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After IPL- 2 was shifted out of India to South Africa because of security concerns, the new schedule of the cricket extravaganza has been released by the organizers. As per the new schedule, IPL 2009 will kick off at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on April 18. The summit clash of the event will be held at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24. Meanwhile, the semi-finals are to be held on May 22 and 23 in Pretoria and Johannesburg respectively.
In the opening day last year's winners Rajasthan Royals will take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers, and Mumbai Indians would clash with the first edition's runners-up Chennai Super Kings. In all, the 59 matches will be held in eight cities of South Africa: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, East London, Kimberly, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth.
Kingsmead in Durban has been allotted the lion's share of 16 matches, while the Centurion Park in Pretoria will host 12 ties. Matches will be held at 4 pm (12.30 pm local time) and 8 pm (4.30pm local time) IST. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi revealed that official broadcaster Sony will telecast the matches in three languages - English, Hindi and Bengali. The IPL Season 2 Schedule is given below:
April 18
Mumbai Indians (MI) v Chennai Super Kings (CSK) (4 pm) at Cape Town
Rajasthan Royals (RR) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 19
Delhi Daredevils (DD) v Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) (4 pm) at Cape Town
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) v Deccan Chargers (DC) (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 20
RCB V CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 21
KKR v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban
RR v MI (8 pm) at Durban
April 22
RCB v DC (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 23
CSK v DD (4pm) at Durban
KKR v RR (8pm) at Cape Town
April 24
KXIP v RCB (8 pm) at Durban
April 25
DC v MI (4pm) at Durban
KKR v CSK (8pm) at Cape Town
April 26
RCB v DD (4pm) at Port Elizabeth
RR v KXIP (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 27
CSK v DC (4pm) at Durban
KKR v MI (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 28
DD v RR (8 pm) at Pretoria
April 29
KKR v RCB (4pm) at Durban
KIXP v MI (8pm) at Durban
April 30
DC v DD (4pm) at Pretoria
RR v CSK (8pm) at Pretoria
May 1
MI v KKR (4pm) at East London
KXIP v RCB (8pm) at Durban
May 2
DC v RR (4pm) at Port Elizabeth
DD v CSK (8pm) at Johannesburg
May 3
KKR v KXIP (4pm) at Port Elizabeth
RCB v MI (8pm) at Johannesburg
May 4
CSK v DC (8pm) at East London
May 5
RR v KXIP (4pm) at Durban
DD v KKR (8pm) at Durban
May 6
DC v MI (8pm) at Pretoria
May 7
RCB v RR (4pm) at Pretoria
KXIP v CSK (8pm) at Pretoria
May 8
DD v MI (8pm) at East London
May 9
DC v KXIP (4pm) at Kimberley
CSK v RR (8pm) at Kimberley
May 10
MI v RCB (4pm) at Port Elizabeth
KKR v DD (8pm) at Johannesburg
May 11
RR v DC (8pm) at Kimberley
May 12
RCB v KKR (4pm) at Pretoria
MI v KXIP (8pm) at Pretoria
May 13
DD v DC (8pm) at Durban
May 14
RCB v CSK (4pm) at Durban
MI v RR (8pm) at Durban
May 15
KXIP v DD (8pm) at Bloemfontein
May 16
CSK v MI (4pm) at Port Elizabeth
KKR v DC (8pm) at Johannesburg
May 17
KXIP v DC (4pm) at Johannesburg
RR v DD (8pm) at Bloemfontein
May 18
KKR v CSK (8pm) at Pretoria
May 19
DD v RCB (8pm) at Johannesburg
May 20
RR v KKR (4pm) at Durban
CSK v KXIP (8pm) at Durban
May 21
MI v DD (4pm) at Pretoria
DC v RCB (8pm) at Pretoria
May 22
Semi Final 1, DD v DC (8pm) at Pretoria
May 23
Semi Final 2, CSK v RCB (8pm) at Johannesburg
May 24
FINAL, DC v RCB (8pm) at Johannesburg
