DC at 3:30 PM IST, KKR vs SRH at 7:30 PM IST

March 24: RR vs LSG at 3:30 PM IST in Jaipur and GT vs MI at 7:30 PM IST in Ahmedabad

March 25: RCB vs PBKS at 7:30 PM IST in Bengaluru

March 26: CSK vs GT at 7:30 PM IST in Chennai

March 27: SRH vs MI at 7:30 PM IST in Hyderabad

March 28: RR vs DC at 7:30 PM IST in Jaipur

March 29: RCB vs KKR at 7:30 PM in Bengaluru

March 30: LSG vs PBKS at 7:30 in Lucknow

March 31: GT vs SRH at 3:30 PM IST in Ahmedabad and DC vs CSK at 7:30 in Visakhapatnam

April 1: MI vs RR at 7:30 PM IST in Mumbai

April 2: RCB vs LSG at 7:30 PM IST in Bengaluru

April 3: DC vs KKR at 7:30 PM IST in Visakhapatnam

April 4: GT vs PBKS at 7:30 PM IST in Ahmedabad

April 5: SRH vs CSK at 7:30 PM IST in Hyderabad

April 6: RR vs RCB at 7:30 PM IST in Jaipur

April 7: MI vs DC at 3:30 PM IST in Mumbai and LSG vs GT at 7:30 PM IST in Lucknow

Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have been the dominant forces in the Indian Premier League history, each claiming the championship title 5 times.

Rajasthan Royals won the cup in the inaugural season in 2008 and since then didn't see the rainbow.

Sunrisers Hyderabad clinched the championship in 2016, marking their first tournament victory, but has been struggling to find the moment of glory since then.

Kolkata Knight Riders owned by the Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan lifted the cup two times back in 2012 and 2014.

Gujarat Titans secured their inaugural IPL championship in 2022, a remarkable feat considering it was their first appearance in the tournament.

Meanwhile, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore are still vying for their first championship victory in Indian Premier League. Lucknow SuperGiants entered the scene in 2021 and are determined to win the trophy this year.