The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made some important changes for IPL 2022. Now teams will be able to use not one but two DRS. Also, even after getting the COVID case, now the team will not have to bear the brunt directly, rather the IPL Technical Committee will take a final decision on whether the match can be carried forward or not.
It was informed by the BCCI on Monday 14 March that, if a case of corona comes to the fore in a team and they have less than 12 players (last-11 and one substitute). In such a situation, BCCI will try to go ahead with the match. If this does not happen, then the final decision will be taken by the IPL Technical Committee. Rather, earlier it used to happen that, if the match could not progress, then the opposition team would get 2 points.
It is worth noting that earlier the BCCI had released the schedule of the league stage of the 15th edition of the IPL. The league stage matches will be played from 26 March to 22 May. This league will be organized for a total of 65 days and the final match will be played on 29 May. However, the playoff schedule was not released and is still awaited.
Talking about the venue of 70 matches of the league stage, a total of 55 matches will be played in Mumbai. The matches will be held at Wankhede, Brabourne and DY Patil Stadiums. Apart from this, 15 matches will be held in Pune. 20-20 matches of IPL 2022 league stage will be held at Wankhede and DY Patil Stadium and 15-15 matches will be played at Brabourne Stadium and MCA Stadium in Pune.
The first match of IPL 2022 will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, March 26. The first double header will be held on the second day on Sunday 27 March. Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians will face in the first match of the first double header. Then Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will face each other in the second match.