New Delhi. Indian Premier League has started. The current champion Chennai Super Kings team made a winning start by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in their first match. Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to step down from the captaincy this season and Ruturaj Gaikwad was given the command of the team. A big news is coming for the fans of Chennai. It is being told that the biggest match of the season could be in Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s stronghold.
According to Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) sources, the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will probably be played on May 26 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. It is learned that one qualifier and one eliminator will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad while the second qualifier will be held in Chennai.
“The IPL Governing Council has followed the tradition of hosting the opening matches and the final at the home ground of last year’s defending champions (Chennai Super Kings),” a senior BCCI official told PTI.
5 players… who can retire after IPL 2024, 4 Indians included, one has won 5 trophies
BCCI has finalized the schedule of the remaining matches of IPL keeping in mind the dates of general elections and it will be released soon. The dates of the initial matches of the tournament were announced long ago. A total of 74 matches are to be played in the T20 league to be played between 10 teams. Out of these, the schedule of date and venue of 21 matches is in front of everyone. A decision has to be taken on the dates and venue of the remaining matches.
Dhoni’s IPL could be his last
For the last several seasons, there has been discussion whether this IPL will be the last tournament of former Indian captain and Chennai’s champion player Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Every time he postpones it, but this time as the decision has been taken to hand over the captaincy to the youth, it is believed that he may probably announce his retirement. Even before this, he had handed over the captaincy of the team to Ravindra Jadeja but he could not fulfill it and decided to leave it. Now the team is seeing the future captain in Ruturaj.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 24, 2024, 13:11 IST