"On 26th May...": Did Gautam Gambhir Just Reveal IPL 2024 Final Date?

The IPL 2024 starts is less than seven days time with a match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match on March 22 in Chennai. There is a lot of intrigue surrounding the final schedule of the IPL as only the first two weeks' schedule has been announced. The IPL organisers are awaiting the dates of the General Elections 2024 to finalist the rest of the schedule. But Gautam Gambhir, it seems, has given a hint on the final day of the IPL 2024.

Gautam Gambhir has joined the KKR ranks, a team which he led to IPL win in the past, as a mentor.

"So people who played with me will know one thing about me, that everyone in this group will be treated equally. There's no senior junior. There is no domestic, international. So we have got one mission and that is to win this IPL. So everyone needs to follow that one simple path. On 26th May, we should be there giving everything possible, and it starts from today. It's not gonna start on the 26th. It's not gonna start on the 23rd (day of KKR's first match)," he said in a video.

Guru Gautam Gambhir's first speech pic.twitter.com/muE7xXixml — KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 16, 2024

So, naturally, while 23rd is the first day of IPL 2024 for KKR, 26th May seems to be the final date. 

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) mentor Gautam Gambhir received a warm welcome from the fans at the NSCBI Airport in Kolkata and he asserted that Kolkata is his second home. The former India opener stated that KKR is an emotion to him and thanked the fans for giving such a warm welcome. "Thank You for standing here and giving me a warm welcome. Kolkata is like my second home and KKR is an emotion," Gambhir told the media on Thursday. The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will start on March 22, with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set to clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a South Indian derby at their home arena--MA Chidambaram Stadium.

KKR will play their opening game of the IPL 2024 against Pat Cummins-led SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, March 23. The match will start at 7:30 pm.

Earlier on Sunday, KKR named Phil Salt as Jason's replacement for the upcoming season of the IPL 2024.

With star overseas players like Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Mitchell Starc available along with a strong Indian core in Nitish Rana, skipper Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer and Varun Charkavarthy, KKR will be aiming to do well in IPL 2024.

With ANI inputs