IPL 2020 Dates Confirmed-To Start From March 29 & Will Go On Till May 24

IPL 2020

The 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to begin on March 29, and the tournament final will be played in Mumbai on May 24, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly announced on Monday.

In a first, concussion substitite and ‘third umpire no ball’ will be introduced in the 13th edition of IPL.

“The concussion substitute and the no-ball rule are new additions for the season,” Ganguly told the reporters after the IPL Governing Council meeting. Under the new ICC rule, a player who has been concussed either while batting, bowling or on the field, can be withdrawn from the match and be replaced subject to approval by the match referee.

The BCCI president also said that there would be an All Stars Game between top international players before the start of IPL for a charitable cause.

“It will be an IPL All Stars Game three days before the start of IPL. The venue is not Ahmedabad as it is still not match ready. We have not decided on where we will make the donation,” Ganguly said.

In the meeting, it was further decided that there will be no change in the timings of the matches and only five games will have a 4 pm start, while the rest of the games will continue to have a start time of 8 pm.

“There will be no change in the timing of IPL night games. It will start from 8 pm like earlier years. There was discussion about 7:30 pm, but it’s not happening,” Ganguly said.

“We will have only five doubleheaders (4 pm and 8 pm) this time. We have decided to reduce the number of double headers,” he added.