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The stage is set for the 2017 Indian Premier League, and you can watch it all live on Sky Sports from April 5

Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad will play last year’s runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening game of the 2017 IPL season.

The tournament - which you can watch in its entirety on Sky Sports - will be spread over 47 days across 10 venues.

Each of the eight teams will play 14 matches - seven of them at home - with the tournament returning to Indore for the first time since 2011.

The final will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium - on Sunday May 21.

 Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli (R) and AB de Villiers celebrate after winning the match after the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty
Image: Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers' RCB get things underway against the Sunrisers

April 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 6: Rising Pune Supergiant v Mumbai Indians

April 7: Gujarat Lions v Kolkata Knight Riders

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April 8: Kings XI Punjab v Rising Pune Supergiant

April 9: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Gujarat Lions

April 9: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai

April 10: Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 11: Rising Pune Supergiant v Delhi Daredevils

April 12: Mumbai Indians v Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 13: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab

April 14: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians

April 14: Gujarat Lions v Rising Pune Supergiant

Jos Buttler
Image: Jos Buttler will be back in action for the Mumbai Indians

April 15: Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 15: Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab

April 16: Mumbai Indians v Gujarat Lions

April 16: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rising Pune Supergiant

April 17: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders

April 17: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab

April 18: Gujarat Lions v Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 19: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils

April 20: Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians

April 21: Kolkata Knight Riders v Gujarat Lions

April 22: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians

April 22: Rising Pune Supergiant v Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 23: Gujarat Lions v Kings XI Punjab

April 23: Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner plays a shot during the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL)
Image: David Warner led the Sunrisers to the 2016 IPL title

April 24: Mumbai Indians v Rising Pune Supergiant

April 25: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 26: Rising Pune Supergiant v Kolkata Knight Riders

April 27: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions

April 28: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils

April 28: Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

April 29: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

April 29: Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians

April 30: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils

April 30: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders

May 1: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

May 1: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lions

May 2: Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

May 3: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rising Pune Supergiants

May 4: Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions

May 5: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab

May 6: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rising Pune Supergiants

May 6: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils bowler Amit Mishra (c) celebrates one of four wickets in the IPL match v Kings XI Punjab
Image: Amit Mishra was in top form for the Delhi Daredevils in 2016

May 7: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders

May 7: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions

May 8: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians

May 9: Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

May 10: Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils

May 11: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab

May 12: Delhi Daredevils vs Rising Pune Super Giants

May 13: Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

May 13: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians

May 14: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kings XI Punjab

May 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

May 16: First Qualifier

May 17: Eliminator

May 19: Second Qualifier

May 21: Final

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