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The much-awaited 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked off on March 22 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai with a match between defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
Throughout the competition, ‘Fan Parks’ would be located in 50 Indian cities, spanning the entire nation, to captivate spectators, the BCCI officially declared on Wednesday, March 20.
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“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) always strives to bring the game closer to the fans across the globe and the country and keeping that in mind, brought the Fan Park concept into play in 2015,” the BCCI said in its official media release.
Here, The Sporting News lists down all the IPL 2024 Fan Parks.
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Where are the IPL 2024 Fan Parks? What are the dates?
There will be 15 Fan Parks throughout the first phase of IPL 2024, which runs until April 7, 2024.
The first Fan Park of the season took place in Madurai on March 22, 2024, the same day that CSK and RCB squared off in the curtain-raiser.
In the first two weeks, fans from 11 Indian states — Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Punjab, and Telangana —will be treated to the highly-anticipated Fan Parks.
Each week, five Fan Parks will be held concurrently in various cities. The schedule for the Fan Parks post April 7 will be announced at a later date.
| City | State | Dates |
| Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 22 Mar – 23 Mar, 2024 |
| Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 23 Mar – 24 Mar, 2024 |
| Bikaner | Rajasthan | 23 Mar – 24 Mar, 2024 |
| Midnapore | West Bengal | 23 Mar – 24 Mar, 2024 |
| Solapur | Maharashtra | 23 Mar – 24 Mar, 2024 |
| Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 30 Mar – 31 Mar, 2024 |
| Nadiad | Gujarat | 30 Mar – 31 Mar, 2024 |
| Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | 30 Mar – 31 Mar, 2024 |
| Patiala | Punjab | 30 Mar – 31 Mar, 2024 |
| Nizamabad | Telangana | 30 Mar – 31 Mar, 2024 |
| Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 6 Apr – 7 Apr, 2024 |
| Nagpur | Maharashtra | 6 Apr – 7 Apr, 2024 |
| Dehradun | Uttarakhand | 6 Apr – 7 Apr, 2024 |
| Rajkot | Gujarat | 6 Apr – 7 Apr, 2024 |
| Mysore | Karnataka | 6 Apr – 7 Apr, 2024 |