IPL 2022 to start from March 26, final on May 29

The Indian Premier League 2022 will begin on March 26. The final is set to be played on May 29.

The decision was taken during a virtual meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials with the Governing Council members on Thursday.

The teams will be in a strict bio-bubble environment and the Board has distributed practice venues at the Bandra-Kurla Complex and Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, DY Patil Sports Complex in Navi Mumbai and the MCA Grounds in Kandivali or the office in Thane.

While Wankhede Stadium and the DY Patil Stadium will have 20 matches each, 15 games will be held at Brabourne and the MCA Stadium in Pune.

“We will take a call on the playoff stages at a afterward date,” a BCCI official, who gone to the assembly, told this publication.

However, there’s a plausibility that Ahmedabad may have the playoffs. Prior, the Board was arranging to have the IPL from Walk 27, but the broadcaster Star Sports had asked the Board to begin the competition on a Saturday.

Fans to be allowed

The Board has decided to allow 50 per cent spectators during the first week, following which a maximum of 75 per cent will be allowed.

“We will follow all the necessary protocols suggested by the Maharashtra government. As of now, the plan is to ensure that we have the fans back in the stadium,” the Board official added.