Full 2009 IPL Match Schedule for South Africa
We bring you the 2009 Indian Premier League games schedule for IPL cricket matches in Cape Town and the rest of South Africa.
The 2009 Indian Premier League cricket mega-tournament will be hosted in South Africa from 18 April 2009 to 24 May 2009. The opening game will be held at Newlands in Cape Town, and the final will be contested at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.Reigning champions Rajasthan Royals will take on Royal Challengers, Bangalore, while Mumbai Indians will come up against the previous tournament’s runners-up, Chennai Super Kings, in the first two matches of the tournament in Cape Town.
There will be a total of 59 matches in the 2009 IPL in South Africa, to be held in eight cities: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, East London, Kimberly, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth.
The first games of each day will be at 12h30 and the second game will be at 16h30 (South African time).
Full 2009 IPL Match Schedule:
April 18: Opening ceremony followed by Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings (Newlands, Cape Town )
April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers (Newlands, Cape Town); Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab (Newlands, Cape Town)
April 20: Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
April 21: Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 22: Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings (Kingsmead, Durban ); Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers (Newlands, Cape Town )
April 24: Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
April 25: Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings (Newlands, Cape Town ); Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 26: Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab (Newlands, Cape Town); Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils (St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth)
April 27: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians (Newlands, Cape Town ); Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 28: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
April 29: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 30: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers (Supersport Park, Centurion, Pretoria); Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings (Supersport Park, Centurion, Pretoria)
May 1: Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab ( Buffalo Park , East London); Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 2: Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers (Wanderers, Johannesburg ); Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 4: Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 5: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 6: Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 7: Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 8: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians ( Buffalo Park , East London )
May 9: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab ( Outsurance Park , Bloemfontein ); Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 10: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils ( Buffalo Park , East London); Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 11: Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals ( Outsurance Park , Bloemfontein )
May 12: Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 14: Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals (Kingsmead, Durban ); Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 15: Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils (De Beers Diamond, Oval, Kimberley )
May 16: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians (Wanderers, Johannesburg ); Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders ( St. George's Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 17: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils (De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley ); Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 18: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 19: Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 20: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban ); Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 21: Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 22: Semifinal 1 at Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria
May 23: Semifinal 2 at Wanderers, Johannesburg
May 24: Closing ceremony followed by final (Wanderers, Johannesburg).
IPL games in Cape Town will certainly be an exciting entertainment option if you’re lucky enough to be in Cape Town on the dates that these Indian Premier League matches will be played!