IPL 2022: Full Schedule, teams, preview and analysis [Details]

The wait is finally over. The 15th edition of Indian Premier League is set to kick start in its rejuvenated form on March 26, and the first clash between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will be nothing less than a treat to watch.

The brand-new edition is garden-fresh as two new franchises, new format, updated rules and re-shuffling of players amongst franchises are few of the aspects which makes IPL 2022, better than its previous forms.

The first clash will take place at iconic Wankhede Stadium on coming Saturday, while the next day will be a double header as Delhi Capitals will lock horns with Mumbai Indians as day opener and Punjab Kings will be up against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Total 74-matches will be played in the tournament and each and every team will play 14-games in the league stage. The new format as follows-:

New format:

The ten franchises will play 14 league matches each (7 home and 7 away), , 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).

Example:

Group A- Mumbai Indians (5 titles, 6 finals), Kolkata Knight Riders (2 titles, 3 finals), Rajasthan Royals (1 title, 1 final), Delhi Capitals (0 titles, 1 final), Lucknow SuperGiants (0 titles, 0 finals)

However, the division of franchises between two groups will not affect the points table as the franchises will be in the same tally and the top four after the end of league games will qualify for the playoffs. The teams who finish at top 2 will get two chances to enter the final as they will play Qualifier 1 & 2. And the teams placed in 3rd and 4th spot will play Eliminator round to enter Qualifier 2 to lock horns with the team that lost Qualifier 1.

Venues
70 league games to be played across four venues – Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai and the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

Wankhede Stadium - will host 20 games
DY Patil Stadium - will host 20 games
Brabourne Stadium - will host 15 games
MCA International stadiums- will host 15 games

Notably, a decision on the venue for the playoffs is yet to be notified.

IPL 2022 Squads of all Teams

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 16 crore), MS Dhoni (c) (Rs 12 crore), Moeen Ali (Rs 8 crore), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 6 crore), Deepak Chahar (Rs 14 crore), Dwayne Bravo (Rs 4.4 crore), Robin Uthappa (Rs 2 crore), Ambati Rayudu (Rs 6.75 crore), KM Asif (Rs 20 lakh), Tushar Deshpande (Rs 20 lakh), Shivam Dube (Rs 4 crore), Maheesh Theekshana (Rs 70 Lakh). Rajvardhan Hangargekar (Rs 1.5 crore), Simarjeet Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Devon Conway (Rs 1 crore), Mitchell Santner (Rs 1.90 crore), Adam Milne (Rs 1.9 crore), Subhranshu Senapati (Rs 20 lakh), Mukesh Choudhary (Rs 20 lakh), Prashant Solanki (Rs 1.20 crore), Dwayne Pretorious (Rs 50 Lakh), N Jagadeesan (Rs 20 lakh), C Hari Nishanth (Rs 20 lakh), Chris Jordan (Rs 3.50 crore), Bhagath Varma (Rs 20 lakh).

Total Squad: 25, Overseas Players: 8

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
KL Rahul (c) (Rs 15 crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 11 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 4 crore), Avesh Khan (Rs 10 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs 6.75 crore), Jason Holder (Rs 8.75 crore), Krunal Pandya (Rs 8.25 crore), Mark Wood (Rs 7.50 crore), Deepak Hooda (5.75 crore), Manish Pandey (4.60 crore), Dushmanta Chameera (Rs 2 crore), Evin Lewis (Rs 2 crore), Krishnappa Gowtham (Rs 90 lakh), Ankit Singh Rajpoot (Rs 50 lakh), Shahbaz Nadeem (Rs 50 lakh), Kyle Mayers (Rs 50 lakh), Manan Vohra (Rs 20 lakh), Mohsin Khan (Rs 20 lakh), Mayank Yadav (Rs 20 lakh), Ayush Badoni (Rs 20 lakh), Karn Sharma (Rs 20 lakh).

Total Squad: 21, Overseas Players: 7

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli (Rs 15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Rs 11 crore), Mohammad Siraj (Rs 7 crore), Faf du Plessis (Rs 7 crore), Harshal Patel (Rs 10.75 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (Rs 10.75 crore), Dinesh Karthik (Rs 5.50 crore), Josh Hazlewood (Rs 7.75 crore), Shahbaz Ahmed (Rs 2.40 crore) Anuj Rawat (Rs 3.4 Crore), Akashdeep Singh (Rs 20 lakh). Mahipal Lomror (Rs 95 lakh). Finn Allen (Rs 80 lakh), Sherfane Rutherford (Rs 1 crore), Jason Behrendorff (Rs 75 lakh), Suyash Prabhudessai (Rs 30 lakh), Chama Milind (Rs 25 lakh), Aneeshwar Gautam (Rs 20 lakh), Karn Sharma (Rs 50 lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs 20 lakh), David Willey (Rs 2 crore), Siddharth Kaul (Rs 75 lakh).

Total Squad: 22; Overseas Players: 8

 Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Mayank Agarwal (c) (Rs 12 crore), Arshdeep Singh (Rs 4 crore), Shikhar Dhawan (Rs 8.25 crore), Kagiso Rabada (Rs 9.25 crore), Jonny Bairstow (Rs 6.75 crore), Rahul Chahar (Rs 5.25 crore) Harpreet Brar (3.8 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 9 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 60 lakh), Jitesh Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Ishan Porel (Rs 3.8 crore), Liam Livingstone (Rs 11.50 crore), Odean Smith (Rs 6 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 50 lakh), Raj Angad Bawa (Rs 2 crore), Rishi Dhawan (Rs 55 lakh), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 2 crore), Nathan Ellis (Rs 75 lakh), Atharva Taide (Rs 20 lakh), Benny Howell (Rs 40 lakh).

Total Squad: 25; Overseas Players: 7

Mumbai Indians (MI)
Rohit Sharma (c) (Rs 16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 8 crore), Kieron Pollard (Rs 6 crore), Ishan Kishan (Rs 15.25 crore), Dewald Brevis (Rs 3 crore), M Ashwin (Rs 1.6 crore), Basil Thampi (Rs 30 lakh), Tim David (Rs 8.25 crore), Jofra Archer (Rs 8 crore), Daniel Sams (Rs 2.60 crore), N Tilak Verma (Rs 1.70 crore), M Ashwin (Rs 1.60 crore), Tymal Mills (Rs 1.50 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 1.30 crore), Riley Meredith (Rs 1 crore), Fabian Allen (Rs 75 lakh), Mayank Markande (Rs 65 lakh), Sanjay Yadav (Rs 50 lakh), Arjun Tendulkar (Rs 30 lakh), Anmolpreet Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Rahul Buddhi (Rs 20 lakh), Hrithik Shokeen (Rs 20 lakh), Mohd Arshad Khan (Rs 20 lakh).

Total Squad: 25; Overseas Players: 8

Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Sanju Samson (c) (Rs 14 Crore), Jos Buttler (Rs 10 Crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 4 Crore), Prasidh Krishna (RS 10 Crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 8.50 Crore), Trent Boult (Rs 8 Crore), Devdutt Padikkal (Rs 7.75 Crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 6.50 Crore), R Ashwin (Rs 5 Crore), Riyan Parag (Rs 3.80 Crore), Navdeep Saini (Rs 2.60 Crore), Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rs 2 Crore), James Neesham (Rs 1.50 Crore), Karun Nair (Rs 1.40 Crore), Rassie Van Der Dussen (Rs 1 Crore), Daryl Mitchell (Rs 75 Lakh), Obed McCoy (Rs 75 Lakh), K.C. Cariappa (Rs 30 Lakh), Kuldeep Sen (Rs 20 Lakh), Dhruv Jurel (Rs 20 Lakh), Tejas Baroka (Rs 20 Lakh), Kuldip Yadav (Rs 20 Lakh), Shubham Garhwal (Rs 20 Lakh), Anunay Singh (Rs 20 Lakh).

Total Squad: 24; Overseas: 8

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Shreyas Iyer (c) (Rs 12.5 crore), Venkatesh Iyer (8 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (8 crore), Andre Russell (12 crores) and Sunil Narine (6 crores), Nitish Rana (Rs. 8 crores), Sheldon Jackson (Rs. 60 lakhs), Pat Cummins (7.25 crores), Shivam Mavi (7.25 crores), Ajinkya Rahane (1 Cr), Umesh Yadav (2 Cr), Rinku Singh (55 Lakh), Baba Indrajith (20 Lakh), Abhijit Tomar (40 Lakh), Anukul Roy (20 Lakh), Pratham Singh (20 Lakh), Ramesh Kumar (20 Lakh), Aman Hakim Khan (20 Lakh), Rasikh Dar (20 Lakh), Ashok Sharma (55 Lakh), Sam Billings (2 crores), Alex Hales (1.50crores), Chamika Karunaratne (50 Lakh), Tim Southee (1.5 Cr), Mohammad Nabi (1 Cr)

Total Squad: 25; Overseas: 8

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Kane Williamson (c) (Rs 14 Crore), Abdul Samad (Rs 4 Crore), Umran Malik (Rs 4 Crore), Nicholas Pooran (Rs 10.75 Crore), Washington Sundar (Rs 8.75 Crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 8.50 Crore), Romario Shepherd (Rs 7.75 Crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs 6.50 Crore), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Rs 4.20 Crore), Marco Jansen (Rs 4.20 Crore), T Natarajan (Rs 4 Crore), Kartik Tyagi (Rs 4 Crore), Aiden Markram (Rs 2.60 Crore), Sean Abbott (Rs 2.40 Crore), Glenn Phillips (Rs 1.50 Crore), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 75 Lakh), Vishnu Vinod (Rs 50 Lakh), Fazalhaq Farooqui (Rs 50 Lakh), Priyam Garg (Rs 20 Lakh), Jagadeesha Suchith (Rs 20 Lakh), R Samarth (Rs 20 Lakh), Shashank Singh (Rs 20 Lakh), Saurabh Dubey (Rs 20 Lakh).

Total Squad: 23; Overseas Players: 8

Delhi Capitals (DC)
Prithvi Shaw (7.5 crores), Rishabh Pant (Rs. 16 crores) (c), Axar Patel (9 crores) and Anrich Nortje (6.5 crores), David Warner (Rs. 6.25 crores), Mitchell Marsh (Rs. 6.50 crores), Sarfaraz Khan (Rs. 20 lakhs), KS Bharat (Rs. 2 crores), Shardul Thakur (Rs. 10.75 crores), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs. 2 crores), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs. 1.10 crores), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs. 2 crores), Ashwin Hebbar (Rs. 20 crore), Srikar Bharat (Rs. 2 crores), Mandeep Singh (Rs. 1.10 Crore), Khaleel Ahmed (Rs. 5.25 Crore), Chetan Sakariya (Rs. 4 Crore), Lalit Yadav (Rs. 65 lakh), Ripal Patel (Rs. 20 lakh), Yash Dhull (Rs. 50 lakh), Rovman Powell (Rs. 2.8 Crore), Praveen Dubey (Rs. 50 lakh), Lungisani Ngidi (Rs. 50 lakh), Tim Seifert (Rs. 50 lakh), Vicky Ostwal (Rs. 20 lakh)

Total Squad: 24; Overseas Players: 8

Gujarat Titans (GT)
Hardik Pandya (c) (Rs. 15 crores), Rashid Khan (Rs. 15 crores) and Shubman Gill (Rs. 7 crores), Mohammed Shami (Rs. 6.25 crores), Jason Roy (Rs. 2 crores), Lockie Ferguson (Rs. 10 crores), Abhinav Sadarangani (Rs. 2.6 crores), Rahul Tewatia (Rs. 9 crores), Noor Ahmed (Rs. 30 lakh), R Sai Kishore (Rs. 3 crores), Yash Dayal (Rs 3.20 crore), David Miller (Rs 3 crore), Matthew Wade (Rs 2.40 crore), Alzarri Joseph (Rs 2.40 crore), Wriddhiman Saha (Rs 1.90 crore), Jayant Yadav (Rs 1.70 crore), Vijay Shankar (Rs 1.40 crore), Dominic Drakes (Rs 1.10 crore), Gurkeerat Singh (Rs 50 lakh), Varun Aaron (Rs 50 lakh), Noor Ahmad (Rs 30 lakh), Darshan Nalkande (Rs 20 lakh), B Sai Sudharsan (Rs 20 lakh), Pradeep Sangwan (Rs 20 lakh).

IPL 2022 Full Schedule