With a total of 10 teams, including Lucknow and Gujarat, the IPL’s structure is changing drastically. The 2022 IPL season will be played in groups. The groups are divided according to the seeding, which is based on the number of trophies in the team.
The Mumbai Indians, who have won five titles, are top of Group A. The second of the two titles is Kolkata. Rajasthan with a third crown. Fourth is Delhi and the new member is Lucknow.
Leading in Group B is four-time Chennai Super Kings. Second is Sunrisers Hyderabad with a title. The other teams in the group are Bangalore, Punjab and Gujarat.
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All teams must play 14 matches in the group stage. Of these, seven will be considered as home matches and seven as away matches. There will be a total of 70 matches in the league.
First you have to play two matches with the other four teams in the group. This is followed by two matches against the team in the seam seed in the next group and then four matches against each of the four teams in their own group.
For example, Mumbai Indians will play two matches against four other teams in Group A: Kolkata, Rajasthan, Delhi and Lucknow. After that, they will play two matches against Chennai, the same seed in Group B. After that, each match will be played as a group A team.
The matches will be played in four stadiums in Mumbai and Pune. There will be 20 matches in Wankhede. There will be 15 matches at the CCI Stadium in Mumbai, 20 matches at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai and 15 matches at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
However, the final fixture of the match has not been released. The IPL officials have announced that the schedule will be released in the first week of March.