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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Kolkata Knight Riders will open their campaign against Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 11th edition of IPL on Sunday.
The much-anticipated clash, expected to be watched by a capacity crowd at the Wankhede Stadium, looks set to raise the curtains on the decade-old T20 League in grand style after a formal opening ceremony in Mumbai.
Hrithik Roshan will be seen performing to a medley of some of his hit songs including 'Dhoom Machale', 'Ek Pal Ka Jeena', 'Baware Baware' and 'Senorita'.
They were arrested from Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar district on Monday when they were on their way to set a liquor vend on fire, a police spokesperson said.
RCB have been the perennial under-achievers of the competition, failing to go all the way despite reaching the final thrice.
Ranveer Singh was supposed to perform at the inaugural ceremony of 11th edition of the Indian Premier League.
Dhawan took to Twitter to share a video showing him making a surprise visit to his son Zoravar's school and the reaction of the young lad seeing his father is just priceless.
A source revealed ‘’Varun Dhawan has taken two days off from the schedule to rehearse for his IPL performance.”
After being regarded as the 'mastermind' behind the scandalous controversy in the Test series against South Africa, the explosive batsman will not be present in the IPL anytime soon.
Hussey, who is currently the batting coach of CSK, said a player is always remembered more for how he played the game than the runs or wickets he gathered.
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As reports suggest, the Team India pacer was travelling from Dehradun to New Delhi and met with an accident and is currently being rested after suffering head injuries.
Kings XI Punjab, who have been the perennial under-achievers of IPL, handed the Indian limited overs 'discard' a big responsibility to lead the side.
Lynn was ruled out of the on-going Pakistan Super League but has set the objective to honour his contract with the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Under Dravid's tutelage, Gill and his teammates claimed a record fourth U-19 World Cup, beating Australia in the final by eight wickets in the finals.
Virat Kohli's decision to miss the historic Afghanistan Test and play county has brought him many praises as the skipper aims to improve his game on England soil.
Till last year, the convention was to have an opening ceremony a day before the first match, which captains would attend and sign the 'Spirit of Cricket' pledge, however, this year will be different.
Over the next 14 years, it was Dhoni who took over matters and became one of their greatest limited overs exponent while Karthik struggled in the fringes, waiting for his chances.
Kohli said the break is helping him recover for fresh challenges ahead, starting with the IPL as he leads the Royal Challengers Banglore once again in the 11th edtion of the Indian Premier League.
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