Global InformationList of Indian Premier League seasons and results information
| Countries | India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | IPL Governing Council, BCCI |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2008 |
| Latest edition | 2024 |
| Tournament format | Group Stage and Playoffs |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Current champion | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) (3rd title) |
| Most successful | Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings (5 titles each) |
| Most runs |  Virat Kohli (8004)[1] |
| Most wickets | Yuzvendra Chahal (204)[2] |
| TV | List of broadcasters |
| Website | iplt20.com |
 2024 IPL season | |
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a domestic, annual Twenty20 cricket tournament in India,[3][4] organized by the IPL Governing Council, under the aegis of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[5][6] It is the most watched Twenty20 tournament and the second-best-paying[a] sporting league globally.[7][8][9]
IPL was established in 2008[6] and currently consists of ten teams in ten cities across India. The inaugural IPL season was won by Rajasthan Royals.[10] As of 2024[update], there have been seventeen seasons of the IPL tournament.[11][12]
Up until 2021, the IPL tournament involved each team playing every other team twice in a home-and-away, double round-robin format.[13][14] From 2022, the ten teams were divided into two groups of five. A random draw was used to determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and twice. In the group stage, each team plays 14 games facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times.[15] At the conclusion of the double round-robin league, on the basis of aggregate points, the top four teams qualify for the playoffs.[16][17] In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as do the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator").[18] While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualifies for the final match, the losing team gets another chance to qualify for the final match by playing the winning team of the Eliminator match; this match is titled Qualifier 2.[13][18] The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match moves onto the final match.[18] The team that wins the final match is crowned the Indian Premier League champion.[18]
Altogether, thirteen teams have played in the past ten seasons of the IPL tournament.[19][20][21] Of these, three teams are no longer a part of the tournament.[22] In 2011, BCCI terminated the franchise of Kochi Tuskers Kerala for contractual breach.[23] Similarly, BCCI terminated the franchise of Deccan Chargers in 2012 for backing off from its commitments.[24] In 2013, Pune Warriors India exited IPL after it had a franchise valuation disagreement with BCCI.[21] Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended in 2016 & 2017 following a betting controversy. However, in July 2017, BCCI announced that both Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals would be allowed back into the IPL competition from the 2018 season.[25][26][27][28][29][30]
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have won five titles each while Kolkata Knight Riders have won three titles. Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, and former team Deccan Chargers have won a title each.[27][30][20]
- ^ "Indian Premier League: Most Runs". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "IPL Most wickets". My Khel.
- ^ Rohan Sen (6 October 2016). "IPL has changed the dynamics of cricket, says BCCI boss Anurag Thakur : Cricket, News". India Today. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Tom Holland (1 December 2016). "What English cricket can learn from Game of Thrones". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Indo-Asian News Service (4 January 2016). "Lodha panel for separate BCCI, IPL governing bodies". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ a b Sarbvir Singh (15 July 2016). "IPL rights will be a good catch for BCCI". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Anu Anand (4 April 2014). "It's just not cricket: Indian Premier League bowled out by election". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Ashim Sunam (21 July 2016). "NBA is the best-paid league in the world, followed by IPL; EPL lies fourth". International Business Times. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Agence France-Presse (19 September 2016). "BCCI opens tender bids for IPL broadcast rights". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Press Trust of India (2 July 2008). "Rajasthan Royals are IPL champions". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "IPL all seasons till date". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "IPL standings". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ a b Express Web Desk (29 April 2016). "IPL Schedule 2016: Full fixtures, results, schedule, time and more". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ C Rajshekhar Rao (2010). Dhoni. Ocean Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-81-8430-078-9.
- ^ "IPL 2023 Format and New Rules - All Exclusive Details". 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ Rajarshi Majumdar (18 May 2016). "IPL 2016: The Playoff Scenario: How the teams are placed and who will make it to the final four". International Business Times. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ Sampath (19 May 2016). "IPL 2016 Playoffs qualification scenario". CricTracker. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d Express Web Desk (24 May 2016). "IPL 2016 play-off: Qualifier, Eliminator schedule, timings, results". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "IPL 2017 season squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ a b Manish Kumari (8 April 2016). "How IPL changed the dynamics of Indian cricket". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ a b ESPNCricInfo staff (21 May 2013). "Pune Warriors pull out of IPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ K Shriniwas Rao, Times News Network (29 April 2014). "IPL to remain eight-team affair till 2017". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ ESPNCricInfo staff (19 September 2011). "IPL news: Kochi franchise terminated by BCCI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ ESPNCricInfo staff (14 September 2012). "BCCI terminates Deccan Chargers franchise". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ HT Correspondent (14 July 2017). "Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals back in IPL fold after serving 2-year ban". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "IPL scandal: Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals suspended". BBC News. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ a b "IPL 2020 schedule and results". Indian Premier League. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "2018 IPL Final scorecard, venue and MVP details". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "2017 IPL Final scorecard, venue and MVP details". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ a b Press Trust of India (29 May 2016). "Heartbreak for Virat Kohli, Sunrisers Hyderabad win maiden IPL title". India Today. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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