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And, so this is it! After months of uncertainty and speculations surrounding the possibility of the IPL taking place this year, the 13th edition of the cash-rich league will finally take center stage in the United Arab Emirates from September 19th.

The tournament is set to kick off with a blockbuster clash, with the defending champions Mumbai Indians locking horns with three-time winners and the runners-up of the last edition, Chennai Super Kings.

The 53-day tournament will consist of 10 double-headers and will be played in the bio-secure environment of the UAE behind closed doors.

 

What are the venues at which the IPL 2020 will be contested?

The IPL will take place across the three venues in the United Arab Emirates- Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah. The Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi will host 20 round-robin games including the tournament opener, while Dubai and Sharjah will play host to 24 and 12 games respectively.

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The venues of playoffs is yet to be announced.

What is the schedule of IPL 2020?

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IPL 2020 Schedule. (Source: IPL)
IPL, IPL 2020, IPL Schedule, IPL 2020 Schedule
IPL 2020 Schedule. (Source: IPL)

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So, what are the squads of each of the 8 teams in IPL 2020?

Chennai Super Kings [CSK]-

IPL 2019 schedule
CSK (Credits – BCCI)

MS Dhoni [C & WK], Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson, Sai KishoreNarayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay

 

Mumbai Indians [MI]-

Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians became the IPL champions for the fourth time last season. (Credits: Twitter)

Rohit Sharma [C], Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock [WK], Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni,  Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, James Pattinson

 

Kolkata Knight Riders [KKR]-

IPL 2020: Full Schedule, Squads, Live Streaming Details And Everything You Need To Know
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Dinesh Karthik [C & WK], Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Ali Khan

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Royal Challengers Bangalore [RCB]-

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Virat Kohli [C], AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande Parthiv Patel [WK], Joshua Philippe [WK], Shahbaz Ahmad

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH]-

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Sunrisers Hyderabad. Photo by: Vipin Pawar /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

David Warner [C], Jonny Bairstow [WK], Kane Williamson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Fabian Allen, Vijay Shankar, Sanjay Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha [WK], Shreevats Goswami, Bavanaka Sandeep, Basil Thampi, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad,  Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma

 

Kings XI Punjab [KXIP]-

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KL Rahul [C & WK], Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Sheldon Cottrell, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Arshdeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, M Ashwin, J Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Darshan Nalkande, Deepak Hooda, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, Prabhsimran Singh.

 

Delhi Capitals [DC]-

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Shaw and Pant. BCCI/IPL

Shreyas Iyer [C], Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan Rishabh Pant [WK], Ravichandran Ashwin, Alex Carey, Kagiso Rabada, Shimron Hetmyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes,  Tushar Deshpande, Daniel Sams

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Rajasthan Royals [RR]-

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Rajasthan Royals (Credits: IPL)

Steve Smith [C], Jos Buttler [WK], Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Ankit Rajpoot, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Mayank Markande, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, Rahul Tewatia, Shashank Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anirudha Joshi, Tom Curran, Anuj Rawat

 

Where can we watch the 13th edition of IPL?

Viewers can catch the entire season of the Indian Premier League on the Star Sports network. In case you don’t have the television around you, then you can live stream the same on the Disney Hotstar app.

 

At what time will the matches start?

In a significant change from the past seasons, the day-night games in the 2020 IPL will start at 19:30 IST. The day fixtures will start at 15:30 IST.