Watch IPL in South Africa

How to Watch IPL in South Africa [Easy Hack October 2024]

Is IPL Live Streaming available in South Africa? Sadly, IPL live streaming is not available in South Africa. However, you can watch IPL in South Africa by using a premium VPN service like Surfshark.

Indian Premier League is one of the most popular twenty20 cricket tournaments and is rapidly growing worldwide. IPL Franchise features some of the superstar cricketers from all over the world.

IPL matches are full of entertainment, culture, and celebration of cricket with loads of boundaries and wickets crumbling all the way down from the 1st to 20th over. IPL has become a major event in the Indian sporting calendar and has captured the hearts of millions of cricket lovers worldwide.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season is all set to kick off on March 31 with a match between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The tournament will go back to its home and away format, with 74 matches scheduled to take place.

Can I watch IPL 2024 in South Africa? Yes, you can watch IPL in South Africa on SonyLiv and Hotstar only using a reliable VPN, due to geo-restrictions.


How to Watch IPL 2024 in South Africa? [Quick Steps in October 2024]

The following are the 5 easy steps for watching IPL in South Africa:

  1. Subscribe to VPN. [we recommend Surfshark.]
  2. Download and install its apps, and log in using your credentials.
  3. Select an “Indian server” from the server list, and click on the “Connect” button.
  4. Visit the SonyLIV website and create an account.
  5. Enjoy! Now you can stream IPL live in South Africa.

Pro Tip: If your friend or family member lives in India you can ask them to create a FREE Account on JioCinema which has the right to broadcast free IPL live streaming all over India. Only you need a premium VPN and connect it to an Indian server to access the service.


Why do I need a VPN to watch IPL in South Africa?

SonyLIV is a geo-restricted streaming service outside India. So, you will need a VPN to bypass its geo-limitation and stream IPL in South Africa. There are many options to watch IPL on Hotstar, ESPN+, Fox Sports, Sky Sports, Supersport, and many others.

All these streaming services that broadcast IPL are geo-blocked. If you are visiting these channels with your South African IP address the following error will prompt on your browser screen.

SonyLIV Geo-Restriction Error IPL
SonyLIV Geo-Restriction Error IPL

If you are a resident of India and traveling to South Africa and want to watch IPL in South Africa; for example, on Hotstar or SonyLIV, you will need a reliable VPN service and connect it to an Indian server to bypass geo-restrictions.


When does IPL 2024 season start?

The IPL 2024 season is set to start on March 31 with a match between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.


TV Channels to Watch IPL 2024 Live

The following are the channels to broadcast right of IPL 2024 live:

CountryChannels
United StatesWillow TV
United KingdomSky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event
CanadaWillow TV
AustraliaFox Sports, Yupp TV
IndiaStar Sports
South AfricaSuperSport
PakistanGeo Super (TBC)
New ZealandSky Sport NZ (Sky Sport 2)
CaribbeanFlow Sports (Flow Sports 2)
CanadaWillow TV
BangladeshChannel 9
AfghanistanRadio Television Afghanistan (RTA)
NepalYupp TV, Net TV Nepal, SimTV Nepal
Sri LankaYupp TV, SLRC, Dialog TV, PeoTV
MaldivesYupp TV, Medianet&quot
Singapore(StarHub TV+)
DigitalYupp TV, Foxtel
RadioCricket Radio, 89.1 Radio 4 FM, Gold 101.3 FM, Talksport

List of South African Players in IPL 2024

There are 16 South African players participating in IPL 2024. Some of them include Sisanda Magala who was recently brought in by the Chennai Super Kings, Faf du Plessis who will captain the Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Aiden Markram who will lead the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Some other South African players participating in IPL 2024 include Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, and Anrich Nortje.

  • Duan Jansen
  • Tristan Stubbs
  • Donavon Ferreira
  • Dwaine Pretorius
  • Lungi Ngidi
  • Sisanda Magala
  • Aiden Markram
  • Dewald Brevis
  • David Miller
  • Marco Jansen
  • Rilee Rossouw
  • Heinrich Klaasen
  • Anrich Nortje
  • Quinton De Kock
  • Faf Du Plessis
  • Kagiso Rabada

Who are the captains of the participating IPL teams?

Here are the captains of ten IPL franchises:

  • GT: Hardik Pandya
  • CSK: MS Dhoni
  • DC: David Warner
  • KKR: Shreyas Iyer
  • LSG: KL Rahul
  • MI: Rohit Sharma
  • RCB: Faf du Plessis
  • RR: Sanju Samson
  • SRH: Aiden Markram
  • PK: Shikhar Dhawan

IPL 2024 Complete Squad

The following are the complete squad of ten IPL teams:

The complete squad of Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

  • MS Dhoni (C)
  • Ambati Rayudu
  • Deepak Chahar
  • Devon Conway
  • Dwaine Pretorius
  • Maheesh Theekshana
  • Matheesha Pathirana
  • Mitchell Santner
  • Moeen Ali
  • Mukesh Choudhary
  • Prashant Solanki
  • Rajvardhan Hangargekar
  • Ravindra Jadeja
  • Ruturaj Gaikwad
  • Shivam Dube
  • Simarjeet Singh
  • Subhranshu Senapati
  • Tushar Deshpande
  • Bhagath Varma
  • Ajay Mandal
  • Kyle Jamieson
  • Nishant Sindhu
  • Shaik Rasheed
  • Ben Stokes
  • Ajinkya Rahane

The complete squad of Delhi Capitals (DC)

  • Rishabh Pant
  • Aman Khan (T)
  • David Warner (C)
  • Anrich Nortje
  • Axar Patel
  • Chetan Sakariya
  • Kamlesh Nagarkoti
  • Kuldeep Yadav
  • Lalit Yadav
  • Lungisani Ngidi
  • Mitchell Marsh,
  • Mustafizur Rahman
  • Pravin Dubey
  • Prithvi Shaw
  • Ripal Patel
  • Rovman Powell
  • Sarfaraz Khan
  • Syed Khaleel Ahmed
  • Vicky Ostwal
  • Yash Dhull
  • Rilee Rossouw
  • Manish Pandey
  • Mukesh Kumar
  • Ishant Sharma
  • Phil Salt

The complete squad of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar
  • Abdul Samad
  • Abhishek Sharma
  • Aiden Markram (C)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi
  • Glenn Phillips
  • Kartik Tyagi
  • Marco Jansen
  • Rahul Tripathi
  • Natarajan
  • Umran Malik
  • Washington Sundar
  • Mayank Dagar
  • Upendra Yadav
  • Sanvir Singh
  • Samarth Vyas
  • Vivrant Sharma
  • Mayank Markande
  • Adil Rashid
  • Heinrich Klaasen
  • Mayank Agarwal
  • Harry Brook

The complete squad of Punjab Kings (PBKS)

  • Shikhar Dhawan (C)
  • Shahrukh Khan
  • Rahul Chahar
  • Arshdeep Singh
  • Harpreet Brar
  • Raj Angad Bawa
  • Prabhsimran Singh
  • Rishi Dhawan
  • Jitesh Sharma
  • Baltej Singh Dhanda
  • Atharva Taide
  • Liam Livingstone
  • Kagiso Rabada
  • Jonny Bairstow
  • Nathan Ellis
  • Bhanuka Rajapakse
  • Shivam Singh
  • Mohit Rathee
  • Vidwath Kaverappa
  • Harpreet Bhatia
  • Sikandar Raza
  • Sam Curran

The complete squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

  • Virat Kohli
  • Akash Deep
  • Anuj Rawat
  • David Willey
  • Dinesh Karthik
  • Faf Du Plessis (C)
  • Finn Allen
  • Glenn Maxwell
  • Harshal Patel
  • Josh Hazlewood
  • Karn Sharma
  • Mahipal Lomror
  • Mohammed Siraj
  • Rajat Patidar
  • Shahbaz Ahamad
  • Siddharth Kaul
  • Suyash Prabhudessai
  • Wanindu Hasaranga
  • Sonu Yadav
  • Avinash Singh
  • Rajan Kumar
  • Manoj Bhandage
  • Will Jacks
  • Himanshu Sharma
  • Reece Topley

The complete squad of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

  • Shreyas Iyer (C)
  • Andre Russell
  • Anukul Roy
  • Harshit Rana
  • Lockie Ferguson (T)
  • Nitish Rana
  • Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T)
  • Rinku Singh
  • Shardul Thakur (T)
  • Sunil Narine
  • Tim Southee
  • Umesh Yadav
  • Varun Chakravarthy
  • Venkatesh Iyer
  • Shakib Al Hasan
  • Mandeep Singh
  • Litton Das
  • Kulwant Khejroliya
  • David Wiese
  • Suyash Sharma
  • Vaibhav Arora
  • Jagadeesan

The complete squad of Mumbai Indians (MI)

  • Rohit Sharma (C)
  • Suryakumar Yadav
  • Akash Madhwal
  • Arjun Tendulkar
  • Dewald Brevis
  • Hrithik Shokeen
  • Ishan Kishan
  • Jason Behrendorff (T)
  • Jasprit Bumrah
  • Jofra Archer
  • Kumar Kartikeya Singh
  • Arshad Khan
  • Tilak Varma
  • Ramandeep Singh
  • Tim David
  • Tristan Stubbs
  • Raghav Goyal
  • Nehal Wadhera
  • Shams Mulani
  • Vishnu Vinod
  • Duan Jansen
  • Piyush Chawla
  • Jhye Richardson
  • Cameron Green

The complete squad of Rajasthan Royals (RR)

  • Jos Buttler
  • Devdutt Padikkal
  • Dhruv Jurel
  • C Cariappa
  • Kuldeep Sen
  • Kuldip Yadav
  • Navdeep Saini
  • Obed Mccoy
  • Prasidh Krishna
  • Ashwin
  • Riyan Parag
  • Sanju Samson (C)
  • Shimron Hetmyer
  • Trent Boult
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal
  • Yuzvendra Chahal
  • Joe Root
  • Abdul P A
  • Akash Vashisht
  • Murugan Ashwin
  • KM Asif
  • Adam Zampa
  • Kunal Rathore
  • Donovan Ferreira
  • Jason Holder

The complete squad of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

  • KL Rahul (C)
  • Avesh Khan
  • Ayush Badoni
  • Deepak Hooda
  • Gowtham
  • Karan Sharma
  • Krunal Pandya
  • Kyle Mayers
  • Manan Vohra
  • Marcus Stoinis
  • Mark Wood
  • Mayank Yadav
  • Mohsin Khan
  • Quinton De Kock
  • Ravi Bishnoi
  • Yudhvir Charak
  • Naveen-ul-Haq
  • Swapnil Singh
  • Prerak Mankad
  • Amit Mishra
  • Daniel Sams
  • Romario Shepherd
  • Yash Thakur
  • Jaydev Unadkat
  • Nicholas Pooran

The complete squad of Gujrat Titans (GT)

  • Hardik Pandya (C)
  • Rashid Khan
  • Abhinav Sadarangani
  • Alzarri Joseph
  • Sai Sudharsan
  • Darshan Nalkande
  • David Miller
  • Jayant Yadav
  • Matthew Wade
  • Mohammad Shami
  • Noor Ahmad
  • Pradeep Sangwan
  • Sai Kishore
  • Rahul Tewatia
  • Shubman Gill
  • Vijay Shankar
  • Wriddhiman Saha
  • Yash Dayal
  • Mohit Sharma
  • Joshua Little
  • Urvil Patel
  • Shivam Mavi
  • KS Bharat
  • Odean Smith
  • Kane Williamson

IPL 2024 Schedule & Fixtures Live Matches

The following table is a complete list of IPL 2024 schedule and fixtures:

Match NoDayDateTimeHome TeamAway TeamVenue
1Fri31-03-237:30 PMGujarat TitansChennai Super KingsAhmedabad
2Sat01-04-233:30 PMPunjab KingsKolkata Knight RidersMohali
3Sat01-04-237:30 PMLucknow Super GiantsDelhi CapitalsLucknow
4Sun02-04-233:30 PMSunrisers HyderabadRajasthan RoyalsHyderabad
5Sun02-04-237:30 PMRoyal Challengers BangaloreMumbai IndiansBengaluru
6Mon03-04-237:30 PMChennai Super KingsLucknow Super GiantsChennai
7Tue04-04-237:30 PMDelhi CapitalsGujarat TitansDelhi
8Wed05-04-237:30 PMRajasthan RoyalsPunjab KingsGuwahati
9Thu06-04-237:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersRoyal Challengers BangaloreKolkata
10Fri07-04-237:30 PMLucknow Super GiantsSunrisers HyderabadLucknow
11Sat08-04-233:30 PMRajasthan RoyalsDelhi CapitalsGuwahati
12Sat08-04-237:30 PMMumbai IndiansChennai Super KingsMumbai
13Sun09-04-233:30 PMGujarat TitansKolkata Knight RidersAhmedabad
14Sun09-04-237:30 PMSunrisers HyderabadPunjab KingsHyderabad
15Mon10-04-237:30 PMRoyal Challengers BangaloreLucknow Super GiantsBengaluru
16Tue11-04-237:30 PMDelhi CapitalsMumbai IndiansDelhi
17Wed12-04-237:30 PMChennai Super KingsRajasthan RoyalsChennai
18Thu13-04-237:30 PMPunjab KingsGujarat TitansMohali
19Fri14-04-237:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersSunrisers HyderabadKolkata
20S at15-04-233:30 PMRoyal Challengers BangaloreDelhi CapitalsBengaluru
21Sat15-04-237:30 PMLucknow Super GiantsPunjab KingsLucknow
22Sun16-04-233:30 PMMumbai IndiansKolkata Knight RidersMumbai
23Sun16-04-237:30 PMGujarat TitansRajasthan RoyalsAhmedabad
24Mon17-04-237:30 PMRoyal Challengers BangaloreChennai Super KingsBengaluru
25Tue18-04-237:30 PMSunrisers HyderabadMumbai IndiansHyderabad
26Wed19-04-237:30 PMRajasthan RoyalsLucknow Super GiantsJaipur
27Thu20-04-233:30 PMPunjab KingsRoyal Challengers BangaloreMohali
28Thu20-04-237:30 PMDelhi CapitalsKolkata Knight RidersDelhi
29Fri21-04-237:30 PMChennai Super KingsSunrisers HyderabadChennai
30Sat22-04-233:30 PMLucknow Super GiantsGujarat TitansLucknow
31Sat22-04-237:30 PMMumbai IndiansPunjab KingsMumbai
32Sun23-04-233:30 PMRoyal Challengers BangaloreRajasthan RoyalsBengaluru
33Sun23-04-237:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersChennai Super KingsKolkata
34Mon24-04-237:30 PMSunrisers HyderabadDelhi CapitalsHyderabad
35Tue25-04-237:30 PMGujarat TitansMumbai IndiansAhmedabad
36Wed26-04-237:30 PMRoyal Challengers BangaloreKolkata Knight RidersBengaluru
37Thu27-04-237:30 PMRajasthan RoyalsChennai Super KingsJaipur
38Fri28-04-237:30 PMPunjab KingsLucknow Super GiantsMohali
39Sat29-04-233:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersGujarat TitansKolkata
40Sat29-04-237:30 PMDelhi CapitalsSunrisers HyderabadDelhi
41Sun30-04-233:30 PMChennai Super KingsPunjab KingsChennai
42Sun30-04-237:30 PMMumbai IndiansRajasthan RoyalsMumbai
43Mon01-05-237:30 PMLucknow Super GiantsRoyal Challengers BangaloreLucknow
44Tue02-05-237:30 PMGujarat TitansDelhi CapitalsAhmedabad
45Wed03-05-237:30 PMPunjab KingsMumbai IndiansMohali
46Thu04-05-233:30 PMLucknow Super GiantsChennai Super KingsLucknow
47Thu04-05-237:30 PMSunrisers HyderabadKolkata Knight RidersHyderabad
48Fri05-05-237:30 PMRajasthan RoyalsGujarat TitansJaipur
49Sat06-05-233:30 PMChennai Super KingsMumbai IndiansChennai
50Sat06-05-237:30 PMDelhi CapitalsRoyal Challengers BangaloreDelhi
51Sun07-05-233:30 PMGujarat TitansLucknow Super GiantsAhmedabad
52Sun07-05-237:30 PMRajasthan RoyalsSunrisers HyderabadJaipur
53Mon08-05-237:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersPunjab KingsKolkata
54Tue09-05-237:30 PMMumbai IndiansRoyal Challengers BangaloreMumbai
55Wed10-05-237:30 PMChennai Super KingsDelhi CapitalsChennai
56Thu11-05-237:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersRajasthan RoyalsKolkata
57Fri12-05-237:30 PMMumbai IndiansGujarat TitansMumbai
58Sat13-05-233:30 PMSunrisers HyderabadLucknow Super GiantsHyderabad
59Sat13-05-237:30 PMDelhi CapitalsPunjab KingsDelhi
60Sun14-05-233:30 PMRajasthan RoyalsRoyal Challengers BangaloreJaipur
61Sun14-05-237:30 PMChennai Super KingsKolkata Knight RidersChennai
62Mon15-05-237:30 PMGujarat TitansSunrisers HyderabadAhmedabad
63Tue16-05-237:30 PMLucknow Super GiantsMumbai IndiansLucknow
64Wed17-05-237:30 PMPunjab KingsDelhi CapitalsDharamshala
65Thu18-05-237:30 PMSunrisers HyderabadRoyal Challengers BangaloreHyderabad
66Fri19-05-237:30 PMPunjab KingsRajasthan RoyalsDharamshala
67Sat20-05-233:30 PMDelhi CapitalsChennai Super KingsDelhi
68Sat20-05-237:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersLucknow Super GiantsKolkata
69Sun21-05-233:30 PMMumbai IndiansSunrisers HyderabadMumbai
70Sun21-05-237:30 PMRoyal Challengers BangaloreGujarat TitansBengaluru

FAQs on IPL in South Africa

Can I watch IPL in South Africa on Disney+ Hotstar?

Yes, you can watch IPL in South Africa on Disney+ Hotstar by using a premium VPN to bypass its restrictions.

Where can I watch IPL online in South Africa for free?

You can watch IPL online in South Africa for free on JioCinema by creating an account on it and streaming free of cost IPL in South Africa. Only you need a premium VPN and connect it to an Indian server.

How can I watch IPL in South Africa without a VPN?

Unfortunately, you cannot watch IPL in South Africa without a VPN, because IPL broadcasts on geo-restricted channels, so you will neeed a reliable VPN to bypass its restrictions.

Is it legal to use a VPN for streaming IPL in South Africa?

Using a VPN in South Africa is legal and legit unless you are not involved in any illegal activities. You can stream IPL in South Africa with a premium VPN.


Overall, it may be said

In conclusion, while IPL live streaming is not directly available in South Africa, cricket fans can still watch IPL in South Africa by using a premium VPN service like Surfshark to access SonyLiv or Hotstar. The Indian Premier League is a popular twenty20 cricket tournament that features superstar cricketers from all over the world and is full of entertainment and excitement.


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