The Indian Premier League returns with weekend, with 16 Australians participating in the glamorous T20 tournament.
Pat Cummins, who has never captained a professional T20 match before, will lead the Sunrisers Hyderabad after being snapped up for a monstrous $3.67 million contract earlier this summer.
Former Australian coach Justin Langer has taken charge of the Lucknow Super Giants, while all-rounder Cameron Green has been traded to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru after a successful maiden campaign with the Mumbai Indians.
The Delhi Capitals signed Victorian cricket prodigy Jake Fraser-McGurk as a replacement player last week, while Jason Behrendorff has been ruled out after breaking his leg.
Only the fixtures for the first half of the competition have been revealed, with the remainder of the matches expected to be announced once the Election Commission of India unveils the dates of the national elections.
The IPL gets underway on Saturday morning AEDT at 1.30am, with reigning champions the Chennai Super Kings hosting the Royal Challengers Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
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FORMAT
Each of the ten IPL franchises will play 14 group stage games — seven at home and seven away, with 70 matches in total before a four-game finals series.
The top two teams on the ladder will face off in a Qualifier, with the victor progressing straight through to the final. The loser will then take on the winner of the Eliminator, comprised of the third and fourth ranked teams, to determine the other finalist.
HOW TO WATCH
Every match of the 2024 IPL will be broadcast live and ad-break free on Foxtel and streaming platform Kayo Sports.
Kayo Minis, 20-minute highlight packages, for each match will also be available for Kayo subscribers.
BIGGEST AUCTION SIGNINGS
Mitchell Starc (AUS) — $4.42 million, Kolkata Knight Riders
Pat Cummins (AUS) — $3.66 million, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Daryl Mitchell (NZ) — $2.49 million, Chennai Super Kings
Harshal Patel (IND) — $2.09 million, Punjab Kings
Alzarri Joseph (WI) — $2.04 million, Royal Challengers Bangalore
AUSSIES IN ACTION
Delhi Capitals — Mitch Marsh ($1.2m), David Warner ($1.16m), Jhye Richardson ($890,000), Jake Fraser-McGurk ($92,000)
Gujarat Titans — Spencer Johnson ($1.78m), Matthew Wade ($446,000)
Kolkata Knight Riders — Mitchell Starc ($4.43m)
Lucknow Super Giants — Marcus Stoinis ($1.7m), Ashton Turner ($178,000)
Mumbai Indians — Tim David ($1.53m), Jason Behrendorff (A$135,000)
Punjab Kings — Nathan Ellis ($135,000)
Rajasthan Royals — Adam Zampa ($270,000)
Royal Challengers Bangalore — Cameron Green ($3.15m), Glenn Maxwell ($2m)
Sunrisers Hyderabad — Pat Cummins ($3.67m), Travis Head ($1.2m)
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SQUADS
Chennai Super Kings
Coach: Stephen Fleming
Captain: MS Dhoni
Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sameer Rizvi, Shaik Rasheed, Aravelly Avanish Rao, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Shivam Dube, Ajay Mandal, Rachin Ravindra, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Nishant Sindhu, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana
Delhi Capitals
Coach: Ricky Ponting
Captain: Rishabh Pant
David Warner, Yash Dhull, Prithvi Shaw, Swastik Chikara, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Jhye Richardson, Rasikh Salam Dar, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Jake Fraser-McGurk
Gujarat Titans
Coach: Ashish Nehra
Captain: Shubman Gill
Kane Williamson, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Robin Minz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Manav Suthar, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier
Kolkata Knight Riders
Coach: Chandrakant Pandit
Captain: Shreyas Iyer
Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, K. S. Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Sakib Hussain, Varun Chakravarthy, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Suyash Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Phil Salt
Lucknow Super Giants
Coach: Justin Langer
Captain: KL Rahul
Ayush Badoni, Devdutt Padikkal, Ashton Turner, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Arshad Khan, Arshin Kulkarni, David Willey, Krishnappa Gowtham, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mohsin Khan, Shivam Mavi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav, Amit Mishra, Manimaran Siddharth, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph
Mumbai Indians
Coach: Mark Boucher
Captain: Hardik Pandya
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Romario Shepherd, Shams Mulani, Shreyas Gopal, Anshul Kamboj, Shivalik Sharma, Vishnu Vinod, Ishan Kishan, Kumar Kartikeya, Arjun Tendulkar, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Gerald Coetzee, Nuwan Thushara, Luke Wood, Kwena Maphaka
Punjab Kings
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Captain: Shikhar Dhawan
Rilee Rossouw, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Vishwanath Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Sikandar Raza, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Harshal Patel, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Brar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rahul Chahar, Prince Choudhary
Rajasthan Royals
Coach: Kumar Sangakkara
Captain: Sanju Samson
Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Singh Rathore, Donavon Ferreira, Ravichandran Ashwin, Abid Mushtaq, Riyan Parag, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Coach: Andy Flower
Captain: Faf du Plessis
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Tom Curran, Suyash Prabhudessai, Manoj Bhandage Will Jacks, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Lockie Ferguson, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Alzarri Joseph, Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal, Rajan Kumar, Karn Sharma, Mayank Dagar, Swapnil Singh, Himanshu Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Coach: Daniel Vettori
Captain: Pat Cummins
Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Travis Head, Anmolpreet Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Upendra Yadav, Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Phillips, Wanindu Hasaranga, Washington Sundar Marco Jansen, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Jaydev Unadkat, Aiden Markram, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Singh, Mayank Markande, Jhathavedh Subramanyan
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2008 — Rajasthan Royals
2009 — Deccan Chargers
2010 — Chennai Super Kings
2011 — Chennai Super Kings
2012 — Kolkata Knight Riders
2013 — Mumbai Indians
2014 — Kolkata Knight Riders
2015 — Mumbai Indians
2016 — Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017 — Mumbai Indians
2018 — Chennai Super Kings
2019 — Mumbai Indians
2020 — Mumbai Indians
2021 — Chennai Super Kings
2022 — Gujarat Titans
2023 — Chennai Super Kings
ODDS
4.50 — Mumbai Indians
5.00 — Chennai Super Kings
8.00 — Royal Challengers Bangalore
9.00 — Rajasthan Royals
9.00 — Gujarat Titans
10.00 — Lucknow Super Giants
11.00 — Sunrisers Hyderabad
11.00 — Kolkata Knight Riders
15.00 — Delhi Capitals
15.00 — Punjab Kings
FIXTURES
All times local
March 22, 8:00pm: CSK vs RCB, Chennai
March 23, 3:30pm: PBKS vs DC, Mohali
March 23, 7:30pm: KKR vs SRH, Kolkata
March 24, 3:30pm: RR vs LSG, Jaipur
March 24, 7:30pm: GT vs MI, Ahmedabad
March 25, 7:30pm: RCB vs PBKS, Bengaluru
March 26, 7:30pm: CSK vs GT, Chennai
March 27, 7:30pm: SRH vs MI, Hyderabad
March 28, 7:30pm: RR vs DC, Jaipur
March 29, 7:30pm: RCB vs KKR, Bengaluru
March 30, 7:30pm: LSG vs PBKS, Lucknow
March 31, 3:30pm: GT vs SRH, Ahmedabad
March 31, 7:30pm: DC vs CSK, Vizag
April 1, 7:30pm: MI vs RR, Mumbai
April 2, 7:30pm: RCB vs LSG, Bengaluru
April 3, 7:30pm: DC vs KKR, Vizag
April 4, 7:30pm: GT vs PBKS, Ahmedabad
April 5, 7:30pm: SRH vs CSK, Hyderabad
April 6, 7:30pm: RR vs RCB, Jaipur
April 7, 3:30pm: MI vs DC, Mumbai
April 7, 7:30pm: LSG vs GT, Lucknow
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