The 16th edition of the Indian T20 League is set for a March 31 start with defending champions Gujarat taking on 4-time winners Chennai at home – the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. For the first time since COVID, the league returns to its traditional home-and-away format with the final back in Ahmedabad on May 28.
The latest edition of the richest T20 league in the world sees 10 teams battle in a 2-month long, 74-match marathon season across 12 cities. In addition to the 10 regular venues, the 2 additional venues are Guwahati (Rajasthan’s second home), and Dharamsala (Punjab’s second home). The last time all teams played across all the traditional venues in India was way back in 2019.
Fast Facts 2023
Media rights – INR 48,390 crore (the second most-valued sporting event in the world after the NFL). The Walt Disney Company India-owned Star with rights for the Indian subcontinent worth INR 23,575 crore and Viacom18 the digital rights for INR 23,758 crore.
INR 167 crore spent on a total of 80 players in the mini auction. England’s Sam Curran with INR 18.50 crore Punjab made him the most expensive player in the history of the competition with this buy.
‘Impact Player Rule’ is a new addition to this season – the Impact Player will be a 12th player who can be introduced to the game at any time in place of one of members of the original Playing XI. According to the Impact Player rule, each team will name four substitutes along with their starting XI on the team sheet before the toss.
Format and New Rules: Key Points
- The last 3 Indian T20 Leagues have been staged in fewer locations; the 2022 edition in Mumbai and Pune, the 2021 edition was first held in a few locations in India before moving to the UAE, and in 2020 it was entirely held in the UAE
- The last edition was at 6 venues in 4 cities – Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad
- The league stage matches were played in 3 locations in Mumbai and one in Pune, while the playoff games were held in Kolkata and Ahmedabad
- A 2022 game at Narendra Modi Stadium set a Guinness World Record for the highest T20 match crowd
- Each team will compete in a total of 14 league games this season
- The 14 games will be played “home” and “away” equally – 7 & 7
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A: MUMBAI, RAJASTHAN, KOLKATA, DELHI, LUCKNOW
B: CHENNAI, PUNJAB, HYDERABAD, BANGALORE, GUJARAT
Players In Doubt
Chennai: Kyle Jamieson (ruled out)
Delhi: Rishabh Pant (ruled out)
Kolkata: Shreyas Iyer (subject to fitness)
Lucknow: Mohsin Khan (subject to fitness)
Mumbai: Jasprit Bumrah (ruled out)
Punjab: Jonny Bairstow (ruled out)
Rajasthan: Prasidh Krishna (ruled out)
Bangalore: Will Jacks (ruled out)
Squads
Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat (wk), David Willey, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Faf Du Plessis (c), Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Manoj Bhandage, Himanshu Sharma, Reece Topley
Coach: Sanjay Bangar
Chennai: MS Dhoni (c & wk), Moeen Ali, Bhagath Varma, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway (wk), Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Dwaine Pretorius, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Ben Stokes, Maheesh Theekshana
Coach: Stephen Fleming
Delhi: David Warner (c), Khaleel Ahmed, Aman Hakim Khan, Yash Dhull, Praveen Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Vicky Ostwal, Manish Pandey, Ripal Patel, Axar Patel, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Phil Salt (wk), Ishant Sharma, Prithvi Shaw
Coach: Ricky Ponting
Gujarat: Hardik Pandya (c), Rashid Khan, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade (wk), Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Yash Dayal, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Urvil Patel, Shivam Mavi, KS Bharat (wk), Odean Smith, Kane Williamson
Coach: Ashish Nehra
Hyderabad: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips (wk), Kartik Tyagi, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav (wk), Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma, Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook
Coach: Brian Lara
Kolkata: Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das (wk), Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan
Coach: Brendon McCullum
Lucknow: KL Rahul (c & wk), Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock (wk), Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Charak, Naveen-ul-Haq, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Nicholas Pooran (wk)
Coach: Andy Flower
Mumbai: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jason Behrendorff, Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs (wk), Raghav Goyal, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod (wk), Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Jhye Richardson, Cameron Green
Coach: Mahela Jayawardene
Punjab: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Baltej Singh Dhanda, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Rajasthan: Jos Buttler (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joe Root, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Jason Holder
Coach: Kumar Sangakara
Here’s the full schedule…
