ORGANISED BY: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
DESCRIPTION:
* The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007, and is regarded as the brainchild of Lalit Modi, the founder and former commissioner of the league.
* There have been ten seasons of the IPL tournament.
* The current IPL title holders are the Mumbai Indians, who won the 2017 season.
PAST RESULTS (FINALS):
2008: Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 3 wkts at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai
2009: Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 runs at Wanderers Stadium, South Africa
2010: Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by by 22 runs at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai
2011: Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2012: Kollkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wkts at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2013: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2014: Kollkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 3 wkts at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
2015: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2016: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
2017: Mumbai Indians beat Rising Pune Supergiants by 1 run at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
SCHEDULE-2018:
7-April (8:00pm): Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)
8-April (4:00pm): Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Dare Devils (I.S.Bindra Stadium, Mohali)
8-April (8:00pm): Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
9-April (8:00pm): Sun Risers Hyderabad Vs Rajasthan Royals (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)
10-April (8:00pm): Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (M.A.Chidambaram Stadium Chennai)
11-April (8:00pm): Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Dare Devils (Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)
12-April (8:00pm): Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Mumbai Indians (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)
13-April (8:00pm): Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kings XI Punjab (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru) 14-April (4:00pm): Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Dare Devils (Wankhede Stadium Mumbai)
14-April (8:00pm): Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
15-April (4:00pm): Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Rajasthan Royals (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru)
15-April (8:00pm): Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Supers Kings (I.S.Bindra Stadium, Mohali)
16-April (8:00pm): Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Dare Devils (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
17-April (8:00pm): Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Wankhede Stadium Mumbai)
18-April (8:00pm): Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)
19-April (8:00pm): Kings XI Punjab Vs Sun Risers Hyderabad (I.S.Bindra Stadium, Mohali)
20-April (8:00pm): Chennai Supers Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals (M.A.Chidambaram Stadium Chennai)
21-April (4:00pm): Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
21-April (8:00pm): Delhi Dare Devils Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi)
22-April (4:00pm): Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Chennai Super Kings (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)
22-April (8:00pm): Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians (Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)
23-April (8:00pm): Delhi Dare Devils vs Kings XI Punjab (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi)
24-April (8:00pm): Mumbai Indians Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Wankhede Stadium Mumbai)
25-April (8:00pm): Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Chennai Super Kings (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru)
26-April (8:00pm): Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Kings XI Punjab (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)
27-April (8:00pm): Delhi Dare Devils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi)
28-April (8:00pm): Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai (M.A.Chidambaram Stadium Chennai)
29-April (4:00pm): Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)
29-April (8:00pm): Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru)
30-April (8:00pm): Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Dare Devils (M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
01-May (8:00pm): Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru)
02-May (8:00pm): Delhi Dare Devils vs Rajasthan Royals (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi)
03-May (8:00pm): Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
04-May (8:00pm): Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians (Holkar Stadium, Indore)
05-May (4:00pm): Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (M.A.Chidambaram Stadium Chennai)
05-May (8:00pm): Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Dare Devils (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)
06-May (4:00pm): Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Wankhede Stadium Mumbai)
06-May (8:00pm): Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (Holkar Stadium, Indore)
07-May (8:00pm): Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)
08-May (8:00pm): Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab (Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)
09-May (8:00pm): Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
10-May (8:00pm): Delhi Dare Devils Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi)
11-May (8:00pm): Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)
12-May (4:00pm): Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Holkar Stadium, Indore)
12-May (8:00pm): Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Delhi Dare Devils (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru)
13-May (4:00pm): Chennai Super Kings Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (M.A.Chidambaram Stadium Chennai)
13-May (8:00pm): Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals (Wankhede Stadium Mumbai)
14-May (8:00pm): Kings XI Punjab Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Holkar Stadium, Indore)
15-May (8:00pm): Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
16-May (8:00pm): Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab (Wankhede Stadium Mumbai)
17-May (8:00pm): Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru)
18-May (8:00pm): Delhi Dare Devils Vs Chennai Super Kings (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi)
19-May (4:00pm): Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)
19-May (8:00pm): Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)
20-May (4:00pm): Delhi Dare Devils vs Mumbai Indians (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi)
20-May (8:00pm): Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab (M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
22-May (8:00pm): TBC Vs TBC, Qualifier-1 (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)
23-May (8:00pm): TBC Vs TBC, Eliminator (TBC)
25-May (8:00pm): TBC Vs TBC, Qualifier-2 (TBC)
27-May (8:00pm): TBC Vs TBC, Final (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)