Gandhinagar: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced the schedule of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host a total of 7 matches out of the 70 fixtures announced.

After staging IPL across Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad in the last edition, the 16^th season of the IPL will revert to the home and away format, where all the teams will play 7 home games and 7 away games respectively in the league stage.

A total of 70 league-stage matches will be played across 12 venues over the course of 52 days.

The 16^th season of the marquee event will kickstart on 31^st March 2023, with a blockbuster clash between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings in Ahmedabad at Narendra Modi Stadium – the largest cricket stadium in the world.

1st April, 2023 will be the first double-header day of the season, where Punjab Kings will square off against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali and Lucknow Super Giants will take on Delhi Capitals in Lucknow.

The TATA IPL 2023 will have 18 doubleheaders, with the day games starting at 3:30 PM IST and the evening games starting at 07:30 PM IST.

Rajasthan Royals will play their first two home games in Guwahati before playing the remainder of their home games in Jaipur. Punjab Kings will play their five home matches in Mohali and then, play their last two home matches in Dharamshala against Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals respectively.

The schedule and venues for the Playoffs and Final will be announced later. The summit clash of the TATA IPL 2023 will be played on May 28, 2023. It is noteworthy that last year in 2022, the final of the IPL was played in the Narendra Modi Stadium of Ahmedabad only.

The complete fixtures for the league stage of the TATA IPL 2023 are here:

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