How To Watch IPL: TV Channels, Live Stream Online, Match Schedule
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IPL 2021 timings
Cricket matches under IPL 2021 will be held among eight teams, with the first match planned between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. It will begin at 7:30pm IST on April 9. As per the official IPL 2021 schedule, there will be a total of 11 double headers where six teams will play three afternoon matches and two will play two afternoon matches. The afternoon matches will start at 3:30pm IST, while the evening matches will begin at 7:30pm IST.
FULL IPL 2021 SCHEDULE
| Match Day | Match No | Day | Date | Time | Venue | Home | Away |
| 1 | 1 | Fri | 9-Apr | 7.30 pm | Chennai | MI | RCB |
| 2 | 2 | Sat | 10-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | CSK | DC |
| 3 | 3 | Sun | 11-Apr | 7.30 pm | Chennai | SRH | KKR |
| 4 | 4 | Mon | 12-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | RR | PK |
| 5 | 5 | Tue | 13-Apr | 7.30 pm | Chennai | KKR | MI |
| 6 | 6 | Wed | 14-Apr | 7.30 pm | Chennai | SRH | RCB |
| 7 | 7 | Thus | 15-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | RR | DC |
| 8 | 8 | Fri | 16-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | PK | CSK |
| 9 | 9 | Sat | 17-Apr | 7.30 pm | Chennai | MI | SRH |
| 10 | 10 | Sun | 18-Apr | 3.30 pm | Chennai | RCB | KKR |
| 10 | 11 | Sun | 18-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | DC | PK |
| 11 | 12 | Mon | 19-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | CSK | RR |
| 12 | 13 | Tue | 20-Apr | 7.30 pm | Chennai | DC | MI |
| 13 | 14 | Wed | 21-Apr | 3.30 pm | Chennai | PK | SRH |
| 13 | 15 | Wed | 21-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | KKR | CSK |
| 14 | 16 | Thur | 22-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | RCB | RR |
| 15 | 17 | Fri | 23-Apr | 7.30 pm | Chennai | PK | MI |
| 16 | 18 | Sat | 24-Apr | 7.30 pm | Mumbai | RR | KKR |
| 17 | 19 | Sun | 25-Apr | 3.30 pm | Mumbai | CSK | RCB |
| 17 | 20 | Sun | 25-Apr | 7.30 pm | Chennai | SRH | DC |
| 18 | 21 | Mon | 26-Apr | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | PK | KKR |
| 19 | 22 | Tue | 27-Apr | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | DC | RCB |
| 20 | 23 | Wed | 28-Apr | 7.30 pm | Delhi | CSK | SRH |
| 21 | 24 | Thu | 29-Apr | 3.30 pm | Delhi | MI | RR |
| 22 | 25 | Thur | 29-Apr | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | DC | KKR |
| 23 | 26 | Fri | 30-Apr | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | PK | RCB |
| 24 | 27 | Sat | 1-May | 7.30 pm | Delhi | MI | CSK |
| 25 | 28 | Sun | 2-May | 3.30 pm | Delhi | RR | SRH |
| 25 | 29 | Sun | 2-May | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | PK | DC |
| 26 | 30 | Mon | 3-May | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | KKR | RCB |
| 27 | 31 | Tue | 4-May | 7.30 pm | Delhi | SRH | MI |
| 28 | 32 | Wed | 5-May | 7.30 pm | Delhi | RR | CSK |
| 29 | 33 | Thur | 6-May | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | RCB | PK |
| 30 | 34 | Fri | 7-May | 7.30 pm | Delhi | SRH | CSK |
| 31 | 35 | Sat | 8-May | 3.30 pm | Ahmedabad | KKR | DC |
| 31 | 36 | Sat | 8-May | 7.30 pm | Delhi | RR | MI |
| 32 | 37 | Sun | 9-May | 3.30 pm | Bengaluru | CSK | PK |
| 32 | 38 | Sun | 9-May | 7.30 pm | Kolkata | RCB | SRH |
| 33 | 39 | Mon | 10-May | 7.30 pm | Bengaluru | Mi | KKR |
| 34 | 40 | Tue | 11-May | 7.30 pm | Kolkata | DC | RR |
| 35 | 41 | Wed | 12-May | 7.30 pm | Bengaluru | CSK | KKR |
| 36 | 42 | Thur | 13-May | 3.30 pm | Bengaluru | Mi | PK |
| 36 | 43 | Thur | 13-May | 7.30 pm | Kolkata | SRH | RR |
| 37 | 44 | Fri | 14-May | 7.30 pm | Kolkata | RCB | DC |
| 38 | 45 | Sat | 15-May | 7.30 pm | Bengaluru | KKR | PK |
| 39 | 46 | Sun | 16-May | 3.30 pm | Kolkata | RR | RCB |
| 39 | 47 | Sun | 16-May | 7.30 pm | Bengaluru | CSK | MI |
| 40 | 48 | Mon | 17-May | 7.30 pm | Kolkata | DC | SRH |
| 41 | 49 | Tue | 18-May | 7.30 pm | Bengaluru | KKR | RR |
| 42 | 50 | Wed | 19-May | 7.30 pm | Bengaluru | SRH | PK |
| 43 | 51 | Thur | 20-May | 7.30 pm | Kolkata | RCB | MI |
| 44 | 52 | Fri | 21-May | 3.30 pm | Bengaluru | KKR | SRH |
| 44 | 53 | Fri | 21-May | 7.30 pm | Kolkata | DC | CSK |
| 45 | 54 | Sat | 22-May | 7.30 pm | Bengaluru | PK | RR |
| 46 | 55 | Sun | 23-May | 3.30 pm | Kolkata | MI | DC |
| 46 | 56 | Sun | 23-May | 7.30 pm | Kolkata | RCB | CSK |
| Mon | 24-May | Rest | Rest | ||||
| 47 | 57 | Tue | 25-May | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | Qualifier 1 | |
| 48 | 58 | Wed | 26-May | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | Eliminator | |
| Thur | 27-May | Rest | Rest | ||||
| 49 | 59 | Fri | 28-May | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | Qualifier 2 | |
| Sat | 29-May | Rest | Rest | ||||
| 50 | 60 | Sun | 30-May | 7.30 pm | Ahmedabad | Final |
IPL live streaming online 2021
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The BCCI has continued its partnership with Disney+ Hotstar to livestream the IPL 2021 in the country. You can pick either Disney+ Hotstar VIP at Rs. 399 a year or Disney+ Hotstar Premium at Rs. 1,499 a year (Rs. 299 a month) to get livestream access to the forthcoming IPL season. Of course, the latter offers a list of additional benefits over the former to match with the higher subscription pricing. Credit card users can avail the Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription at an even discounted price of Rs. 365. Further, telecom operators including Airtel, Vi (Vodafone Idea), and Jio are offering their various prepaid recharge plans with complimentary annual subscription to the Disney+ Hotstar VIP service to offer you access to IPL 2021.
For TV viewers, IPL 2021 matches will be broadcast live through StarIndia's sports channel catalogue Star Sports.
YuppTV, the world’s largest Over-The-Top (OTT) provider for South Asian content has secured the digital media rights for the Indian Premier League 2021. YuppTV to live stream the entire IPL 2021 in Australia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Japan, Bhutan, Maldives, Central Asia, Continental Europe, Central & South America, and Southeast Asia (except Malaysia, Singapore). Yupp TV will provide digital coverage to over 100+ countries: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland and Faroe Islands, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino and Vatican City, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
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How to watch IPL 2021
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Sky Sports Cricket has become the home of the Indian Premier League 2021 in the UK and Ireland. All 60 matches of the 2021 IPL will be shown live on Sky Sports after the company acquired the UK and Ireland TV broadcast rights for the tournament for the next three years. UK viewers will be able to watch all 60 of the matches exclusively live on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event. Star India announced that Disney + Hotstar now officially available in the United Kingdom and United States of America, and 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL T20) matches streamed online on the digital platform for viewers in the UK and USA. IPL 2021 will be available to subscribers in the two countries via Disney + Hotstar with a subscription fees in two tiers – annually and monthly.
Cricket viewers in the United States can watch Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) live coverage on Willow TV Channel, and SuperSport will telecast live coverage of Indian Premier League 2021 (IPL 14) in Sub-Saharan Africa; all matches live streamed on the SuperSport digital platform (Website, App) and Showmax Pro. Cricket viewers in Canada can watch IPL 14 on Willow TV.
Cricket viewers in Singapore can watch the Indian Premier League 2021 season on StarHub. StarHub customers will be able to catch the IPL 2021 games on StarHub TV+ on new channels IPL Ch 238 and 239. The league matches will also be available free for subscribers of StarHub TV+’s new Indian+ pass through Disney + Hotstar. BeIN Sports have TV rights for live coverage of IPL 2021 in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Countries, here is the list – Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen. This year’s tournament will be broadcast and streamed live by beIN Sports across 24 countries throughout the MENA region.
Fox Sports has acquired the rights to the 2021 Indian Premier League, the world’s leading T20 cricket tournament, with LIVE coverage of the competition to be broadcast across Fox Sports and Fox Cricket (available on Foxtel). Kayo Sports will live stream Indian Premier League matches in Australia, a new digital platform in Australia to watch cricket matches online. The Foxtel App is the better option if you already have a TV subscription, while Foxtel Now is the way to go if you only want to stream the Foxtel channel.
Cricket fans in Bangladesh can watch IPL 14 matches live broadcast on Channel 9. Channel 9 is a Bengali language digital cable television. Flow Sports is the popular cricket broadcaster in the Caribbean region, Indian T20 League 2021 feed to be available on Flow Sports in the Caribbean region, as they secured television right for the cash-rich Indian Premier League. For the New Zealand audience, Sky Sport NZ owns the television and OTT rights for the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League, viewers can watch television coverage through Sky Sport NZ while digital coverage will be available on Sky Go, Sky Sports Now, and Fan Pass.
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