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.
🚨 NEWS 🚨
— 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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Ensure uninterrupted CCTV coverage of strongrooms: DMK to EC, after outage at Ooty
Chennai, Apr 29: Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Monday urged the Election Commission to ensure uninterrupted CCTV coverage of all strongrooms in the state and sought declaration of premises of storage of EVMs a "no-fly zone" for drones.
DMK Organisation Secretary R S Bharathi, in a memorandum, urged the poll panel to "ensure the CCTV coverage in all the strongrooms where EVMs are stored is not interrupted for whatsoever reasons including technical, electrical, electronical, among others."
Referring to the Closed Circuit Television cameras at the Government Polytechnic College in Udagamandalam (Ooty) going blank for 20 minutes (6.20 pm to 6.40 pm) on April 27, Bharathi requested uninterrupted coverage in his representation addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu.
The DMK leader requested the authorities to declare the campuses that house EVMs in strongrooms as "no-fly zone" for drones.
The EVMs of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency are stored in strongrooms on the Ooty polytechnic college premises.
Bharathi said the only way to monitor the secure state of strongrooms is through uninterrupted CCTV coverage, and urged that a backup of recorded video be preserved.
