IPL 2024: IPL 2024 is starting from Friday (Today, 22 mar 2024). Chennai Super Kings will take the field with a new captain this season. Rituraj Gaikwad will take charge of the team. Mahendra Singh Dhoni himself has handed over this responsibility to Rituraj. This season is going to be very special. There are many reasons behind this. Along with CSK, other teams have also changed captains. Rishabh Pant has returned to Delhi Capitals. At the same time, a new ground has also been prepared for IPL.
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Rishabh Pant is back
Rishabh is returning to the field after a long time. He played his last match in IPL in 2022. After this he stayed away from the field due to a car accident. Pant has played 98 matches in IPL. He has scored 2838 runs during this period. Pant has scored 1 century and 15 half-centuries in this tournament.
This time the IPL season will be longer –
This time the IPL season will be the longest. Due to the Lok Sabha elections in the country , the schedule of the entire tournament was not released. Only the schedule of the first 21 matches of the season was released. This time the season is starting from March 22 and its final will probably be played on May 26.
Along with CSK, these teams changed captains –
The captaincy of CSK has changed. Now Rituraj Gaikwad will take charge of the team. This time everyone’s eyes will be on Rituraj. There has been a big change in Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians as well. Mumbai has removed Rohit Sharma from the captaincy. Hardik has got the responsibility in his place. Shubman will captain Gujarat. Pat Cummins has got the responsibility of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
New stadium built for IPL 2024 –
The match between Punjab and Delhi will be played on 23rd March. This match will be played at Chandigarh Mullanpur Stadium. It has been named Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium. This is the stadium of Punjab Cricket Association, which has been built recently. It has been built in about 38.20 acres. About 36000 people can watch the match here simultaneously.
IPL’s most expensive player –
This time the most expensive player of IPL will be seen on the field. Mitchell Starc has been bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 24.75 crore. Starc’s overall performance has been strong. After Starc, Pat Cummins is the most expensive player. He was bought by Hyderabad for Rs 20.50 crore.
