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10Franchises
74Matches a season
2008First season
Headlines
- RCB end a 17-year wait, beating Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the 2025 final
- 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashes a 35-ball hundred, the youngest centurion in IPL history
- Rishabh Pant goes for ₹27 crore, the most expensive buy in IPL history
- Impact Player rule stays in place through the 2027 season
- SRH's 287/3 is still the highest team total the IPL has seen
- Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings share the title record with five each
- Virat Kohli remains the only batter past 8,000 IPL runs
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Records
The IPL Record Book: 287, 175* and a 14-Year-Old Centurion
The biggest totals, the fastest hundreds and the numbers nobody has touched.
Auction
₹27 Crore and Counting: How the IPL Auction Really Works
Purses, retentions, RTM cards and why mega auctions reshape the league.
Rules
The Impact Player Rule, Explained in Five Minutes
Twelve players, one substitution and a whole new way to plan a chase.
Analysis
Why Jasprit Bumrah Is Still the Bowler Every Batter Fears
Yorkers, slower balls and a 2019 final that showed his value at the death.
10Franchises
74Matches per season
287Highest team total
175*Highest individual score
₹27 CrRecord auction buy
5Most titles (MI & CSK)
Star Players
Player records
The Faces of the League
Six players whose names are written all over the IPL record book.
18
RCB · Batter
Virat Kohli
The first batter to 8,000 IPL runs, and an RCB player since 2008. He finally lifted the trophy in 2025.
7
CSK · Keeper-Batter
MS Dhoni
Captained Chennai to five titles and has played more IPL matches than anyone.
45
MI · Batter
Rohit Sharma
Led Mumbai to five titles between 2013 and 2020, after winning his first with Deccan Chargers in 2009.
93
MI · Fast Bowler
Jasprit Bumrah
Player of the Match in the 2019 final, and owner of a famous 5 for 10 against KKR in 2022.
17
LSG · Keeper-Batter
Rishabh Pant
Became the most expensive player in IPL history at ₹27 crore in the 2025 mega auction.
33
MI · All-Rounder
Hardik Pandya
Captained Gujarat Titans to the title in their very first season, 2022.
The Franchises
Ten Teams. One Trophy.
Every franchise, its home ground and its title count going into the 2026 season.
CSK
Chennai Super Kings
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai
5 titles
MI
Mumbai Indians
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
5 titles
KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
3 titles
RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
1 title
SRH
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
1 title
RR
Rajasthan Royals
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
1 title
GT
Gujarat Titans
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
1 title
DC
Delhi Capitals
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
0 titles
PBKS
Punjab Kings
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium, Mullanpur
0 titles
LSG
Lucknow Super Giants
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
0 titles
Hall of Champions
Full history
Every Winner, 2008–2025
From Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals to RCB's long-awaited breakthrough.
2008
Rajasthan Royals
beat Chennai Super Kings
2009
Deccan Chargers
beat Royal Challengers
2010
Chennai Super Kings
beat Mumbai Indians
2011
Chennai Super Kings
beat Royal Challengers
2012
Kolkata Knight Riders
beat Chennai Super Kings
2013
Mumbai Indians
beat Chennai Super Kings
2014
Kolkata Knight Riders
beat Kings XI Punjab
2015
Mumbai Indians
beat Chennai Super Kings
2016
Sunrisers Hyderabad
beat Royal Challengers
2017
Mumbai Indians
beat Rising Pune Supergiant
2018
Chennai Super Kings
beat Sunrisers Hyderabad
2019
Mumbai Indians
beat Chennai Super Kings
2020
Mumbai Indians
beat Delhi Capitals
2021
Chennai Super Kings
beat Kolkata Knight Riders
2022
Gujarat Titans
beat Rajasthan Royals
2023
Chennai Super Kings
beat Gujarat Titans
2024
Kolkata Knight Riders
beat Sunrisers Hyderabad
2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
beat Punjab Kings
Record Book
Read the full record book
Numbers That Stand Tall
The all-time marks every IPL season is measured against.
Most runs
8,000+
Virat Kohli (RCB)
First batter to reach 8,000 IPL runs, in 2024
Most wickets
200+
Yuzvendra Chahal
First bowler to 200 IPL wickets, in 2024
Highest score
175*
Chris Gayle (RCB)
66 balls vs Pune Warriors, 2013
Fastest hundred
30
Chris Gayle (RCB)
Balls, in the same 175* innings in 2013
Highest total
287/3
Sunrisers Hyderabad
vs RCB in Bengaluru, April 2024
Best bowling
6/12
Alzarri Joseph (MI)
On IPL debut vs SRH, 2019
Most sixes
357
Chris Gayle
Across KKR, RCB and Punjab, 2009–2021
Youngest centurion
14
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR)
35-ball hundred vs GT, April 2025
Records correct to the end of the 2025 season.
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How a Season Works
From the auction table to the final at a sold-out stadium, here is the IPL season in four stages.
Auction & Squads
Franchises retain their core players and bid for the rest, with a salary purse capping how much each team can spend.
League Stage
70 matches over roughly seven weeks. Each team plays 14 games, 7 at home and 7 away, with 2 points for a win.
Playoffs
The top four go through. Teams 1 and 2 meet in Qualifier 1 with a second chance for the loser; 3 and 4 play a knockout Eliminator.
The Final
Qualifier 1's winner faces the Qualifier 2 winner for the trophy, the prize money and a place in history.
Match Night
Scenes From the Stands
Floodlights, full houses and the noise that makes the IPL what it is.
FAQ
IPL Questions, Answered
The short answers. Our articles have the long ones.
What is the Indian Premier League?
The IPL is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India, founded by the BCCI in 2008. Ten city-based franchises compete each spring, usually from late March to late May.
How many matches are there in a season?
74 in total: 70 league matches, where each team plays 14, followed by four playoff games (Qualifier 1, the Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and the Final).
Which teams have won the most IPL titles?
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings share the record with five titles each. Kolkata Knight Riders have three.
What is the Impact Player rule?
Each team names up to five substitutes at the toss and can bring one of them into the match to replace any player. Effectively, it lets a side use 12 players. Read the full explainer.
How does the IPL auction work?
Teams bid for players in an open auction, each with a fixed salary purse. Big "mega" auctions reset squads every few years, and smaller auctions fill gaps in between. Here is how it works.
What are the Orange Cap and Purple Cap?
The Orange Cap is worn by the season's leading run-scorer and the Purple Cap by its leading wicket-taker. Each passes from player to player as the lead changes.
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