MI v CSK to kick off IPL on Mar 29

The 13th season of Indian Premier League will kick off on March 29 with the defending champions Mumbai Indians facing the 2019 runner-up Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in the opening match, the IPL governing council announced on Saturday night. 

This year, there has been a massive change in the cash-rich T20 league's schedule, as the governing council has decided to remove doubleheaders on Saturday. In the upcoming IPL season, there will only be six doubleheaders, all of them taking place on Sundays.

India play South Africa in a One Day International (ODI) series before the IPL and it ends on March 18. The whole season will be played for 50 days (compared to 44 in last season) with the league phase ending on May 17. The final league match.