Chennai to host IPL Opening Ceremony

For the second consecutive year, Chennai Super Kings will host the opening ceremony of IPL. IPL Season 5 - will start on April 4 and end on May 27. 


Other Key information

• All nine teams will play home & away matches against all the other teams in the league stages
• Opening Ceremony will held on April 3
• Play-off Matches would be played in Bangalore & Chennai (Finalists of IPL 2011)
• And Final would be played in Chennai
• Each Team would have an auction purse of USD 2 Million Dollars
• The maximum number of players in a team is increased to 33 and the maximum number of overseas players is increased to 11 (Expect Kochi Tuskers team to be the key interest for all the team)
• Maximum Overseas in the playing eleven remains unchanged at 4
• The trading window will open on 15 December 2011 and run through to 20 January 2012.
• Player Auction is expected to happen in late January or February 2012.