DESCRIPTION:
* The fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), comprising nine teams and 76 matches, will begin and end in Chennai, with the opening match on April 4 and the final on May 27.
* The teams will play each other at home and away during a league phase consisting of 72 games at 12, possibly 13, venues, beginning with the defending champions Chennai Super Kings playing Champions League T20 winners Mumbai Indians.
* The Pune Warriors franchise will host eight games at the new stadium in Pune, subject to its completion.
* Dharamsala and Visakhapatman will also host two games each, and Cuttack is listed as an alternate venue to Hyderabad for two matches.
* The first Qualifier, which will be contested by the top two teams in the league, and the Eliminator, contested by Nos. 3 and 4, will be held in Bangalore.
* Chennai will host the second Qualifier, which will be played between the winner of the Eliminator and the loser of the first Qualifier, and the tournament final.
* The tournament is scheduled to begin 12 days after the Asia Cup final and a week after the end of South Africas tour of New Zealand.
* At present there are three international series that will clash with the 2012 IPL and could affect player availability for both the franchises and the countries.
* The next player auction for the IPL is scheduled for February 4.
COMPLETE SCHEDULE:
April 4: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Chennai, 8.00 PM)
April 5: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils (Kolkata, 8.00 PM)
April 6: Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors India (Mumbai, 4.00 PM)
April 6: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab (Jaipur, 8.00 PM)
April 7: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils (Bangalore, 4.00 PM)
April 7: Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings (Vishakhapatnam, 8.00 PM)
April 8: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Jaipur, 4.00 PM)
April 8: Pune Warriors India vs Kings XI Punjab (Pune, 8.00 PM)
April 9: Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians (Vishakhapatnam, 8.00 PM)
April 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Bangalore, 4.00 PM)
April 10: Delhi Daredevils Chennai Super Kings (Delhi, 8.00 PM)
April 11: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals (Mumbai, 8.00 PM)
April 12: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Chennai, 4.00 PM)
April 12: Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors India (Mohali, 8.00 PM)
April 13: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (Kolkata, 8.00 PM)
April 14: Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers (Delhi, 4.00 PM)
April 14: Pune Warriors India vs Chennai Super Kings (Pune, 8.00 PM)
April 15: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab (Kolkata, 4.00 PM)
April 15: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals (Bangalore, 8.00 PM)
April 16: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils (Mumbai, 8.00 PM)
April 17: Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers (Jaipur, 4.00 PM)
April 17: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors India (Bangalore, 8.00 PM)
April 18: Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Mohali, 8.00 PM)
April 19: Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils (Hyderabad/Cuttack, 4.00 PM)
April 19: Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors India (Chennai, 8.00 PM)
April 20: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Mohali, 8.00 PM)
April 21: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (Chennai, 4.00 PM)
April 21: Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors India (Delhi, 8.00 PM)
April 22: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab (Mumbai, 4.00 PM)
April 22: Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Hyderabad/Cuttack, 8.00 PM)
April 23: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Jaipur, 8.00 PM)
April 24: Pune Warriors India vs Delhi Daredevils (Pune, 4.00 PM)
April 24: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers (Kolkata, 8.00 PM)
April 25: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians (Mohali, 4.00 PM)
April 25: :Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings (Bangalore, 8.00 PM)
April 26: Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers (Pune, 8.00 PM)
April 27: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians (Delhi, 8.00 PM)
April 28: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab (Chennai, 4.00 PM)
April 28: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Kolkata, 8.00 PM)
April 29: Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals (Delhi, 4.00 PM)
April 29: Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers (Mumbai, 8.00 PM)
April 30: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Chennai, 8.00 PM)
May 1: Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors India (Hyderabad, 4.00 PM)
May 1: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils (Jaipur, 8.00 PM)
May 2: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab (Bangalore, 8.00 PM)
May 3: Pune Warriors India vs Mumbai Indians (Pune, 8.00 PM)
May 4: Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers (Chennai, 8.00 PM)
May 5: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Pune Warriors India (Kolkata, 4.00 PM)
May 5: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (Mohali, 8.00 PM)
May 6: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings (Mumbai, 4.00 PM)
May 6: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers (Bangalore, 8.00 PM)
May 7: Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Delhi, 8.00 PM)
May 8: Pune Warriors India vs Rajasthan Royals (Pune, 4.00 PM)
May 8: Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab (Hyderabad, 8.00 PM)
May 9: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Mumbai, 8.00 PM)
May 10: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (Jaipur, 8.00 PM)
May 11: Pune Warriors India vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Pune, 8.00 PM)
May 12: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians (Kolkata, 4.00 PM)
May 12: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils (Chennai, 8.00 PM)
May 13: Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors India (Jaipur, 4.00 PM)
May 13: Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers (Mohali, 8.00 PM)
May 14: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (Bangalore, 4.00 PM)
May 14: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (Kolkata, 8.00 PM)
May 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab (Delhi, 8.00 PM)
May 16: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Mumbai, 8.00 PM)
May 17: Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings (Dharamsala, 8.00 PM)
May 17: Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Delhi, 8.00 PM)
May 18: Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals (Hyderabad, 8.00 PM)
May 19: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils (Dharamsala, 4.00 PM)
May 19: Pune Warriors India vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Pune, 8.00 PM)
May 20: Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Hyderabad, 4.00 PM)
May 20: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians (Jaipur, 8.00 P)
PLAY-OFFS:
May 22: Qualifier 1 First Placed Team vs Second Placed Team (Bangalore, 8.00 PM)
May 23: Eliminator Third Placed Team vs Fourth Placed Team (Bangalore, 8.00 PM)
May 25: Qualifier 2 Winner of Eliminator vs Loser of Qualifier1 (Chennai, 8.00 PM)
May 27: Final Winner of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Qualifier 2 (Chennai, 8.00 PM)