IPL T20 Cricket 2009 schedule|Twenty20 Cricket Season 2 Match Schedule

The second Indian Premier League started off to a great start with some of the world's best known cricketers and Bollywood stars coming together in a colourful parade through Cape Town on Thursday. South Africa is the new venue which will host IPL season 2 Match. The tournament will now be held between April 18 and May 24,comprising of 59 matches in total. The tournament would start from April 18, a delay of about one week from the original schedule. 90 per cent of the tickets for the cash-rich Twenty20 event, starting Saturday have been sold at all the eight venues. 'An important aspect of the marketing of the competition was advertising and Rand 120 million (US $10 million) has been earmarked to attract spectators to the games' says IPL Chief.

The following eight teams are playing in the IPL T20 2009 Cricket Match.

1. Bangalore Royal Challengers squad

2. Chennai Super Kings squad

3. Deccan Chargers squad

4. Delhi Dare Devils squad

5. Kings XI Punjab squad

6. Kolkatta Knight Riders squad

7. Mumbai Indians squad

8. Rajasthan Royals squad

The Time, Place, respective teams and the play times are scheduled as follows:

DATE TEAMS VENUE TIME (IST)

Saturday, Apr 18 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, Apr 18 Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday, Apr 19 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Cape Town 4 p.m. to 7p.m.

Sunday, Apr 19 Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Monday, Apr 20 Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr 21 Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr 21 Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indian Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr 22 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers Cape tOwn 8 p.m. to 11p.m

Thursday, Apr 23 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, Apr 23 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday, Apr 24 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Saturday, Apr 25 Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, Apr 25 Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday, Apr 26 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.

Sunday, Apr 26 Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Monday, Apr 27 Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr 27 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr 28 Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr 29 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr 29 Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Thursday, Apr 30 Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, Apr 30 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday, May 1 Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders East London 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday, May 1 Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban 8 p.m.to 11 p.m.

Saturday, May 2 Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 2 Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11p.m.

Sunday, May 3 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 3 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Monday, May 4 Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers East London 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5 Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5 Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians Pretoria 8 p.m.to 11 p.m.

Thursday, May 7 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 7 Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday, May 8 Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians East London 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Saturday, May 9 Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab Kimberley 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 9 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Kimberley 8 p.m. to 11p.m.

Sunday, May 10 Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 10 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Monday, May 11 Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers Kimberley 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuesday, May 12 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 12 Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Wednesday, May 13 Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Thursday, May 14 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings Durban 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 14 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday, May 15 Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Saturday, May 16 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 16 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday, May 17 Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 17 Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Monday, May 18 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuesday, May 19 Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20 Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban 4 p.m.to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20 Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab Durban 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Thursday, May 21 Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 21 Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday, May 22 Semi Final 1 Pretoria 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Saturday, May 23 Semi Final 2 Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 FINAL Johannesburg 8 p.m. to 11 p.m

SET Max, a Sony owned TV channel, is the official broadcaster for Indian Premier League 2009 and the channel will telecast live all the T20 cricket matches from IPL Season 2 in South Africa. A total of 59 matches will be played.