IPL 2018: Tournament Dates Announced, Match Timings Changed The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held from 7 April to 27 May with the tournament opener and final to be played in Mumbai, the IPL Governing Council (GC) announced on Monday, 22 January. The opening ceremony will take place in Mumbai on 6 April. Accepting broadcaster Star Sports’ request, the IPL GC has also allowed a shift in timings of the matches. The 8 pm game will now begin at 7 pm while the 4 pm start has now been pushed to 5.30pm. “As far as the doubleheaders on weekends are concerned. The 4 pm game will now be played at 5.30pm. There will be an overlap but the broadcaster says it has enough channels to show the games simultaneously,” Shukla said further. At the meeting, it was also decided that Kings XI Punjab will play four of their home games in Mohali and three in Indore. The home matches of Rajasthan Royals, who are returning to IPL after servin...