IPL Schedule

IPL Schedule tracks every fixture of the Indian Premier League, the Twenty20 cricket league organised annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The IPL, launched in 2008, has become the most-watched domestic sports competition in the world, with ten city-based franchises competing across a season that runs from late March through May, followed by a playoff series and a final. The calendar covers all matches — league stage, Eliminator, Qualifiers, and the championship decider — and reflects the official schedule as published by the IPL governing council and distributed through the league's rights-holding broadcast and streaming partners. The data source for this feed is the ESPN public API, which aggregates match information directly from the league's official channels. Each entry in the calendar represents a single T20 contest, listing the two competing teams, the venue, and the scheduled start time in Indian Standard Time. Matches are typically played in the evening, with weekend doubleheaders adding an afternoon fixture. Venues span the country, from the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the largest cricket ground globally. Representative matchups include the storied rivalry between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, alongside long-standing franchises such as Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru and newer additions like Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans. The calendar accounts for the entire round-robin phase — each team plays 14 league matches — plus the knockout rounds, so a subscriber following any particular franchise or the league as a whole sees the full unfolding of the season. Cricket followers in India and the global diaspora who want to keep match days visible amidst their work and personal schedules can use this smart calendar feed — free to subscribe — to add all IPL fixtures directly to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook. Because the calendar auto-refreshes, any changes the BCCI makes to the original itinerary — such as shifted match dates due to elections, venue changes for security reasons, or adjusted start times for television — appear automatically without manual re-entry. For someone tracking a favourite player, a fantasy league commitment, or simply planning viewing parties, having the schedule embedded in a standard calendar application means no reliance on checking sports news sites or apps. The feed updates daily, and on match days it refreshes more frequently to capture last-minute toss-time alterations, rain delays, or rare super-over rescheduling. This ensures the calendar always mirrors the live status of the tournament, from the opening match in late March to the trophy presentation in late May.