IPL 2024 schedule to be announced in phases due to general elections: Report

The BCCI is reportedly likely to announce the much-awaited IPL 2024 schedule in phases. While the highly-anticipated tournament is likely to get underway next month, the BCCI is yet to announce the schedule.

The reason behind the delay is the General Elections this year. The IPL 2024 schedule will depend a lot on the elections date. And it is also the reason behind the BCCI’s decision to announce the schedule in phases, according to a report in CricketNext. The report stated that the IPL governing council is in the middle of finalising the schedule and the first phase would be announced soon.

“We have been discussing internally and have more or less figured out the schedule but a final announcement is likely to happen the moment we get clarity and necessary clearances from the Home Ministry and Election Commission of India on the polling schedule,” a source told the news outlet.

“The schedule will be announced in phases. Like it happened in 2019. For the first few games of each team, we will release the schedule soon and then we get more clarity on polling schedule and other important dates, we will announce the remainder,” added the source.

IPL 2024 to be played in India:

The report further stated that the BCCI is not even contemplating the possibility of conducting the IPL 2024 outside the country due to the elections. In 2009 and 2014, the tournament had to be shifted outside India due to the same reason. However, in 2019, the entire competition took place in India despite the elections and the BCCI is confident of conducting IPL 2024 in India as well.

In 2019 as well, the schedule was announced in phases due to election. Back in 2019, the elections were held in seven phases and BCCI announced the schedule of only the first two weeks of the IPL at the beginning. While only time will tell the IPL 2024 schedule, several reports have suggested that the 17th edition of the competition is set to be played from March 22 to May 26.