IPL 6 Schedule: Kolkata Knight Riders to Meet Delhi Daredevils in Opener
Kolkata Knight Riders will begin their defence of the IPL title on April 3, at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, when the team led by Gautam Gambhir take on Delhi Daredevils.
There will be nine teams in the fray in IPL 6, with Sunrisers Hyderabad replacing Deccan Chargers who have since been disbanded. The Hyderabad outfit will make their debut in the tournament on April 5 when they clash with Pune Warriors India. Incidentally, Saurav Ganguly who captained the Pune outfit in IPL 5 will not be featuring this year after a mutual agreement to that effect reached between the former India captain and the Pune warriors management.
The complete schedule of IPL 6 is as under:
Stage Match # Date Venue Home Team Away Team
Group Stage 1 3/4/2013 Kolkata KKR DD
Group Stage 2 4/4/2013 Bangalore RCB MI
Group Stage 3 5/4/2013 Hyderabad SH PW
Group Stage 4 6/4/2013 Delhi DD RR
Group Stage 5 6/4/2013 Chennai CSK MI
Group Stage 6 7/4/2013 Pune PW KXIP
Group Stage 7 7/4/2013 Hyderabad SH RCB
Group Stage 8 8/4/2013 Jaipur RR KKR
Group Stage 9 9/4/2013 Bangalore RCB SH
Group Stage 10 9/4/2013 Mumbai MI DD
Group Stage 11 10/4/2013 Mohali KXIP CSK
Group Stage 12 11/4/2013 Bangalore RCB KKR
Group Stage 13 11/4/2013 Pune PW RR
Group Stage 14 12/4/2013 Delhi DD SH
Group Stage 15 13/4/2013 Mumbai MI PW
Group Stage 16 13/4/2013 Chennai CSK RCB
Group Stage 17 14/4/2013 Kolkata KKR SH
Group Stage 18 14/4/2013 Jaipur RR KXIP
Group Stage 19 15/4/2013 Chennai CSK PW
Group Stage 20 16/4/2013 Mohali KXIP KKR
Group Stage 21 16/4/2013 Bangalore RCB DD
Group Stage 22 17/4/2013 Pune PW SH
Group Stage 23 17/4/2013 Jaipur RR MI
Group Stage 24 18/4/2013 Delhi DD CSK
Group Stage 25 19/4/2013 Hyderabad SH KXIP
Group Stage 26 20/4/2013 Kolkata KKR CSK
Group Stage 27 20/4/2013 Bangalore RCB RR
Group Stage 28 21/4/2013 Delhi DD MI
Group Stage 29 21/4/2013 Mohali KXIP PW
Group Stage 30 22/4/2013 Chennai CSK RR
Group Stage 31 23/4/2013 Bangalore RCB PW
Group Stage 32 23/4/2013 Delhi DD KXIP
Group Stage 33 24/4/2013 Kolkata KKR MI
Group Stage 34 25/4/2013 Chennai CSK SH
Group Stage 35 26/4/2013 Kolkata KKR KXIP
Group Stage 36 27/4/2013 Jaipur RR SH
Group Stage 37 27/4/2013 Mumbai MI RCB
Group Stage 38 28/4/2013 Chennai CSK KKR
Group Stage 39 28/4/2013 Raipur DD PW
Group Stage 40 29/4/2013 Jaipur RR RCB
Group Stage 41 29/4/2013 Mumbai MI KXIP
Group Stage 42 30/4/2013 Pune PW CSK
Group Stage 43 1/5/2013 Hyderabad SH MI
Group Stage 44 1/5/2013 Raipur DD KKR
Group Stage 45 2/5/2013 Chennai CSK KXIP
Group Stage 46 2/5/2013 Pune PW RCB
Group Stage 47 3/5/2013 Kolkata KKR RR
Group Stage 48 4/5/2013 Hyderabad SH DD
Group Stage 49 5/5/2013 Mumbai MI CSK
Group Stage 50 5/5/2013 Jaipur RR PW
Group Stage 51 6/5/2013 Mohali KXIP RCB
Group Stage 52 7/5/2013 Jaipur RR DD
Group Stage 53 7/5/2013 Mumbai MI KKR
Group Stage 54 8/5/2013 Hyderabad SH CSK
Group Stage 55 9/5/2013 Mohali KXIP RR
Group Stage 56 9/5/2013 Pune PW KKR
Group Stage 57 10/5/2013 Delhi DD RCB
Group Stage 58 11/5/2013 Pune PW MI
Group Stage 59 11/5/2013 Mohali KXIP SH
Group Stage 60 12/5/2013 Ranchi KKR RCB
Group Stage 61 12/5/2013 Jaipur RR CSK
Group Stage 62 13/5/2013 Mumbai MI SH
Group Stage 63 14/5/2013 Bangalore RCB KXIP
Group Stage 64 14/5/2013 Chennai CSK DD
Group Stage 65 15/5/2013 Ranchi KKR PW
Group Stage 66 15/5/2013 Mumbai MI RR
Group Stage 67 16/5/2013 Dharamsala KXIP RCB
Group Stage 68 17/5/2013 Hyderabad SH RR
Group Stage 69 18/5/2013 Dharamsala KXIP MI
Group Stage 70 18/5/2013 Bangalore RCB CSK
Group Stage 71 19/5/2013 Pune PW DD
Group Stage 72 19/5/2013 Hyderabad SH KKR
Qualifier 1 73 21/5/2013 Chennai TBC TBC
Eliminator 74 22/5/2013 Chennai TBC TBC
Qualifier 2 75 24/5/2013 Kolkata TBC TBC
Final 76 26/5/2013 Kolkata TBC TBC
The tournament will begin with a group stage during which each team will play every other twice — home and away. After the end of the group stage games, the IPL playoffs will begin on May 19 between the sides that finish in the top four places.
Chennai’s Chidambaram Stadium will host the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator matches on May 21 and 22, while Eden Gardens will be the venue of the Qualifier 2 and the final scheduled for May 24 and 26.
Matches will begin at 4 PM and 8 PM, whenever there are two games on a single day; on the days that feature only a single game, it is scheduled to start at 8PM.
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