IPL 2022 : Fans to return inside the Stadium

The Buzz and Crazy for the upcoming Indian Premier League started from the inception of 2 new teams itself back in 2021. Lucknow and Gujarat were added into the IPL. Now IPL has become a 10 team affair.

IPL Mega Auction took place in 2nd Week of February and all teams now are shaped up and ready to go. Many teams will start putting out their respective pre ipl camps for their players to practice.

Next Challenge before the BCCI was the venue and format of the IPL. Since 2 new teams have been added it was obvious that the IPL will go through a format change and the duration of the league will extend.

Now after yesterday IPL governing Council Meet, the official statement is out, this upcoming season of Indian Premier League will be conducted in the State of Maharashtra in the cities of Mumbai and Pune.

Mumbai has 3 grounds: Wankhede, CCI Brabourne and DY Patil stadium while Pune has one ground, the MCA Stadium. City of Mumbai will host 55 matches while Pune will host 15 matches. Among 55 matches, 20 will be conducted on Wankhede while 20 on DY Patil stadium and remaining 15 in Brabourne.

IPL will start from 26th of March and will conclude on 29th of May. After a key meeting between the BCCI , Mumbai Cricket Association and Govt of Maharashtra it was decided to allow 25% capacity of stadiums to get filled with crowds. The Maharashtra govt has allowed 25% crowd inside the stadiums for first 3 weeks of the tournament and further slowly depending on the covid situation it may extend to 50%.

The BCCI has identified five practice venues in Mumbai for the Dy Patil stadium the Brabourne Stadium the BKC Ground the MCA park in Navi Mumbai and Thane. The teams are likely to start arriving in Mumbai around March 12 and after 3 day mandatory quarantine teams allowed practice from 15th of March.

All participants be it players staff owners backroom staff all will have to live in bio secure bubbles. Also don’t forget to follow us on IPL 2022 Live Score for more such ipl related updates.