IPL 2023 to be played in home-and-away format: Sourav Ganguly

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to return to its original, pre-COVID-19 format. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has conveyed that the 2023 edition of the league will be played in the home-and-away format.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the IPL was held at only a few venues. It was confined across three venues in UAE -Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi in 2020. While in 2021, the tournament was held across four venues - Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and Chennai.

However, with the pandemic under control, the second most valued sporting league in the world in terms of per match value



will return to its old format in which each team will play one home and one away match.

"The next season of men's IPL will also go back to the home and away format with all ten teams playing their home matches at their designated venues," read a Ganguly's note to state units.

The BCCI is conducting a full-fledged domestic season for the first time since 2020 and all multi-day tournaments will also return to the traditional home and away format.

In the 2022 edition of the tournament Gujarat Titans won the title by defeating Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets.