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| Dates | 31 March 2023 – 30 May 2023 | 
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| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 | 
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and playoffs | 
| Champions | Chennai Super Kings (5th title) | 
| Runners-up | Gujarat Titans | 
| Participants | 10 | 
| Matches | 74 | 
| Most valuable player | Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) | 
| Most runs | Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) (850) | 
| Most wickets | Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans) (28) | 
| Official website | iplt20 | 
The 2023 Indian Premier League (also known as Tata IPL 2023 for sponsorship reasons and sometimes referred to as IPL 2023 or IPL 16) was the 16th season of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in India. It is organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. [1]
In the final, Chennai Super Kings defeated Gujarat Titans, by five wickets (DLS method) to win their fifth league title. [2]
The league returned to its original home-and-away format after a four year hiatus. [3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the previous three seasons were held at neutral venues. [4] "Fan parks" were organised in 45 cities, events which last occurred in 2019, [5] [a] and an opening ceremony took place for the first time with performances from Arijit Singh, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Rashmika Mandanna. [6] [7]
The teams are divided into two groups (A and B) of five teams. Each team plays twice against all five teams in the other group (home and away), and once against all four of the teams in its own group. All teams play seven home and seven away games. [8]
A number of new laws have been introduced in this season:
The same 10 teams from the previous season returned with few changes to the team personnel. [12] [13]
In August 2022, Chandrakant Pandit replaced Brendon McCullum as head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. [15] In September Mumbai Indians promoted Mahela Jayawardene to a strategic role in the franchise and recruited Mark Boucher as head coach for 2023. [16] In November, Tom Moody was replaced by Brian Lara as head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad. [17] On 16 September 2022 Anil Kumble was also replaced by Trevor Bayliss as head coach of Punjab Kings. [18]
In November 2022, Shikhar Dhawan replaced Mayank Agarwal as the captain of Punjab Kings. [19]
The IPL auction took place on 23 December 2022 in Kochi. [20] The most expensive player was Sam Curran, bought by Punjab Kings for ₹ 18.50 crore (US$2.2 million), the most paid for a player in the history of the league. [21]
The league stage was played at 12 stadiums in India.
In the playoffs phase, the first qualifier and eliminator matches were played at Chennai and the second qualifier and the final were played at Ahmedabad.
| Team | Stadium | Location | Capacity | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | 50,000 | 
| Delhi Capitals | Arun Jaitley Stadium | Delhi | 35,200 | 
| Gujarat Titans | Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad | 132,000 | 
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | Kolkata | 68,000 | 
| Lucknow Super Giants | BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium | Lucknow | 50,000 | 
| Mumbai Indians | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 33,000 | 
| Punjab Kings | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium | Dharamshala | 23,000 | 
| Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium | Mohali | 27,000 | |
| Rajasthan Royals | Assam Cricket Association Stadium | Guwahati | 46,000 | 
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | 30,000 | |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | 40,000 | 
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad | 55,000 | 
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (R) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.809 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 | 
| 2 | B | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.652 | |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.284 | Advanced to Eliminator | 
| 4 | A | Mumbai Indians (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.044 | |
| 5 | A | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.148 | |
| 6 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.135 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.239 | |
| 8 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.304 | |
| 9 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.808 | |
| 10 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.590 | 
The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs. 
  Advance to Qualifier 1 
  Advance to Eliminator 
| Team | Group matches | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Q1 | E | Q2 | F | |
| Chennai Super Kings | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | W | W | ||
| Delhi Capitals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Gujarat Titans | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | L | W | L | |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Lucknow Super Giants | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | L | |||
| Mumbai Indians | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | W | L | ||
| Punjab Kings | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Win | Loss | No result | 
| Home team won | Visitor team won | 
The schedule for the group stages was published on 17 February 2023. [23]
|  Chennai Super Kings  178/7 (20 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans (H) 182/5 (19.2 overs) | 
| (H) Punjab Kings  191/5 (20 overs) | v |  Kolkata Knight Riders  146/7 (16 overs) | 
| (H) Lucknow Super Giants  193/6 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals  143/9 (20 overs) | 
|  Rajasthan Royals  203/5 (20 overs) | v |  Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 131/8 (20 overs) | 
|  Mumbai Indians  171/7 (20 overs) | v |  Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 172/2 (16.2 overs) | 
| (H) Chennai Super Kings  217/7 (20 overs) | v |  Lucknow Super Giants  205/7 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Delhi Capitals  162/8 (20 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans  163/4 (18.1 overs) | 
|  Punjab Kings  197/4 (20 overs) | v |  Rajasthan Royals (H) 192/7 (20 overs) | 
|  Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 204/7 (20 overs) | v |  Royal Challengers Bangalore  123 (17.4 overs) | 
|  Sunrisers Hyderabad  121/8 (20 overs) | v |  Lucknow Super Giants (H) 127/5 (16 overs) | 
| (H) Rajasthan Royals  199/4 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals  142/9 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Mumbai Indians  157/8 (20 overs) | v |  Chennai Super Kings  159/3 (18.1 overs) | 
| (H) Gujarat Titans  204/4 (20 overs) | v |  Kolkata Knight Riders  207/7 (20 overs) | 
|  Punjab Kings  143/9 (20 overs) | v |  Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 145/2 (17.1 overs) | 
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore  212/2 (20 overs) | v |  Lucknow Super Giants  213/9 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Delhi Capitals  172 (19.4 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians  173/4 (20 overs) | 
|  Rajasthan Royals  175/8 (20 overs) | v |  Chennai Super Kings (H) 172/6 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Punjab Kings  153/8 (20 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans  154/4 (19.5 overs) | 
|  Sunrisers Hyderabad  228/4 (20 overs) | v |  Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 205/7 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore  174/6 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals  151/9 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Lucknow Super Giants  159/8 (20 overs) | v |  Punjab Kings  161/8 (19.3 overs) | 
|  Kolkata Knight Riders  185/6 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians (H) 186/5 (17.4 overs) | 
| (H) Gujarat Titans  177/7 (20 overs) | v |  Rajasthan Royals  179/7 (19.2 overs) | 
|  Chennai Super Kings  226/6 (20 overs) | v |  Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 218/8 (20 overs) | 
|  Mumbai Indians  192/5 (20 overs) | v |  Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 178 (19.5 overs) | 
|  Lucknow Super Giants  154/7 (20 overs) | v |  Rajasthan Royals (H) 144/6 (20 overs) | 
|  Royal Challengers Bangalore  174/4 (20 overs) | v |  Punjab Kings (H) 150 (18.2 overs) | 
|  Kolkata Knight Riders  127 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals (H) 128/6 (19.2 overs) | 
|  Sunrisers Hyderabad  134/7 (20 overs) | v |  Chennai Super Kings (H) 138/3 (18.4 overs) | 
|  Gujarat Titans  135/6 (20 overs) | v |  Lucknow Super Giants (H) 128/7 (20 overs) | 
|  Punjab Kings  214/8 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians (H) 201/6 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore  189/9 (20 overs) | v |  Rajasthan Royals  182/6 (20 overs) | 
|  Chennai Super Kings  235/4 (20 overs) | v |  Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 186/8 (20 overs) | 
|  Delhi Capitals  144/9 (20 overs) | v |  Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 137/6 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Gujarat Titans  207/6 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians  152/9 (20 overs) | 
|  Kolkata Knight Riders  200/5 (20 overs) | v |  Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 179/8 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Rajasthan Royals  202/5 (20 overs) | v |  Chennai Super Kings  170/6 (20 overs) | 
|  Lucknow Super Giants  257/5 (20 overs) | v |  Punjab Kings (H) 201 (19.5 overs) | 
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders  179/7 (20 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans  180/3 (17.5 overs) | 
|  Sunrisers Hyderabad  197/6 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals (H) 188/6 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Chennai Super Kings  200/4 (20 overs) | v |  Punjab Kings  201/6 (20 overs) | 
|  Rajasthan Royals  212/7 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians (H) 214/4 (19.3 overs) | 
|  Royal Challengers Bangalore  126/9 (20 overs) | v |  Lucknow Super Giants (H) 108 (19.5 overs) | 
|  Delhi Capitals  130/8 (20 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans (H) 125/6 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Lucknow Super Giants  125/7 (19.2 overs) | v | |
| (H) Punjab Kings  214/3 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians  216/4 (18.5 overs) | 
|  Kolkata Knight Riders  171/9 (20 overs) | v |  Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 166/8 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Rajasthan Royals  118 (17.5 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans  119/1 (13.5 overs) | 
|  Mumbai Indians  139/8 (20 overs) | v |  Chennai Super Kings (H) 140/4 (17.4 overs) | 
|  Royal Challengers Bangalore  181/4 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals (H) 187/3 (16.4 overs) | 
| (H) Gujarat Titans  227/2 (20 overs) | v |  Lucknow Super Giants  171/7 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Rajasthan Royals  214/2 (20 overs) | v |  Sunrisers Hyderabad  217/6 (20 overs) | 
|  Punjab Kings  179/7 (20 overs) | v |  Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 182/5 (20 overs) | 
|  Royal Challengers Bangalore  199/6 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians (H) 200/4 (16.3 overs) | 
| (H) Chennai Super Kings  167/8 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals  140/8 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders  149/8 (20 overs) | v |  Rajasthan Royals  151/1 (13.1 overs) | 
|  Yashasvi Jaiswal 98* (47)  | 
| (H) Mumbai Indians  218/5 (20 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans  191/8 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad  182/6 (20 overs) | v |  Lucknow Super Giants  185/3 (19.2 overs) | 
|  Punjab Kings  167/7 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals (H) 136/8 (20 overs) | 
|  Royal Challengers Bangalore  171/5 (20 overs) | v |  Rajasthan Royals (H) 59 (10.3 overs) | 
| (H) Chennai Super Kings  144/6 (20 overs) | v |  Kolkata Knight Riders  147/4 (18.3 overs) | 
| (H) Gujarat Titans  188/9 (20 overs) | v |  Sunrisers Hyderabad  154/9 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Lucknow Super Giants  177/3 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians  172/5 (20 overs) | 
|  Delhi Capitals  213/2 (20 overs) | v |  Punjab Kings (H) 198/8 (20 overs) | 
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad  186/5 (20 overs) | v |  Royal Challengers Bangalore  187/2 (19.2 overs) | 
| (H) Punjab Kings  187/5 (20 overs) | v |  Rajasthan Royals  189/6 (19.4 overs) | 
|  Chennai Super Kings  223/3 (20 overs) | v |  Delhi Capitals (H) 146/9 (20 overs) | 
|  Lucknow Super Giants  176/8 (20 overs) | v |  Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 175/7 (20 overs) | 
|  Sunrisers Hyderabad  200/5 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians (H) 201/2 (18 overs) | 
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore  197/5 (20 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans  198/4 (19.1 overs) | 
The full schedule for the playoffs was announced on 21 April 2023. [39]
| Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 23 May 2023 - Chennai | 29 May 2023 - Ahmedabad | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Gujarat Titans | 157 (20 overs) | Q1W | Chennai Super Kings | 171/5 (15 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings | 172/7 (20 overs) | 26 May 2023 - Ahmedabad | Q2W | Gujarat Titans | 214/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
| Q1L | Gujarat Titans | 233/3 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 24 May 2023 - Chennai | EW | Mumbai Indians | 171 (18.2 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Lucknow Super Giants | 101 (16.3 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Mumbai Indians | 182/8 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
|  Chennai Super Kings  172/7 (20 overs) | v |  Gujarat Titans  157 (20 overs) | 
|  Mumbai Indians  182/8 (20 overs) | v |  Lucknow Super Giants  101 (16.3 overs) | 
|  Gujarat Titans  233/3 (20 overs) | v |  Mumbai Indians  171 (18.2 overs) | 
|  Gujarat Titans  214/4 (20 overs) | v |  Chennai Super Kings  171/5 (15 overs) | 
In June 2022, the broadcasting rights for the league between 2023 and 2027 were sold for ₹ 48,390 crore (US$5.7 billion), establishing the league as the second most expensive tournament in the world after the National Football League, overtaking the English Premier League. [45] Star Sports renewed its television contract, and Viacom18 acquired the digital rights within India; matches were streamed for free on JioCinema. [46] [47] The final peaked at over 32 million viewers on JioCinema, overtaking a match from the 2019 Cricket World Cup as the most concurrent viewers on a live streaming event worldwide. [48] [49]
| Country | Television channel | Internet streaming applications | Ref | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Ariana Television Network | - | [50] | 
| Australia | Fox Sports | Kayo Sports, Foxtel [j] and Fox Now [51] | [51] | 
| Bangladesh | T Sports, Gazi TV | T Sports App | [52] | 
| Caribbean | Rush TV, Flow Sports 2 [50] | Enet | [53] | 
| India | Star Sports | JioCinema | [ citation needed ] | 
| Nepal | Star Sports | [ citation needed ] | |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport | [50] | |
| Pakistan | - | tapmad tv, YuppTV | [54] | 
| South Africa & Sub-Saharian Africa | Super Sport | - | [55] | 
| Sri Lanka | Supreme TV, Dialog TV, Peo TV | Dialog TV, Peo TV | [56] [ unreliable source? ] | 
| United Kingdom | DAZN, Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event | - | [57] | 
| United States & Canada | Willow TV | willow.tv | [57] | 
In this IPL season, matches took longer time to finish due to teams bowling at a slow over-rate. According to the IPL rules, an innings should be completed in 90 minutes, including two 5-minute strategic timeouts, and a complete match should be finished in stipulated 3 hours and 20 minutes. However, as of 5 April 2023, not a single innings had ended in the above-mentioned time frame. Despite penalizing team captains, the over rates have seen little improvement. [58] [59] [60] [61] [62]
English cricketer Jos Buttler appealed on Twitter that the IPL matches should be sped up. Due to the slow over-rates of the various teams, this season's matches finished after 11:30 pm (IST). IPL evening matches are scheduled to start at 7:30 pm and, therefore, should be concluded by 10:50 pm. [63]
The 2023 season saw the introduction of the impact player rule which allowed for each team to provide a list of 5 players along with the list of their playing 11. Of these 5 designated players, any impact player could then be bought on to feature in the match. [64]
Many cricket pundits criticised the new impact player rule because of the thought that this rule negates the role and involvement of all-rounders in the game. [65] [66]
| Player | Team | Innings | Runs | High score | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 17 | 890 | 129 | 
| Faf du Plessis | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 730 | 84 | 
| Devon Conway | Chennai Super Kings | 15 | 672 | 92* | 
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 639 | 101* | 
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 625 | 124 | 
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Shami | Gujarat Titans | 17 | 28 | 4/11 | 
| Mohit Sharma | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 27 | 5/10 | 
| Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 17 | 4/30 | |
| Piyush Chawla | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 22 | 3/22 | 
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 22 | 4/17 | 
| Player | Team | Award | Prize | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi Capitals | Team fairplay award | ||
| Mohammed Shami | Gujarat Titans | Purple cap (most wickets) | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) | 
| Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | Catch of the season | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) and trophy | 
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | Gamechanger of the season | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) and trophy | 
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | Most fours | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) and trophy | 
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | Player of the season | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) and trophy | 
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | Orange cap (most runs) | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) | 
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | Emerging player of the season | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) | 
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Most sixes | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) and trophy | 
| Faf du Plessis | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Longest six | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) and trophy | 
| Glenn Maxwell | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Super striker | ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000), trophy and a car |