IPL 2023 will begin on March 31 as the league returns to its traditional home-and-away format in India for the first time since 2019.
The tournament kicks off five days after the inaugural Women’s Premier League season ends on March 26, and the final will be held in Ahmedabad on May 28.
IPL 2019 was the last time that the league was played across all the traditional venues in India. In 2020, the tournament had to be postponed from the March-May window to September-November and moved to the UAE because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2021, there was an attempt to play in the Indian summer but a breach of the bio-secure bubble led to the season being interrupted mid-way, and the second half of the season resumed in the UAE in September. In 2022, the tournament was played in the March-May window in India, but the entire league phase was played at venues in Mumbai and Pune, and the playoffs and final in Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo