IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla made a public announcement about IPL 2018 playoffs and final. Shukla said that this year IPL playoffs and final will start at 7:00 PM instead of regular match time of 8:00 PM. He said this decision has been taking for Students and office-goers. Rajeev Shukla said, “Students and office-goers…need to get back to their (schedule) next morning and it’ll help if (matches) start an hour earlier.”