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.
Read MoreBangalore, Apr 10: Gautam Gambhir hit a strokeful half century while Lakshamipathy Balaji returned with a four-wicket haul as Kolkata Knight Riders brought their campaign back on track with a 42-run victory over Bangalore Royals
New Delhi, Apr 9: Bolstered by the addition of Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene and explosive England batsman Kevin Pietersen, Delhi Daredevils would aim to put behind the disappointment of a previous loss and get back
Jaipur, Apr 7: After a rollicking start to their IPL V campaign, Rajasthan Royals will look to continue the winning momentum when they face Kolkata Knight Riders, who would be equally keen to bounce back
Mumbai, April 7: Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's wife Sakshi had come as a refreshing change to reduce the glamour deficit among our cricket WAGs (wives and girlfriends).And now, Mrs Praveen Kumar aka Sapna
Kolkata, Apr 6: Irfan Pathan scored a brisk unbeaten 42 to guide Delhi Daredevils to a comfortable eight-wicket win over hosts Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-curtailed 12-overs-a-side Indian Premier League match here on Thursday
Mumbai, Apr 5: Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh today said that his side is hoping that Sachin Tendulkar is available to play their IPL game against Pune Warriors here tomorrow as the x-ray report did
Chennai, Apr 4: South Africa T20 specialist Richard Levi made an instant impression with his six-hitting prowess as Mumbai Indians thrashed defending champions Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets, in the opening match of the
Mumbai, Apr 4: Actor Emraan Hashmi, who is back with the sequel of ‘Jannat' releasing during the Indian Premier League (IPL) season, says they are not scared to release the film during the cricket tournament.Directed
Chennai, Apr 3: Pop star Katy Perry, who is set to perform at the opening of the fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) today, says she is honoured to be in the country.It is Perry's first
Chennai, Apr 2: Sachin Tendulkar today decided to hand over the captaincy of Mumbai Indians in the fifth edition of IPL to Harbhajan Singh following a discussion with the management of Mumbai Indians.“Sachin Tendulkar in
Mumbai, Apr 2: Superstar Shahrukh Khan, who owns an IPL team and also a production house, is not much in favour of releasing new films during the IPL season.“The IPL matches usually happen between 8
Mumbai, Apr 2: Salman Khan claims that cricket extravaganza IPL will not affect film releases.The actor, who would be performing at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of IPL in Chennai on April 4,
Wellington (New Zealand), Apr 2: Troubled New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has a snag to overcome ahead of his attempted cricket comeback in the Indian Premier League after being reported by an umpire over an
Pune, Apr 2: ICC president and Union Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday inaugurated the international cricket stadium built by the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) at Gahunje, near here, which will host IPL matches this
New Delhi, Apr 1: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is in Chennai to perform at the opening of the IPL season five, said that the city almost became his second home at a time when he
New Delhi, Mar 28: Australia captain Michael Clarke has finally signed on dotted lines for the Sahara Pune Warriors as Yuvraj Singh's replacement. Clarke, who has avoided playing in the cash-rich league during the past
Hyderabad, Mar 28: Hyderabad-based IPL franchisee Deccan Chargers today announced that international airline Emirates will be the Team sponsor for a three-year period starting from its opening match of this season against Chennai Superkings in
Mumbai, Mar 28: Sachin Tendulkar will be available to play the entire duration of the upcoming Indian Premier League after returning from London where he has gone for a medical consultation for a toe injury,
Mumbai, Mar 28: The Indian cricket team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni today left for South Africa to play one-off Twenty20 International against the host country at Johannesburg on March 30.The one-match match, to be
Kolkata, Mar 27: Gautam Gambhir did a recce of the Eden strip and avoided the media but it was evident from his flying visit that the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper wanted a sporting wicket and
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