The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the IPL 2020 schedule on Sunday. According to the official schedule, the first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians on 19th September 2020.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will open their campaign against RCB on 21st September 2020. They will play 8 matches in Dubai and three-match apiece in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. SRH will play two-afternoon games on 11th October and 18th October 2020.
David Warner and boys will play their last match of the league phase on 3rd November against Mumbai Indians.
Under the captaincy of Kane Williamson, Sunrisers Hyderabad finished fourth last season. 2020 edition will see David Warner taking over the captaincy duties. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow wreaked havoc last season and are expected to replicate a similar performance this season as well.
Looking at the squad, SRH have a good mix of both talented and experienced player in their set up. They will be one of the teams to watch out for in the tournament.
SRH IPL Schedule 2020: Matches, Venues & Fixtures of Sunrisers Hyderabad
September 21: v Royal Challengers Bangalore, 19.30 IST, Dubai
September 26: v Kolkata Knight Riders, 19.30 IST, Abu Dhabi
September 29: v Delhi Capitals, 19.30 IST, Abu Dhabi
October 2: v Chennai Super Kings, 19.30 IST, Dubai
October 4: v Mumbai Indians, 15.30 IST, Sharjah
October 8: v Kings XI Punjab, 19.30 IST, Dubai
October 11: v Rajasthan Royals, 15.30 IST, Dubai
October 13: v Chennai Super Kings, 19.30 IST, Dubai
October 18: v Kolkata Knight Riders, 15.30 IST, Abu Dhabi
October 22: v Rajasthan Royals, 19.30 IST, Dubai
October 24: v Kings XI Punjab, 19.30 IST, Dubai
October 27: v Delhi Capitals, 19.30 IST, Dubai
October 31: v Royal Challengers Bangalore, 19.30 IST, Sharjah
November 3: v Mumbai Indians, 19.30 IST, Sharjah
IPL 2020 will run for a span of 46 days. The league stage will end on 3rd November 2020. The final league stage match will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians.
All the matches will start at 7:30 PM (IST). Dubai will hold the most number of matches (24), while 20 matches will be held in Abu Dhabi and 12 in Sharjah.
IPL 2020 will be telecasted on Star Sports Network. The live streaming of all the matches will be available on Hotstar.