The last two matches of the regular league stage would be played simultaneously in the evening on the last day. As per the reports the broadcasters are not getting high TRP for the matches that are played in the afternoon. Thus BCCI has come up with an experimental solution where two evening matches would be played at different venues but aired at the same time.
On 8th October the schedule undergoes a slight change as instead of having two matches one in the afternoon and one in the evening both the matches would be played in the evening. The idea was received without a lot of criticism as if it would be successful when the two new teams would be added to IPL the season can wind up in a few days with such a pattern of scheduling.