The Indian Premier League (IPL), officially called the Vivo Indian Premier League, is a glitzy and glamorous professional Twenty20 Cricket league in India which started in 2008. There are eight teams representing eight different Indian cities, namely Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and was a brainchild of Lalit Modi. The league, in its 10 years of existence, developed into the world's biggest and the richest T20 league. IPL also has an exclusive window in International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme. The format of the league is divided into two halves - Round Robin and Qualifiers. Each of the eight teams will play each other twice in a home and away round robin format in the league phase. After the end of the league phase, the top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in 1st Qualifier for a place in the final. However, the team which loses in the 1st Qualifier will get another chance for the IPL by playing the second qualifying match (Winner of the Eliminator match between third and fourth place teams). The winner of the second qualifier will play the final match against the winner of the first qualifier.
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Gower conceded that despite being a man of such repute and coming from a different vocation, Shah Rukh Khan's love and passion for the game is something that is indeed worth praising.
The present format of the IPL comprises eight franchises with a total of 60 games with the last version stretching to as many as 51 days.
Robin Uthappa further opined that the law might change under the watchful eyes of Sourav Ganguly who is presently the BCCI president.
In what turned out to be a low scoring thriller, MI were restricted to 129/8 in their 20 overs. RPS seemed to be cruising towards the win but Mitchell Johnson and Jasprit Bumrah then led a late collapse.
Gautam Gambhir claimed that Mumbai Indians don't take emotional decisions which help the team in a positive way.
The 23-year-old opener also acknowledged the efforts the BCCI is putting in to make it a reality.
The franchise has always backed Russell, even when he was banned for a doping violation in 2017, KKR retained him for a hefty amount.
Ashwin also heaped praises on Afghanistan's off-spinner Mohammad Nabi and rated him as a great spinner in the T20 format.
Yusuf Pathan has represented three IPL franchises till now - Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Harbhajan Singh revealed the dynamics of both the teams during an Instagram Live session with Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has revealed that the English players were jealous of Kevin Pietersen's IPL contract, which led to tensions in the dressing room.
Delhi Capitals opener Prithvi Shaw said that he was reported slightly late for a pre-training team meeting.
Steve Smith was captain of Rising Pune Supergiant when Unadkat had his breakthrough season in the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL).
Warner-led SRH had Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final to win the title for the first time in IPL history.
Anderson said that bowling to big players like Dhoni gives important insight into how to bowl to others.
Sri Lanka Cricket chief Shammi Silva will be writing to BCCI soon to offer to host the IPL 2020 after the 13th season was suspended indefinitely.
Warne picked his best XI from the Indian Premier League. Warne has been part of the tournament since its inception in 2008, guiding Rajasthan Royals to their maiden IPL title in the inaugural season.
According to Styris, the battle between MI and CSK is also about the best finisher of the game against best death bowler and in that Dhoni owns Lasith Malinga.
Mumbai Indians have won IPL title four times – in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. Out of these four times, they have defeated CSK in the final and once Rising Pune Supergiant (2017).
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