| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and playoffs |
| Host(s) | India |
| Champions | TBD |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches played | 42 out of 74 scheduled matches played |
| Man of the Series | TBD |
| Most runs |  Sachin Tendulkar (327) |
| Most wickets | Lasith Malinga (19) |
| Official website | www.iplt20.com official Facebook page |
This season the number of teams in the league went from eight to ten with the additions of the Pune Warriors India and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Chirayu Amin is the chairman and commissioner.
Format
With the introduction of 2 new teams, a new ten-team format was created. This new format consists of 74 matches and was introduced as retaining the previous format would result in 94 matches, significantly greater than the 60 matches from the previous season, where teams compete in a double round-robin tournament. The knockout stage was changed to a playoff format. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to determine the winner.The ten teams are divided into two groups of five. In the group stage, each team plays 14 games: facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times. A random draw was used to determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and twice.
Each team plays the team in the same row and the same column twice, and all others once. For instance, Pune Warriors will play Chennai Super Kings and the other Group A teams twice but the other teams from Group B (Kolkata Knight Riders, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals) only once. Similarly Kochi Tuskers Kerala will play Delhi Daredevils and the other Group B teams twice but all other teams from Group A only once.
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
 Deccan Chargers |  Kolkata Knight Riders |
 Delhi Daredevils |  Kochi Tuskers Kerala |
 Kings XI Punjab |  Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Mumbai Indians |  Rajasthan Royals |
 Pune Warriors India |  Chennai Super Kings |
| Result | Points |
|---|---|
| Win | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
Four games will be played in the playoffs:
- Game A, between the teams ranked first and second in the group stage.
- Game B, between the teams ranked third and fourth in the group stage.
- Game C, between the loser of Game A and winner of Game B.
- Final, between the winners of Games A and C.
Venues
| Chennai | Mumbai | Kochi | Kolkata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai Indians | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Wankhede Stadium | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Eden Gardens |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 65,000 |
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| Mohali |   Chennai Mumbai Mohali Kolkata Bangalore Dharamsala Jaipur Navi Mumbai Delhi Hyderabad Indore Kochi | Bangalore | |
| Kings XI Punjab | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||
| PCA Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | ||
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| Hyderabad | Delhi | ||
| Deccan Chargers | Delhi Daredevils | ||
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla | ||
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 48,000 | ||
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| Indore | Jaipur | Navi Mumbai | Dharamsala |
| Kochi Tuskers Kerala | Rajasthan Royals | Pune Warriors India | Kings XI Punjab |
| Holkar Cricket Stadium | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | DY Patil Stadium | HPCA Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 23,000 |
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Teams and standings
| Team | Grp | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolkata Knight Riders | B | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | +0.588 |
| Mumbai Indians | A | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | +0.582 |
| Rajasthan Royals | B | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −0.145 |
| Chennai Super Kings | B | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | +0.247 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | B | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −0.052 |
| Kochi Tuskers Kerala | B | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −0.542 |
| Deccan Chargers | A | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | −0.070 |
| Delhi Daredevils | A | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | −0.262 |
| Kings XI Punjab | A | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | −0.398 |
| Pune Warriors India | A | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.089 |
Statistics
Batting
Most runs
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Balls | Strike Rate | Average | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 8 | 327 | 285 | 114.73 | 65.40 | 100* | 1 | 2 | 33 | 5 |
| Virender Sehwag | Delhi Daredevils | 9 | 9 | 303 | 180 | 168.33 | 33.66 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 12 |
| Paul Valthaty | Kings XI Punjab | 7 | 7 | 301 | 203 | 148.27 | 50.16 | 120* | 1 | 1 | 34 | 14 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 7 | 294 | 219 | 134.24 | 49.00 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 11 |
| Gautam Gambhir | Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | 9 | 289 | 227 | 127.31 | 48.16 | 75* | 0 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
- Full Table on Cricinfo
- The leading scorer of the league phase wears an orange cap when fielding.
Bowling
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Economy Rate | Average | Strike Rate | Best Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 31.4 | 19 | 5.77 | 9.63 | 10.0 | 5/13 |
| Iqbal Abdulla | Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | 31.0 | 12 | 6.29 | 16.25 | 15.5 | 3/24 |
 Shane Warne | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 32.0 | 11 | 6.03 | 17.54 | 17.4 | 3/16 |
 Morné Morkel | Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 31.0 | 11 | 7.00 | 19.72 | 16.9 | 3/18 |
| Doug Bollinger | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 19.0 | 10 | 6.05 | 11.50 | 11.4 | 3/21 |
- Full Table on cricinfo
- Note: Economy Rate acts as a tie-breaker if players are level for most wickets.
- Tournament's leading wicket taker wears a purple cap when fielding.
Man of the Match Awards
| Player | Team | MoMs |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Valthaty | Kings XI Punjab | 2 |
 Brendon McCullum | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | 2 |
| Michael Hussey | Chennai Super Kings | 2 |
| Shane Warne | Rajasthan Royals | 2 |
| Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 2 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 |
