BCCI says IPL to conclude on May 26, a week before ICC T20 World Cup 2024
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Chennai to host the IPL final and second qualifier while the first qualifier and eliminator will be played in Ahmedabad.
The Indian Premier League 2024 will conclude on May 26, a week before the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in North America, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) says.
The 10-week tournament is scheduled to end at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, home of reigning champions Chennai Super Kings, the BCCI said on Monday in a statement announcing the tournament’s full schedule.
The lucrative franchise league attracts some of the world’s leading cricketers who have signed multimillion-dollar contracts with its 10 teams, but they will now face the prospect of heading into the T20 World Cup with only a weeklong break in-between.
The 20-team showpiece event in the United States and the Caribbean will run June 2-29. Players from nine of those 20 nations are part of IPL franchise teams.
