IPL 2022 to get underway from March 26, BCCI announces 2 virtual groups for 10-team season

IPL 2022 Schedule: The BCCI on Friday said the 10-team season will begin on March 26 and the final will be played on May 29. Mumbai and Pune will host 70 league matches. The 10 items have been drawn into 2 groups of 5 each.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced that the Indian Premier League 2022 season will get underway on March 26 and the final will be played on May 29. The 10-team season in IPL 2022 will have 74 matches, including 70 league stage matches which will be played across four venues in Mumbai and Pune.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed the schedule for IPL 2022 after the IPL Governing Council Meeting which was held virtually on Thursday.

The 10 teams will play a total of 14 league matches (7 home matches and 7 away matches) totalling to 70 league matches, followed by the 4 playoff matches. Each team will play 5 teams twice and the remaining 4 teams only once (2 only home and 2 only away).

The venues for the play-offs and the final will be decided on a later date, the BCCI added.

For IPL 2022, the 10 teams have been drawn in two groups of 5 teams each.

To decide on the above, teams have been assigned in two virtual groups based on the number of IPL Championships won followed by the number of Final matches played by the respective teams.

Each team will play twice with the teams in their group and with the team in the same row in the second group. With the rest of the teams in the second group, they will play only once during the league stage of the season.