The second edition of the much-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 championship is scheduled to begin on April 18 with first match at Newlands, Cape Town between last year champion Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers.
The match will commence with a glittering opening ceremony at Newlands before the first match. The semi-finals and the final will be held at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24.
The domestic Indian cricket tournament, comprising players from all across the world, was forced to shift from India to South Africa following government concern over security arrangements in an election year, as the earlier schedule were overlapping with the general elections starting from next month.
The Board of Cricket Control for India (BCCI) and IPL organisers had then decided to stage this mega sporting event in South Africa with all logistic and security support from the South African cricket board and government.
2009 IPL schedule:
April 18: Opening ceremony followed by Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings (Newlands, Cape Town )
April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers (Newlands, Cape Town); Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab (Newlands, Cape Town)
April 20: Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
April 21: Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 22: Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers (Newlands, Cape Town )
April 23: Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
April 24: Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
April 25: Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings (Newlands, Cape Town ); Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 26: Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab (Newlands, Cape Town); Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils (St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth)
April 27: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians (Newlands, Cape Town ); Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 28: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
April 29: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 30: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers (Supersport Park, Centurion, Pretoria); Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings (Supersport Park, Centurion, Pretoria)
May 1: Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab ( Buffalo Park , East London); Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 2: Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers (Wanderers, Johannesburg ); Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 3: Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders ( Buffalo Park , East London )
May 4: Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 5: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 6: Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 7: Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 8: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians ( Buffalo Park , East London )
May 9: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab ( Outsurance Park , Bloemfontein ); Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 10: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils ( Buffalo Park , East London); Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 11: Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals ( Outsurance Park , Bloemfontein )
May 12: Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 13: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 14: Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals (Kingsmead, Durban ); Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 15: Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils (De Beers Diamond, Oval, Kimberley )
May 16: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians (Wanderers, Johannesburg ); Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 17: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils (De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley ); Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 18: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 19: Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 20: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban ); Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 21: Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 22: Semifinal 1 at Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria
May 23: Semifinal 2 at Wanderers, Johannesburg
May 24: Closing ceremony followed by final (Wanderers, Johannesburg ).
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