IPL Schedule 2022 Match Dates, Fixtures, Teams, IPL Match Today

IPL 15th season have started from March 26, 2022, and this time, fans will get more fun and more entertainment as two new franchises Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Gujarat Titans (GT) will also be part of this league. The BCCI (Board of Control For Cricket in India) on Sunday announced the much-awaited IPL schedule 2022. The opening match will be played between the 4-time champion team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the 2-time champion team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

IPL 2022 finals to be held on May 29, 2022. Stay tuned to see who will win the season.

In this story, we've covered complete IPL 2022 schedule, which includes IPL match dates and IPL match timings.

IPL Schedule 2022

Unlike previous seasons, this year, we will see ten franchises trying to win the IPL trophy. With the participation of two more teams, we won't be able see the round-robin stage as the teams will be divided into two groups, A and B. The group A has teams such as Mumbai Indians (MI), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Delhi Capitals (DC), Rajasthan Royals (RR), and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). While the group B will see the ferocious battle between other five teams Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Punjab Kings (PBKS), and Gujarat Titans (GT). Each team will play twice against 4 teams of its group and 1 team from the other group. The teams will also have to compete once against the 4 teams from the other group.

IPL 2022 Teams & Players List

The VIVO IPL 2022 will see 10 teams participating from all the major regions in India. Consisting of foreign and national players, here is a complete list of IPL 2022 key players team-wise.

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Team 2022

Chennai Supers Kings (CSK) will start its campaign against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The team, this year, has bought some renowned names such as Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, Chris Jordan, and Deepak Chahar. Unlike previous seasons, this year, Ravindra Jadeja will lead the side after MS Dhoni's resignation as CSK captain.

CSK Squad 2022

Ravindra Jadeja (Captain), MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Devon Conway, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad, C Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Shubhranshu Senapati, Dwayne Pretorius, Narayan Jagadessan, Moeen Ali, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, K Bhagat Varma, Shivam Dube, Adam Milne, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, and Tushar Deshpande.

2. Delhi Capitals (DC) Team 2022

Delhi Capitals in the last three seasons delivered some great performance under the leadership of Rishabh Pant. The franchise in the auction picked the Aussie cricketers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh. The bowling unit will also be strengthened by the inclusion of players like Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, and Shardul Thakur.

DC Squad 2022

Rishabh Pant (Captain), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mandeep Singh, Ashwin Hebbar, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Seifert, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Anrich Nortje, K.S Bharat, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Vicky Otswal, Chetan Sakariya, and Khaleel Ahmed.

3. Punjab Kings (PBKS) Team 2022

Punjab Kings look a strong contender to win the IPL trophy as this year, it has bought great players like Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, and Liam Livingstone. In the 15th edition, the franchise will try to quench its thirst by achieving the trophy for the first time.

PBKS Squad 2022

Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Jitesh Sharma, Bhanuka Rajpaksa, Prabhsimran Singh, Ansh Patel, Atharva Taide, Benny Howell, Harpreet Brar, Liam Livingstone, Odean Smith, Prerak Mankad, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ishan Porel, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Sandeep Sharma, and Vaibhav Arora.

4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Team 2022

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is one of the most dangerous teams in the IPL. The team in the second phase of the league made a comeback by winning 5 matches out of 7. With players like Shreyas Iyer, Pat Cummins, Nitish Rana, Umesh Yadav, Andre Russell, and Sunil Narine, the team looks balanced.

KKR Squad 2022

Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Alex Hales, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Umesh Yadav, Pat Cummins, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravathy, Mohammad Nabi, Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Anukul Roy, Baba Indrajith, Rinku Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Chamika Karunaratne, Aman Khan, Rasikh Dar, and Ashok Sharma.

5. Mumbai Indians (MI) Team 2022

Mumbai Indians under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma has won 5 IPL trophies. Last year, MI couldn't advance to the playoffs, in this edition, the squad will try to show its magical performance with players like Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, and Dewald Brevis.

MI Squad 2022

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Aryan Juyal, Anmolpreet Singh, Dewald Brevis, Rahul Buddhi, Arjun Tendulkar, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Hrithik Shokeen, Jofra Archer, Kieron Pollard, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Sanjay Yadav, Tim David, Basil Thampi, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith, and Tymal Mills.

6. Rajasthan Royals (RR) Team 2022

Rajasthan Royals team has seen ups and downs after winning the trophy in 2008. The team will try to remove the tag of unpredictability by giving solid performance in the 15th edition. After the purchase of players like Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, and Yuzvendra Chahal, the team is looking strong.

RR Squad 2022

Sanju Samson (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Butler, Daryl Mitchell, Karun Nair, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Arunay Singh, James Neesham, Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Shubham Garhwal, KC Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Prasidh Krishna, Tejas Baroka, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal.

7. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Team 2022

After the resignation of Virat Kohli as a skipper of the team, it would be interesting to see how Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will play in this season. The team has potential to win the trophy as it has experienced players like Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood, Faf Du Plessis, Josh Hazlewood, and Dinesh Karthik.

RCB Squad 2022

Faf du Plessis (Captain), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Finn Allen, David Willey Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Luvnith Sisodia, Aneeshwar Gautam, Harshal Patel, Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahamad, Sherfane Rutherford, Suyash S Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Deep, Chama Milind, Jason Behrendorff, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, and Siddharth Kaul.

8. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Team 2022

After the devasting performance in the last season, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will try to give its best performance. The management has rebuilt the team by buying players like Kane Williamson, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, and Aiden Markram.

SRH Squad 2022

Kane Williamson (Captain), Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Nicholas Pooran, Vishnu Vinod, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Jagdeesha Suchith, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Shreyas Gopal, and T Natarajan

9. Gujarat Titans (GT) Team 2022

IPL fans are excited to see how the new franchise, Gujarat Titans (GT) will play in the league under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. Pandya, who is captaining for the first time, had delivered many match-winning and wicket-taking performances for Mumbai Indians (MI).

GT Squad 2022

Hardik Pandya (Captain), Abhinav Sadarangani, David Miller, Shubhman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Varun Aaron, and Yash Dayal.

10. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Team

Lucknow Super Giants will be led by the Indian opener KL Rahul. In the past, Rahul has captained for the Punjab Kings and that experience will help him a lot to lead his new franchise.

LSG Squad 2022

KL Rahul (Captain), Evin Lewis, Manan Vohra, Manish Pandey, Quinton De Kock, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, and Shahbaz Nadeem.

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