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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The IPL franchises want an expansion of the league to 10 teams and the BCCI isn't averse to the idea but want to have all bases covered first.
A CSA official has said that there was a significant debate on the release of the players for the IPL, but the board was left helpless by players' keenness to play in the league.
Yuvraj Singh confirmed that he won't take part in the Indian Premier League (IPL) from next year.
The IPL management team had to bring out the schedule in three halves keeping in mind the dates of the elections.
The celebrations continued on Monday with members of the squad and support staff travelling in an open bus from Antilla to Trident in south Mumbai.
MS Dhoni was sold for $1.5 million to Chennai Super Kings in the first-ever auction of the IPL in 2008. The tournament auctioneer has tweeted the content of the auction sheet.
It is learnt that the CoA, in consultation with the IPL Operations team, has allowed Llong to officiate despite an official complaint lodged by the Karnataka State Cricket Association.
From doing a triple over defending champions in the 12th edition of the cash-rich league and to now facing their arch-rivals for the fourth time in the finals, CSK and MI are a match made in heaven.
Depending on the games in hand, points accumulated and the net run-rate as well, the four remaining teams do have a certain advantage in each way but will have to make the most of it in every way.
Nothing seems to be going right for RCB, who slumped to their sixth straight loss after going down against Delhi Capitals in their IPL match last Sunday.
MS Dhoni admitted to the Level 2 offence 2.20 of the IPL's Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction after Chennai Super Kings' win over Rajasthan Royals.
Patel has featured in two out of the six games for the Delhi-based outfit this season, picking up 2/40 in the tied game against the Kolkata Knight Riders, which Delhi won in the super over.
IPL 2019 DC vs SRH Live stream can be seen on smartphones and web via Hotstar, Reliance Jio TV and Airtel TV.
IPL 2019 MI vs CSK Live stream can be seen live on Hotstar, Reliance Jio TV and Airtel TV.
This edition of the league will bear special significance with the mega ODI World Cup starting only two and half weeks after the final on May 12.
The decision comes a month after DSport, the official broadcasters of the Pakistan Premier League (PSL) in India, stopped the coverage of the tournament in protest of the Pulwama terror attack.
As the new season dawns this summer, the IPL has become more diverse and the competition has surely heated up and this summer, the battle for the coveted title gets only more exciting.
The flamboyant batsman, who is yet to make his IPL debut, said he got to watch Dhoni closely, adding that he got inputs from the talismanic captain.
ICC chairman Dave Richardson said reports in the Indian media that the ICC was somehow seeking to interfere in or dictate to the IPL were wide of the mark.
Last year, IPL had staged a one-off exhibition match for women players in Mumbai hinting at the possibility of the start of women’s own T20I league.
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