Premier League 2023 Preview: A Look at the Teams, Players, and Expectations for the Upcoming Cricket Season
The much-awaited Premier League 2023 will start on 31st March in Ahmedabad, and cricket fans cannot hide their excitement. The first match will see the defending champions Gujarat Titans go head-on against Chennai Super Kings. Additionally, the game will be played across 12 venues, taking the home-and-away format that was halted 2019. Here are more details about the Premier League 2023 schedule, matches, squads, etc.
Indian Premier League 2023 Venues
The Premier League 2023 fixtures are spread across 12 cities in India, and all teams will participate in home and away matches. Therefore, every Premier League team will play seven Premier League matches at home and the other seven at their opponent’s home. The venues are listed below.
Ahmedabad – Narendra Modi Stadium
Mohali – Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
Lucknow – Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
Hyderabad – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Bengaluru – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Chennai – MA Chidambaram Stadium
Delhi – Arun Jaitley Stadium
Guwahati – Barsapara Cricket Stadium
Kolkata – Eden Gardens
Mumbai – Wankhede Stadium
Jaipur – Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Dharamshala – Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium
Indian Premier League 2023 Complete Schedule
Here are details about the matches in the Premier League schedule 2023
Date | Time | Teams | Venue |
31st March | 7:30:00 PM | Gujarat vs Chennai | Ahmedabad |
1st April | 3:30:00 PM | Punjab vs Kolkata | Mohali |
1st April | 7:30:00 PM | Lucknow vs Delhi | Lucknow |
2nd April | 3:30:00 PM | Hyderabad vs Rajasthan | Hyderabad |
2nd April | 7:30:00 PM | Bangalore vs Mumbai | Bengaluru |
3rd April | 7:30:00 PM | Chennai vs Lucknow | Chennai |
4th April | 7:30:00 PM | Delhi vs Gujarat | Delhi |
5th April | 7:30:00 PM | Rajasthan vs Punjab | Guwahati |
6th April | 7:30:00 PM | Kolkata vs Bangalore | Kolkata |
7th April | 7:30:00 PM | Lucknow vs Hyderabad | Lucknow |
8th April | 3:30:00 PM | Rajasthan vs Delhi | Guwahati |
8th April | 7:30:00 PM | Mumbai vs Chennai | Mumbai |
9th April | 3:30:00 PM | Gujarat vs Kolkata | Ahmedabad |
9th April | 7:30:00 PM | Hyderabad vs Punjab | Hyderabad |
10th April | 7:30:00 PM | Bangalore vs Lucknow | Bengaluru |
11th April | 7:30:00 PM | Delhi vs Mumbai | Delhi |
12th April | 7:30:00 PM | Chennai vs Rajasthan | Chennai |
13th April | 7:30:00 PM | Punjab vs Gujarat | Mohali |
14th April | 7:30:00 PM | Kolkata vs Hyderabad | Kolkata |
15th April | 3:30:00 PM | Bangalore vs Delhi | Bengaluru |
15th April | 7:30:00 PM | Lucknow vs Punjab | Lucknow |
16th April | 3:30:00 PM | Mumbai vs Kolkata | Mumbai |
16th April | 7:30:00 PM | Gujarat vs Rajasthan | Ahmedabad |
17th April | 7:30:00 PM | Bangalore vs Chennai | Bengaluru |
18th April | 7:30:00 PM | Hyderabad vs Mumbai | Hyderabad |
19th April | 7:30:00 PM | Rajasthan vs Lucknow | Jaipur |
20th April | 3:30:00 PM | Punjab vs Bangalore | Mohali |
20th April | 7:30:00 PM | Delhi vs Kolkata | Delhi |
21st April | 7:30:00 PM | Chennai vs Hyderabad | Chennai |
22nd April | 3:30:00 PM | Lucknow vs Gujarat | Lucknow |
22nd April | 7:30:00 PM | Mumbai vs Punjab | Mumbai |
23rd April | 3:30:00 PM | Bangalore vs Rajasthan | Bengaluru |
23rd April | 7:30:00 PM | Kolkata vs Chennai | Kolkata |
24th April | 7:30:00 PM | Hyderabad vs Delhi | Hyderabad |
25th April | 7:30:00 PM | Gujarat vs Mumbai | Ahmedabad |
26th April | 7:30:00 PM | Bangalore vs Kolkata | Bengaluru |
27th April | 7:30:00 PM | Rajasthan vs Chennai | Jaipur |
28th April | 7:30:00 PM | Punjab vs Lucknow | Mohali |
29th April | 3:30:00 PM | Kolkata vs Gujarat | Kolkata |
29th April | 7:30:00 PM | Delhi vs Hyderabad | Delhi |
30th April | 3:30:00 PM | Chennai vs Punjab | Chennai |
30th April | 7:30:00 PM | Mumbai vs Rajasthan | Mumbai |
1st May | 7:30:00 PM | Lucknow vs Bangalore | Lucknow |
2nd May | 7:30:00 PM | Gujarat vs Delhi | Ahmedabad |
3rd May | 7:30:00 PM | Punjab vs Mumbai | Mohali |
4th May | 3:30:00 PM | Lucknow vs Chennai | Lucknow |
4th May | 7:30:00 PM | Hyderabad vs Kolkata | Hyderabad |
5th May | 7:30:00 PM | Rajasthan vs Gujarat | Jaipur |
6th May | 3:30:00 PM | Chennai vs Mumbai | Chennai |
6th May | 7:30:00 PM | Delhi vs Bangalore | Delhi |
7th May | 3:30:00 PM | Gujarat vs Lucknow | Ahmedabad |
7th May | 7:30:00 PM | Rajasthan vs Hyderabad | Jaipur |
8th May | 7:30:00 PM | Kolkata vs Punjab | Kolkata |
9th May | 7:30:00 PM | Mumbai vs Bangalore | Mumbai |
10th May | 7:30:00 PM | Chennai vs Delhi | Chennai |
11th May | 7:30:00 PM | Kolkata vs Rajasthan | Kolkata |
12th May | 7:30:00 PM | Mumbai vs Gujarat | Mumbai |
13th May | 3:30:00 PM | Hyderabad vs Lucknow | Hyderabad |
13th May | 7:30:00 PM | Delhi vs Punjab | Delhi |
14th May | 3:30:00 PM | Rajasthan vs Bangalore | Jaipur |
14th May | 7:30:00 PM | Chennai vs Kolkata | Chennai |
15th May | 7:30:00 PM | Gujarat vs Hyderabad | Ahmedabad |
16th May | 7:30:00 PM | Lucknow vs Mumbai | Lucknow |
17th May | 7:30:00 PM | Punjab vs Delhi | Dharamshala |
18th May | 7:30:00 PM | Hyderabad vs Bangalore | Hyderabad |
19th May | 7:30:00 PM | Punjab vs Rajasthan | Dharamshala |
20th May | 3:30:00 PM | Delhi vs Chennai | Delhi |
20th May | 7:30:00 PM | Kolkata vs Lucknow | Kolkata |
21st May | 3:30:00 PM | Mumbai vs Hyderabad | Mumbai |
21st May | 7:30:00 PM | Bangalore vs Gujarat | Bengaluru |
Premier League 2023 Matches
The first weekend of the Premier League 2023 will see all ten Premier League teams participate in their first matches. These events take place five days after the WPL final on 26th March. There will be 70 Premier League matches to complete within 52 days. Since these events take place in 12 cities in India, the Premier League 2023 schedules look more promising than ever.
Premier League 2023 Squads
Chennai
MS Dhoni (C), Bhagath Varma, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajay Mandal, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Maheesh Theekshana, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Ajinkya Rahane, Mukesh Chowdhary, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Simarjeet Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shivam Dube, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki.
Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (C), Sonu Yadav, Virat Kohli, Avinash Singh, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Manoj Bhandage, Will Jacks, Finn Allen, Wanindu Hasaranga, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himanshu Sharma, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Mahipal Lomror, David Willey, Anuj Rawat, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Siddarth Kaul.
Mumbai
Rohit Sharma (C), Raghav Goyal, Cameron Green, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Ramandeep Singh, Jhye Richardson, Arjun Tendulkar, Tim David, Akash Madhwal, Jofra Archer, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshad Khan, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff.
Kolkata
Shreyas Iyer (C), Shakib Al Hasan, Varun Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Harshit Rana David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Andre Russell, Lockie Ferguson.
Hyderabad
Anmolpreet Singh, Akeal Hosein, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Dagar, Rahul Tripathi, Upendra Yadav, Sanvir Singh, Umran Malik, Samarth Vyas, Aiden Markram, Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Vivrant Sharma, Mayank Markande, Marco Jansen, Adil Rashid, Abdul Samad, Mayank Agarwal, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Rajasthan
Sanju Samson (C), Joe Root, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Navdeep Saini, Jason Holder, Kuldip Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Obed McCoy, Prasidh Krishna, Shimron Hetmyer, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Sen, KC Cariappa.
Delhi
Rishabh Pant (C), Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Mukesh Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan, Ishant Sharma, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, David Warner, Chetan Sakariya, Prithvi Shaw, Aman Khan, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Anrich Nortje, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Axar Patel, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Phil Salt, Lungi Ngidi, Vicky Ostwal.
Punjab
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee, Vidwath Kaverappa, Liam Livingstone, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Atharva Taide, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Baltej Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rishi Dhawan, Raj Bawa, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar. Make sure to make your fantasy cricket team keeping them in mind.
Gujarat
Hardik Pandya (C), Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Urvil Patel, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Darshan Nalkande, Rashid Khan, Matthew Wade, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad.
Lucknow
KL Rahul (C), Yudhvir Charak, Jaydev Unadkat, Nicholas Pooran, Naveen-ul-Haq, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Manan Vohra, Deepak Hooda, Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Karan Sharma, Mohsin Khan, Daniel Sams, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi.
Premier League 2023 Live Streaming
Star Sports Network will officially broadcast the Premier League 2023, and all associated channels will livestream the match. This comes after the BCCI handed Viacom 18 Group the Premier League 2023 digital rights. This is a memorable moment for Premier League fans since they can stream all matches in the Premier League schedule 2023 at no cost on JioCinema.
Premier League 2023 Injury Updates
Unfortunately, a few Premier League players will miss out on the Premier League schedule for 2023 due to injuries. They are Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai, Kyle Jamieson of Chennai and Joshua Little of Gujarat.
Following this Premier League schedule and squad formations, this is one of the most-anticipated leagues ever as legends clash. Moreover, this is the first time the league will have ten contenders instead of 8 since the BCCI added Gujarat and Lucknow franchises.
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