Today IPL Match 2024, Teams, Schedule, Pitch Report

The IPL 2024  is set to kickstart on 22nd March with a match between the defending champions Chennai Super King (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M.A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. It will be the 17th season of the cash-rich league since its inception in 2008. Total 10 teams will compete against each other in 74 matches across 12 cities in India.

If you want to get all the updates related to the upcoming IPL match, you are at the right place. In this column at Fantasy Khiladi, you get all the latest updates for Today’s IPL 2024 match. Let’s have a look at Today’s IPL 2024 match updates between CSK and RCB:

Today IPL 2024 Match & Venue

There will be a total 70 league matches in IPL 2024, where 10 teams will compete across 12 cities. The first match of IPL 2024 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on 22nd March. Here are the details of Today’s IPL 2024 match.

Match 43: DC vs MI
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Match 44: LSG vs RR
Venue: Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow 

Today IPL 2024 Match: Toss Result

Today’s IPL 2024 match toss result is yet to be announced.

Today IPL 2024 Match Pitch Report

The pitch plays an important role in a cricket match. The management will decide the playing XI according to the nature of the pitch Match. Currently, there are a total 12 stadium in different cities that will host IPL 2024 matches in India. Some pitches are batting where teams are expected to post big totals, while some ground have bowling friendly surface, where even a low total can be challenging.

Here are the list of stadiums and cities that will host IPL 2024 matches:

Today IPL 2024 Match Probable Playing XI
Match 43: DC vs MI Probable Playing XI

DC: Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Tristan Stubbs, Rishabh Pant (c) (wk), Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed.

MI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Romario Shepherd, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah.

Match 44: LSG vs RR Probable Playing XI

LSG: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal/ Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry/ Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan

RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma

• • Each team will play 14 matches in the league stage and the top four teams at the end of the league stage will qualify for the  playoffs.

• • For winning a match in IPL 2024, each team will be awarded two points. However, if a match ends with no result due to any reason, both teams will get 1 point each. 

• • After the 70 League Matches, top four teams will qualify for the playoffs. There will be a total four games in the  playoffs:

Qualifier 1: The Qualifier 1 will be played between the top 2 ranked teams in the points table. The team winning Qualifier 1 will advance to the final while the losing will get another chance.

Eliminator: The Eliminator will be played between the  teams that finished 3rd and 4th in the points table at the end of the league stage. The team winning the Eliminator will advance to Qualifier 2 and the losing team will be knocked out from the title race. 

Qualifier 2: The Qualifier 2 will be played between the loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator. The winning team will become the second team to qualify for the final.

Final: The final will be played between the winners of Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2. The team winning the final will become the champion of IPL 2024.