IPL: Chennai to host final on May 26, Ahmedabad gets play-offs, DC home games start from Apr 20
New Delhi, Mar 25: Chennai was on Monday named venue of this year's IPL final on May 26 and was also awarded hosting rights of the second qualifier on May 24 as the BCCI unveiled the tournament's complete schedule, factoring in the polling dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Chennai has been awarded the final by virtue of Chennai Super Kings being the defending champions. The title-holders get to host the opening and the final game of the tournament as per established convention.
The event got underway on March 22 after the BCCI announced the schedule for just the first two weeks (21 matches).
The other two marquee play-off matches will be hosted by Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on May 21 and 22 respectively.
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 25, 2024
BCCI announces the full schedule of #TATAIPL 2024 🗓️
The remainder of the schedule has been drawn up, factoring in the polling dates and venues for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections across the country.
Check out the schedule here 🔽
Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, the world’s biggest cricket stadium, will host the Qualifier 1 & Eliminator.
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 25, 2024
The Qualifier 2 and the Grand Final will take place in Chennai, the home turf of reigning champions, Chennai Super Kings.#TATAIPL
Following is the full schedule of 74 IPL matches released on Sunday:
Mar 22: CSK vs RCB (Chennai) 8 pm
Mar 23: PBKS vs DC (Mullanpur) 3:30 pm
KKR vs SRH (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
Mar 24: RR vs LSG (Jaipur) 3:30 pm
GT vs MI (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
Mar 25: RCB vs PBKS (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
Mar 26: CSK vs GT (Chennai) 7:30 pm
Mar 27: SRH vs MI (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
Mar 28: RR vs DC (Jaipur) 7:30 pm
Mar 29: RCB vs KKR (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
Mar 30: LSG vs PBKS (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Mar 31: GT vs SRH (Ahmedabad) 3:30 pm
DC vs CSK (Visakhapatnam) 7:30 pm
Apr 1: MI vs RR (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
Apr 2 : RCB vs LSG (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
Apr 3: DC vs KKR (Visakhapatnam) 7:30 pm
Apr 4: GT vs PBKS (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
Apr 5: SRH vs CSK (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
Apr 6: RR vs RCB (Jaipur) 7:30 pm
Apr 7: MI vs DC (Mumbai) 3:30 pm
LSG vs GT (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Apr 8: CSK vs KKR (Chennai) 7:30 pm
Apr 9: PBKS vs SRH (Mullanpur) 7:30 pm
Apr 10: RR vs GT (Jaipur) 7:30 pm
Apr 11: MI vs RCB (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
Apr 12: LSG vs DC (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Apr 13: PBKS vs RR (Mullanpur) 7:30 pm
Apr 14: KKR vs LSG (Kolkata) 3:30 pm
MI vs CSK (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
Apr 15: RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
Apr 16: GT vs DC (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
Apr 17: KKR vs RR (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
Apr 18: PBKS vs MI (Mullanpur) 7:30 pm
Apr 19: LSG vs CSK (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Apr 20: DC vs SRH (Delhi) 7:30 pm
Apr 21: KKR vs RCB (Kolkata) 3:30 pm
PBKS vs GT (Mullanpur) 7:30 pm
Apr 22: RR vs MI (Jaipur) 7:30 pm
Apr 23: CSK vs LSG (Chennai) 7:30 pm
Apr 24: DC vs GT (Delhi) 7:30 pm
Apr 25: SRH vs RCB (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
Apr 26: KKR vs PBKS (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
Apr 27: DC vs MI (Delhi) 3:30 pm
LSG vs RR (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
Apr 28: GT vs RCB (Ahmedabad) 3:30 pm
CSK vs SRH (Chennai) 7:30 pm
Apr 29: KKR vs DC (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
Apr 30: LSG vs MI (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
May 1: CSK vs PBKS (Chennai) 7:30 pm
May 2: SRH vs RR (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
May 3: MI vs KKR (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
May 4: RCB vs GT (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
May 5: PBKS vs CSK (Dharamshala) 3:30 pm
LSG vs KKR (Lucknow) 7:30 pm
May 6: MI vs SRH (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
May 7: DC vs RR (Delhi) 7:30 pm
May 8: SRH vs LSG (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
May 9: PBKS vs RCB (Dharamshala) 7:330 pm
May 10: GT vs CSK (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
May 11: KKR vs MI (Kolkata) 7:30 pm
May 12: CSK vs RR (Chennai) 3:30 pm
RCB vs DC (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
May 13: GT vs KKR (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
May 14: DC vs LSG (Delhi) 7:30 pm
May 15: RR vs PNKS (Guwahati) 7:30 pm
May 16: SRH vs GT (Hyderabad) 7:30 pm
May 17: MI vs LSG (Mumbai) 7:30 pm
May 18: RCB vs CSK (Bengaluru) 7:30 pm
May 19: SRH vs PBKS (Hyderabad) 3:30 pm
RR vs KKR (Guwahati) 7:30 pm
May 21: Qualifier 1 (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
May 22: Eliminator (Ahmedabad) 7:30 pm
May 24: Qualifier 2 (Chennai) 7:30 pm
May 26: Final (Chennai) 7:30 pm .
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Egg-donation racket targeting poor women busted in Maharashtra's Thane; 3 held
Thane (PTI): Police have unearthed an egg-donation racket, suspected to be involving crores of rupees, that repeatedly exploited vulnerable women in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said.
The victims were offered Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 per cycle and repeatedly used as egg donors, resulting in physical exploitation. They were taken to IVF centres where the eggs were surgically extracted and sold for lakhs, they said, adding that so far, 20 women are believed to have fallen prey to the racket.
Three women have been arrested in connection with the illegal trade operating out of a residential apartment and a sonography centre at Joveli in Badlapur East, the police officials said on Saturday.
Egg donation is a fertility procedure where a woman provides eggs for another person to conceive, usually via IVF (in vitro fertilisation). The donor undergoes screening and hormone treatment, eggs are retrieved, fertilised, and transferred to the recipient.
The arrested persons have been identified as Sulakshana Gadekar (44), Ashwini Chabukswar (29), and Manjusha Wankhede (46).
Following a tip-off from a victim to Thane Sub-District Hospital's Chief Medical Officer Dr Jyotsna Sawant, a raid was recently conducted at Gadekar’s residence in Nano City building, the police said.
“We recovered photos of injections used in connection with pregnancy, sonography reports, affidavits with false names, fake documents, and evidence of financial transactions on the mobile phones of the accused,” a police official said.
The accused targeted needy women, paying them Rs 25,000 to 30,000 per cycle. The victims were allegedly administered hormonal injections to increase egg production and were repeatedly used as donors, leading to physical exploitation, the official said.
“The process involved injecting the women to stimulate egg production and taking them for sonography. Once the eggs were ready, the victims were sent to IVF centres where the eggs were surgically extracted and sold for lakhs of rupees,” the official added.
Ulhasnagar Deputy Commissioner of Police Sachin Gore said that more than 20 women might have fallen victim to this racket so far.
“The racket was previously operating in Vangani before shifting to Badlapur recently. We are investigating the involvement of IVF centres, doctors, and hospitals. High-profile names are likely to surface as the turnover of this illegal trade is estimated to be in crores,” Gore said.
A case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, the police added.
