IPL 2021 Schedule PDF Download – Indian Premier League 2021

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has just announced the Schedule for IPL 2021. According to this announcement, the 14th Season of Indian Premier League is going to be held from 9th April to 30th May 2021 in India. Eight teams are said to be participating in this season of IPL. A total of 60 matches including final are going to be played in IPL 14. All these IPL T20 matches will be live telecast on Star Sports in India. You can get IPL 2021 Schedule PDF Download, Live Streaming & Live Telecast TV Channel Rights here on this page.

IPL 2021 Schedule

Well, at last the news is out for all those enthusiastic Indian cricket fans who are eagerly waiting for IPL 2021. The most popular T20 Cricket League is coming back to fill Cricket Stadium in India. This is going to be a great event for Indian Cricket fans, as IPL 2021 will start from 9th April 2021 in India. The Defending Champions Mumbai Indian will meet Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 1st match for IPL 2021 on 9th April at Chennai Cricket Stadium, Chennai.

League Format

The Schedule of 14th Season of Indian Premier League have been divided into two two stages. The first Stage is called League stage. Each team will take on other opponent teams in this stage in double round robin format. The second stage is called play off stage. The top four teams finishing high in the group stage will qualify for this stage. Where, they will meet opponent teams to qualify for the final.

1. League Stage ( Each team will take on other opponent teams)
2. Knockout Stage (top four teams from League Stage will battle for the title)

Teams

Eight teams have been finalized by the BCCI to participate in the 14th season of Indian Premier League. These teams include Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bengalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Whereas, Mumbai Indians are the defending Champions in IPL 14 season. All these teams have completed their teams squad in IPL 2021 Draft held on 18th February 2021 in Chennai.

1. Chennai Super Kings
2. Delhi Capitals
3. Punjab Kings
4. Kolkata Knight Riders
5. Mumbai Indians (Defending Champions)
6. Rajasthan Royals
7. Royal Challengers Bengaluru 
8. Sunrisers Hyderabad

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Chennai Super Kings Team Squad

Chennai Super Kings are one of the original teams which took part in the debuting season of Indian Premier League in 2008. They came 2nd in the opening season on IPL. But, reached the semi finals in 2009. However, CSK held the IPL title for two consecutive years from 2010 to 2011. Following two years for CSK fans were so saddening when they finished as runner up in 2012 and 2013.

Sadly, Chennai Super Kings were suspended for 2016 to 2017 over the match fixing charges and corruption. However, 2018 marked the return of CSK in IPL and in the same year they reclaimed back their IPL title. However, they lost the IPL once again in the coming year to Mumbai Indians.

MS Dhoni will lead Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2021. Chennai Super Kings represent the Kingly spirit of the people of Chennai City in India. CSK retained 19 players from the previous year and released five players in the IPL 2021 Auction. Chennai Super Kings have following team squad in IPL 2021.

MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur,  Ambati Rayudu, Josh Hazlewood,  Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, KM Asif, Jagadeesan Narayan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, R Sai Kishore, Krishnappa Gowtham, Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, M. Harisankar Reddy.

Delhi Capitals Team Squad

Delhi Daredevils were among the first eight teams to play in the opening season of Indian Premier League in 2008. Unfortunately, they have not been able to win any IPL title since than. In 2018, Delhi Daredevils renamed their team to Delhi Capitals. This team represents the mighty size of Delhi, the capital city of India.

This team retained twelve players from their previous squad and released nine players before IPL Auction 2021. Sheryas Iyer is captaining Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021. The rest of the Delhi Capitals team squad in 2021 is as following.

Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Daniel Sams, Tom Curran, Steven Smith, Sam Billings, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth.

Punjab Kings Team Squad

Since 2008, Kings XI Punjab have been the part of Indian Premier League, Participating in each IPL season. However, they have not been able to claim any title to their name til yet. In 2021, Kings XI Punjab changed their name to Punjab Kings. PK retained 14 players and released seven players in IPL Auction 2021. This team represents the Kingly stature of People of Punjab state in India.

KL Rahul is currently captain of Punjab Kings with Anil Kumble as the Head Coach. The rest of the Punjab Kings Team Squad in IPL 2021 is as follow.

KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Dawid Malan, Fabian Allen, Jalaj Saxena, Saurabh Kumar, Utkarsh Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team Squad

Kolkata Knight Riders are the third most popular team in Indian Premier League. They have been participating in every season of IPL. KKR have claimed the IPL title in 2012 and 2014. Bollywood King Shah Rukh Khan and Famous Actress Johi Chawala own Kolkata Knight Riders. Apart from it, KKR holds the record of longest winning streak by any team in T20 format.

KKR represents the Knightly spirit of Kolkata City in India. Dinesh Karthik is leading Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2021 as captain. KKR retained thirteen and released ten players in IPL Auction 2021. The rest of the Kolkata Knight Riders team squad in IPL 14 is as follow.

Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Seifert, Shakib Al Hasan, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Venkatesh Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora.

Mumbai Indian Team Squad

Mumbai Indians stand tall among other IPL teams in number of titles won. They have been playing IPL since 2008 and they have become the IPL champions for four times now. Currently, they are also the defending Champions in IPL 2021. They won the IPL title in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.

The hitman of National Indian Cricket Team Rohit Sharma is captaining Mumbai Indians in IPL 2021. MI retained fifteen players and released ten players in IPL Auction 2021. The full squad of Mumbai Indian in IPL 14 is as:

Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare (WK), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Milne, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.

Rajasthan Royals Team Squad

Rajhastan became the first ever champions of Indian Premier League in 2008. Since then, they have not been able to win IPL title. In addition, they also got suspended along with Chennai Super Kings from 2016 to 2017 over match fixing charges. Perhaps, IPL 14 will mark the new age for the Rajhastan Royals.

Australian batsman Steve Smith is captaining Rajhastan Royals in IPL 2021. RR have also retained eleven and released 11 players in IPL 2021 Auction. The full Team Squad of Rajhastan Royals is as:

Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa, Christopher Morris, Shivam Dube, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone, K.C Cariappa, Akash Singh, Kuldip Yadav.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore are one of the few IPL teams which have been playing in Indian Players since 2008 and never been able to win any title. However, RCB are dedicated for IPL 2021. They removed all their post from their social media platforms including facebook, Twitter, Insta and YouTube. Every one was in shock about it. Even, Virat Kohli was not aware about this matter.

However, on 15th February RCB broke the silence and introduced new Logo, jersey and Kit. This marked a new era and new dawn for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Virat Kohli is captaining Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2021. Royal Challengers Bangalore also retained thirteen players while releasing eleven players in IPL Auction 2021. The rest of the RCB Team squad in IPL 14 will be as following.

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar,  Mohammed Azharudeen, Suyash Prabhudesai, Kona Srikar Bharat.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Team Squad

Sunrisers Hyderabad joined the IPL train in 2013. Since then, they have only won the IPL time for one time in 2016. Sunrisers Hyderabad The Sunlight of the people of Hyderabad City in India. SRH team managment includes Trevor Bayliss and Brad Haddin as assistant coach, Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and VVS Laxman as mentor.

The Current Captain of New Zealand Cricket team Kane Williamson is ready to captain Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2021. SRH retained their eighteen players while releasing five players in IPL Auction 2021. The full Sunrisers Hyderabad Team Squad in IPL 2021 is as following.

David Warner, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Kane Williamson, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Mitchell Marsh,  Priyam Garg India, Virat Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohammad Nabi, Shreevats Goswami,Basil Thampi, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Thangarasu Natarajan, Abdul Samad, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Zadran, J Suchith.

How To Watch IPL 2021 Live Broadcast on TV?

Star Network India have purchased the Live Broadcast rights for Indian Premier League from 2018 to 2022 2.55 billion US Dollars. Previously, Sony Network India held the Live Telecast for IPL from 2008 to 2017. Therefore, Star Sports will bring Live IPL T20 Cricket coverage in India. Apart from it, Indian cricket fans can also catch IPL Live Cricket Stream on Hot Star. The IPL 2021 Live Broadcast TV Channel global list is following.

You can check this list to know, which TV Channel will live telecast IPL 2021 in your country.

How To Watch IPL 2021 Live Streaming?

Hot Star which is the Digital Streaming Platform owned by Star Network India, holds the digital streaming rights of Indian Premier League from 2018 to 2023. Prior to it, Sonyliv held the IPL Streaming rights online from 2008 to 2017. Therefore, Indian cricket fans can watch IPL T20 matches live online and on their mobile phones by visiting Hot Star.

The full list of IPL 2021 Official Streaming sites is as following. You can check this list to know, which Sites will stream IPL 2021 matches live online. Please, always watch IPL 2021 Live Streaming on official platforms and do not go for illegal streaming sites.

African Countries

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic)Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Caribbean Countries

Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Guadeloupe , Martinique, Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Curaçao, Aruba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States Virgin Islands, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Cayman Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Martin, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Anguilla, Saint Barthélemy, Montserrat.

Arabian Countries

Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Tunisia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Oman, Kuwait, Mauritania, Qatar, Bahrain, Djibouti, Comoros.