IPL 2024 Schedule to be Announced on February 22

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The first phase schedule of the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League will be announced on February 22 and will be live streamed on the Jio Cinema app from 5 pm onwards. It is understood that the schedule of only the first two weeks is likely to be announced on Thursday and the remainder will be announced in two more parts.

IPL is set to begin on March 22 and will culminate on May 26. Just like the 2023 edition, 74 matches will be played this year but instead of 60 days last year, the fixtures would be played out over 67 days. The extension by a week is because of the General Elections.

As CricketNext reported last week, the IPL Governing Council is waiting for necessary approvals and clearances from both the Home Ministry and the Election Commission of India, and will only announce the remainder of the schedule when the polling schedule is announced.

A similar approach was followed the last time General Elections were held in the country too and the fixtures were announced in two parts. Like last time, the cash-rich league will be completely played in India and there was never any discussion or thought of moving it overseas.