India’s biggest cricket festival is back, the Indian Premier League is all set to resume from March. This edition of the Indian Premier League will see an expansion as teams have been increased and two new teams have been added. This takes the total teams to 10 from 8. The two new teams will be representing Lucknow and Ahmedabad.
IPL was founded in 2007 and is the biggest Franchise T20 Cricket tournament in the world. The league is administered by BCCI and has 10 teams based in different cities of India. The First Edition of the league was played in 2008 and Rajasthan Royals were the winners of the first edition. Chennai Super Kings are the current Champions and Mumbai Indians are the most successful team.
The 2022 IPL will be the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League. The league is very special as it is sponsored by TATA and has expanded to 10 teams. The IPL is scheduled to start from 26th March 2022 and the finals will be played on 29th May 2022. The league stage matches will entirely take place in Maharashtra mainly in Mumbai and Pune. 74 matches will be played by 10 teams in this edition.
| Tournament | Indian Premier League |
| Edition | 15th |
| Date | 26th March – 29th May 2022 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Matches | 74 |
DD National TV Channel: How to Watch IPL 2022?
The Star Sports Network is the Official Broadcaster of the Indian Premier League. However in previous years, DD National also Telecasted IPL matches apart from Star Sports. However this year, no instructions as such are given or announcement is made that the matches will be Telecasted on DD National. The information will be updated as soon as any official announcement is made.
The other channels where IPL can be watched live are:
India- Start Sports
United Kingdom- Sky Sports
Australia- Fox Sports, Yupp TV
United States- Willow TV
MENA- beIN Sports
New Zealand- Sky Sports
Pakistan- Geo Super
Canada- Willow TV
Caribbean- Flow Sports
Bangladesh- Channel 9
Maldives- Yupp TV, MediaNet
Nepal- Start Sports
The viewers who don’t have access to television or will be at work during the matches can also live stream the matches. The live streaming of matches will be done by Disney Plus Hotstar and JioTv. The Users will have to install the application and pay the required subscription amount. A good internet connection and you can watch your favorite matches online.