IPL 2014 Opening Ceremony - No Break - After T20 World Cup Enjoy IPL Now

We enjoyed the T20 cricket in the ICC T20 world cup 2014 and before the hangover was over its time to switch to the most popular T20 cricket league called the IPL. This is no doubt the most popular form of cricket that drives fans crazy. This year IPL is played in two phases, one in UAE and one in India.

Elections for Lok Sabha in India during April & May is the reason to host a part of IPL in UAE (South Africa and Bangladesh were also preferred choices but UAE was the lucky destination). The seventh season of IPL or we can say IPL-7 will also be little bit different this time and there won't be extravagant opening ceremony like the previous seasons of the league.  This year it'd be  a gala dinner only on April 15th. The dinner is hosted by Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan son of Sheikh of Abu Dhabi. Dinner would be hosted at Emirates Palace to be attended by various celebrities from Bollywood and VIP guests.  But the extravagant opening ceremonies are not what fans like in IPL, its cricket, the sixes, the wickets and the excitement in each and every delivery that drives the cricket fans crazy. I personaly have never watched any IPL opening ceremony so far but I've never missed any opening and closing match. In between the opening and final match of IPL I've watched the games of team I've supported always the Mumbai Indians. But since this time Sachin Tendualkar in not playing for Mumbai I'd be supporting my home team the Kings XI Punjab this time, hopefully they'll have a good season this time.

So be prepared for another exciting round of T20 cricket, let the fever of twenty twenty caught the world again for another couple of months.  Please also keep checking some famous quotes from IPL at this post.

Back to T20 Mode - Indian Premier League 2012

IPL T20 is all set to take the cricket crazy nation to the most popular and glamorized form of cricket called T20 or twenty twenty cricket. T20 cricket matches begin few years back but gain popularuity very quickly firstly in the form of ICC T20 world cup and later through various T20 leagues in cricket playing nations like Bangladesh, Australia and India etc. Indian T2o league championship is knwo as IPL or Indian Premier League. IPL is played in summers very year at various location throughout India form Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai to Pune etc.

This year IPL starts on April 4 and opening match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai India at Chennai. Once the tournament begins we will have the chance to see at least one twenty twenty match every day till May 27th when the final match of the tournament will be played. So I answered your one question "When is the final match of IPL 2012?"
Listed below is the complete match by match schedule of IPL 2012:

Wed Apr 4 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 20:00 IST	1st match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Thu Apr 5 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	2nd match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Fri Apr 6 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	3rd match - Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Fri Apr 6 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	4th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	N/A
Sat Apr 7 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	5th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Sat Apr 7 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	6th match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	N/A
Sun Apr 8 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	7th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	N/A
Sun Apr 8 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	8th match - Pune Warriors v Kings XI Punjab Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Mon Apr 9 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	9th match - Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	N/A
Tue Apr 10 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	10th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Tue Apr 10 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	11th match - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Wed Apr 11 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	12th match - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Thu Apr 12 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	13th match - Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Thu Apr 12 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	14th match - Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Fri Apr 13 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	15th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Sat Apr 14 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	16th match - Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Sun Apr 15 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	17th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Sun Apr 15 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	18th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Mon Apr 16 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	19th match - Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Tue Apr 17 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	20th match - Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	N/A
Tue Apr 17 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	21st match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Wed Apr 18 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	22nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Thu Apr 19 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	23rd match - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Thu Apr 19 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	24th match - Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Fri Apr 20 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	25th match - Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Sat Apr 21 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	26th match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Sat Apr 21 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	27th match - Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Sun Apr 22 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	28th match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Sun Apr 22 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	29th match - Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	N/A
Mon Apr 23 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	30th match - Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	N/A
Tue Apr 24 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	31st match - Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Tue Apr 24 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	32nd match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Wed Apr 25 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	33rd match - Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Wed Apr 25 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	34th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Thu Apr 26 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	35th match - Pune Warriors v Deccan Chargers Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Fri Apr 27 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	36th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Sat Apr 28 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	37th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Sat Apr 28 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	38th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Sun Apr 29 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	39th match - Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Sun Apr 29 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	40th match - Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Mon Apr 30 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	41st match - Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Tue May 1 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	42nd match - Deccan Chargers v Pune Warriors Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	N/A
Tue May 1 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	43rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	N/A
Wed May 2 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	44th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Thu May 3 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	45th match - Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Fri May 4 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	46th match - Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Sat May 5 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 16:00 IST	47th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Pune Warriors Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Sat May 5 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	48th match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Sun May 6 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	49th match - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Sun May 6 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	50th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Mon May 7 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	51st match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Tue May 8 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	52nd match - Pune Warriors v Rajasthan Royals Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Tue May 8 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	53rd match - Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	N/A
Wed May 9 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	54th match - Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Thu May 10 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	55th match - Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	N/A
Thu May 10 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	56th match - Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	N/A
Fri May 11 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	57th match - Pune Warriors v Royal Challengers Bangalore Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Sat May 12 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	58th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Sat May 12 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	59th match - Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Sun May 13 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	60th match - Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	N/A
Sun May 13 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	61st match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Mon May 14 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	62nd match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Mon May 14 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	63rd match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Tue May 15 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	64th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Wed May 16 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	65th match - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Thu May 17 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	66th match - Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala	N/A
Thu May 17 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	67th match - Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Fri May 18 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	68th match - Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	N/A
Sat May 19 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	69th match - Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala	N/A
Sat May 19 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	70th match - Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Sun May 20 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local	71st match - Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	N/A
Sun May 20 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	72nd match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	N/A
Tue May 22 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	Qualifier 1 - TBC v TBC (1st v 2nd) Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune	N/A
Wed May 23 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	Eliminator - TBC v TBC (3rd v 4th) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	N/A
Fri May 25 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	Qualifier 2 - TBC v TBC (Winner Eliminator v Loser Qualifier 1) MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Sun May 27 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local	Final - TBC v TBC MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A

So get ready, buy IPL match tickets for your favorite team in advance so that you can plan accordingly and escape the lats minute searching for availability of IPL tickets.

Some Quick news from Indian Premier League 2012:

• Learnign from the success of Shane Warne and Rajashtan Royals, this year Adam Gilchrist and Saurav Ganguly will play the dual role of Captain and Coach for their respective teams.
• List of players being ruled out of IPL is increasing this year and include names like Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and James Horpes
• IPL teams owners and franchisees are disappointed from the one and only T20 match that will be played on March 30 in South Africa between India and South Africa.

IPL 2011 - Indian Premier League Twenty Twenty Matches 2011

Forget the 50 overs game and get ready for T20 format for the IPL 2011. Now its time to see long sixes, boundaries and wickets felling like cards in less than a week time. Though there has been shuffle of teams ans players, I guess it will take a few matches to get familar with all the T20 action. For all the previous seasons of IPL I supported Mumbai Indians but I guess like teams shufflin players I will also shuffle the IPL team I am supporting. The opening match of IPL 2011 will be played on 8 April 2011 at Chennai between Kolkatta Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. Below is the full fixtures details for the tournament.

• 8-Apr-11 20:00 1st Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders


• 9-Apr-11 16:00 2nd Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals


• 9-Apr-11 20:00 3rd Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore


• 10-Apr-11 16:00 4th Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians


• 5th Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab


• 11-Apr-11 20:00 6th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers


• 12-Apr-11 16:00 7th Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils


• 12-Apr-11 20:00 8th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians


• 13-Apr-11 16:00 9th Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings


• 13-Apr-11 20:00 10th Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala


• 14-Apr-11 20:00 11th Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore


• 15-Apr-11 16:00 12th Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders


• 15-Apr-11 20:00 13th Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala


• 16-Apr-11 16:00 14th Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore


• 16-Apr-11 20:00 15th Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab


• 17-Apr-11 16:00 16th Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils


• 17-Apr-11 20:00 17th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals


• 18-Apr-11 20:00 18th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Chennai Super Kings


• 19-Apr-11 16:00 19th Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers


• 19-Apr-11 20:00 20th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals


• 20-Apr-11 16:00 21st Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors


• 20-Apr-11 20:00 22nd Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala


• 21-Apr-11 20:00 23rd Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals


• 22-Apr-11 16:00 24th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore


• 22-Apr-11 20:00 25th Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings


• 23-Apr-11 20:00 26th Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab


• Delhi 24-Apr-11 16:00 27th Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians


• 24-Apr-11 20:00 28th Rajasthan Royals vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala


• 25-Apr-11 20:00 29th Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors


• 26-Apr-11 20:00 30th Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore


• 27-Apr-11 16:00 31st Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings


• 27-Apr-11 20:00 32nd Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Deccan Chargers


• 28-Apr-11 20:00 33rd Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders


• 29-Apr-11 16:00 34th Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians


• 29-Apr-11 20:00 35th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors


• 30-Apr-11 16:00 36th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Delhi Daredevils


• 30-Apr-11 20:00 37th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab


• 1-May-11 16:00 38th Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors


• 1-May-11 20:00 39th Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers


• 2-May-11 16:00 40th Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab


• 2-May-11 20:00 41st Delhi Daredevils vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala


• 3-May-11 20:00 42nd Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders


• 4-May-11 16:00 43rd Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals


• 4-May-11 20:00 44th Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians


• 5-May-11 16:00 45th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kolkata Knight Riders


• 5-May-11 20:00 46th Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils


• 6-May-11 20:00 47th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI


• 7-May-11 16:00 48th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings


• 7-May-11 20:00 49th Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils


• 8-May-11 16:00 50th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala


• Bangalore 8-May-11 20:00 51st Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors


• 9-May-11 20:00 52nd Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings


• 10-May-11 16:00 53rd Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors


• 10-May-11 20:00 54th Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians


• 11-May-11 20:00 55th Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore


• 12-May-11 20:00 56th Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils


• 13-May-11 20:00 57th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kings XI Punjab


• 14-May-11 16:00 58th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders


• 14-May-11 20:00 59th Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers


• 15-May-11 20:00 60th Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils


• 15-May-11 20:00 61st Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Rajasthan Royals


• 16-May-11 20:00 62nd Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers


• 17-May-11 20:00 63rd Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore


• 18-May-11 20:00 64th Chennai Super Kings vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala


• 19-May-11 20:00 65th Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders


• 20-May-11 20:00 66th Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals


• 21-May-11 16:00 67th Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers


• 21-May-11 20:00 68th Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors


• 22-May-11 16:00 69th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings


• 22-May-11 20:00 70th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians


• 24-May-11 20:00 71st TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 IPL Mumbai


• 25-May-11 20:00 72nd TBC vs TBC, Eliminator IPL Mumbai


• 27-May-11 20:00 73rd TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 IPL Chennai


• 28-May-11 20:00 Final TBC vs TBC, Final IPL Chennai