Cricket goes supercharged in the IPL! Launched in 2008, this yearly league throws regular cricket matches out the window. IPL is all about slam-bang Twenty20 – shorter, faster cricket with fireworks! Ten city teams go head-to-head in a spring showdown, usually between March and May.
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But IPL isn’t your boring cricket league. It’s cricket with a MEGA dose of celebrity! Imagine the biggest cricket stars facing off, with Bollywood actors and business honchos cheering them on. That’s the IPL – cricket meets Hollywood (but way cooler, obviously).
Hold onto your cricket bats, folks! The IPL is like a mind-blowing rave with your oldest BFFs and some random newbies. Believe it or not, seven of the original crew are still hanging out, but the rest? GONE! Poof! Remember the Deccan Chargers? They bounced faster than a six over the boundary in 2012. Some other teams, like the Kochi Tuskers, Pune Warriors, Rising Pune Supergiants, and Gujarat Lions, crashed the party between 2011 and 2018, but then dipped like shady characters. Who trusts flaky friends like that, anyway? A couple even got in trouble with the party pooper (think time-out, not dragons!) for breaking the rules. But forget that drama! The IPL is the hottest cricket bash on the planet. We’re talking lightning-fast matches, crazier gossip than a Bollywood flick, and more twists and turns than a roller coaster. This is the ultimate rockstar of cricket, baby!
Get ready to party!
Top Winning Strike Rates in the IPL Before the Start of the 2024 Season:
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win Rate (%) |
| Gujarat Titans | 23 | 33 | 69.7 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 131 | 223 | 58.74 |
| Mumbai Indians | 141 | 247 | 57.09 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 17 | 30 | 56.67 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 104 | 205 | 50.73 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 118 | 237 | 49.79 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 117 | 240 | 48.75 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 79 | 166 | 47.59 |
| Punjab Kings | 107 | 232 | 46.12 |
| Delhi Capitals | 104 | 238 | 43.7 |
Hold onto your cricket bats, folks! The IPL is the ultimate cricket party on super-speed! Fans lose their minds over it, making it the most epic cricket bash on the planet. Here’s the kicker: IPL was the first sporting event EVER to be live on YouTube, back in the dark ages of 2010! This cricket league is a record-smasher and a total fan favorite – it’s like winning the lottery of cricket! Get ready to party!
2024 Indian Premier League
Hey there, guess what’s back? IPL, that’s right! It’s Season 17, also known as IPL 17 (kind of confusing, huh?). The Titans totally aced it and took home the trophy! Now, who’s going to be the champ this time around? Well, the Kheloo all-stars are on the case, ready to make their predictions! Cricket fans, hold onto your hats because some seriously exciting action is about to unfold!
| Team | Odds | Bookmaker |
| Rajasthan Royals | 4.30 | Betway |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 4.50 | Kheloo |
| Chennai Super Kings | 6.00 | Bet365 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8.00 | Bet365 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 8.00 | Bet365 |
| Mumbai Indians | 8.00 | Bet365 |
| Gujarat Titans | 26.00 | Betway |
| Punjab Kings | 29.00 | Kheloo |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 34.00 | Paddy Power |
| Delhi Capitals | 126.00 | Paddy Power |
The ten teams competing in the 2024 IPL tournament are:
- Mumbai Indians
- Chennai Super Kings
- Hyderabad Sunrisers
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Delhi Capitals
- Punjab Kings
- Rajasthan Royals
- Gujarat Titans
- Lucknow Super Giants
Where can you find the IPL table?
IPL addicts, craving the latest info? Look no further! Here’s the super-secret decoder ring for all things IPL 17!
Standings? Wanna see who’s crushing it this season? The official IPL site has the deets on the current table and all the juicy IPL news! Go, go, go!
Who are the top IPL tipsters?
Tons of folks claim they can predict winners, but can they walk the walk? Check out the Kheloo cricket tipsters. They track their predictions with fancy stats, so you know they’re legit. Only the best make the cut on their “best tipsters” page!
Rule Revolution 2024? Hold onto your helmets! There’s one new rule this season: bowlers can now chuck two bouncers per over. Yikes!
Coaching staff? The teams shuffled their behind-the-scenes crew this year. Here’s the lowdown:
- Gautam Gambhir – Now mentoring the Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Justin Langer – Took the head coach reins for the Lucknow Super Giants.
- Sanjay Bangar – Developing cricket talent for the Punjab Kings.
- Andy Flower – Coaching the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Daniel Vettori – Steering the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Captaincy Changes
IPL captain alert! Some teams switched things up for season 17!
Fresh faces:
- Shubman Gill: Gujarat Titans’ new captain!
- Shreyas Iyer: Taking the wheel for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Rishabh Pant: Calling the shots for the Delhi Capitals this time around.
Back to Lead the Pack:
- Rohit Sharma: The Mumbai Indians’ captain is back!
- Pat Cummins: Rejoining the Sunrisers Hyderabad as captain (better luck with injuries this year, mate!).
Buckle up for some crazy captain showdowns!
Award Show Countdown! The IPL throws the ultimate season-ending bash to hand out trophies. Here’s the top 3 bling everyone craves:
- Orange Cap: This fiery orange hat goes to the batsman with the MOST runs, a true flame-thrower!
- Purple Cap: This sleek purple cap goes to the bowler who scalps the MOST wickets, a wicket-taking wizard!
- MVP: This is the golden ticket! Awarded to the Most Valuable Player – basically the king of the whole IPL season! Who will it be this year? Stay tuned!
Orange Cap:
The Indian Premier League (IPL) pulsates with a hidden contest, a duel beyond the trophy itself. The Orange Cap, an enigma shrouded in fiery hues, signifies batting dominance. Imagine the Tour de France, but for the most prolific run-scorer – they wear the Orange Cap with pride during fielding, a la the cyclist in the Yellow Jersey. Astonishingly, Australian batsmen have cast a long shadow over this award, claiming it a staggering seven times. But alas, their reign seems to have mysteriously vanished since 2019. Remember Shaun Marsh, the swashbuckling opener who carved his name in history? In the inaugural year (2008), he became the first-ever Orange Cap wearer, amassing a jaw-dropping 616 runs in a mere 11 matches!
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Ruturaj Gaikwad got 635 runs, but that’s the least anyone’s got since Chris Gayle’s 608 in 2011. Even though Gaikwad played more games, he still got fewer runs than the last two winners. Shubman Gill did great in 2023, scoring 890 runs. That’s almost the best ever! Only Virat Kohli in 2016 scored more, with a whopping 973 runs.
Previous Orange Cap Winners
| Year | Orange Cap Winner | Runs |
| 2023 | Shubman Gill | 890 |
| 2022 | Jos Buttler | 863 |
| 2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 635 |
| 2020 | KL Rahul | 670 |
| 2019 | David Warner | 692 |
Purple cap
Forget just big runs! Bowlers have a shot at glory too – the enigmatic Purple Cap! Guess what? Most winners, 8 out of 14, are Indians – pitch whisperers maybe? Dwayne Bravo, the coolest cat, snagged it twice (2013, 2015). Bhuvi, the swing king, won it back-to-back (2016, 2017). And Harshal Patel? A beast in 2021, with a record-tying 32 wickets (matching Bravo’s 2013)! Now that’s some serious bowling firepower!
Previous Purple Cap Winners
| Year | Purple Cap Winner | Wickets |
| 2023 | Mohammed Shami | 28 |
| 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 27 |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel | 32 |
| 2020 | Kagiso Rabada | 30 |
| 2019 | Imran Tahir | 26 |
Most Valuable Player (MVP)
Consistency is key – you gotta dominate every single IPL match! So, the next time you see an MVP, remember, they’re the ultimate cricket champions!
| Year | MVP Winner | Team |
| 2023 | Shubman Gill | GT |
| 2022 | Jos Buttler | RR |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel | RCB |
| 2020 | Jofra Archer | RR |
| 2019 | Andre Russell | KKR |
Maximum Sixes Award
The IPL is all about power, and some players are SERIOUS sluggers! There’s even a special award for the one who blasts the MOST sixes in the whole tournament. Imagine launching a ton of balls into the stands – EPIC!
Andre Russell went ballistic in 2019, CRUSHING a crazy 52 sixes! That INSANE record blew everyone away – no one had hit over 40 since way back in 2013! Before that, the best anyone did was 38 sixes, with both Kohli and Gayle going OFF a few times.
| Year | Player | Sixes |
| 2023 | Faf du Plessis | 36 |
| 2022 | Jos Buttler | 45 |
| 2021 | KL Rahul | 30 |
| 2020 | Ishan Kishan | 30 |
| 2019 | Andre Russell | 52 |
Past IPL Winners
Over the years, a bunch of teams have lifted the IPL trophy! Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings both are great masters at the game and won over five times each. Kolkata Knight Riders take the third place by winning two wins.
Speaking of crazy games, the 2023 finals were the first ever to be decided by the DLS method (something about rain affecting the game) – talk about a nail-biter!
| Season | Winner | Winning margin | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 5 wickets | Gujarat Titans |
| 2022 | Gujarat Titans | Won by 7 wickets | Rajasthan Royals |
| 2021 | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 27 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians | Won by 5 wickets | Delhi Capitals |
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | Won by 1 run | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 8 wickets | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | Won by 1 run | Rising Pune Supergiant |
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 8 runs | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | Won by 41 runs | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Won by 3 wickets | Kings XI Punjab |
Most IPL Runs
Virat Kohli – Run Machine!
Hey, cricket fans, guess what? There’s this super player in the IPL who scored a whole bunch of runs – 7,263 runs! That’s like hitting a zillion home runs in baseball! And get this, he scores about 37 runs in every game.
| Most IPL Runs | Player | Runs |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | 7,263 |
| 2 | Shikhar Dhawan | 6,617 |
| 3 | David Warner | 6,397 |
| 4 | Rohit Sharma | 6,211 |
| 5 | Suresh Raina | 5,528 |
Most IPL Sixes
Chris Gayle! He hold the highest record for most sixes like a stunning 357! That’s like launching a cricket ball into the next town! Remember that crazy match in 2013? He went berserk and hit a ridiculous 17 sixes in one go! Now that’s some serious muscle on that bat!
| Most IPL Sixes | Player | Sixes |
| 1 | Chris Gayle | 357 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | 257 |
| 3 | AB de Villiers | 251 |
| 4 | MS Dhoni | 239 |
| 5 | Virat Kohli | 234 |
Big change in cricket! Remember Dwayne Bravo, the wicket-taking king of the IPL? Well, move over champ! Yuzvendra Chahal just stole his crown! Chahal now has the most wickets EVER in the IPL – a whopping 187 in just 145 games! That’s crazy good – like, over 20 wickets every single match on average!
| Most IPL Wickets | Player | Wickets |
| 1 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 187 |
| 2 | Dwayne Bravo | 183 |
| 3 | Piyush Chawla | 179 |
| 4 | Amit Mishra | 173 |
| 5 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 171 |
