Finally, the long wait has come to an end. The second phase of IPL 2021 is slated to begin from September 19 in the UAE. Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai will host the remaining matches of the league.
While everyone was forced to stay indoors due to the Covid pandemic, IPL commenced, much to the delight of cricket fans. But the ecstasy vanished in just three weeks as players and supporting staff tested positive and forced BCCI to suspend the event all of a sudden. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced that the second phase of IPL Live Streaming 2021 would start from September 19 in a different venue.
The biggest T20 league in the world will have eight teams competing for the trophy. The eight franchises that are part of the tournament are Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
With IPL to begin in just a few days, let’s look at the points table, new schedule and list of players.
| Teams | Matches | Won | Lost | Net Runrate | Points |
| Delhi Capitals | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.547 | 12 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1.263 | 10 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 5 | 2 | -0.171 | 10 |
| Mumbai Indians | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.062 | 8 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 7 | 3 | 4 | -0.19 | 6 |
| Punjab Kings | 8 | 3 | 5 | -0.368 | 6 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 7 | 2 | 5 | -0.494 | 4 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 1 | 6 | -0.623 | 2 |
The schedule for second phase
| Match No | Match | Date | Time | Venue |
| 1 | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | September 19, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | September 20, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 3 | Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals | September 21, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 4 | Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | September 22, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | September 23, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 6 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings | September 24, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 7 | Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals | September 25, 2021 | 3:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings | September 25, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 9 | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | September 26, 2021 | 3:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 10 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | September 26, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 11 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals | September 27, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 12 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals | September 28, 2021 | 3:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 13 | Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings | September 28, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 14 | Rajasthan Royals vs RCB | September 29, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 15 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings | September 30, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 16 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings | October 1, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 17 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | October 2, 2021 | 3:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 18 | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | October 2, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 19 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings | October 3, 2021 | 3:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 20 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | October 3, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 21 | Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings | October 4, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 22 | Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians | October 5, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 23 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | October 6, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 24 | Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings | October 7, 2021 | 3:30 PM | Dubai |
| 25 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals | October 7, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 26 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | October 8, 2021 | 3:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 27 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals | October 8, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 28 | Qualifier 1 | October 10, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 29 | Eliminator | October 11, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 30 | Qualifier 2 | October 13, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 31 | Final | October 15, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
Here’s the complete list of players
CSK – Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Narayan Jagadeesabn, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.
DC – Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Anrich Nortje, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Pravin Dubey, Vishnu Vinod.
KKR – Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee.
MI – Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.
Punjab Kings – KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Dawid Malan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Nathan Ellis, Nathan Ellis, Adil Rashid.
RR – Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahim, Chetan Sakariya, K.C. Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, Glenn Phillips, Tabraiz Shamsi.
RCB – Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyesh Prabhudessai, KS Bharat, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga.
SRH – Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Basil Thampi, Jason Holder, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Yadav, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Jason Roy.
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