Vivo IPL 2021 new schedule, tentative dates, Hosts, Venues, Points Table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap, Players, Teams, Franchises All you need to know

Vivo IPL 2021 new schedule, tentative dates, Hosts, Venues, Points Table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap, Players, Teams, Franchises All you need to know.

Vivo IPL 2021 new schedule: The fourteenth season of the elite Indian T20 competition began with a high profile game between Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians (MI). With the opener bringing a thriller to the season, the caravan of the IPL went ahead as planned but without crowds.

All the franchises played their games without spectators on the grounds. Squads were bound in the bio-bubbles so as to protect all the players and those involved in the safe conduct of the tournament.

The BCCI did everything possible to make this IPL happen in India. However, this dreaded virus collapsed all the possible arrangements of the BCCI and broke into the franchises bio-bubble following which the covid cases emerged.

Multiple players got infected with this dreaded virus and in no time it seemed impossible to go ahead in these testing conditions. As a result of which the BCCI on 4th May decided to suspend the Indian Premier League (IPL) for an indefinite time period.

Only 29 games were held during this phase and there was no answer to the remaining 31 games.

Here in this article, we will discuss the new IPL 2021 schedule, tentative dates, Hosts, Venues, Points Table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap, Players, Teams, Franchises All you need to know.

Vivo IPL 2021 Schedule:

The initial IPL was scheduled to begin on 09th April and the final of the premier tournament was slated to be held on 30th May. The opener was played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on April 9.

Here is how the original IPL schedule looked like:

No	Date	Match Center	Status	Time	Venue
1	Apr 09, Fri	MI vs RCB	Completed	7:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
2	Apr 10, Sat	CSK vs DC	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
3	Apr 11, Sun	SRH vs KKR	Completed	7:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
4	Apr 12, Mon	RR vs PBKS	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
5	Apr 13, Tue	KKR vs MI	Completed	7:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
6	Apr 14, Wed	SRH vs RCB	Completed	7:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
7	Apr 15, Thu	RR vs DC	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
8	Apr 16, Fri	PBKS vs CSK	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
9	Apr 17, Sat	MI vs SRH	Completed	7:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
10	Apr 18, Sun	RCB vs KKR	Completed	3:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
11	Apr 18, Sun	DC vs PBKS	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
12	Apr 19, Mon	CSK vs RR	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
13	Apr 20, Tue	DC vs MI	Completed	7:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
14	Apr 21, Wed	PBKS vs SRH	Completed	3:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
15	Apr 21, Wed	KKR vs CSK	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
16	Apr 22, Thu	RCB vs RR	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
17	Apr 23, Fri	PBKS vs MI	Completed	7:30 PM	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
18	Apr 24, Sat	RR vs KKR	Completed	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
19	Apr 25, Sun	CSK vs RCB	Completed	3:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium – Mumabi
20	Apr 25, Sun	SRH vs DC	Completed	7:30 PM	M.A.Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai
21	Apr 26, Mon	PBKS vs KKR	Completed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
22	Apr 27, Tue	DC vs RCB	Completed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
23	Apr 28, Wed	CSK vs SRH	Completed	7:30 PM	Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
24	Apr 29, Thu	MI vs RR	Completed	3:30 PM	Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
25	Apr 29, Thu	DC vs KKR	Completed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
26	May 30, Sun	PBKS vs RCB	Completed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
27	May 01, Sat	MI vs CSK	Completed	7:30 PM	Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
28	May 02, Sun	RR vs SRH	Completed	3:30 PM	Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
29	May 02, Sun	PBKS vs DC	Completed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
30	May 03, Mon	KKR vs RCB	Postponed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
31	May 04, Tue	SRH vs MI	Postponed	7:30 PM	Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
32	May 05, Wed	RR vs CSK	Postponed	7:30 PM	Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
33	May 06, Thu	RCB vs PBKS	Postponed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
34	May 07, Fri	SRH vs CSK	Postponed	7:30 PM	Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
35	May 08, Sat	KKR vs DC	Postponed	3:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
36	May 08, Sat	RR vs MI	Postponed	7:30 PM	Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
37	May 09, Sun	CSK vs PBKS	Postponed	3:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
38	May 09, Sun	RCB vs SRH	Postponed	7:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
39	May 10, Mon	MI vs KKR	Postponed	7:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
40	May 11, Tue	DC vs RR	Postponed	7:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
41	May 12, Wed	CSK vs KKR	Postponed	7:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
42	May 13, Thu	MI vs PBKS	Postponed	3:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
43	May 13, Thu	SRH vs RR	Postponed	7:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
44	May 14, Fri	RCB vs DC	Postponed	7:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
45	May 15, Sat	KKR vs PBKS	Postponed	7:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
46	May 16, Sun	RR vs RCB	Postponed	3:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
47	May 16, Sun	CSK vs MI	Postponed	7:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
48	May 17, Mon	DC vs SRH	Postponed	7:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
49	May 18, Tue	KKR vs RR	Postponed	7:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
50	May 19, Wed	SRH vs PBKS	Postponed	7:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
51	May 20, Thu	RCB vs MI	Postponed	7:30 PM	Eden Gardens Stadium –
52	May 21, Fri	KKR vs SRH	Postponed	3:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
53	May 21, Fri	DC vs CSK	Postponed	7:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
54	May 22, Sat	PBKS vs RR	Postponed	7:30 PM	M.Chinnaswamy – Bangalore
55	May 23, Sun	MI vs DC	Postponed	3:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
56	May 23, Sun	RCB vs CSK	Postponed	7:30 PM	Eden Gardens – Kolkata
57	May 25, Tue	Qualifier-1	Postponed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium- Ahmedabad
58	May 26, Wed	Eliminator	Postponed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium- Ahmedabad
59	May 28, Fri	Qualifier-2	Postponed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium- Ahmedabad
60	May 30, Sun	FINAL	Postponed	7:30 PM	Narendra Modi Stadium- Ahmedabad

Vivo IPL 2021 New Dates and Venues:

Soon after the suspension of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the IPL Governing Council Chairman, Mr Brijesh Patel said in a statement that the tournament isn’t over yet. The Board and IPL GC are exploring all the opportunities to reschedule the games. 

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly made it clear that the IPL will not be resumed in India. Also, there are a couple of opportunities left in front of BCCI to reschedule the IPL games.

Counties of England, Sri Lanka, UAE and Australia are some of the probable options. These countries have shown their interests in hosting the remaining games of the IPL.

Vivo IPL 2021 Points Table

The points table of the Vivo IPL 2021 after the completion of 29 games looked a little stable. The teams which were in the top four from the start of the tournament are still there while the four teams that struggled have been placed at the bottom.

The points table is led by Delhi Capitals (DC) by 12 points in eight games they played followed by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) with 10 points. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) followed CSK with 10 and 8 points respectively.

The bottom four of the points table consists of franchises Rajasthan Royals (RR), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the same order.

This is how the Vivo IPL 2021 Points Table looks like:

Rank	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied/No Result	Net Run Rate	Points
1	DC	8	6	2	0/0	+0.547	12
2	CSK	7	5	2	0/0	+1.263	10
3	RCB	7	5	2	0/0	-0.171	10
4	MI	7	4	3	0/0	+0.062	8
5	RR	7	3	4	0/0	-0.190	6
6	PBKS	8	3	5	0/0	-0.368	6
7	KKR	7	2	5	0/0	-0.494	4
8	SRH	7	1	6	0/0	-0.623	2

Vivo IPL 2021 Orange Cap:

Each year the Indian Premier League (IPL) brings some or the other awards to entertain the fans as well as the cricketer, however, the award that remained constant is the orange cap and purple cap.

The orange cap is given to the player who scores the maximum number of runs in that particular season of the Indian Premier League. As of now after 29 IPL games, it is with Delhi Capitals (DC) Shikhar Dhawan. The southpaw has amassed 380 runs in eight games while Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper KL Rahul is at number two with 331 runs in seven games.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Faf du Plessis and Delhi Capitals (DC) Prithvi Shaw are at three and four respectively with 320 and 308 runs.

This is how the Vivo IPL 2021 Orange Cap table looks like:

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
1	Shikhar Dhawan	8	8	1	380	92	54.28	134.27	0	3
2	KL Rahul	7	7	2	331	91*	66.2	136.21	0	4
3	Faf du Plessis	7	7	2	320	95*	64	145.45	0	4
4	Prithvi Shaw	8	8	0	308	82	38.5	166.48	0	3
5	Sanju Samson	7	7	1	277	119	46.16	145.78	1	0
6	Mayank Agarwal	7	7	1	260	99*	43.33	141.3	0	2
7	Jos Buttler	7	7	0	254	124	36.28	153.01	1	0
8	Rohit Sharma	7	7	0	250	63	35.71	128.2	0	1
9	Jonny Bairstow	7	7	1	248	63*	41.33	141.71	0	2
10	Glenn Maxwell	7	6	0	223	78	37.16	144.8	0	2

Vivo IPL 2021 Purple Cap:

The purple Cap is handed to the bowler who bags the most number of wickets in a season of the IPL. After 29 IPL games, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Harshal Patel is the one who has the purple cap with 17 wickets in seven games. Avesh Khan is in second place with 14 wickets while Chris Morris bags third place.

This is how the Vivo IPL 2021 Purple Cap table looks like:

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts
1	HarshalPatel	7	7	28	257	17
2	Avesh Khan	8	8	30	231	14
3	Chris Morris	7	7	26	224	14
4	Rahul Chahar	7	7	28	202	11
5	Rashid Khan	7	7	28	172	10
6	Sam Curran	7	7	25	217	9
7	Pat Cummins	7	7	26.5	237	9
8	Kyle Jamieson	7	7	24	221	9
9	Deepak Chahar	7	7	24	193	8
10	Mohammad Shami	8	8	28.4	234	8

Vivo IPL 2021 Teams, Squads IPL Franchises:

The fourteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) hosted eight franchises to fight for the shining title. Most of the franchises were having an experienced skipper on their side and had a settled squad which looked almost similar to the previous season however there were a couple of new players joining these squads.

MS Dhoni took the reins of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Rohit Sharma was the skipper of Mumbai Indians (MI), Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), KL Rahul once again took charge of rebranded Punjab Kings (PBKS) while Eoin Morgan led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

After an unfortunate injury to Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant was made the skipper of Delhi Capitals (DC) while Rajasthan Royals (RR) removed Steve Smith from the captaincy and gave the leadership roles to young Sanju Samson. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) had an unusual season as David Warner led the franchise for most of the games however he was sacked from the captaincy and was replaced by Kane Williamson.

Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Faf Du Plessis, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Narayanan Jagadeesan, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, R Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, KM Asif. Krishnappa Gowtham, Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth.

Delhi Capitals

Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine.Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Harbhajan Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Chris Lynn, Amolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Singh, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.

Punjab Kings

KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Dawid Malan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Fabian Allen.

Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel, Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Daniel Christian, Mohammed Azharuddin, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat.

SunRisers Hyderabad

David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith.

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