IPL 2022 League Phase To Be Played Across 4 Venues in Mumbai and Pune, Final On May 29
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The IPL will have 70 league matches this time, with the addition of the two new teams, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans.
The league phase of the Indian Premier League's upcoming season (IPL 2022), will be played across four venues in Mumbai and Pune, with the final taking place on May 29th, the Board of Control for Cricket in India informed on Friday through an official release. IPL Chairman Brijesh Patel had said on Thursday that the tournament will begin from March 26. The IPL will have 70 league matches this time, with the addition of the two new teams, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans. The BCCI also explained in detail the format of the league phase and informed that a decision on the venues for the play-offs will be taken later. Group A Group B 1 MI(5) 2 CSK(4) 3 KKR(2) 4 SRH(1) 5 RR(1) 6 RCB 7 DC 8 PBKS 9 LSG 10 GT
"The IPL Governing Council at its meeting held yesterday made the following key decisions regarding the TATA IPL 2022 Season. The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League will be played in a bio-secure environment at a single hub to avoid air travel which is considered as a major threat for the spread of COVID-19 infection, thereby affecting the players and the League/matches. The tournament will kickstart from 26th March, 2022 and the final will be played on 29th May, 2022. A total of 70 league matches will be played across four international standard venues in Mumbai and Pune. The venue for the playoff matches will be decided later," BCCI said in its official release.
As per the breakdown of the matches, the Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai will host 20 matches each. The Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and the MCA International Stadium in Pune will host 15 matches each.
Here's the rest of the breakdown as explained in the BCCI release:
All teams will play:
