IPL 2016 Schedule & Time Table: Vivo Indian Premier League T20

IPL 2016 the grand event of T20 cricket,  is going to start from 9th April 2016 and will last long to 29th May 2016 as per the Indian Premier League officials. The IPL schedule 2016 is not announced yet but dates are announced. This year Vivo will be the title sponsor of the League. We have just witnesses the IPL Auction 2016 which was held on 6 February where Shane Watson became the most expensive player sold to RCB for Rs 9.5 Crore. Pawan Negi is the most expensive Indian player bought by Delhi Daredevils. The base price of Negi was only Rs 30 Lacs, after the tough competition between Rising Pune Supergiants & DD, bid of Rs 8.5 Crore make Pawan to Join Delhi Daredevils for the upcoming season of the tournament. Yuvraj Singh will play for Sunrisers Hyderabad this year as he is sold to SRH for Rs 7 Crore.

The Vivo IPL 2016 Schedule & Fixtures are not announced yet but the starting dates are out. The tournament will be played between 8 teams. This year two new teams are introduced Gujarat Lions & Rising Pune Supergiants by BCCI since Lodha Committee banned Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for the next two years due to involvement of both the teams in Fixing issues in 2013 season of Indian premier league. But the good news for CSK & RR fans that their favorite cricketer will continue to play in IPL T20 for different franchises.

Here are the teams which will be part of IPL 2016 :-

The grand international cricket Tournament “T20 Cricket World Cup 2016” will be played from 8th March 2016 – 3rd April 2016 & just after the tournament Indian Premier league T20 will start from 9th April. So back to back T20 Cricket matches will be there in the First Quarter of the year.

New in IPL 2016 :

• We will see Suresh Raina as a captain of Gujarat Lions since he is now part of Intex franchise team.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be the Skipper of new team, Pune.
• Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin and Steven Smith joining RPS.
• Yuvraj Singh will wear Orange Jersey as he will be part of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
• Shane Watson will be the part of Virat Kohli brigade.
• Virender Sehwag will be the mentor of KXIP

Have a Look : Pakistan Super League T20 2016

Total of Rs 136 Crore was spent in this year’s IPL Auction which comprises 66 Indian players and 22 overseas cricketers. All eight teams franchises are ready with their team squad and gearing up for the upcoming event. The schedule & Time table of Vivo Indian Premier League T20 will be announced soon. We will put here as soon as the IPL officials make available to us.

Update : The IPL 2016 time-table is out now. The first match will be played between Mumbai Indians and Rising pune supergiants on April 9th 2016. Check full-time table with venue below  :- (You can download PDF File which is given in the end of the article)

Update: GL,RCB,SRH and KKR qualified into the play-offs of IPL 2016.

Download full schedule in the PDF Format here.