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The inaugural season of the IPL was held in 2008, and the tournament has been held annually in India [a] ever since. [1] Currently, ten teams compete for the championship. [3] Since the league's inception, seven teams have won the title, with the Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) both securing five titles each.
In the 2017 IPL edition, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore again faced each other twice. In the first match between them, RCB got KKR out for a score of 131 after KKR had made a strong start of 0–48 in 3.3 overs. However, KKR dismissed RCB for 49, the lowest team score in the history of IPL.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (often abbreviated as RCB) are a franchise cricket team based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). One of the original eight teams in the IPL, the team has made three final appearances in the IPL, losing all (in 2009 to the Deccan Chargers, in 2011 to the Chennai Super Kings and in 2016 to the Sunrisers Hyderabad).
IPL was established in 2008 [6] and currently consists of ten teams in ten cities across India. The inaugural IPL season was won by Rajasthan Royals . [ 10 ] As of 2024 [update] , there have been seventeen seasons of the IPL tournament.
The 2022 season of the IPL offered total prize money of ₹ 46.5 crore (equivalent to ₹ 49 crore or US$5.8 million in 2023), with the winning team netting ₹ 20 crore (equivalent to ₹ 21 crore or US$2.5 million in 2023) and the second-placed team ₹ 13 crore (equivalent to ₹ 14 crore or US$1.6 million in 2023).
The team has qualified for playoffs in 2024 Indian Premier League but lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in qualifier 2 by 36 runs under the captaincy of Sanju Samson and leadership of Kumar Sangakkara. The team has announced former team India coach and ex-Rajasthan Royals player and mentor Rahul Dravid as a Head Coach for IPL 2025. [10]
History; Indian Premier League wins: 5 (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) ... IPL team Mumbai Indians web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com; Official Site;
The team made their first IPL appearance in 2013, where they reached the playoffs, eventually finishing in fourth place. The Sunrisers won their maiden IPL title in the 2016 season, defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs in the final. The team has qualified for the play-off stage of the tournament in every season since 2016 making them ...