The 10-team Indian Premier League 2022 will begin in Mumbai on March 26 and end on May 29.
"The tournament will kickstart from 26th March, 2022 and the final will be played on 29th May, 2022," read the IPL Media Advisory.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the IPL Governing Council (GC) on Thursday (February 24) evening.
“The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League will be played in a bio-secure environment at a single hub to avoid air travel which is considered as a major threat for the spread of COVID-19 infection, thereby affecting the players and the League/matches,” stated the advisory.
League matches will be played at four stadiums: 20 at the Wankhede, 15 at Brabourne Stadium, 20 at DY Patil Stadium and 15 at Maharashtra Cricket Association ground in Gahunje. The venues for the playoffs are yet to be decided.
The 10 teams will play a total of 14 league matches (7 home matches and 7 away matches) totalling to 70 league matches, followed by the 4 playoff matches. Each team will play 5 teams twice and the remaining 4 teams only once (2 only home and 2 only away).
To decide on the above, teams have been assigned in two virtual groups based on the number of IPL Championships won followed by the number of Final matches played by the respective teams.
