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IPL governing body announces the full squad and schedule for the upcoming IPL 2021. Indian Premier League – one of the most anticipated domestic leagues of the cricket world is set to play in its regular window of April- May of this year(2021).
Owing to the COVID19 Pandemic the IPL 2020 has been hosted by UAE under strict biosecure protocols. Where fans were restricted from viewing the match. To retain the IPL’s original celebration mode BCCI decides to host the IPL 2021 in INDIA in front of fans.
Times of Sports (TOS) has listed the IPL 2021 Schedule along with full squad details of all the IPL teams after the auction conducted in February.
Indian Premier League 2021 –
BCCI announces the IPL 2021 schedule with its opening match on April 9 played between MI vs RCB at Chennai.
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The finals of the IPL 2021 is scheduled to play on 30th May of 2021.
IPL 2021 Schedule
| Date & Day | Match | Time(IST) | Venue |
| April 9, Friday | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 10, Saturday | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 11, Sunday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 12, Monday | Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 13, Tuesday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 14, Wednesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 15, Thursday | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 16, Friday | Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 17, Saturday | Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 18, Sunday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 3:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 18, Sunday | Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 19, Monday | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 20, Tuesday | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 21, Wednesday | Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 21, Wednesday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 22, Thursday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 23, Friday | Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 24, Saturday | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 25, Sunday | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 25, Sunday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 26, Monday | Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| April 27, Tuesday | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| April 28, Wednesday | Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
| April 29, Thursday | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals | 3:30 PM | Delhi |
| April 29, Thursday | Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| April 30, Friday | Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 1, Saturday | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | 7:30 PM | Delhi |
| May 2, Sunday | Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3:30 PM | Delhi |
| May 2, Sunday | Punjab Kings Vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 3, Monday | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 4, Tuesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | 7.30 PM | Delhi |
| May 5, Wednesday | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | 7.30 PM | Delhi |
| May 6, Thursday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 7, Friday | Sunrisers Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings | 7.30 PM | Delhi |
| May 8, Saturday | Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals | 3.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 8, Saturday | Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians | 7.30 PM | Delhi |
| May 9, Sunday | Chennai Super Kings v Punjab Kings | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 9, Sunday | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 10, Monday | Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 11, Tuesday | Delhi Capitals v Rajasthan Royals | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 12, Wednesday | Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 13, Thursday | Mumbai Indians v Punjab Kings | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 13, Thursday | Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 14, Friday | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Capitals | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 15, Saturday | Kolkata Knight Riders v Punjab Kings | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 16, Sunday | Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 16, Sunday | Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 17, Monday | Delhi Capitals v Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 18, Tuesday | Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 19, Wednesday | Sunrisers Hyderabad v Punjab Kings | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 20, Thursday | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians | 3.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 21, Friday | Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 21, Friday | Delhi Capitals v Chennai Super Kings | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 22, Saturday | Punjab Kings v Rajasthan Royals | 7.30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 23, Sunday | Mumbai Indians v Delhi Capitals | 3.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 23, Sunday | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings | 7.30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 25, Tuesday | QUALIFIER 1 | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 26, Wednesday | ELIMINATOR | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 28, Friday | QUALIFIER 2 | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
| May 30, Sunday | FINAL | 7.30 PM | Ahmedabad |
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Indian Premier League(IPL) 2021 Squad
Chennai Super Kings(CSK)
MS Dhoni (C & WK), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Krishnappa Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth.
Coaches
- Head Coach – Stephen Fleming
- Bowling Coach– Lakshmipathy Balaji
- Fielding coach – Rajiv Kumar
Delhi Capitals(DC)
Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings.
Coaches
- Head coach: Ricky Ponting
- Assistant coach: Mohammad Kaif
- Fast Bowling Coach: Ryan Harris
- Spin bowling coach: Samuel Badree
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)
Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Ali Khan, Tim Seifert, Shakib AL Hasan, Harbhajan Singh, Sheldon Jackson, Pawan Negi, Karun Nair, Venkatesh Iyer, and Vaibhav Arora.
- Head coach: Brendon McCullum
- Assistant coach: Abhishek Nayar
- Bowling Coach: Kyle Mills
- Fielding coach: James Foster
Mumbai Indians(MI)
Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult.
- Head coach: Mahela Jayawardene
- Batting coach: Robin Singh
- Bowling Coach: Shane Bond
- Fielding coach: James Pamment
Punjab Kings(PK)
Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) changes its franchise name to Punjab Kings prior to IPL 2021 Auction.
KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Ishan Porel, Sarfaraz Khan, Murugan Ashwin, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Prabhsimran Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar.
- Head coach: Anil Kumble
- Assistant coach: Andy Flower
- Bowling Coach: Charl Langeveldt
- Batting coach: Wasim Jaffer
- Fielding Coach: Jonty Rhodes
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Daniels Sams, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Philippe, Kane Richardson, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammad Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, KS Bharat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dan Christian.
- Head coach: Simon Katich
- Bowling Coach: Adam Griffith
- Batting and Spin bowling coach: Sridharan Sriram
Rajasthan Royals(RR)
Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.
- Head coach: Kumar Sangakkara
- Assistant coach: Trevor Penney
- Fast Bowling Coach: Rob Cassell
- Spin bowling coach: Sairaj Bahutule
- Fielding Coach: Dishant Yagnik
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jagadeesha Suchith.
- Head coach: Trevor Bayliss
- Assistant coach: Brad Haddin
- Bowling Mentor: Muttiah Muralitharan
- Batting Manetor: V. V. S. Laxman
- Fielding coach: Biju George
*Squad Updated post the IPL 2021 Auction held at Chennai on Fenruary 18
New Signings in IPL 2021
Following are the details of the new players roped by each franchise for the IPL 2021. Chris Morris bags the highest bid rate of 16.25 Crores where he was roped by Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2021 Auction.
Chennai Super Kings(CSK)
- England All-rounder Moeen Ali has been purchased for Rs. 7 Crores.
- Krishnappa Gowtham has been roped for Rs. 9.25 Crores.
- Harisankar Reddy roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
- Bhagvath Varma roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
- Cheteshwar Pujara roped for Rs. 50 Lakhs.
- Robin Uthappa(Traded from Rajasthan Royals).
Delhi Capitals(DC)
- Steve Smith signed for Rs. 2.20 cr.
- Umesh Yadav signed for Rs 1 cr
- Ripal Patel signed for Rs. 20 lakh
- Vishnu Vinod signed for Rs. 20 lakh
- Lukman Meriwalasigned for Rs. 20 lakh
- M Siddharth signed for Rs. 20 lakh
- Tom Curran signed for Rs. 5.25 crore
- Sam Billings signed for Rs. 2 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)
- Shakib AL Hasan roped for Rs. 3.2 Crores.
- Harbhajan Singh roped for Rs. 2 Crores.
- Sheldon Jackson roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
- Pawan Negi roped for Rs. 50 Lakhs.
- Karun Nair roped for Rs. 50 Lakhs.
- Venkatesh Iyer roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
- Vaibhav Arora roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
Mumbai Indians(MI)
- Nathan Coulter-Nile roped for 5 crores
- Piyush Chawla roped for Rs 2.4 crore
- Adam Milne roped for Rs 3.2 crores
- James Neesham roped for Rs 50 lakh
- Arjun Tendulkar roped for Rs 20 lakh
- Marco Jansen roped for Rs 20 lakh
- Yudhvir Singh roped for Rs 20 lakh
Punjab Kings(PK)
- Shahrukh Khan has been roped for Rs. 5.25 Crores.
- Jyke Richardson roped for Rs. 14 Crores.
- Dawid Malan roped for Rs. 1.5 Crores.
- Riley Meredith roped for Rs. 8 Crores.
- Moises Henriques roped for 4.2 Crores.
- Jalaj Saxenaroped for INR 30 lakhs.
- Utkarsh Singh roped for INR 20 lakhs.
- Fabian Allen roped for INR 75 lakhs.
- Saurabh Kumar roped for INR 20 lakhs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
- Kyle Jamieson roped for Rs. 15 Crores.
- Glenn Maxwell roped for Rs. 14.25 Crores.
- Daniel Christian roped for Rs. 4.8 Crores.
- K.S Bharat roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
- Suyash Prabhudessai bought for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
- Mohammed Azharuddeen roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
- Rajat Patidar roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
- Sachin Baby roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
Rajasthan Royals(RR)
- Chris Morris has been roped for Rs. 16.25 Crores.
- Shivam Dube roped for Rs. 4.4 Crores.
- Chetan Sakariya roped for Rs. 1.2 Crores.
- Mustafizur Rahman roped for Rs. 1 Crores.
- K.C Cariappa roped for Rs. 20 Lakhs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman roped for Rs 1.50 crore.
- Kedar Jadhav roped for Rs 2 crore
- Jagadeesha Suchith roped for Rs 30 lakhs.
Also read: List of Most Expensive Players in IPL 2021 Auction
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