Indian Premier League

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Indian Premier League

Countries	India
Administrator	Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
Headquarters	Cricket Centre, Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2008
Latest edition	2023
Next edition	2024
Tournament format	Round Robin format with Group System and Playoffs
Number of teams	10
Current champion	Chennai Super Kings (5th title)
Most successful	Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians (5 titles each)
Most runs	Virat Kohli (7,582)
Most wickets	Yuzvendra Chahal (197)
TV	India Star Sports (Television) [1] JioCinema (Internet) [2] International List of broadcasters
Website	iplt20.com
2024 Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as the TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held annually in India. Founded by the BCCI in 2007, the league features ten city-based franchise teams. ^{[3] [4]} The IPL usually takes place during the summer, between March and May each year. It has an exclusive window in the ICC Future Tours Programme, resulting in fewer international cricket tours occurring during the IPL seasons. ^[5]

The IPL is the most popular cricket league in the world; in 2014, it ranked sixth in average attendance among all sports leagues. ^[6] In 2010, the IPL became the first sporting event to be broadcast live on YouTube. ^{[7] [8]} Inspired by the success of the IPL, other Indian sports leagues have been established. ^{[lower-alpha 1] [11] [12] [13]} In 2022, the league's brand value was estimated at ₹90,038 crore (US$11 billion). ^[14] According to the BCCI, the 2015 IPL season contributed ₹1,150 crore (US$140 million) to India's GDP. ^[15] In December 2022, the IPL achieved a valuation of US$10.9 billion, becoming a decacorn and registering a 75% growth in dollar terms since 2020 when it was valued at $6.2 billion, according to a report by the consulting firm D and P Advisory. ^[16] Its 2023 final became the most streamed live event on the internet, with 32 million viewers. ^[17]

In 2023, the league sold its media rights for the period of 2023–2027 for US$6.4 billion to Viacom18 and Star Sports, ^[18] meaning each IPL match was valued at $13.4 million. ^[19] As of 2023, there have been sixteen seasons of the tournament. The current champions are the Chennai Super Kings, who won the 2023 season after defeating the Gujarat Titans in the final. ^[20]

History

Winners
Indian Premier League

Season	Winners
2008	Rajasthan Royals
2009	Deccan Chargers
2010	Chennai Super Kings
2011	Chennai Super Kings  (2)
2012	Kolkata Knight Riders
2013	Mumbai Indians
2014	Kolkata Knight Riders  (2)
2015	Mumbai Indians  (2)
2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017	Mumbai Indians  (3)
2018	Chennai Super Kings  (3)
2019	Mumbai Indians  (4)
2020	Mumbai Indians  (5)
2021	Chennai Super Kings  (4)
2022	Gujarat Titans
2023	Chennai Super Kings  (5)

Inspired by a rival

In 2007, Zee Entertainment Enterprises founded the Indian Cricket League (ICL). ^[21] The ICL was not recognized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) or the International Cricket Council (ICC). Moreover, the BCCI was unhappy about its committee members joining the ICL executive board. ^[22] In response, the BCCI increased the prize money for its domestic tournaments and imposed lifetime bans on players who joined the rival league, which it considered a rebel league. ^{[23] [24]}

Foundation

On 13 September 2007, ^[25] following India's victory at the 2007 T20 World Cup, ^[26] the BCCI announced a franchise based Twenty20 cricket competition known as the Indian Premier League. The inaugural season was scheduled to start in April 2008, commencing with a "high-profile ceremony" in New Delhi. BCCI Vice-president Lalit Modi, who led the IPL initiative, provided details of the tournament, including its format, prize money, franchise revenue system, and squad composition rules. The league, to be managed by a seven-man governing council, would also serve as the qualifying mechanism for that year's Champions League Twenty20. ^[25]

To determine team ownership, an auction for the franchises was held on 24 January 2008. The reserve prices for the eight franchises totalled $400 million, ^[24] but the auction ultimately raised $723.59 million. ^[27] The league officially commenced in April 2008, featuring Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Daredevils (DD), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Deccan Chargers (DC), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). ^[28]

Following the ban on players who chose to participate in the ICL, the rival league shut down in 2009. ^{[29] [30]}

A match during the 2008 IPL inaugural season in Chennai

Expansions and terminations

Crowd during a match of the 2023 IPL season in Kolkata

New franchises, Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala, joined the league before the fourth season in 2011. ^[31] The Sahara Adventure Sports Group purchased the Pune franchise for $370 million, while Rendezvous Sports World bought the Kochi franchise for $333.3 million. ^[31] The Kochi franchise was terminated after just one season due to their failure to pay the BCCI the 10% bank guarantee element of the franchise fee. ^[32]

In September 2012, the Deccan Chargers franchise agreement was terminated after the BCCI failed to find new owners. ^[33] In October, an auction was held for a replacement franchise; Sun TV Network won the bid for what became the Hyderabad franchise; ^[34] the team was named Sunrisers Hyderabad. ^[35]

Pune Warriors India withdrew from the IPL in May 2013 due to financial differences with the BCCI. ^[36] The BCCI officially terminated the franchise in October, and the league reverted to eight teams. ^[37]

In June 2015, the two-time champions Chennai Super Kings and the inaugural season champions Rajasthan Royals were suspended for two seasons following their involvement in a spot-fixing and betting scandal. ^[38] The two teams were replaced for two seasons by franchises based in Pune and Rajkot. ^{[39] [40]}

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the venue for the 2020 season was moved and games were played in the United Arab Emirates. ^{[41] [42]} In August 2021, the BCCI announced two new franchises, based in two of six shortlisted cities, would join the league in the 2022 season. ^{[43] [44]} In closed bidding held in October, the RPSG Group and CVC Capital won the bids for the teams, paying ₹7,000 crore (US$880 million) and ₹5,200 crore (US$650 million), respectively. ^{[45] [46]} The teams were subsequently named Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans.

Several IPL franchise owners have expanded their business by acquiring teams in other franchise leagues, such as the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), South Africa's SA20, the UAE's International League T20 (ILT) and the USA's Major League Cricket (MLC). These teams have been branded with similar names to their parent IPL franchises. ^[47]

Indian Premier League	CPL	SA20	ILT	MLC
Chennai Super Kings		Joburg Super Kings		Texas Super Kings
Delhi Capitals		Pretoria Capitals	Dubai Capitals
Gujarat Titans
Kolkata Knight Riders	Trinbago Knight Riders		Abu Dhabi Knight Riders	Los Angeles Knight Riders
Lucknow Super Giants		Durban's Super Giants
Mumbai Indians		MI Cape Town	MI Emirates	MI New York
Punjab Kings	Saint Lucia Kings
Rajasthan Royals	Barbados Royals	Paarl Royals
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Sunrisers Hyderabad		Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Organization

The IPL's headquarters are located in the Cricket Centre, next to the Wankhede Stadium in Churchgate, Mumbai. The Governing Council is responsible for the league's functions, including the organization of tournaments. As of April 2023 ^[update] , its members included: ^[48]

• Arun Singh Dhumal – Chairman ^{[49] [50]}
• Jay Shah – Secretary of the BCCI
• Ashish Shelar – Treasurer, BCCI
• Avishek Dalmiya
• Pragyan Ojha – Indian Cricketers' Association's representative
• Alka Rehani Bhardwaj – Comptroller and Auditor General of India nominee

Player acquisition, squad composition, and salaries

A team can acquire players through the annual player auction, trading with other teams during trading windows, and signing replacements for unavailable players. Players sign up for the auction ^[51] and set their base price and are bought by the highest-bidding franchise. Players unsold at the auction are eligible to be signed as replacement signings. In the trading windows, a player can only be traded with consent; the franchise pays any difference between the old and new contracts. If the new contract is worth more than the old one, the player and the selling franchise share the difference. There are generally three trading windows – two before the auction and one between the auction and the start of the tournament. Players cannot be traded outside the trading windows or during the tournament, but replacements can be signed before or during the tournament.

Other notable rules, as of the 2020 season, include:

• The salary cap of the entire squad must not exceed ₹85 crore (US$11 million). ^[52]
• Under-19 players cannot be picked unless they have previously played first-class or List A cricket. ^[53]

Player contracts run for one year but can be extended by one or two years if the franchises take up the option. Since the 2014 season, player contracts have been denominated in the Indian rupee, before which the contracts were in the US dollar. Overseas players can be remunerated in the currency of the player's choice, at the exchange rate on either the contract due date or the actual payment date. ^[54] Before the 2014 season, Indian domestic players were not included in the player auction pool. They could be signed up by franchises at a discrete amount while a fixed sum of ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) to ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) would be deducted per signing from the franchise's salary purse. This received significant opposition from franchise owners, who complained richer franchises were "luring players with under-the-table deals." The IPL later decided to include domestic players in the player auction. ^[55]

The BCCI give 10% of foreign players' salaries to their country's national cricket board. ^[56]

According to a 2015 survey by Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine , the average IPL salary when pro-rated is US$4.33 million per year, the second-highest of sports leagues in the world. Because players in the IPL are contracted only for the duration of the tournament – less than two months – the weekly IPL salaries are extrapolated pro data to obtain an average annual salary, unlike other sports leagues in which players are contracted by a single team for the entire year. ^[57]

According to a report by The Telegraph, IPL players are paid 18% of the revenue, which is the lowest amount compared to other major sports leagues, in which players receive at least 50% of the revenue. The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations said that IPL players must be paid fairly. ^{[58] [59] [60]}

Prize money

The 2022 season of the IPL offered total prize money of ₹ 46.5 crore (equivalent to ₹49 croreorUS$6.2 million in 2023), with the winning team netting ₹20 crore (equivalent to ₹21 croreorUS$2.7 million in 2023) and the second-placed team ₹13 crore (equivalent to ₹14 croreorUS$1.7 million in 2023). ^{[61] [62]} League rules mandate that half of any prize money must be distributed amongst the franchise's players. ^[63]

Unique rules and variations

The IPL has several rules which vary from the established Laws of cricket or those used in other Twenty20 leagues:

• IPL games incorporate television timeouts. Each team is given a two-and-a-half-minute "strategic time-out" during each innings. One must be taken by the bowling team between the seventh and ninth overs and the other by the batting team between the 14th and 16th overs. A penalty may be imposed if umpires find teams misusing this privilege. ^[64]
• Since the 2018 season, the Decision Review System (DRS) has been used in all IPL matches, allowing each team two opportunities each innings to review an on-field umpire's decision. ^[65] From the 2023 season, this was extended to allow the review of wides and no-balls. ^[66]
• If the bowling team does not complete its overs in the allocated time, it may place only four fielders outside of the fielding restrictions circle for the remainder of the innings, ^[66] or the match referee may impose financial sanctions on the bowling team after the match, with players fined a proportion of their match fee. ^[67]
• Teams can use a substitute, termed an "impact player", from a list of five players named as possible substitutes. The substitution can be made before the start of the innings, when a wicket falls when a batter retires or at the end of an over. Both teams can introduce a substitute once per match. ^{[68] [69]}
• Teams can declare their playing eleven to the match referee before or after the toss. ^[68]
• A five-run penalty is imposed if a fielder or wicket-keeper makes an unfair movement while the bowler is bowling and the ball is designated as dead ball. ^{[70] [66] [68]}
• Teams can include four overseas players in their playing eleven. ^[69]
• Teams must include 25 players, with a maximum of eight overseas players. ^[71]
• From the 2024 season, bowlers will be allowed to deliver two bouncers an over. This change in playing conditions was trialled during the 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India's domestic T20 tournament. ^[72]

Teams

Current Teams

As of the 2024 season, the league has ten teams based in cities across India.

MI

KKR

PBKS

RCB

RR

DC

SRH

CSK

GT

LSG

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All 10 IPL teams in the cities they are based in

Team	City	State	Home ground	Debut	Captain	Head coach	Owner(s)
Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	2008	Ruturaj Gaikwad	Stephen Fleming	Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd.
Delhi Capitals	New Delhi	Delhi	Arun Jaitley Stadium	2008	Rishabh Pant	Ricky Ponting	GMR Sports Pvt. Ltd. JSW Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Gujarat Titans	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	Narendra Modi Stadium	2022	Shubman Gill	Ashish Nehra	CVC Capital Partners
Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	West Bengal	Eden Gardens	2008	Shreyas Iyer	Chandrakant Pandit	Knight Riders Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Lucknow Super Giants	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	BRSABV Ekana Stadium	2022	KL Rahul	Justin Langer	RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Maharashtra	Wankhede Stadium	2008	Hardik Pandya	Mark Boucher	Indiawin Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Punjab Kings	Mullanpur	Punjab	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium	2008	Shikhar Dhawan	Trevor Bayliss	KPH Dream Cricket Pvt. Ltd.
Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Rajasthan	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	2008	Sanju Samson	Kumar Sangakara	The Royals Sports Group
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Bengaluru	Karnataka	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	2008	Faf du Plessis	Andy Flower	United Spirits
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	2013	Pat Cummins	Daniel Vettori	SUN TV Network

Defunct teams

Team	City	State	Home ground	Debut	Dissolved	Owner(s)
Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh [73]	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium	2008	2012	T. Venkattram Reddy Gayatri Reddy
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Kochi	Kerala	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	2011	2011	Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd
Pune Warriors India	Pune	Maharashtra	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	2011	2013	Subrata Roy
Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	Maharashtra	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	2016	2018	Sanjiv Goenka
Gujarat Lions	Rajkot	Gujarat	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium	2016	2018	Keshav Bansal

Timeline of teams

Present teamsFormer teamsSuspended

Tournament seasons and results

Main articles: List of Indian Premier League seasons and results and List of Indian Premier League records and statistics

Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have each won five titles, the most in the tournament. Kolkata Knight Riders have won two titles, ^[74] while Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans have each won a single title. ^{[75] [76] [77]}

The reigning champions are the Chennai Super Kings, who defeated the Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the 2023 IPL final to secure their fifth title. ^[20]

Number of titles

Team	Title(s)	Runner-up	Seasons won	Seasons runner-up	No. of seasons played
Chennai Super Kings	5	5	2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023	2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019	14
Mumbai Indians		1	2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020	2010	16
Kolkata Knight Riders	2		2012, 2014	2021	16
Rajasthan Royals	1		2008	2022	14
Sunrisers Hyderabad			2016	2018	11
Gujarat Titans			2022	2023	2
Deccan Chargers †		–	2009	–	5
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	–	3	–	2009, 2011, 2016	16
Punjab Kings		1		2014	16
Delhi Capitals				2020	16
Rising Pune Supergiant †				2017	2

^†Team now defunct

Finals

Year	Final			Final venue	Player of the season
	Winner	Result	Runner-up
2008	Rajasthan Royals 164/7 (20 overs)	RR won by 3 wickets (scorecard)	Chennai Super Kings 163/5 (20 overs)	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai	Shane Watson (RR)
2009	Deccan Chargers 143/6 (20 overs)	DEC won by 6 runs (scorecard)	Royal Challengers Bangalore 137/9 (20 overs)	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Adam Gilchrist (DEC)
2010	Chennai Super Kings 168/5 (20 overs)	CSK won by 22 runs (scorecard)	Mumbai Indians 146/9 (20 overs)	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai	Sachin Tendulkar (MI)
2011	Chennai Super Kings 205/5 (20 overs)	CSK won by 58 runs (scorecard)	Royal Challengers Bangalore 147/8 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Chris Gayle (RCB)
2012	Kolkata Knight Riders 192/5 (19.4 overs)	KKR won by 5 wickets (scorecard)	Chennai Super Kings 190/3 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Sunil Narine (KKR)
2013	Mumbai Indians 148/9 (20 overs)	MI won by 23 runs (scorecard)	Chennai Super Kings 125/9 (20 overs)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Shane Watson (RR)
2014	Kolkata Knight Riders 200/7 (19.3 overs)	KKR won by 3 wickets (scorecard)	Kings XI Punjab 199/4 (20 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	Glenn Maxwell (KXIP)
2015	Mumbai Indians 202/5 (20 overs)	MI won by 41 runs (scorecard)	Chennai Super Kings 161/8 (20 overs)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Andre Russell (KKR)
2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad 208/7 (20 overs)	SRH won by 8 runs (scorecard)	Royal Challengers Bangalore 200/7 (20 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	Virat Kohli (RCB)
2017	Mumbai Indians 129/8 (20 overs)	MI won by 1 run (scorecard)	Rising Pune Supergiant 128/6 (20 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad	Ben Stokes (RPS)
2018	Chennai Super Kings 181/2 (18.3 overs)	CSK won by 8 wickets (scorecard)	Sunrisers Hyderabad 178/6 (20 overs)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Sunil Narine (KKR)
2019	Mumbai Indians 149/8 (20 overs)	MI won by 1 run (scorecard)	Chennai Super Kings 148/7 (20 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad	Andre Russell (KKR)
2020	Mumbai Indians 157/5 (18.4 overs)	MI won by 5 wickets (scorecard)	Delhi Capitals 156/7 (20 overs)	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Jofra Archer (RR)
2021	Chennai Super Kings 192/3 (20 overs)	CSK won by 27 runs (scorecard)	Kolkata Knight Riders 165/9 (20 overs)	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Harshal Patel (RCB)
2022	Gujarat Titans 133/3 (18.1 overs)	GT won by 7 wickets (scorecard)	Rajasthan Royals 130/9 (20 overs)	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	Jos Buttler (RR)
2023	Chennai Super Kings 171/5 (15 overs)	CSK won by 5 wickets (DLS-method) (scorecard)	Gujarat Titans 214/4 (20 overs)	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	Shubman Gill (GT)
2024				M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Teams' performances

Seasons

Season (No. of teams)	2008 (8)	2009 (8)	2010 (8)	2011 (10)	2012 (9)	2013 (9)	2014 (8)	2015 (8)	2016 (8)	2017 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2020 (8)	2021 (8)	2022 (10)	2023 (10)	2024 (10)
Chennai Super Kings	RU	SF	C	C	RU	RU	PO	RU	Suspended		C	RU	7th	C	9th	C
Delhi Capitals / Delhi Daredevils	SF	SF	5th	10th	PO	9th	8th	7th	6th	6th	8th	PO	RU	PO	5th	9th
Gujarat Titans	–														C	RU
Kolkata Knight Riders	6th	8th	6th	PO	C	7th	C	5th	PO	PO	PO	5th	5th	RU	7th	7th
Lucknow Super Giants	–														PO	PO
Mumbai Indians	5th	7th	RU	PO	PO	C	PO	C	5th	C	5th	C	C	5th	10th	PO
Punjab Kings / Kings XI Punjab	SF	5th	8th	5th	6th	6th	RU	8th	8th	5th	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	8th
Rajasthan Royals	C	6th	7th	6th	7th	PO	5th	PO	Suspended		PO	7th	8th	7th	RU	5th
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	7th	RU	3rd	RU	5th	5th	7th	PO	RU	8th	6th	8th	PO	PO	PO	6th
Sunrisers Hyderabad	–					PO	6th	6th	C	PO	RU	PO	PO	8th	8th	10th
Deccan Chargers †	8th	C	4th	7th	8th	–
Kochi Tuskers Kerala †	–			8th	–
Pune Warriors / Pune Warriors India †	–			9th	9th	8th	–
Gujarat Lions †	–								PO	7th	–
Rising Pune Supergiant †	–								7th	RU	–

• Teams are listed alphabetically by year of entry into the league

^† Team now defunct

•  C: champions
•  RU: runner-up
•   3rd: team won the 3rd place playoff. A third-place playoff only took place in 2010
•   4th: team lost the 3rd place playoff
•   SF or PO: team qualified for the semi-final or playoff stage of the competition

All Time Standings

This section shows records from the league stage only (i.e. excluding playoffs & finals) from 2008-2023. Stats are correct as of conclusion of IPL 2023.

Source: IPLT20.com (Last updated: 29 May 2023)

Team	MP	Won	Lost	N/R	Points	WR (%)
MI	228	127	100	1	255	55.95
CSK	200	114	83	3	231	57.87
KKR	228	112	112	4	228	50.00
RCB	228	110	112	6	226	49.55
DC	228	106	119	3	215	47.11
PBKS	228	106	122	0	212	46.49
RR	200	99	96	5	203	50.77
SRH	156	74	81	1	149	47.74
DEC	72	27	44	1	55	38.03
GT	28	20	8	0	40	71.43
LSG	28	17	10	1	35	62.96
RPS	28	14	14	0	28	50.00
GL	28	13	15	0	26	46.43
PWI	46	12	33	1	25	26.67
KTK	14	6	8	0	12	42.86

Team now defunct

Records and statistics

Main article: List of Indian Premier League records and statistics

A summary of the most notable statistical records associated with the tournament is provided below:

As of 11 April 2024

Batting Records
Most runs	Virat Kohli (RCB)	7,582
Highest score	Chris Gayle (RCB)	175* vs Pune Warriors (23 April 2013)
Highest partnership	Virat Kohli & AB de Villiers (RCB)	229 vs Gujarat Lions (14 May 2016)
Most sixes	Chris Gayle (KKR/RCB/PBKS)	357
Most fours	Shikhar Dhawan (DD/MI/DC/SRH/PBKS)	768
Most centuries	Virat Kohli (RCB)	8
Most half centuries	David Warner (SRH/DC)	66
Most runs in a season	Virat Kohli (RCB)	973 (2016)
Bowling Records
Most wickets	Yuzvendra Chahal (MI/RCB/RR)	197
Best bowling average	Lasith Malinga (MI)	19.71 (Minimum 1000 balls)
Best bowling figures	Alzarri Joseph (MI)	6/12 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (6 April 2019)
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS)	184
Most catches (wicket-keeper)	MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS)	142
Most stumpings (wicket-keeper)	MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS)	42
Most catches (fielder)	Virat Kohli (RCB)	111
Other records
Most matches	MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS)	255
Most matches as captain	MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS)	226
Most matches won as captain	MS Dhoni (CSK/RPS)	133
Team records
Highest total	Sunrisers Hyderabad	277/3 (20) vs Mumbai Indians (27 March 2024)
Lowest total	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	49 (9.4) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (23 April 2017)

• Source: records extracted from ESPNcricinfo ^[78]

Awards

Main article: List of Indian Premier League awards

Orange Cap

The Orange Cap, introduced in 2008, is awarded to the highest run-scorer at the end of each season. It is an ongoing competition with the current highest-run scorer wearing the cap whilst fielding. The eventual winner keeps the cap for the season. Brendon McCullum was the first player to wear the Orange Cap and Shaun Marsh the inaugural winner of the award. Australian batsman David Warner has won the award three times, more than any other player. ^[79] Shubman Gill of Gujarat Titans, who scored 890 runs during the 2023 season, is the most recent winner of the award. ^{[80] [81]}

Purple Cap

The Purple Cap is awarded to the highest wicket-taker at the end of each season. It is an ongoing competition and the bowler who is the leading wicket-taker wears a purple cap whilst fielding. The leading wicket-taker at the end of the season wins the award. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo are the only players to have won the award twice. ^{[82] [83]}

Most Valuable Player

The Most Valuable Player award, called the "Man of the Tournament" until the 2012 season, is awarded using a ratings system introduced in 2013. Shubman Gill won the award in 2023.

Fair Play Award

The Fair Play Award is given after each season to the team considered to have the best fair play record. After each match, the two on-field umpires and the third umpire score the performance of both teams, with the highest-scoring team at the end of the season receiving the award. ^[84] The 2023 winners were Delhi Capitals.

Emerging Player Award

The Emerging Player Award was presented to the best under-19 player in 2008 and the best under-23 player in 2009 and 2010. In 2011 and 2012, the award was known as "Rising Star of the Year," and in 2013 the "Best Young Player of the Season." Since 2014, the award has been called the Emerging Player of the Year. Mustafizur Rahman is the only foreign player to win this award. ^[85] The 2023 winner was Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Maximum Sixes Award

The Maximum Sixes Award is presented to the player who hits the most sixes at the end of the season. ^[86]

Finances

See also: List of professional sports leagues by revenue

Title sponsorship

Title sponsorship fees ^[87]

Sponsor	Period	Estimated annual sponsorship fee
DLF	2008–2012	₹40 crore (US$5.0 million)
Pepsi	2013–2015	₹79.2 crore (US$9.9 million)
Vivo	2016, 2017	₹100 crore (US$12.5 million)
	2018, 2019, 2021	₹440 crore (US$55.1 million)
Dream11	2020	₹222 crore (US$27.8 million)
Tata	2022–2023	₹335 crore (US$42.0 million)
	2024–2028	₹500 crore (US$62.6 million) [88]

From 2008 to 2012, the IPL title sponsor was DLF, India's largest real estate developer, which bid ₹200 crore (US$25 million) for the rights for five seasons. ^[89] After the 2012 season, PepsiCo bought the title sponsorship rights for ₹397 crore (US$50 million) for the next five seasons ^[90] but terminated the deal in October 2015, two years before the expiry of the contract, due to the two-season suspension of the Chennai and Rajasthan franchises from the league. ^[91] The BCCI transferred the title sponsorship rights for the remaining two seasons of the contract to Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo for ₹200 crore (US$25 million). ^[92]

In June 2017, Vivo retained the rights for the next five seasons from 2018 to 2022 with a winning bid of ₹2,199 crore (US$280 million). ^{[93] [94]} On 4 August 2020, Vivo canceled the title sponsorship rights due to the military stand-off between India and China at the Line of Actual Control in July 2020. ^[95] The withdrawal was also a result of Vivo's market losses due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; Vivo intended to return as the title sponsor for the following three years. ^[96] Dream11 became the title sponsors for the 2020 IPL for an amount of ₹222 crore (equivalent to ₹261 croreorUS$33 million in 2023). ^[97] Vivo returned as the title sponsor for the 2021 IPL season ^[98] but withdrew again, and was replaced by the Tata Group for the next two seasons. ^[99] InsideSport reported the BCCI would receive ₹498 crore (US$62 million) for the 2022 and 2023 seasons from title sponsors. Vivo had previously agreed to pay a higher amount for the last two seasons of its sponsorship contract due to the league's expansion from the 2022 season. According to InsideSport, due to the new deal's structure, Tata would pay ₹335 crore (US$42 million) per year while Vivo would pay the deficit of ₹163 crore (US$20 million) per season. ^{[100] [101]}

Saudi Aramco brought the rights to advertise on the Purple and Orange caps in 2022. ^[102]

Payments to foreign national boards

The BCCI pays ten per cent of the auctioned value of players to their national cricket boards. In January 2018, IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said the IPL would double the amount paid to cricket boards that made their players available for an entire season. ^[103] In 2022, Australian Cricketers' Association expressed its unhappiness about this. ^[104]

Brand value

The IPL tournament rapidly grew in value between 2016 and 2018. Financial experts valued the IPL at US$4.16 billion in 2016; that number grew to $5.3 billion in 2017 and $6.13 billion in 2018. A report from Duff & Phelps said one of the contributing factors in the rapid growth of the IPL's value was a new television deal with Star India Private Limited, which engaged more viewers because the IPL was transmitted to regional channels in eight languages; under the previous deal, the transmissions were limited to sports networks with English-language commentary. ^{[105] [106]}

According to an independent report conducted by Brand Finance, a London-based company, after the conclusion of the 2017 Indian Premier League, the IPL's business value grew by 37% to an all-time peak of $5.3 billion, exceeding the five-billion-dollar mark for the first time in a season. According to the company's director Savio D'Souza:

Now in its 11th season, the Indian Premier League is here to stay. The league has delivered financially for the players, franchisees, sponsors, and India as a whole, prompting a strong desire among stakeholders to value it appropriately. To ensure continued development, management, and team owners must explore innovative ways of engaging fans, clubs, and sponsors. ^{[107] [ relevant? ]}

In December 2022, the IPL became a decacorn valued at US$10.9 billion, registering a 75% growth in dollar terms since 2020 when it was valued at $6.2 billion, according to a report by consulting firm D & P Advisory. ^[16]

Brand value

Team	Year
	2023		2022		2021
	Brand value	Ref	Brand value	Ref	Brand value	Ref
Mumbai Indians	₹9,962 crore (US$1.2 billion)	[108]	$83M	[109] [110] [108]	$80M	[109]
Kolkata Knight Riders	₹8,428 crore (US$1.1 billion)	[ citation needed ]	$77M		$66M
Chennai Super Kings	₹8,811 crore (US$1.1 billion)	[ citation needed ]	$74M		$76M
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹7,853 crore (US$983.5 million)	[ citation needed ]	$68M		$50M
Delhi Capitals	₹7,930 crore (US$993.1 million)	[ citation needed ]	$62M		$56M
Rajasthan Royals	₹7,662 crore (US$959.5 million)	[ citation needed ]	$61M		$34M
Sunrisers Hyderabad	₹7,432 crore (US$930.7 million)	[ citation needed ]	$49M		$52M
Gujarat Titans	₹6,512 crore (US$815.5 million)	[ citation needed ]	$47M		N/A
Punjab Kings	₹7,087 crore (US$887.5 million)	[ citation needed ]	$45M		$36M
Lucknow Super Giants	₹8,236 crore (US$1.0 billion)	[ citation needed ]	$32M		N/A

In 2022, the BCCI took insurance of ₹5,000 crore (US$630 million) for the IPL. This insurance policy involves all stakeholders, including broadcasters, ancillary services providers, and sponsors. The BCCI is covered in the case of any revenue losses due to weather, riots, and other unforeseen events. ^[111]

Broadcasting

2023–2027: Star Sports and JioCinema

The next cycle of IPL media rights will last from 2023 to 2027 and will be put to auction. ^[112] In this auction, the broadcasting rights were divided into four packages. Package A was for domestic television rights, and Package B was for domestic digital rights. Package C was for the digital rights of eighteen non-exclusive matches, and Package D was for international television and digital rights, further divided into four groups. On 13 June 2022, it was reported the packages for domestic television and streaming rights had fetched at least ₹397.75 billion (nearly US$5.1 billion) in total, doubling the value of the 2018–2022 contract. ^[112]

The next day, it was announced that Star Sports had renewed its contract for television rights by winning package A, and that a Viacom18 consortium had exclusively acquired the streaming rights by winning both Package B and C. ^[113] The two contracts for Package A and B are cumulatively valued at around US$6.2 billion; with the new contracts, the IPL overtook the Premier League in English football as the second highest-valued sports media property worldwide, behind only the NFL, whose new media contracts taking effect in the 2023 season cumulatively fetched US$111 billion. ^{[114] [115] [116] [117]}

In February 2023, Viacom18 announced it would stream the 2023 IPL for free on JioCinema with feeds in 12 languages, including English and regional languages, and in 4K resolution. ^{[118] [119] [120]} The same month, The Walt Disney Company reported its loss of the IPL had contributed to a net loss of 2.4 million Disney+ subscribers worldwide, primarily in India. ^{[121] [122]}

Ahead of the 2023 IPL, Star launched HD feeds of Star Sports 1 in Tamil and Telugu and announced its free-to-air channel Star Utsav Movies would carry twelve matches. It was anticipated viewership of Star Sports' broadcasts may not be heavily impacted by the Jio deal due to its existing market reach (including as rights holder of India's home matches) and viewers who preferred linear television due to being less familiar with over-the-top services, or concerns over technical issues associated with such services. JioCinema reported the IPL had 1.4 billion views on the service over the opening weekend, which was higher than the entirety of the 2022 season on Disney+ Hotstar. ^{[123] [124]} The 2023 final set a record for the most concurrent viewers of a livestreamed event, peaking at over 32 million viewers (surpassing a record of 25.3 million set by Hotstar during the 2019 Cricket World Cup). ^{[125] [126]}

List of broadcasters

Territory	Channels and Online streaming	Years
India	Star Sports 1 HD Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports 1 Kannada Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD Star Gold HD Star Bharat SD Star Utsav Movies SD Star Jalsa Movies SD Star Maa Movies SD Star Suvarna Plus SD Star Vijay Super SD	2024–2027
	Jio Cinema (Internet)	2024–2027
Afghanistan	ATN HD ATN News HD	2024
	https://www.arianatelevision.com/live/	2024
Australia	Foxtel Fox Cricket Kayo Sports, Kayo Freebies (Internet)	2023–present [1]
Bangladesh	T Sports HD	2024
	T Sports APP	2024
Indonesia	Vidio (Internet)	2023 [127]
New Zealand	Colors TV	2024–present
Pakistan	Tapmad APP https://www.tapmad.com/watch/watch-ipl-2024-live-free/110751	2024
Ireland	Sky Sports DAZN	2023–present
United Kingdom
South Africa	SuperSport	2023 [1]
Sri Lanka	Supreme TV	2023–present
	The Papare.com https://live.thepapare.com/event/indian-premier-league-2024
United States	Willow TV	2023 [1]
Middle East and North Africa	Times Internet	2023 [1]
Sub-Saharan Africa	SuperSport	2021–present

Controversies

IPL spot fixing

In the 2012 IPL spot-fixing case, the BCCI gave a lifetime ban to Deccan Chargers player TP Sudhindra and suspended four other players. ^[128] In a sting operation, Pune Warriors India player Mohnish Mishra was recorded stating that IPL franchise owners pay their players through black money. Mishra had apologized for his incorrect statement. ^{[129] [130]} On 20 May 2012, police detained Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell when they were caught during a raid at a rave party at a suburb of Mumbai; both the players denied taking drugs or drinking alcohol. ^[131] However, it was later proven that in reality, they had taken banned drugs after police tested their urine and blood samples in a lab. ^[132]

In the 2013 IPL spot-fixing and betting case, Delhi police arrested players Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan and S. Sreesanth on allegations of spot-fixing; they received a lifetime ban from the BCCI. Police also arrested Gurunath Meiyappan, Chennai Super Kings team principal and son-in-law of then BCCI president N. Srinivasan, for illegally betting on IPL matches and passing team information to the bookmakers. ^{[133] [134]}

The Lodha Committee, appointed by the Supreme Court of India, banned Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for two years. The CSK's team principal Meiyappan was found guilty of betting and bringing the IPL and the game into disrepute. After this, the BCCI banned Meiyappan from involving in the game. Justice RM Lodha said that due to all this fixing-betting matter, the reputation of the game had been hurt quite grievously. "Disrepute has been brought to cricket, the BCCI and the IPL to such an extent that there are doubts abound in the public whether the game is clean or not," Justice Lodha said. He further elaborated his Committee's observations and said it had proved beyond doubt that Gurunath Meiyappan, the CSK's team principal, was heavily involved in betting on his team. ^[135]

Strategic timeouts

In its 3rd season in 2010, the IPL administration brought a new rule: "strategic timeout" of seven minutes and fifty seconds duration in each inning. Franchises and Sachin Tendulkar disapproved of it. Many saw it as the BCCI's use of 'extended drinks break' to earn money; it faced widespread backlash. ^{[136] [137]} Then IPL president said that the rule is intended to allow teams to make strategies amid the game. Still, critics disagreed with this argument and said that the strategic time-out is a way to generate money. Later, the BCCI reduced its duration but still applied it. ^[137]

These timeouts boost the IPL's revenue; every 10-second slot gets sold for ₹5 lakhs or more. ^{[136] [138]} Due to these time-outs, an IPL match halts four times for more than 10 minutes. As per Sunil Gavaskar, along with many other reasons, Strategic Timeouts (ST) delay the IPL matches, and they do not end at the stipulated time of 3 hours and 10 minutes, instead end after 4 hours. ^[139] Amid the Super Giants against Mumbai Indians eliminator game in 2023, on-air he uttered, "How many times batsmen get out after a strategic timeout," indicating that it plays negative role in immediate fall of wickets by disrupting concentration of the batters. ^[140]

Some cricketers have criticized strategic timeouts for interrupting the flow of play. In the past, it even faced a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with the possibility that ST breaks were being used by bookies to connect with the players. In the past, IPL's stakeholders admitted that STs are unavoidable because they give the BCCI and broadcasters additional time for more ads. In 2013, after a spot-fixing matter, then-president N. Srinivasan got sacked due to a pending inquiry, and Jagmohan Dalmia got appointed as interim president. Dalmia expressed openly that he wants to end STs and take other measures to restrain malpractices in the IPL. ^[136]

Incidents with players

In the 2008 edition, after a game, Harbhajan Singh, who was playing for Mumbai Indians, slapped S. Sreesanth. The IPL fined and banned him from the remaining entire edition. However, years later, he apologized to Sreesanth for it on TV and said that he was ashamed for doing it. ^{[141] [142]}

In a 2022 interview, Yuzvendra Chahal revealed two incidents of physical harassment that happened with him, while he was with Mumbai Indians. In 2013, at a party of the team in a building, a drunken teammate took him to the balcony, overpowered him and hung him from the 15th floor of the building. Yuzvendra said he narrowly survived that day. ^{[143] [144] [145]} In another incident, two teammates including Andrew Symonds tied him, gagged his mouth and threw him in a room of the hotel. He remained the whole night alone in that room. When the hotel room service arrived in the morning, they untied his hands and legs. ^[146] He did not reveal the names of the offenders involved in the first incident. Reacting to these revelations, Virender Sehwag expressed that he wanted Yuzvendra to reveal the offender's name and furious Ravi Shastri expressed that the offender should be banned. ^{[144] [145]}

In 2010, the BCCI banned Ravindra Jadeja from the IPL for one year after he violated the IPL guidelines by not signing a renewal contract with his team Rajasthan Royals, and instead negotiated a more lucrative contract with other teams through the back door. ^[147]

Rajasthan Royals ownership dispute

In April 2010, the IPL president Shashank Manohar said in a press conference that they (IPL) don't know who the owners of Rajasthan Royals (RR) and the Punjab team are. The initial bid for RR was made by a person named Manoj Bhandale. After that, other firms from Mauritius were added as the. In response, Shilpa Shetty tweeted that she was a proprietor of RR. Regarding the Punjab team, the IPL president revealed that in the team bidding event, only Preity Zinta was interested in buying that team. She said that she would form a firm. She did it and signed a bid agreement with the BCCI. However, Preity did not have a single share in her name in that firm. Manohar alleged that Shetty and Zinta violated the agreement as prior permission of the BCCI is mandatory before transferring ownership shares with other people. ^[148]

N. Srinivasan's ownership of CSK

In 2010, an e-mail leaked in Indian media, according to an Economic Times article, said that former IPL president Lalit Modi helped then-BCCI president N. Srinivasan to buy Andrew Flintoff in the auction for his team Chennai Super Kings (CSK). ^[149] Srinivasan was criticized for owning an IPL team due to his conflict of interests. Former BCCI president A. Muthiah filed a lawsuit against Srinivasan in the Supreme Court of India; he claimed that Srinivasan altered the BCCI's rules to allow himself to purchase a team. The Lodha Committee banned CSK from the IPL for two years when their team principal, Gurunath Meiyappan, was found guilty of betting and providing inside information to bookies. ^[150] The supreme court criticized Srinivasan for buying an IPL team while serving as the BCCI president; a judge commented, "How can a BCCI chief own a team?". ^[151] However, he still own the team and his daughter Rupa Gurunath often appear in stadiums amid CSK's games.

Australian players' dispute with their board

Due to the BCCI giving one-tenth of foreign players' salaries to their respective country's national cricket boards, a dispute between Australian cricketers and Cricket Australia started. The Australian Cricketers' Association also opposed the arrangement. ^[152]

Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar's sweat equity in RSW

In 2010, the IPL president revealed that the Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar has sweat equity share in Rendezvous Sports World (RSW), the wanted shareholders proprietor of Kochi Tuskers Kerala team. Opposition party BJP agitated against the Indian National Congress. Later, it was revealed that Pushkar has ₹70 crore equity in RSW. Tharoor offered to leave his equity, but many within the Congress party felt that by doing this, Tharoor pleaded guilty. Due to pressure, the Congress party demanded his resignation. He was the first minister of United Progressive Alliance 2 who got slammed for his illegal moves. ^[153]

Slow over rates

The IPL frequently gets criticism due to the slow pace of its matches. During the 2023 season, Jos Buttler mentioned on Twitter to speed up the pace of the play. An IPL match should end within 3:10 hours of the stipulated time, but it often ends after 4 hours. As per Gavaskar, strategic timeouts, reserve players running on the field with drinks and messages amid games, and batsmen asking for helmets result in these delays. The introduction of strategic timeouts was also suspected to be for monetary reasons since it allows for more ad slots. ^[138] Field umpires sometimes penalize teams by restricting them to field just four fielders outside the 30-yard area, or match referees penalize by cutting captain's – team members' match fees, but it has not solved the problem. Games often run at a slow speed and finish late. Millions of viewers feel that IPL matches should be fast-paced. ^[154]

Negative impact on international cricket

Former India captain Kapil Dev claimed that there was an increasing risk of injury to Indian players from playing in the IPL. He felt that some players avoided the national team's matches, yet appear in all of their IPL fixtures. ^[155]

Exclusion of Pakistani players

Following the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai and the attack on Sri Lankan team in March 2009, geopolitical tensions surged between India and Pakistan. It led to several outcomes, one led to Pakistani players being unofficially forbidden to play in the IPL. ^[156] While they had been selected by several teams for the inaugural IPL season (2008), their contracts were terminated before the 2009 edition. This situation endured "due to political tensions". ^[157] Among critics of BCCI and IPL owners is Imran Khan, who has said they "take it out on Pakistan players". He accused the BCCI of "arrogance" but also stated that "Pakistan should not worry about it". ^[158]

Explanatory notes

1. Indian cricket leagues established using similar formats to the IPL include the Women's Premier League and various domestic state-level leagues. Leagues established in other sports include the association football Indian Super League, ^[9] the Pro Kabaddi League and Pro Volleyball League ^[10] Other international leagues have also adopted elements of the IPL and been influenced by the business model used.

See also

• Cricket in India
• Sports in India – An overview of Sport's culture in India
• Indian Super League
• Women's Premier League – An Indian T20 league, est. 2023
• List of professional sports leagues in India
• List of cricket leagues in India

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