The Indian Premier League 2021 is very much anticipated and it won’t be long before it begins. This is going to be the 14th season of the most premier T20 league in the world. Initiated back in 2008, IPL has had 13 seasons up till now. There’s no denying that every country has its own T20 league charm, but when it comes to the Indian Premier League, it is all different. There’s nothing wrong in saying that it is the best T20 competition in the world and literally heads and shoulders above any other twenty-over tournament. International cricketers from all around the world take part in the IPL, except of course Pakistan. The IPL 2021 match schedule will be out soon and the tournament will be televised exclusively by the live streaming partners.
The same 8 teams will be competing this year since the two new franchises haven’t been added yet. The BCCI decided to retain those new teams for the next year, and as a result, there will be 10 teams next season. Since there won’t be any additional side this year, there is going to be a mini-auction on February 18th from where the teams can pick up national and foreign players. A total of 290+ players are available for grabs, which is huge. However, the available slots are only 61. The auction will be hosted in Chennai at 3 PM IST. Moreover, it will be live on the Star Sports network.
Specifically, in this article, we are going to take a look at the IPL 2021 match schedule, the remaining purses of all the franchises, and lastly, the live streaming partners of the upcoming tournament. So, there’s a lot to look forward to.
IPL 2021 Schedule
To begin with, the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League is expected to begin in April. The official schedule isn’t confirmed yet, but the speculations are that the tournament will be kicking off from the second week of the month after March. However, the official timetable will be released once we get done with the mini-auction on 18th Feb. So, there is still a lot of time left for the tournament to begin. Until then, you can catch the India vs England test series which is going on.
Furthermore, we will update our website with the official Indian Premier League 2021 schedule as soon as it gets live.
IPL 2021 Teams’ Remaining Purses
Every year, after a team retains and releases its players, they have some money left in the bank to sign some new ones. Not to mention, this year is also going to have the same process. To demonstrate, we will be looking at the remaining purses of each team, to see how they can fare in the forthcoming mini-auction.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Remaining Purse: INR 15.35 crore
- Players in the team: 18
- Foreign players: 4
- Available slots: 7
- Overseas slots: 4
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Remaining purse: INR 19.90 crore
- Players in the team: 19
- Foreign players: 7
- Available slots: 6
- Overseas slots: 1
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Remaining Purse: INR 35.40 crore
- Players in the team: 14
- Foreign players: 5
- Available slots: 14
- Overseas slots: 3
Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Remaining Purse: INR 13.4 crore
- Players in the team: 17
- Foreign players: 5
- Available slots: 8
- Overseas slots: 3
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
- Remaining Purse: INR 53.20 crore
- Players in the team: 16
- Foreign players: 3
- Available slots: 9
- Overseas slots: 5
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Remaining Purse: INR 37.85 crore
- Players in the team: 16
- Foreign players: 5
- Available slots: 9
- Overseas slots: 3
Kolkata knight Riders (KKR)
- Remaining Purse: INR 10.75 crore
- Players in the team: 17
- Foreign players: 6
- Available slots: 8
- Overseas slots: 2
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Players in the team: 22
- Foreign players: 7
- Available slots: 3
- Overseas slots: 1
- Remaining Purse: INR 10.75 crore
IPL 2021 Live Streaming Partners
So, now having seen the schedule and remaining team salary caps of IPL 14, let’s take a look at the live streaming partners of the prestigious tournament. Here, we will firstly look at the country-wise broadcasters. Secondly, we will be discussing some apps that will live stream the competition. And last but not the least, some websites will be mentioned where the free exclusive broadcast will be going on of the IPL 2021.
Country-Wise Broadcasting Channels
The following is the list of all the country-wise channels where the live streaming of IPL 14 will be available.
India: DD Sports,Star Sports Network (available on 10 channels in six different languages.
Bangladesh: Channel 9, GTV, Yupp TV
Sri Lanka: Star Cricket, Channel Eye, Yupp TV
Afghanistan: RTA Sport, Lemar TV
United Kingdom: Sky Sports Cricket
Australia: Fox Sports
New Zealand: Sky Sports
South Africa: SuperSport
Caribbean: Flow Sports
UAE/MENA: beIN Sports
USA/Canada: Willow TV
Singapore: StarHub TV+
Even though there won’t be any live streaming channel available in Pakistan, they can watch the live matches from the websites we will be mentioning below.
Digital Live Streaming Platforms
The following is the list of all the digital live streaming platforms for IPL 14. The fans can get a subscription to these apps/websites in order to enjoy the HD broadcast.
- Hoststar app/website
- Doordarshan (DD) app/website
- SuperSport app/website (South Africa)
- Yupp TV app/website
- Foxtel app/website (Australia)
- beIN Sports Connect
Online Free Live Streaming Websites for IPL 14
Certainly, most people nowadays tend to watch the live streaming of any sports on their smartphones or laptops. Undoubtedly, millions of people will be watching the IPL this season and many of them will be doing so online.
Now if we specifically talk about free live streaming websites, then there are quite a few. There is CricHD, WebCric, SmartCric, TouchCric, and so on. Eventually, all of them offer free live streaming services for every international or domestic cricket tournament or series. Particularly, there will be three categories to choose from for the video. You can go for either of the low, medium or high resolutions available, of course depending upon your internet connection.
