All league games of the Indian Premier League beginning March 23 will start at the usual prime time spot of 8pm, said CoA chief Vinod Rai on Thursday.
The afternoon matches will start at 4pm and night matches at 8pm.
There was speculation that the BCCI was under pressure to change the timings of the night matches to 7pm when most teams wanted the Board to stick to the 8pm slot.
"Matches will begin at 8pm," said Rai after the CoA meeting here.
Even last year, there was speculation that the matches will have an earlier 7 pm start but all league games began at 8pm. However, the play-offs including the final began at 7pm.
"We welcome BCCI's decision to retain the match timings. Like last year, we wanted the games to have an 8pm start. This time, we were not yet approached by the BCCI regarding match timings but we were eagerly awaiting its decision," a team official said.
Last month, the BCCI announced the schedule for the first two weeks of IPL while the full schedule will be announced after dates of general elections are made public.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL opener on March 23 in Chennai.
