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The 2021 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 14, or for sponsorship reasons, VIVO IPL 2021) was the fourteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. Mumbai Indians were the two-time defending champions.
Indian batsman Virat Kohli holds the records for the most runs scored (8,004) and the most centuries made (8) in the league. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeper MS Dhoni are the most successful captains in the league, each winning five titles. Dhoni also holds the record for the most matches played.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a domestic, annual Twenty20 cricket tournament played in India, [3] [4] organized by the IPL Governing Council, under the aegis of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). [5] [6] It is the most watched Twenty20 tournament and the second-best-paying [a] sporting league globally. [7] [8] [9]
[2] [3] It was introduced on 25 April 2008, a week after the start of the inaugural season of the IPL. The batsman with most runs in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Orange Cap while fielding, with the overall leading run-scorer at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Orange Cap award on the day of ...
The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2021 IPL. [1] The franchise won the tournament in 2012 and 2014. [2] [3] The team was captained by Eoin Morgan with Brendon McCullum as the team coach. They finished their 2021 IPL ...
He made 439 runs that season and won the IPL Emerging Player of the Year award. Over the next six seasons, he became a mainstay of the side and its captain, making over 400 runs in four different seasons. [4] He later broke the record for most expensive player in the IPL after the Punjab Kings bought him for ₹ 26.75 crore.
[3] [4] He made his international debut for the India cricket team in July 2021 against Sri Lanka. He was the captain of the India squad which won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2021 IPL season and also won emerging player of the season. [5] He is captain of the Maharashtra team in T20 and List A ...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India, [3] which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008. [4] Till date, 101 centuries have been scored by 53 different batsmen, out of which 27 are Indian players and 26 are overseas players.