Indian Premier League 2021 is scheduled to begin in Chennai on April 9. Defending champion Mumbai Indians take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The play-offs and final will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
All matches are played in neutral locations. Each team plays at only four of the six venues during the league stage.
There will be 11 doubleheaders, with afternoon matches starting at 3:30 pm IST, while evening matches start at 7:30 pm IST. The tournament will be played behind closed doors, to begin with.
- Chennai Super Kings IPL 2021 Fixtures, Schedule, Dates, Timings, Venues
- Delhi Capitals IPL 2021 Fixtures, Schedule, Dates, Timings, Venues
- Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2021 Fixtures, Schedule, Dates, Timings, Venues
- Mumbai Indians IPL 2021 Fixtures, Schedule, Dates, Timings, Venues
- Punjab Kings IPL 2021 Fixtures, Schedule, Dates, Timings, Venues
- Rajasthan Royals IPL 2021 Fixtures, Schedule, Dates, Timings, Venues
- Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2021 Fixtures, Schedule, Dates, Timings, Venues
- Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2021 Fixtures, Schedule, Dates, Timings, Venues
Indian Premier League 2021 Squads
Chennai Super Kings:
Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (C), Narayan Jagadeesabn, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore
Delhi Capitals:
Shreyas Iyer (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Anrich Nortje, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Pravin Dubey, Vishnu Vinod
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (C), Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma (C), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar
Punjab Kings:
KL Rahul (C), 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, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar
Rajasthan Royals:
Sanju Samson (C), 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, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahim, Chetan Sakariya, K.C. Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad:
Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Daniel Sams, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Philippe, Kane Richardson, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyesh Prabhudessai, K.S. Bharat
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Kane Williamson, David Warner (C), Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Basil Thampi, Jason Holder, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Yadav, Mujeeb ur Rahman
Indian Premier League 2021- Schedule
| Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
| April 9, Friday | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 10, Saturday | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 11, Sunday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 12, Monday | Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 13, Tuesday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 14, Wednesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 15, Thursday | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 16, Friday | Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 17, Saturday | Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 18, Sunday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 3:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 18, Sunday | Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 19, Monday | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 20, Tuesday | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 21, Wednesday | Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 21, Wednesday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 22, Thursday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 23, Friday | Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 24, Saturday | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 25, Sunday | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 25, Sunday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 26, Monday | Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| April 27, Tuesday | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| April 28, Wednesday | Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
| April 29, Thursday | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals | 3:30 PM | Delhi |
| April 29, Thursday | Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| April 30, Friday | Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 1, Saturday | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
| May 2, Sunday | Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3:30 PM | Delhi |
| May 2, Sunday | Punjab Kings Vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 3, Monday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 4, Tuesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | 7.30 PM | Delhi |
| May 5, Wednesday | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | 7.30 PM | Delhi |
| May 6, Thursday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 7, Friday | Sunrisers Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings | 7.30 PM | Delhi |
| May 8, Saturday | Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals | 3.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 8, Saturday | Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians | 7.30 PM | Delhi |
| May 9, Sunday | Chennai Super Kings v Punjab Kings | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 9, Sunday | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 10, Monday | Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 11, Tuesday | Delhi Capitals v Rajasthan Royals | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 12, Wednesday | Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 13, Thursday | Mumbai Indians v Punjab Kings | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 13, Thursday | Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 14, Friday | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Capitals | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 15, Saturday | Kolkata Knight Riders v Punjab Kings | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 16, Sunday | Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 16, Sunday | Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 17, Monday | Delhi Capitals v Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 18, Tuesday | Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 19, Wednesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad v Punjab Kings | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 20, Thursday | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 21, Friday | Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 21, Friday | Delhi Capitals v Chennai Super Kings | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 22, Saturday | Punjab Kings v Rajasthan Royals | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 23, Sunday | Mumbai Indians v Delhi Capitals | 3.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 23, Sunday | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 25, Tuesday | QUALIFIER 1 | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 26, Wednesday | ELIMINATOR | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 28, Friday | QUALIFIER 2 | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 30, Sunday | FINAL | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
