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Aaditya Thackeray visits Wankhede stadium to review IPL preparations

The IPL matches are slated to be held in four venues across two Maharashtra cities -- Mumbai and Pune from March 26

New IPL format: 10 teams divided in two groups; each team to play 14 games

The 2022 Indian Premier League will see a tweak in format as 10 teams will be divided into groups of five but the number of matches per side will remain 14. As per groupings released by BCCI on Friday, group A comprises Mumbai Indians, KKR, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supergiants. The group B will have Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans. Over the years, the IPL has been an eight-team affair where each team played each other twice at the round robin league stage to complete 14 games. However this group league format is not new in IPL as it was once used a decade back when Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala were part of the league. Ready Reckoner for Format ================= The rows and columns of the groups (A and B) has been done as per IPL performances --- number of titles and number of finals reached. Firstly, the groupings have been done as per IPL performance where group A has MI (Tea

IPL 2022: 70 matches in Mumbai, Pune; 10 teams to be divided in 2 groups

IPL 2022 will kick start on March 26 and the final of the tournament will be played on May 29

Wanted some space, says Virat Kohli on stepping down as RCB skipper

The former RCB and India skipper asserted that it is very difficult for people to understand what a cricketer thinks while taking such decisions

IPL 2022: Maharashtra to host 70 matches across four venues, says report

A total of 70 league matches in the upcoming IPL 2022 is likely to be played across four different venues in Maharashtra.

Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar joins Delhi Capitals as assistant coach

The 44-year-old, with 288 ODI and 58 Test wickets to his name, has represented Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in the IPL

IPL founder Lalit Modi fights legal challenge in UK court

A former Indian model-turned-investor, Gurpreet Gill Maag, has filed a legal challenge in the High Court in London seeking damages amounting to millions of dollars from IPL founder Lalit Modi

David Warner, pace trio to skip Australia's ODI series in Pakistan

All four will play in the three-test series that starts March 4 before leaving to participate in the Indian Premier League

Reliance Industries set for face-off with Amazon over IPL telecast rights

Amazon's rivalry in India with oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries looks set to head to the cricket field, where they will likely battle media heavyweights for telecast rights to IPL

Start-ups, IPL auctions & the Veblen effect

What is driving up the start-up world of innovation-driven entrepreneurship in India today?

Playing Moneyball with IPL?

Did the Moneyball philosophy get redefined in the domain of cash-rich IPL, which has become an integral part of the cricketing ecosystem?

'Would have loved to be there,' says Aaron Finch after IPL auction snub

After going unsold in the auction before IPL 2021, history repeated itself in 2022 when Finch, despite being a Men's T20 World Cup-winning captain, wasn't picked by any of the franchises in auction

MI always have short-term goal and long-term vision, says Nita Ambani

The franchise splurged Rs 8 crore to buy Jofra Archer, a staggering amount given the pacer is not expected to be available for the 2022 season

IPL 2022: Mouth-watering contests on cards once dust settles on auctions

At the end of the bids, the knowns are good enough for the fans to deliberate which teams are best on paper

'It's going to be very exciting one': Jason Roy on IPL with Gujarat Titans

Gujarat Titans on Saturday bought Jason Roy for his base price of Rs 2 crores in the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction. Roy had earlier played for Sunsrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the IPL.

IPL: I only wanted to play for Chennai Super Kings, says Deepak Chahar

Chahar on Saturday got acquired by CSK for Rs 14 crores in the mega auction

IPL: Looking forward to an amazing journey with Sunrisers, says Pooran

Pooran was picked up by SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Rs 10.75 crore in the IPL mega auction 2022.

'Plan was to get explosive batter': Amre on DC acquiring Warner

Australia T20 World-Cup winning duo David Warner and Mitchell Marsh, and experienced India all-rounder Shardul Thakur headlined the buys of the Delhi Capitals on Day 1 of the IPL 2022 mega auction

IPL: Will make decision around captaincy after the auction, says Hesson

On Saturday -- Day 1 of the auction -- Bangalore picked Faf du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Anuj Rawat and Akash Deep apart from buying back last year's players Harshal Patel and Hasaranga

IPL mega auction: Delhi Capitals aim to plug remaining gaps on Day 2

While Warner and Marsh were acquired for Rs. 6.25 crore and 6.50 crore respectively, Thakur became the franchise's most expensive buy of the auction so far at Rs. 10.75 crore