Indian Premiere League (IPL)

Indian Premiere League commonly abbreviated, as IPL is a T-20 Cricket League that started in the year 2007 by the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI). Its first season commenced on 18 April 2008 and concluded on 1 June 2008. It is one of the top leagues in the world and records the highest viewership in India. IPL is believed to be the brainchild of Mr. Lalit Modi- the founder and former commissioner of the league. The format of the league is a Double Round Robin and Playoffs.

Tournament Format:

Currently, with eight teams, each team plays each other twice in a home-and-away in a round-robin format in the league phase. At the conclusion of the league stage, the top four teams will qualify for the playoffs. The top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in the first Qualifying match; called First Qualifier, with the winner going straight to the IPL final and the loser getting another chance to qualify for the IPL final by playing the second Qualifying match also known as the Second Qualifier. Meanwhile, the third and fourth place teams from league phase play against each other in an Eliminator match and the winner from that match will play the loser from the First Qualifier. The winner of the Second Qualifier moves to play the IPL Final with the winner of the First Qualifier, where the winner will be crowned as the champion of the Indian Premier League.

Awards:

The winner of the league is awarded with a prize money of ₹15 crore (as of season 10) and the runner up team is awarded ₹ 10 crore (as of season 10) and a trophy each.

Orange Cap:

The player who scores most number of runs during the league is awarded an Orange Cap award with prize money of ₹ 10 lakh and a trophy. Current holder of the Orange Cap award is Australian batsman David Warner who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.

Purple Cap:

The player who takes most wickets during the league is awarded a Purple Cap award with prize money of ₹ 10 lakh and a trophy. Current holder of the award is Indian swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.

History of Champions:

·         The current champions of IPL are the Mumbai Indians team captained by Indian batsman ‘Rohit Sharma’.  Mumbai Indians is also the most successful team of the league. It has won three titles so far in the years 2013, 2015 and 2017.

·         Two teams Chennai Super Kings & Kolkata Knight Riders have won the title twice.

·         Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad has won the title once.

·         Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural season of IPL.

·         Chennai Super Kings is the only team to be able to defend its title so far in the league. They won it in the year 2010 and defended it in 2011.

IPL Results:

Season	Year	Winner	Runner Up
1	2008	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai Super Kings
2	2009	Deccan Chargers	Royal Challengers Bangalore
3	2010	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai Indians
4	2011	Chennai Super Kings	Royal Challengers Bangalore
5	2012	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai Super Kings
6	2013	Mumbai Indians	Chennai Super Kings
7	2014	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kings XI Punjab
8	2015	Mumbai Indians	Chennai Super Kings
9	2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Royal Challengers Bangalore
10	2017	Mumbai Indians	Rising Pune Supergiant