The ninth season of Indian Premier League is beginning today with an opening ceremony at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. In the first match of Vivo IPL 2016, Mumbai Indians to play Rising Pune Supergiants on 9 April in Mumbai. Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions are the new franchise teams in this IPL season as they replaced Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.

A total of 60 matches will be played through out the competition that schedules to play from 9 April to 29 May. Mumbai Indians are the title reigning champions in 2016 IPL. The participating teams in the tournament are:

1. Mumbai Indians
2. Kolkata Knight Riders
3. Kings XI Punjab
4. Delhi Daredevils
5. Rising Pune Supergiants
6. Sunrisers Hyderabad
7. Gujarat Lions
8. Royal Challengers Bangalore

Let’s have a look at the complete fixtures and schedule of IPL 2016.

Schedule

Date
Match
Fixture
Venue
9 April 2016
Match 1
Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Suergiants
Mumbai
10 April 2016
Match 2
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils
Kolkata
11 April 2016
Match 3
Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions
Mohali
12 April 2016
Match 4
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Bengaluru
13 April 2016
Match 5
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
Kolkata
14 April 2016
Match 6
Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiants
Rajkot
15 April 2016
Match 7
Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab
Delhi
16 April 2016
Match 8
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Hyderabad
Match 9
Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Lions
Mumbai
17 April 2016
Match 10
Kings XI Punjab vs Rising Pune Supergiants
Mohali
Match 11
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils
Bengaluru
18 April 2016
Match 12
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians
Hyderabad
19 April 2016
Match 13
Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Mohali
20 April 2016
Match 14
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Mumbai
21 April 2016
Match 15
Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rajkot
22 April 2016
Match 16
Rising Pune Supergiants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Pune
23 April 2016
Match 17
Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians
Delhi
Match 18
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab
Hyderabad
24 April 2016
Match 19
Gujarat Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Rajkot
Match 20
Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Pune
25 April 2016
Match 21
Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians
Mohali
26 April 2016
Match 22
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rising Pune Supergiants
Hyderabad
27 April 2016
Match 23
Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions
Delhi
28 April 2016
Match 24
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Mumbai
29 April 2016
Match 25
Rising Pune Supergiants vs Gujarat Lions
Pune
30 April 2016
Match 26
Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Delhi
Match 27
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Hyderabad
1 May 2016
Match 28
Gujarat Lions vs Kings XI Punjab
Rajkot
Match 29
Rising Pune Supergiants vs Mumbai Indians
Pune
2 May 2016
Match 30
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Bengaluru
3 May 2016
Match 31
Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils
Rajkot
4 May 2016
Match 32
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab
Kolkata
5 May 2016
Match 33
Delhi Daredevils vs Rising Pune Supergiants
Delhi
6 May 2016
Match 34
SUnrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Lions
Hyderabad
7 May 2016
Match 35
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rising Pune Supergiants
Bengaluru
Match 36
Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils
Nagpur
8 May 2016
Match 37
Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mumbai
Match 38
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Lions
Kolkata
9 May 2016
Match 39
Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Nagpur
10 May 2016
Match 40
Rising Pune Supergiants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pune
11 May 2016
Match 41
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians
Bengaluru
12 May 2016
Match 42
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils
Hyderabad
13 May 2016
Match 43
Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab
Mumbai
14 May 2016
Match 44
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Lions
Bengaluru
Match 45
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rising Pune Supergiants
Kolkata
15 May 2016
Match 46
Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils
Mumbai
Match 47
Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Nagpur
16 May 2016
Match 48
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kolkata
17 May 2016
Match 49
Rising Pune Supergiants vs Delhi Daredevils
Pune
18 May 2016
Match 50
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab
Bengaluru
19 May 2016
Match 51
Gujarat Lions vs Kolkata Knight Riders
TBC
20 May 2016
Match 52
Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Raipur
21 May 2016
Match 53
Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kings XI Punjab
Pune
Match 54
Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians
TBC
22 May 2016
Match 55
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kolkata
Match 56
Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Raipur
24 May 2016
Match 57
Qualifier 1
Bengaluru
25 May 2016
Match 58
Eliminator
Pune
27 May 2016
Match 59
Qualifier 2
Pune
29 May 2016
Match 60
Final
Mumbai

Full list of Squads

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Lendl Simmons, Ambati Rayudu, Jagadeesha Suchith, Jasprit Bumrah, Parthiv Patel, R Vinay Kumar, Nitish Rana, Harbhajan Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Unmukt Chand, Shreyas Gopal, Akshay Wakhare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Corey Anderson, Tim Southee, Marchant de Lange, Lasith Malinga, Jos Buttler, Nathu Singh, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Kishore Pramod Kamath, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Punia, Jitesh Sharma.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Virat Kohli (Captain), Shane Watson, Chris Gayle, Adam Milne, AB de Villiers, Mitchell Starc, Mandeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Stuart Binny, Kane Richardson, Samuel Badree, Sarfaraz Khan, Praveen Dubey, Vikramjeet Malik, Travis Head, Akshay Karnewar, Iqbal Abdullah, Sachin Baby, Vikas Tokas.

Gujarat Lions (GL)

Suresh Raina (Captain), Brendon McCullum, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dale Steyn, Praveen Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Smith, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aaron Finch, Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Eklavya Dwivedi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Shah, Shadab Jakati, Amit Mishra, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivil Kaushik, Aksh Deep Nath, Sarabjeet Ladda, Pravin Tambe, Umang Sharma, Paras Dogra.

Delhi Daredevils (DD)

JP Duminy (Captain), Rishabh Pant, Zaheer Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mayank Agarwal, Jayant Yadav, Travis Head, Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Mohammad Shami, Quinton de Kock, Pawan Negi, Chris Morris, Sanju Samson, Carlos Brathwaite, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Albie Morkel, Joel Paris, Sam Billings, Chama Milind, Pratyush Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Saeed Khaleel Ahmed, Akhil Herwadkar, Pawan Suyal.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

David Warner (Captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Trent Boult, Ashish Reddy, Bipul Sharma, Ben Cutting, Karn Sharma, Naman Ojha, Parvez Rasool, Ricky Bhui, Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Eoin Morgan, Kane Williamson, KL Rahul, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Deepak Hooda, Siddharth Kaul, Aditya Tare, Barinder Singh Sran, Vijay Shankar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mustafizur Rahman, Tirumalsetti Suman.

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)

David Miller (Captain), Shaun Marsh, Mohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Johnson, Manan Vohra, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Abbott, Pradeep Sahu, KC Cariappa, Marcus Stoinis, Farhaan Behardien, Wriddhiman Saha, Armaan Jaffer, Swapnil Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Yusuf Pathan, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Sheldon Jackson, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Brad Hogg, Jaydev Unadkat, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, John Hastings, Jason Holder, Colin Munro, Rajgopal Sathish, Chris Lynn, Manan Ajay Sharma.

Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS)

MS Dhoni (Captain), Steven Smith, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Thisara Perera, Mitchell Marsh, Ashwin Murugan, Ishant Sharma, Kevin Pietersen, Faf du Plessis, Rajat Bhatia, RP Singh, Ashoke Dinda, Scott Boland, Peter Handscomb, Adam Zampa, Irfan Pathan, Ishwar Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Jaskaran Singh, Baba Aparajith, Ankush Bains, Ankit Sharma.