How To Watch IPL: TV Channels, Live Stream Online, Match Schedule

Sally Polly April 07, 2021 | 06:23

India Premier League 2021 is the biggest event this year that cricket fans are eagerly waiting for. Premier League is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during April and May of every year by eight teams representing eight different cities in India. For more information on match schedule, how to watch and stream online, read the article below.

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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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