The paths may be myriad but the common first destination for the all IPL teams in 2017 will once again be to occupy one of the four playoff spots at the end of the league stage. Certain teams like Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore have a tendency to start slow before going on a run in the latter half of the tournament.
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What the schedule holds for teams in IPL 2017

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be without their star players Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers at the start of the tournament © BCCI
But does the IPL 2017 schedule allow for similar narratives? Will teams face their bogey opposition, or run into a sequence of tough 'away' fixtures at the latter half of the tournament? The following article attempts to decode each team's schedule and the run-in to the playoffs of IPL 10.
Here's a look...
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