THE IPL has returned for another season of fast-paced, six-hitting action.
MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings will be looking to retain cricket’s most lucrative prize after hammering Sunrisers Hyderabad in last year’s final.
The IPL in back in action this afternoon as:
This year’s IPL will be live on Star Gold.
UK viewers can find the channel on Sky (channel 729) and Virgin Media (channel 801).
To live stream IPL games, you can purchase Hotstar for £11.99-a-month or £59.99-a-year.
All 60 matches will also be live on BT Sport after the channel purchased the rights at the eleventh hour.
To live stream online head to BTSport.com or the BT Sport app.
In India, Star Sports won the rights to five years of IPL coverage in a massive £1.8bn deal last year, the most lucrative TV contract in all of cricket.
In comparison, English home international and domestic cricket rights for 2020-2024 sold for £1.1bn to Sky Sports and BBC, and India’s home internationals fetched £667m for the next five years.
EE phone customers can also watch the action for FREE by signing up for a three-month BT Sport trial.
All you have to do is text SPORT to 150 and follow the instructions.
The trial allows you to watch all of the BT Sport channels via their app while casting to your television is also included.
You can cancel the trial at any time – just text STOP SPORT to 150.
If you want to continue using the services at the end, it will cost £5 a month for the app and £10 per month to cast.
Weekday IPL matches will commence at 8pm in India – 2.30pm in the UK until the clocks change and 3.30pm thereafter.
During the weekend there will be an earlier match starting at 10.30am/11.30am in the UK – 4pm in India.
The IPL will run from Saturday, March 23 to the final on Sunday, May 12.
