The Indian Premier League Will Return in March: What We Know So Far

The 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League will likely occur between April and March of this year. Even if no official announcement has been made regarding this, recent reports suggest that it will start after the Australia tour which will end on March 22.

10 teams will still compete for this year’s championship, and it will be interesting to see how the betting odds will change as the tournament gets near.

If you are, you already have a glimpse of how the teams may perform based on the result of the IPL auction in December. Don’t worry, we’ll dive into more details about the teams and their lineups, possible venues, and more in this article.

IPL Schedule and Venues

Aside from the IPL, fans can also look forward to the inaugural edition of the Women’s IPL which is also expected to start in March. The women’s edition will likely run from March 4 to 26, 2023. It’s a few days after this that the Men’s IPL will commence.

Cricbuzz reported that the Women’s IPL will be held in two venues: Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and DY Patil Stadium.

It remains unclear whether the IPL format will be changed this year. If the BCCI sticks to the previous format, the tournament will still have 74 matches with group stages and playoffs.

If there will be changes made, it will probably have more games than the previous season, and instead of a round-robin style, there will be a double-round style instead.

With more matches, the venues will also be across India instead of only having the matches in Mumbai, Pune, and Ahmedabad like the previous season. According to Cricbuzz, the Wankhede Stadium is also kept ready for the IPL.

For cricket fans who’ll be watching the tournament at home, the official broadcaster of this edition in India is Star Sports Network. Other partners in the media are Viacom 18, Jio TV, and Times Internet.

Tata is the title sponsor of this season, replacing VIVO, so this edition will be called the Tata IPL.

IPL Teams and Players

The same 10 teams will be playing in the IPL this year. Here are all the teams competing as well as the latest team captains:

• Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya
• Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson
• Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul
• Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf Du Plessis
• Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (absent)
• Punjab Kings: Mayank Agrawal
• Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer
• Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson
• Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni
• Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma

The teams already purchased players during the auction held on December 23, 2022, but there will still be the IPL Mini Auction to look forward to. Here are all the players each team has already acquired this year:

It’s hard to predict which time will win at this point, but you’re probably already working on your bets and trying to find the best IPL betting bonuses and offers to prepare for this season.

Gujarat Titans:

Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Shivam Mavi, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, R Sai Kishore, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Srikar Bharat, Mohit Sharma, Odean Smith, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Urvil Patel, Sai Sudharasan, Pradeep Sangwan

Rajasthan Royals:

Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Prasidh Krishna, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jason Holder, R Ashwin, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Joe Root, Obed McCoy, Donovan Ferreira, KM Asif, KC Cariappa, Kuldeen Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore, Murugan Ashwin, Akash Vashisht

Lucknow Super Giants:

KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Avesh Khan, Krunal Pandya, Mark Wood, Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Kyle Mayers, Jaydev Unadkat, Romario Shepherd, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Yudhvir Charak, Karan Sharma, Mayank, Yadav, Swapnil Singh, Mana Vohra, Prerak Mankad

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva, Josh Hazlewood, Faf du Plessis, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Will Jacks, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Wiley, Reece Topley, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Siddarth Kaul, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Karn Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bandage, Akash Deep, Himanshu Sharma, and Rajat Patidar

Delhi Capitals:

Cameron Green, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Tim David, Suryakumar Yadav, Jofra Archer, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Piyush Chawla, Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Duan Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod

Punjab Kings:

Sam Curran, Liam Livingston, Kagiso Rabada, Shahrukh Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, and Jitesh Sharma

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shakib Al Hasan, David Wiese, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Rinku Singh, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Harshit Rana, and Suyash Sharma

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvbeshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Kartik Tyagi, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Vivrant Sharma, Aiden Markram, Adil Rashid, Mayank Dagar, Glenn Philips, Akeal Hosein, Mayank Markande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Upendra Yadav, Tanvir Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Anmolpreet Singh, Samarth Vyas

Chennai Super Kings:

Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Raturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Mitchell Santer, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Prashant Solanki, Devon Conway, Kyle Jamieson, Mahesh Theekshana, Nishant Sindhu, Ajinkya Rahane, Dwaine Pretorius, Ajay Mandal, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Bhagath Varma, Shaik Rasheed, Tushar Deshpande

Mumbai Indians:

Cameron Green, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Tim David, Suryakumar Yadav, Jofra Archer, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Piyush Chawla, Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Duan Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod

Conclusion

While everything regarding the schedule, venues, and format is still announced, the BCCI is expected to share more details before January ends. Info on the IPL Mini Auction will likely be announced first. After the auction is probably when the IPL and WIPL schedule and fixtures will be finalized.