Indian Premier League (IPL)
CountriesIndia
AdministratorIPL Governing Council, BCCI
FormatTwenty20
First edition2008
Latest edition2025
Next edition2026
Tournament formatGroup Stage and Playoffs
Number of teams10
Current championRoyal Challengers Bengaluru (1st title)
Most successfulChennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians
(5 titles each)
Most runsVirat Kohli (8661)[1]
Most wicketsYuzvendra Chahal (221)[2]
TVList of broadcasters
Websiteiplt20.com


The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a domestic, annual Twenty20 cricket tournament played in India since 2008.[3][4] It is organized by the IPL Governing Council, under the aegis of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[5] It is the most watched Twenty20 tournament,[6] and the second-best-paying sporting league globally.[7]

As of 2025, the IPL consists of ten teams representing ten cities across India.[8] Overall fifteen teams have played across the past seasons of the tournament, with five becoming defunct later.[9][10] Eight franchises took part in the inaugural edition in 2008.[11] Ahead of the 2011 season, Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors joined the league.[10] Kochi Tuskers was terminated after a single season by the BCCI for contractual breach.[12] After the 2012 season, Deccan Chargers ceased to exist and was replaced by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the next season.[10][13] After the 2013 season, Pune Warriors India exited the IPL after it had a franchise valuation disagreement with the BCCI.[14] Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for two seasons in 2016 and 2017 following a betting case, and was replaced by two new teams– Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants for the two seasons.[10][15] The suspended franchises returned to compete in the 2018 season.[16] Ahead of the 2022 season, two new teams–Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants were added to the competition.[17]

As of 2025, there have been eighteen seasons of the tournament. The inaugural IPL season was won by Rajasthan Royals.[4] Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians are the most successful franchises with five titles each. Kolkata Knight Riders have won three titles while Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won a title each.[4][18]

Up until the 2021 season, an IPL tournament involved each team playing every other team twice in a home-and-away, double round-robin format.[19] Since 2022, the ten teams are divided into two groups of five teams as determined by a random draw. Each team plays two matches against the other four teams in their group and a randomly chosen team from the other group, while playing a single match against the other four teams.[20] Basis the points accumulated in the group stage, the top four teams qualify for the playoffs. In the playoffs, the top two teams from the group stage compete with each other in the first qualifier and the winner qualifies directly for the final. The loser of the qualifier competes with the winner of an eliminator match between the third and fourth placed teams, to determine the other finalist. The team that wins the final is crowned the champion.[21]

Season results

Season Final Teams Matches Player of the tournament
Winner Winning margin Runner-up Venue
2008 Rajasthan Royals
164/7 (20 overs) 		3 wickets Chennai Super Kings
163/5 (20 overs) 		DY Patil Stadium 8 59 Shane Watson
2009 Deccan Chargers
143/6 (20 overs) 		6 runs Royal Challengers Bangalore
137/9 (20 overs) 		Wanderers Stadium Adam Gilchrist
2010 Chennai Super Kings
168/5 (20 overs) 		22 runs Mumbai Indians
146/9 (20 overs) 		DY Patil Stadium 60 Sachin Tendulkar
2011 Chennai Super Kings (2)
205/5 (20 overs) 		58 runs Royal Challengers Bangalore
147/8 (20 overs) 		M. A. Chidambaram Stadium 10 74 Chris Gayle
2012 Kolkata Knight Riders
192/5 (19.4 overs) 		5 wickets Chennai Super Kings
190/3 (20 overs) 		9 76 Sunil Narine
2013 Mumbai Indians
148/9 (20 overs) 		23 runs Chennai Super Kings
125/9 (20 overs) 		Eden Gardens Shane Watson
2014 Kolkata Knight Riders (2)
200/7 (19.3 overs) 		3 wickets Punjab Kings
199/4 (20 overs) 		M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 8 60 Glenn Maxwell
2015 Mumbai Indians (2)
202/5 (20 overs) 		41 runs Chennai Super Kings
161/8 (20 overs) 		Eden Gardens Andre Russell
2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad
208/7 (20 overs) 		8 runs Royal Challengers Bangalore
200/7 (20 overs) 		M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Virat Kohli
2017 Mumbai Indians (3)
129/8 (20 overs) 		1 run Rising Pune Supergiant
128/6 (20 overs) 		Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Ben Stokes
2018 Chennai Super Kings (3)
181/2 (18.3 overs) 		8 wickets Sunrisers Hyderabad
178/6 (20.0 overs) 		Wankhede Stadium Sunil Narine
2019 Mumbai Indians (4)
149/8 (20 overs) 		1 run Chennai Super Kings
148/7 (20 overs) 		Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Andre Russell
2020 Mumbai Indians (5)
157/5 (18.4 overs) 		5 wickets Delhi Capitals
156/7 (20 overs) 		Dubai International Cricket Stadium Jofra Archer
2021 Chennai Super Kings (4)
192/3 (20 overs) 		27 runs Kolkata Knight Riders
165/9 (20 overs) 		Harshal Patel
2022 Gujarat Titans
133/3 (18.1 overs) 		7 wickets Rajasthan Royals
130/9 (20 overs) 		Narendra Modi Stadium 10 74 Jos Buttler
2023 Chennai Super Kings (5)
171/5 (15 overs) 		5 wickets
DLS 		Gujarat Titans
214/4 (20 overs) 		Shubman Gill
2024 Kolkata Knight Riders (3)
114/2 (10.3 overs) 		8 wickets Sunrisers Hyderabad
113 (18.3 overs) 		M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Sunil Narine
2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru
190/9 (20 overs) 		6 runs Punjab Kings
184/7 (20 overs) 		Narendra Modi Stadium Suryakumar Yadav

Team results

Season 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Teams 8 10 9 8 10
Chennai Super Kings 2nd SF 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd Suspended 1st 2nd 7th 1st 9th 1st 5th 10th
Delhi Daredevils / Delhi Capitals SF SF 5th 10th 3rd 9th 8th 7th 6th 6th 8th 5th 3rd 2nd 3rd 5th 9th 5th
Kolkata Knight Riders 6th 8th 6th 4th 1st 7th 1st 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 5th 5th 2nd 7th 7th 1st 8th
Mumbai Indians 5th 7th 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 4th 1st 5th 1st 5th 1st 1st 5th 10th 3rd 10th 3rd
Kings XI Punjab / Punjab Kings SF 5th 8th 5th 6th 6th 2nd 8th 8th 5th 7th 6th 6th 6th 6th 8th 9th 2nd
Rajasthan Royals 1st 6th 7th 6th 7th 3rd 5th 4th Suspended 4th 7th 8th 7th 2nd 5th 3rd 9th
Royal Challengers Bangalore 7th 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 7th 3rd 2nd 8th 6th 8th 4th 4th 3rd 6th 4th 1st
Sunrisers Hyderabad Team did not exist 4th 6th 6th 1st 4th 2nd 4th 3rd 8th 8th 10th 2nd 6th
Gujarat Titans Team did not exist 1st 2nd 8th 4th
Lucknow Super Giants Team did not exist 4th 4th 7th 7th
Deccan Chargers[†] 8th 1st 4th 7th 8th Team defunct
Gujarat Lions[†] Team did not exist 3rd 7th Team defunct
Kochi Tuskers Kerala[†] Team did not exist 8th Team defunct
Pune Warriors India[†] Team did not exist 9th 9th 8th Team defunct
Rising Pune Supergiant[†] Team did not exist 7th 2nd Team defunct
Source: Indian Premier League[22]

† Team defunct

Team statistics[23][24]
Team Best result Titles Seasons First appearance Latest appearance Playoff appearances
Chennai Super Kings Champions
(2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023) 		5 16 2008 2025 12
Mumbai Indians Champions
(2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) 		5 18 2008 2025 11
Kolkata Knight Riders Champions
(2012, 2014, 2024) 		3 18 2008 2025 8
Rajasthan Royals Champions
(2008) 		1 16 2008 2025 7
Sunrisers Hyderabad Champions
(2016) 		1 13 2013 2025 7
Deccan Chargers[†] Champions
(2009) 		1 5 2008 2012 2
Gujarat Titans Champions
(2022) 		1 4 2022 2025 3
Royal Challengers Bangalore Champions
(2025) 		1 18 2008 2025 10
Delhi Capitals Runners-up
(2020) 		0 18 2008 2025 6
Punjab Kings Runners-up
(2014) 		0 18 2008 2025 3
Rising Pune Supergiant[†] Runners-up
(2017) 		0 2 2016 2017 1
Lucknow Super Giants 3rd
(2022, 2023) 		0 4 2022 2025 2
Gujarat Lions[†] 3rd
(2016) 		0 2 2016 2025 1
Kochi Tuskers Kerala[†] 8th
(2011) 		0 1 2011 2011 0
Pune Warriors India[†] 8th
(2013) 		0 3 2011 2013 0

† Team defunct

See also

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