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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KKR, who won by seven wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a rain-interrupted tie in the early hours of Thursday, will have revenge on their minds as Mumbai beat them twice in the league stages this term.
KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL eliminator at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field against Rising Pune Supergiant in the first qualifier match of the IPL.
Popular with the tag King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) has yet again proved that he is the most humble star B-town.
Sixth-placed Delhi and bottom dwellers Bangalore will look to finish the this edition with a win today at the Ferozeshah Kotla here.
Fifth-placed Punjab are on a roll lately and will be a tough nut to crack for Pune, who are currently on 16 points from 13 games with a net run rate of -0.083.
The CA has offered three-year contracts to five Australian players -- Steven Smith, David Warner, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood -- in an effort to persuade them not to play in the IPL from next year.
Earlier, Ambati Rayudu and Saurabh Tiwary scored half centuries to help second-string Mumbai post 173/5 in 20 overs against Kolkata. In reply, the hosts scored 164/8 in 20 overs.
Placed at the fourth spot in the standings with seven wins from 13 matches, Hyderabad find themselves in a must-win situation to qualify for the play-offs.
Pune will aim to secure a play-off spot by defeating Delhi Daredevils today while the host side will only be playing for pride at the Ferozeshah Kotla here.
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field against Kings XI Punjab in a crucial IPL tie at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday.
On a high after sealing a playoffs berth, KKR would aim for a top-two finish today.
The total proved too small for the defending champions as they overhauled the target with 10 balls to spare as opener Shikhar Dhawan (62) led the way with an unbeaten half-century.
Amla made 104 off just 60 balls with the help of eight fours and five huge hits over the fence to take Kings XI forward.
Narine (54 from 17 balls) reached his fifty in just 15 balls, the same number of deliveries his KKR team-mate Yusuf Pathan had consumed in 2014 against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
With back-to-back successful chases in high-scoring affairs at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Daredevils suddenly look a different side and would be aiming to build on the momentum to stay in the hunt for a play-off berth.
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday said that Rishabh Pant’s fiery knock of 97 off 43 balls, which led Delhi daredevils to an unexpected win against Gujrat Lions, is one of the best innings he has seen in the history of IPL.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field against Gujarat Lions in an IPL match at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here on Thursday.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and opted to field against SRH in an IPL match at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Tuesday.
Rising Pune Supergiant bowled out Gujarat Lions for 161 in 19.5 overs during their IPL match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Monday.
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