After a lengthy delay due to a mass COVID outbreak in India, the IPL season will resume on September 20th (AEST) in the UAE.
The 2021 season began at the normal time of April, but was postponed in early-May due to the outbreak.
Here's everything you need to know about the remainder of the 2021 IPL season.
WHEN DOES THE IPL START?
This year's tournament began on Friday April 9th, with a clash between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore kicking things off.
The tournament was suspended due to a COVID outbreak in India, and will resume on Monday September 20th (AEST) in the UAE.
The tournament final will now take place on Saturday October 16th.
HOW CAN I WATCH IPL IN AUSTRALIA?
This year's tournament is broadcast exclusively on Fox Cricket, which you can find on Foxtel or Kayo Sports.
WHICH AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS ARE PLAYING IN THE IPL?
There will be 13 Australian players taking part in the remainder of the tournament, with three new additions - Nathan Ellis, Tim David and Ben Dwarshius - picking up replacement deals.
Eight players - headlined by Pat Cummins, Daniel Sams, Adam Zampa and Mitchell Marsh - have opted not to return for the remainder of the tournament.
- Josh Hazlewood (Chennai)
- Marcus Stoinis (Delhi)
- Steve Smith (Delhi)
- Moises Henriques (Punjab)
- Ben Cutting (Kolkata)
- Chris Lynn (Mumbai)
- Nathan Coulter-Nile (Mumbai)
- Glenn Maxwell (RCB)
- Dan Christian (RCB)
- David Warner (Hyderabad)
- Nathan Ellis (Punjab)
- Tim David (RCB)
- Ben Dwarshius (Delhi)
IPL 2021 SQUADS
See below for the full squads for the upcoming IPL tournament.
Australian players are in bold.
| TEAM | COACH | CAPTAIN | FULL SQUAD |
| Chennai Super Kings | Stephen Fleming | MS Dhoni | Bhagath Varma Imran Tahir Harishankar Reddy Ruturaj Gaikwad Moeen Ali C Hari Nishaanth Ravindra Jadeja Deepak Chahar Narayan Jagadeesan Suresh Raini KM Asif Shardul Thakur R Sai Kishore Faf du Plessis Dwayne Bravo Josh Hazlewood Cheteshwar Pujara Karn Sharma Lungi Ngidi Ambati Rayudu Mitchell Santner Krishnappa Gowtham Sam Curran Robin Uthappa |
| Delhi Capitals | Ricky Ponting | Rishabh Pant | Kagiso Rabada Marcus Stoinis Sam Billings Ben Dwarshius Ajinkya Rahane Chris Woakes Ravichandran Ashwin Steve Smith M Siddharth Vishnu Vinod Lalith Yadav Avesh Khan Axar Patel Shreyas Iyer Amit Mishra Ishant Sharma Ripal Patel Shikhar Dharwan Shimron Hetmyer Pravin Dubey Prithvi Shaw Anrich Nortje Umesh Yadav Lukwan Meriwala Kulwant Khejroliya Tom Curran |
| Punjab Kings | Anil Kumble | KL Rahul | Harpeet Brar Ishan Porel Utkarsh Singh Aiden Markram Moises Henriques Mandeep Singh Chris Jordan Deepak Hooda Ravi Bishnoi Arshdeep Singh Sarafaz Khan Adil Rashid Mayank Agarwal Mohammad Shami Nathan Ellis Darshan Nalkande Shahrukh Khan Nicholas Pooran Fabian Allen Chris Gayle Murugan Ashwin Dawid Malan Prabhsimran Singh Saurabh Kumar Jalaj Saxena |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Brendon McCullum | Eoin Morgan | Shivam Mavi Sandeep Warrier Kuldeep Yadav Shakib Al Hasan Sunil Narine Yaibhav Arora Lockie Ferguson Ben Cutting Tim Seifert Karun Nair Sheldon Jackson Venkatash Iyer Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh Andre Russell Prasidh Krishna Shubman Gill Nitish Rana Tim Southee Pawan Negi Kamlesh Nagarkoti Rinku Singh Varun Chakravarthy Rahul Tripathi |
| Mumbai Indians | Mahela Jayawardene | Rohit Sharma | Quinton de Kock Arjun Tendulkar Nathan Coulter-Nile Trent Boult Jimmy Neesham Jayant Yadav Piyush Chawla Kieron Pollard Anmolpreet Singh Mohsin Khan Yudhvir Charak Ishan Kishan Aditya Tare Saurabh Tiwary Jasprit Bumrah Dhawal Kulkarni Suyrakumar Yadav Marco Jansen Krunal Pandya Adam Milne Chris Lynn Rahul Chahar Hardik Pandya Anukul Roy |
| Rajahstan Royals | Andrew McDonald | Sanju Samson | Kuldip Yadav Ben Stokes Chris Morris Kartik Tyagi Glenn Phillips Shreyas Gopal Rahul Tewatia Jaydev Unadkat Mayank Markande Mahipal Lomror Oshane Thomas Riyan Parag Yashasvi Jaiswal Anuj Rawat Evin Lewis Akash Singh Tabraiz Shamsi Jofra Archer Chetan Sakariya Shivam Dube KC Cariappa Mustafizur Rahman David Miller Liam Livingstone Jos Buttler Manan Vohra |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Simon Katich | Virat Kohli | Mohammed Siraj Scott Kuggeleijn Wanindu Hasaranga Finn Allen Kyle Jamieson Akash Deep AB de Villiers Shahbaz Ahmed Tim David KS Bharat Yuzvendra Chahal Navdeep Saini Dan Christian Devdutt Paddikal Glenn Maxwell Suyash Prabhudessai Sachin Baby Pavan Deshpande Washington Sundar Harshal Patel Rajat Patidar M. Azharuddeen Dusmantha Chameera George Carton |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Trevor Bayliss | Kane Williamson | Rashid Khan Wriddiham Saha Khaleel Ahmed Sherfane Rutherford Abdul Samad Sandeep Sharma Mujeeb Ur Rahmann Shreevats Goswami Kedar Jadhav David Warner Mohammad Nabi Abishek Sharma Basil Thampa Jason Roy Jason Holder Bhuvneshwar Kumar Jagadeesha Suchith Virat Singh T Natarajan Shahbaz Nadeem Manish Pandey Vijay Shankar Siddarth Kaul Priyam Garg |
