The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officially announced the IPL 2023 Schedule on 17th February 2023. The IPL 2023 schedule is based on the home and away format where all the teams will play 7 home games and 7 away games in the league stage. The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League is scheduled to have 70 league-stage matches and will be played across 12 venues over 52 days.
The IPL 2023 Schedule will start from 31st March 2023 with the opening match between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings in Ahmedabad at the largest cricket stadium in the world, Narendra Modi Stadium.
The TATA IPL 2023 player auction saw a total of 80 players sold and collectively INR 1,67,00,00,000 was spent amongst the ten franchises in Kochi. The IPL 2023 player auction was heavily dominated by the all-rounders, who were in massive demand. English all-rounder Sam Curran was the buzz of the town even before his name went under the hammer. He became the most expensive player in the history of IPL Auctions and broke all the records. The all-rounder announced his return to the Punjab Kings with a topmost bid of INR 18.50 crore.
“This IPL Could Be The Close Of MS Dhoni’s IPL Career,” – Aussie Legend Matthew Hayden
Former Australian Cricketer Matthew Hayden believes that the 2023 IPL season will be the close of MS Dhoni’s career in the competition as the Chennai Super Kings skipper gets ready to return to Chepauk. Hayden believes this could be the last time Mahendra Singh Dhoni will step into the field as a player.
The schedule of the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was released and the huge news is that IPL returns as a home and away format. Chennai Super Kings will have their first home game on 3rd April when they face Lucknow SuperGiants at Chepauk.
Speaking on Star Sports following the announcement of the TATA IPL 2023 schedule, Former CSK Opener Hayden talked about the reception Chennai Super Kings captain Dhoni will receive when he walks onto the field at Chepauk after almost three years.
Former Indian Cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels Ms. Dhoni’s experience will come in handy for CSK in IPL 2023, Manjrekar believes that Ms. Dhoni can be played purely based on his leadership skills.
“Look, having watched T20 cricket over the years, especially with the IPL and the kind of pressures that teams feel, I believe that you can have one player in your team on pure leadership. MS Dhoni doesn’t play regularly, so his impact with the bat is not going to be as much as it was in his prime, but somebody like MS Dhoni, with his leadership experience, can have him in the team, to make a difference with his leadership,”