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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket competition, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the national governing body of cricket in India. T20 cricket is a shorter format of the game, with each team playing a single innings of 20 overs.
The 2024 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 17 and branded as TATA IPL 2024) was the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League. The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 26 May 2024. It was held across 13 cities in India, with Chennai hosting the opening ceremony and the final as the defending champions.
The Indian Premier League, also known as the IPL, is a men's Twenty20 cricket league organised annually by the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI). [3] Founded by the BCCI in 2007, the league features ten state or city-based franchise teams. [4]
Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-24 players (born on or after 1 January 1997) with a maximum of three overage players allowed. The men's tournament is typically restricted to under-23 players though following the postponement of the Olympics by a year, FIFA decided to maintain the restriction of players born ...
The inaugural IPL season was won by Rajasthan Royals. [10] As of 2024, there have been seventeen seasons of the IPL tournament. [11] [12] Up until 2021, the IPL tournament involved each team playing every other team twice in a home-and-away, double round-robin format. [13] [14] From 2022, the ten teams were divided into two groups of five. A ...
The 16 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into four groups of four teams. [19] The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the five previous Olympics (with more recent tournaments weighted higher), plus bonus points awarded to the six confederation qualifying champions (Japan, Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Fiji ...
Player retention started on 31 October 2024 with each franchise allowed to retain players ahead of the auction. [32] Heinrich Klaasen became the most expensive retained player in IPL history, earning ₹ 23 crore (US$2.6 million), while Virat Kohli became the most expensive retained Indian player for ₹ 21 crore (US$2.4 million) respectively. [33]
The schedule for the remainder of the tournament was released in July 2021. In the final, Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders to win their fourth IPL title. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored the most runs in the tournament, while Harshal Patel took the most wickets and also won the Most Valuable Player award.