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Important Details you should know about IPL
- The Indian Premier League (IPL) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament, founded in 2008 by the BCCI.
- IPL 2015 is the eighth season that was started on 8 April 2015 and ended on 24th May 2015.
- The present Chairman of the IPL Governing council is Rajeev Shukla.
- There have been a total of 11 teams since its inception. Till present five teams have won the title: Kolkata Knight Riders (2), Chennai Super Kings (2), Rajasthan Royals (1), Deccan Chargers (1), and Mumbai Indians (2).
- Chennai Super Kings being the most successful team so far having won the title twice and a semi final berth in all the seasons.
- The current champions are the Mumbai Indians, who won the 2015 season by beating the Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs.
- Suresh Raina of CSK has scored the most runs in IPL till now.
- He has scored 3671 runs till now.
- Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians has taken the most number of wickets,
- that is, 143 wickets till now.
- Three teams are now defunct or do not participate for various reasons. They are:
- Kochi Tuskers Kerala,
- Pune Warriors India and
- Deccan Chargers.
- The Orange cap is given to the player who scores the most number of runs in a particular season.
- The Purple cap is given to the player who takes the maximum number of wickets in the particular season.
- 2015 : Mumbai Indians
- 2014 - Kolkata Knight Riders
- 2013 - Mumbai Indians
- 2012 - Kolkata Knight Rider
- 2011 - Chennai Super Kings
- 2010 - Chennai Super Kings
- 2009 - Deccan Chargers
- 2008 - Rajasthan Royals.
Hilights of IPL 8
- Champions - Mumbai Indians (Rs 15 crore prize money)
- Runner-up - Chennai Super Kings (Rs 10 crore)
- Orange Cap (most runs)
- 562 runs in 14 innings - David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
- Purple Cap (most wickets)
- 26 wickets in 16 innings - Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings)
- Emerging Player
- Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils) - 439 runs in 14 innings
- Man-of-the-Final - Rohit Sharma (MI)
- Maximum Sixes award in the final
- 3 - Kieron Pollard (MI)
- Fair Play Award - Chennai Super Kings
- Best catch of the tournament
- Dwayne Bravo (CSK Vs RR) [Took Shane Watson's catch at the boundary]
- Most Valuable Player
- Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
- Total centuries
- 4 (AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum and Shane Watson)
- Highest individual score
- 133 not out - De Villiers (RCB Vs MI)
- Fastest century
- Chris Gayle - 46-ball ton Vs Kings XI Punjab
- Fastest half century
- 19 balls - Andre Russell (KKR Vs KXIP) and Harbhajan Singh (MI Vs KXIP).
- Note : Russell won the award as he had better strike rate
- Most sixes (Maximum Season award)
- 38 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
- Most fours
- 65 - David Warner (SRH)
- Total sixes in the tournament - 692
- Total wickets in the tournament - 686
- Highest team score
- 235/1 - RCB Vs MI
- Best bowling in an innings
- 4/10 - Ashish Nehra (CSK Vs RCB)
- Fastest ball bowled
- 151.11 kmph - Mitchell Johnson (KXIP)
Thanks to C.B.Tarun Jai and Siva Kumar for inputs
Sources :
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Premier_League
- http://www.iplt20.com/about/2015/governing-council
- http://www.iplt20.com/teams/
- http://www.oneindia.com/sports/cricket/
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