Today's IPL live stream 2024 is Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Ahmedabad. The winner goes through to Qualifier 2 on Friday to play Sunrisers Hyderabad for a place in the final. The sides come into this match in vastly contrasting form.
After eight games of the league stage, RCB were bottom of the table, having lost seven of these matches. Since then they have won five out of six, and hauled themselves into fourth place on nett run rate.
At the time when RCB were bottom, Rajasthan Royals were top, having won eight out of nine matches. But they they lost four in a row and had their final game washed out, and tumbled to third.
Follow our guide below for where to watch IPL playoffs live streams 2024 from anywhere— and potentially for free with a VPN.
► Dates: May 21 — May 26
► May 22: Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Ahmedabad)
► Times: 3 p.m. BST / 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT / 1 a.m. (next day) AEDT / 7.30 p.m. IST
• FREE — Jio Cinema (India)
• U.S. — Willow TV / Sling
• U.K. — Sky / Now
• Watch anywhere — try NordVPN 100% risk free
After 70 matches and more than eight weeks, the group stage of the IPL has been completed and the four top teams go through to the playoffs. It's a completely different playoff lineup from last season, with none of last year's top four getting through this year.
The top two teams play in Qualifier 1 with the winner of this match going straight through to the final. The teams in 3rd and 4th play the Eliminator match and the winner goes through to play the loser of Qualifier 1 for the other place in the final.
Here's how to watch every ball of the IPL 2024 playoffs from anywhere.
Free IPL playoffs live streams 2024
Cricket fans in India can watch all the IPL 2024 action – including the playoffs – for FREE on JioCinema website and mobile app, as well as on the Sports18, the premium sports TV network from Viacom18 which also has the rights to all India's home matches until 2028.
But what if you aren't at home to catch the IPL live stream – and don't want to spend money on pay TV in another country when you'd usually be able to watch the IPL for free at home?
Don't worry — you can watch IPL 2024 on JioCinema from anywhere with a VPN instead. We'll show you how to do that below.
IPL live streams around the world
Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the cricket via your usual streaming service?
You can still watch the IPL live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. So ideal for sports fans away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN. It's the best on the market:
Using a VPN is incredibly simple.
1. Download and install a VPN - as we say, our top choice is NordVPN.
2. Connect to the appropriate server location - open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select your usual location.
3. Go to the broadcaster's stream - head to your home broadcaster's site or app and watch as if you were back at home.
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IPL playoff fixtures 2024
- May 21 — Qualifier 1: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (Ahmedabad)
- May 22 — Eliminator: Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Ahmedabad)
- May 24 — Qualifier 2: Sunrisers Hyderabad v RR or RCB (Chennai)
- May 26 — Final: Kolkata Knight Riders v Winner of Qualifier 2 (Chennai)
IPL playoff squads 2024
These are the full IPL 2024 squads for each franchise in the playoffs, including coaches, captains, overseas players and domestic players:
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Captain: Shreyas Iyer
- Coach: Chandrakant Pandit
- Overseas: Mitchell Starc (Australia); Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Sunil Narine (West Indies); Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan); Dushmantha Chameera (Sri Lanka).
- Domestic: Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Sakib Hussain, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma.
Rajasthan Royals
- Captain: Sanju Samson
- Coach: Kuma Sangakarra
- Overseas: Tom Kohler-Cadmore (England); Trent Boult (New Zealand); Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell (West Indies); Donovan Ferreira, Nandre Burger (South Africa).
- Domestic: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Abid Mushtaq, Tanush Kotian
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Captain: Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
- Coach: Sanjay Bangar
- Overseas: Tom Curran (England); Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell (Australia); Alzarri Joseph (West Indies); Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand).
- Domestic: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Rajan Kumar, Yash Dayal, Karn Sharma, Mayank Dagar, Himanshu Sharma, Saurav Chauhan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Captain: Pat Cummins (Australia)
- Coach: Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
- Overseas: Travis Head (Australia); Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen (South Africa); Glenn Phillips (New Zealand); Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan); Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka).
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Domestic: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, Upendra Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Mayank Markande, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth.
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