Indian Premier League (IPL) Cricket match schedule

The much awaited DLF Indian Premier League season will start on April 18, 2008 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore with the inaugural match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders. All of the eight teams will play a total of 56 league matches before going into the semi finals. Each team will play two matches with every other team. The league matches will be followed by two semi-finals and a final match at Mumbai.

Here is the DLF IPL 2008 Matches Schedule Calendar.

MATCHES IN BANGALORE

Friday, 18th April 2008 - Bangalore Vs Kolkata Saturday, 26th April 2008 - Bangalore Vs Jaipur Monday, 28th April 2008 - Bangalore Vs Chennai Monday, 05th May 2008 - Bangalore Vs Mohali Saturday, 10th May 2008 - Bangalore Vs Mumbai Monday, 19th May 2008 - Bangalore Vs Delhi Sunday, 25th May 2008 - Bangalore Vs Hyderabad

MATCHES IN JAIPUR

Monday, 21st April 2008 - Jaipur Vs Mohali Thursday, 1st May 2008 - Jaipur Vs Kolkata Sunday, 04th May 2008 - Jaipur Vs Chennai Friday, 09th May 2008 - Jaipur Vs Hyderabad Sunday, 11th May 2008 - Jaipur Vs Delhi Saturday, 17th May 2008 - Jaipur Vs Bangalore Monday, 26th May 2008 - Jaipur Vs Mumbai

MATCHES IN KOLKATA

Sunday, 20th April 2008 - Kolkata Vs Hyderabad Tuesday, 29th April 2008 - Kolkata Vs Mumbai Thursday, 08th May 2008 - Kolkata Vs Bangalore Tuesday, 13th May 2008 - Kolkata Vs Delhi Sunday, 18th May 2008 - Kolkata Vs Chennai Tuesday, 20th May 2008 - Kolkata Vs Jaipur Sunday, 25th May 2008 - Kolkata Vs Mohali

MATCHES IN MOHALI

Saturday, 19th April 2008 - Mohali Vs Chennai Friday, 25th April 2008 - Mohali Vs Mumbai Sunday, 27th April 2008 - Mohali Vs Delhi Saturday, 03rd May 2008 - Mohali Vs Kolkata Monday, 12th May 2008 - Mohali Vs Bangalore Wednesday, 14th May 2008 - Mohali Vs Jaipur Friday, 23rd May 2008 - Mohali Vs Hyderabad

MATCHES IN CHENNAI

Wednesday, 23rd April 2008 - Chennai Vs Mumbai Saturday, 26th April 2008 - Chennai Vs Kolkata Friday, 02nd May 2008 - Chennai Vs Delhi Tuesday, 06th May 2008 - Chennai Vs Hyderabad Saturday, 10th May 2008 - Chennai Vs Mohali Wednesday, 21st May 2008 - Chennai Vs Bangalore Saturday, 24th May 2008 - Chennai Vs Jaipur

MATCHES IN DELHI

Saturday, 19th April 2008 - Delhi Vs Jaipur Wednesday, 30th April 2008 - Delhi Vs Bangalore Thursday, 08th May 2008 - Delhi Vs Chennai Thursday, 15th May 2008 - Delhi Vs Hyderabad Saturday, 17th May 2008 - Delhi Vs Mohali Thursday, 22nd May 2008 - Delhi Vs Kolkata Saturday, 24th May 2008 - Delhi Vs Mumbai

MATCHES IN HYDERABAD

Tuesday, 22nd April 2008 - Hyderabad Vs Delhi Thursday, 24th April 2008 - Hyderabad Vs Jaipur Thursday, 01st May 2008 - Hyderabad Vs Mohali Saturday, 03rd May 2008 - Hyderabad Vs Bangalore Sunday, 11th May 2008 - Hyderabad Vs Kolkata Sunday, 18th May 2008 - Hyderabad Vs Mumbai Tuesday, 27th May 2008 - Hyderabad Vs Chennai

MATCHES IN MUMBAI

Sunday, 20th April 2008 - Mumbai Vs Bangalore Sunday, 27th April 2008 - Mumbai Vs Hyderabad Sunday, 04th May 2008 - Mumbai Vs Delhi Wednesday, 07th May 2008 - Mumbai Vs Jaipur Wednesday, 14th May 2008 - Mumbai Vs Chennai Friday, 16th May 2008 - Mumbai Vs Kolkata Wednesday, 21st May 2008 - Mumbai Vs Mohali

DATE WISE FIXTURE OF IPL MATCHES

April 18: Bangalore v Kolkata at Bangalore April 19: Mohali v Chennai at Mohali and Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi April 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai; Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata April 21: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur April 22: Hyderabad v Delhi at Hyderabad April 23: Chennai v Mumbai at Chennai April 24: Hyderabad v Jaipur at Hyderabad April 25: Mohali v Mumbai at Mohali April 26: Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore; Chennai v Kolkata at Chennai April 27: Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai; Mohali v Delhi at Mohali April 28: Bangalore v Chennai at Bangalore April 29: Kolkata v Mumbai at Kolkata April 30: Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi.

May 1: Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Kolkata at Jaipur May 2: Chennai v Delhi at Chennai May 3: Hyderabad at Bangalore at Hyderabad; Mohali v Kolkata at Mohali May 4: Mumbai v Delhi at Mumbai; Jaipur v Chennai at Jaipur May 5: Bangalore v Mohali at Bangalore May 6: Chennai v Hyderabad at Chennai May 7: Mumbai v Jaipur at Mumbai May 8: Delhi v Chennai at Delhi; Kolkata v Bangalore at Kolkata May 9: Jaipur v Hyderabad at Jaipur May 10: Bangalore v Mumbai at Bangalore; Chennai v Mohali at Chennai May 11: Hyderabad v Kolkata at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Delhi at Jaipur May 12: Mohali v Bangalore at Mohali May 13: Kolkata v Delhi at Kolkata May 14: Mumbai v Chennai at Mumbai; Mohali v Jaipur at Mohali May 15: Delhi v Hyderabad at Delhi May 16: Mumbai v Kolkata at Mumbai May 17: Delhi v Mohali at Delhi; Jaipur v Bangalore at Jaipur May 18: Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad; Kolkata v Chenna at Kolkata May 19: Bangalore v Delhi at Bangalore May 20: Kolkata v Jaipur at Kolkata May 21: Mumbai v Mohali at Mumbai; Chennai v Bangalore at Chennai May 22: Delhi v Kolkata at Delhi May 23: Mohali v Hyderabad at Mohali. May 24: Delhi v Mumbai at Delhi; Chennai v Jaipur at Chennai May 25: Bangalore v Hyderabad at Bangalore; Kolkata v Mohali at Kolkata May 26: Jaipur v Mumbai at Jaipur May 27: Hyderabad v Chennai at Hyderabad

May 28 and 29: Rest days
May 30: First semi-final in Mumbai
May 31: Second semi-final in Mumbai

June 1: Grand Final in Mumbai