BCCI announces 2 virtual groups for 10-team season in IPL 2022

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced that the Indian Premier League 2022 season will get underway on March 26 and the final will be played on May 29. The 10-team season in IPL 2022 will have 74 matches, including 70 league stage matches which will be played across four venues in Mumbai and Pune.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed the schedule for IPL 2022 after the IPL Governing Council Meeting which was held virtually on Thursday.

The BCCI said IPL 2022 will be played in a bio-secure environment and the decision to pick only two host cities was taken to "avoid air travel which is considered as a major threat for the spread of Covid-19 infection, thereby affecting the players and the League/matches."

The 10 teams will play a total of 14 league matches (7 home matches



and 7 away matches) totalling to 70 league matches, 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).

The venues for the play-offs and the final will be decided on a later date, the BCCI added.

The 10 teams have been drawn into 2 groups 5 each. Mumbai Indians headline Group A while Chennai Super Kings are headlining Group B. To decide on the above, teams have been assigned in two virtual groups based on the number of IPL Championships won followed by the number of Final matches played by the respective teams.

IPL 2022 league stages will witness:

4 matches each at Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil Stadium.

3 matches each at Brabourne Stadium (CCI) and MCA International Stadium, Pune.