BCCI announced the schedule of first two weeks of IPL 2019 in which 17 matches will be played. IPL 2019 will kickstart on March 23 with the defending champions Chennai Super Kings taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chennai.


All teams will play a minimum of 4 matches with DC and RCB playing 5 matches. Every team will play a minimum of 2 home and 2 away matches with DC playing 3 home matches, while RCB will play 3 away matches.

The schedule, however, is subject to change if the dates clash with Lok Sabha 2019 election. “Once these have been released BCCI will address any issues with the first two weeks and will also prepare a schedule for the remainder of the season working with the local authorities around the polling dates,” BCCI said in a release.

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