IPL Schedule Announced! Cape Town to Open and Johannersburg to Close!

IPL schedule was announced and the first match starts on April 18. Two matches are played on the opening day in Cape Town. The matches are played at 4 PM and 8 PM IST, so if you cannot watch the 4 PM match in full, you can watch the 8 PM match.

The disappointing news is that, on a single match days also the match begins at 4 PM which could have been changed to 8 PM to give room for everyone to watch the match.

The venues and the number of matches in each venue:

Venue	Matches
Bloemfontein	2
Cape Town	8
Centurion	10
Durban	16
East London	4
Johannesburg	8
Kimberley	2
Port Elizabeth	7
Supersport Park	2
Total	59

Cape Town to host the first match of the IPL season 2 whereas Johannersburg to host one semi-final and the grand final on May 23. The detailed schedule:

Abbreviations:

CSK = Chennai Super Kings; DC = Hyderabad Deccan Chargers; DD = Delhi Daredevils; KKR = Kolkata Knight Riders; KXI = Kings XI Punjab; MI = Mumbai Indians; RC = Bangalore Royal Challengers; RR = Rajasthan Royals

Schedule:

Match #	Date	Teams	Time IST	Venue
1	Sat Apr 18	MI v. CSK	4:00 PM	Cape Town
2	Sat Apr 18	RR v. RC	8:00 PM	Cape Town
3	Sun Apr 19	DD v. KXI	4:00 PM	Cape Town
4	Sun Apr 19	DC v. KKR	8:00 PM	Cape Town
5	Mon Apr 20	RC v. CSK	8:00 PM	Port Elizabeth
6	Tue Apr 21	KXI v. KKR	4:00 PM	Durban
7	Tue Apr 21	MI v. RR	8:00 PM	Durban
8	Wed Apr 22	RC v. DC	8:00 PM	Cape Town
9	Thu Apr 23	CSK v. DD	4:00 PM	Durban
10	Thu Apr 23	KKR v. RR	8:15 PM	Cape Town
11	Fri Apr 24	RC v. KXI	8:00 PM	Durban
12	Sat Apr 25	DC v. MI	4:00 PM	Durban
13	Sat Apr 25	CSK v. KKR	8:15 PM	Cape Town
14	Sun Apr 26	RC v. DD	4:00 PM	Port Elizabeth
15	Sun Apr 26	KXI v. RR	8:15 PM	Cape Town
16	Mon Apr 27	CSK v. DC	4:00 PM	Durban
17	Mon Apr 27	KKR v. MI	8:15 PM	Port Elizabeth
18	Tue Apr 28	DD v. RR	8:00 PM	Centurion
19	Wed Apr 29	RC v. KKR	4:00 PM	Durban
20	Wed Apr 29	KXI v. MI	8:00 PM	Durban
21	Thu Apr 30	DC v. DD	4:00 PM	Centurion
22	Thu Apr 30	CSK v. RR	8:00 PM	Centurion
23	Fri May 1	KKR v. MI	4:00 PM	East London
24	Fri May 1	RC v. KXI	8:15 PM	Durban
25	Sat May 2	DC v. RR	4:00 PM	Port Elizabeth
26	Sat May 2	CSK v. DD	8:15 PM	Johannersburg
27	Sun May 3	KXI v. KKR	4:00 PM	Port Elizabeth
28	Sun May 3	RC v. MI	8:15 PM	Johannersburg
29	Mon May 4	CSK v. DC	8:00 PM	East London
30	Tue May 5	KXI v. RR	4:00 PM	Durban
31	Tue May 5	DD v. KKR	8:00 PM	Durban
32	Wed May 6	DC v. MI	8:00 PM	Centurion
33	Thu May 7	RC v. RR	4:00 PM	Centurion
34	Thu May 7	CSK v. KXI	8:00 PM	Centurion
35	Fri May 8	DD v. MI	8:00 PM	East London
36	Sat May 9	DC v. KXI	4:00 PM	Kimberly
37	Sat May 9	CSK v. RR	8:00 PM	Kimberly
38	Sun May 10	RC v. MI	4:00 PM	Port Elizabeth
39	Sun May 10	DD v. KKR	8:15 PM	Johannersburg
40	Mon May 11	DC v. RR	8:00 PM	Kimberly
41	Tue May 12	RC v. KKR	4:00 PM	Centurion
42	Tue May 12	KXI v. MI	8:00 PM	Centurion
43	Wed May 13	DC v. DD	8:00 PM	Durban
44	Thu May 14	RC v. CSK	4:00 PM	Durban
45	Thu May 14	MI v. RR	8:00 PM	Durban
46	Fri May 15	DD v. KXI	8:00 PM	Bloemfontein
47	Sat May 16	CSK v. MI	4:00 PM	Port Elizabeth
48	Sat May 16	DC v. KKR	8:15 PM	Johannersburg
49	Sun May 17	DC v. KXI	4:00 PM	Johannersburg
50	Sun May 17	DD v. RR	8:15 PM	Bloemfontein
51	Mon May 18	CSK v. KKR	8:00 PM	Centurion
52	Tue May 19	RC v. DD	8:00 PM	Johannersburg
53	Wed May 20	KKR v. RR	4:00 PM	Durban
54	Wed May 20	CSK v. KXI	8:00 PM	Durban
55	Thu May 21	DD v. MI	4:00 PM	Centurion
56	Thu May 21	RC v. DC	8:00 PM	Centurion
57	Fri May 22	1st Semi Final	8:00 PM	Centurion
58	Sat May 23	2nd Semi Final	8:00 PM	Johannersburg
59	Sun May 24	Final	8:00 PM	Johannersburg