| Dates | 7 April 2018 – 27 May 2018 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | India |
| Champions | Chennai Super Kings (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 60 |
| Most valuable player | Sunil Narine (KKR) |
| Most runs | Kane Williamson (SRH) (735) |
| Most wickets | Andrew Tye (KXIP) (24) |
| Official website | www |
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The 2018 Indian Premier League season (also known as IPL 11 and branded as Vivo IPL 2018) was the eleventh season of the Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the BCCI in 2007. The season, which was held from 7 April to 27 May, saw the return of the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals after serving two years of suspension for the involvement of their respective owners in the 2013 IPL betting case. Star Sports purchased the media rights at ₹16,347.5 crore ($2.55 billion) for five years starting from 2018. The tagline was Best vs Best.[1]
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final to win their Second title.[2] Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson won the Orange Cap for the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 735 runs. Andrew Tye, of Kings XI Punjab, was awarded the Purple Cap for finishing as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament with 24 wickets. Sunil NarineofKolkata Knight Riders was named Most Valuable Player, also known as Man of the Series, while Rishabh PantofDelhi Daredevils was named the Emerging Player of the Series.
This was the first season of the IPL to use DRS.[3] IPL Fanpark, an initiative where matches are hosted in stadia on a large screen has been planned to be held across 36 cities in 19 states across the India.[4] This season also introduced mid-season transfers. The transfer window will be a short five-day transfer window applicable only for uncapped players who have played not more than two matches at the halfway mark of the tournament.[5]
Eight teams were scheduled to play in 2018. The tournament involved each team playing every other team twice in a home-and-away, double round-robin format. At the conclusion of the double round-robin league, the top four teams on the basis of aggregate points qualified for the playoffs. In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as do the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator"). While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualified for the final match, the losing team got another chance to qualify for the final match by playing the winning team of the Eliminator match; this match is titled Qualifier 2. The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match moved onto the final match. The team that won the final match was crowned the Indian Premier League winners. The schedule for the tournament was published on 14 February 2018.[6]
Star Sports won the global media rights at ₹16,347.5 crore ($2.55 billion) for five years starting from 2018.[1] In India, the tournament will be broadcast on Star Network channels in six languages (English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali).[7] For the first time, IPL would also be broadcast on public broadcaster Doordarshan.[8] The television rights for rest of the world were won by Willow TV for US and Canada, Sky Sports for UK, Fox Sports for Australia, Sky Sport for New Zealand, SuperSport for sub Saharan Africa, beIN Sports for Middle-East and North America, Flow TV for Caribbean, Geo Super for Pakistan, Channel 9 for Bangladesh and Lemar TV for Afghanistan.[7] The radio rights were won by Cricket Radio globally (except Indian subcontinent), 89.1 Radio 4 FM and Gold 101.3 FM for US and Talksport for UK.[7] Star's digital platform Hotstar held the digital rights for India, US and Canada. The digital rights for rest of the world were won by Sky Sports for UK, Fox Sports for Australia, Sky Sport for New Zealand, SuperSport for sub Saharan Africa, beIN Sports for Middle-East and North America, Flow TV for Caribbean, Geo Super for Pakistan, Channel 9 for Bangladesh and YuppTV for Australia, Europe, SE Asia & South America.[7] Star India also announced its plan to broadcast IPL in Virtual Reality.[9]
Per the original schedule, all teams except for Kings XI Punjab, would play their home games at their traditional home venues. Kings XI were scheduled to play three of their home games in Indore and the other four games in Mohali.[6] The schedule was later changed due to logistical issues owing to the temporary closure of Chandigarh Airport, and as a result, Kings XI would play three of their home games in Mohali and the other four games in Indore making an exception to the rule of playing at least four home matches at their designated home venue.[10] The IPL matches in Chennai were threatened due to the Kaveri water dispute protests.[11] The Madras High Court issued a notice to BCCI after a IPL was filed seeking a stay on the IPL matches in Chennai.[12] On 11 April that Chennai's six remaining home matches would be held in Pune instead due to security concerns resulting from the protests.[13]
Ten venues were selected to host the matches. The opening match and the final will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The venues for the two playoffs were not announced initially due to the norm of allotting the Eliminator and second qualifier to the home stadium of last season's runner-up, and the fact that the 2015 runner-up, Chennai Super Kings were no longer a part of the IPL.[14] Later, both playoffs were allotted to Pune but after the venue of Chennai Super Kings was moved there, the matches were shifted to Kolkata.[15][16]
| Bangalore | Delhi | Hyderabad |
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| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Delhi Daredevils | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 41,000 | Capacity: 55,000 |
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Jaipur |
| Kings XI Punjab | Rajasthan Royals | |
| Holkar Cricket Stadium | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | |
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| Kolkata | Mohali | |
| Kolkata Knight Riders and Playoffs |
Kings XI Punjab | |
| Eden Gardens | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | |
| Capacity: 68,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | |
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| Mumbai | Pune | Chennai |
| Mumbai Indians and Playoffs |
Chennai Super Kings | Chennai Super Kings |
| Wankhede Stadium | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 37,000 | Capacity: 39,000 |
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The IPL Governing Council announced that each IPL franchise could retain a maximum of five players from their respective current squads. Of the five players, a franchise could retain a maximum of three players through retention in lead up to the auction, and a maximum of three players through right-to-match card during the auction. The other restrictions on player retention were: a maximum of three capped Indian players could be retained, and only two overseas players and two uncapped Indian players could be retained. The salary cap for each team for the 2018 season was increased from ₹66 crore to ₹80 crore (approximately $12.4 million). A franchise was allowed to spend only ₹33 crore on retentions ahead of the 2018 IPL auction, leaving it at least ₹47 crore to spend at the auction.[17][18]
IPL teams were asked to submit their retention list by 4 January. For the first time in IPL history, the player retention event was broadcast live on Star Sports.[19] The IPL auction was held on 27 and 28 January at Bangalore a day after the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[20] 169 players (104 Indians and 56 Overseas) were sold at auction. Ben Stokes fetched the highest bid of ₹12.5 crore (US$1.95 million). Jaydev Unadkat was the most costly Indian player at ₹11.5 crore (US$1.80 million). Among uncapped players Krunal Pandya was most expensive at ₹8.8 crore(US$1.38 million).[21] Many prominent players such as Lasith Malinga, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Hashim Amla , Martin Guptill and Joe Root remain unsold.[22]
The season had a single opening ceremony, unlike 2015 IPL, before the first match on 7 April. The ceremony included performances by Varun Dhawan, Prabhu Deva, Mika Singh, Tamannaah Bhatia, Jacqueline Fernandez and Hrithik Roshan.[23]
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.253 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.284 | |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders (3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.070 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals (4) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.250 | |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.317 | |
| 6 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.129 | |
| 7 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.502 | |
| 8 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.222 |
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. '2', '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)
| Win | Loss | No result |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
(H) Mumbai Indians |
v |
Chennai Super Kings |
Suryakumar Yadav 43 (29) |
Dwayne Bravo 68 (30) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 1 wicket |
Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Kings XI Punjab (H) |
Gautam Gambhir 55 (42) |
K. L. Rahul 51 (16) |
Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders (H) |
AB de Villiers 44 (23) |
Sunil Narine 50 (19) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets |
Rajasthan Royals |
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) |
Sanju Samson 49 (42) |
Shikhar Dhawan78* (57) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 9 wickets |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
v |
Chennai Super Kings (H) |
Andre Russell88* (36) |
Sam Billings 56 (23) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets |
(H) Rajasthan Royals |
v |
Delhi Daredevils |
Ajinkya Rahane 45 (40) |
Rishabh Pant 20 (14) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 10 runs (DLS method) |
Mumbai Indians |
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) |
Evin Lewis 29 (17) |
Shikhar Dhawan 45 (28) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 1 wicket |
Kings XI Punjab |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) |
K. L. Rahul 47 (30) |
AB de Villiers 57 (40) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets |
(H) Mumbai Indians |
v |
Delhi Daredevils |
Suryakumar Yadav 53 (32) |
Jason Roy91* (53) |
Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets |
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders |
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Chris Lynn 49 (34) |
Kane Williamson 50 (44) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets |
Rajasthan Royals |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) |
Sanju Samson92* (45) |
Virat Kohli 57 (30) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 19 runs |
(H) Kings XI Punjab |
v |
Chennai Super Kings |
Chris Gayle 63 (33) |
MS Dhoni79* (44) |
Kings XI Punjab won by 4 runs |
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders |
v |
Delhi Daredevils |
Nitish Rana 59 (35) |
Glenn Maxwell 47 (22) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 71 runs |
(H) Mumbai Indians |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Rohit Sharma 94 (52) |
Virat Kohli92* (62) |
Mumbai Indians won by 46 runs |
(H) Rajasthan Royals |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
D'Arcy Short 44 (43) |
Robin Uthappa 48 (36) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets |
(H) Kings XI Punjab |
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Chris Gayle 104* (63) |
Manish Pandey57* (42) |
Kings XI Punjab won by 15 runs |
(H) Chennai Super Kings |
v |
Rajasthan Royals |
Shane Watson 106 (57) |
Ben Stokes 45 (37) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 64 runs |
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders |
v |
Kings XI Punjab |
Chris Lynn 74 (41) |
Chris Gayle62* (38) |
Kings XI Punjab won by 9 wickets (DLS method) |
Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) |
Rishabh Pant 85 (48) |
AB de Villiers90* (39) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets |
Chennai Super Kings |
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) |
Ambati Rayudu 79 (37) |
Kane Williamson 84 (51) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 4 runs |
Mumbai Indians |
v |
Rajasthan Royals (H) |
Suryakumar Yadav 72 (47) |
Sanju Samson 52 (39) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets |
Kings XI Punjab |
v |
Delhi Daredevils (H) |
Karun Nair 34 (32) |
Shreyas Iyer 57 (45) |
Kings XI Punjab won by 4 runs |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Mumbai Indians (H) |
Kane Williamson 29 (21) |
Suryakumar Yadav 34 (38) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 31 runs |
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore |
v |
Chennai Super Kings |
AB de Villiers 68 (30) |
Ambati Rayudu 82 (53) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets |
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Kings XI Punjab |
Manish Pandey 54 (51) |
K. L. Rahul 32 (26) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 13 runs |
(H) Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Shreyas Iyer93* (40) |
Andre Russell 44 (30) |
Delhi Daredevils won by 55 runs |
(H) Chennai Super Kings |
v |
Mumbai Indians |
Suresh Raina75* (47) |
Rohit Sharma56* (33) |
Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Rajasthan Royals (H) |
Kane Williamson 63 (43) |
Ajinkya Rahane65* (53) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 11 runs |
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Virat Kohli68* (44) |
Chris Lynn62* (52) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets |
(H) Chennai Super Kings |
v |
Delhi Daredevils |
Shane Watson 78 (40) |
Rishabh Pant 79 (45) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs |
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore |
v |
Mumbai Indians |
Manan Vohra 45 (31) |
Hardik Pandya 50 (42) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs |
(H) Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Rajasthan Royals |
Rishabh Pant 69 (29) |
Jos Buttler 67 (26) |
Delhi Daredevils won by 4 runs (DLS method) |
Chennai Super Kings |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders (H) |
MS Dhoni43* (25) |
Shubman Gill57* (36) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets |
(H) Kings XI Punjab |
v |
Mumbai Indians |
Chris Gayle 50 (40) |
Suryakumar Yadav 57 (42) |
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
v |
Chennai Super Kings (H) |
Parthiv Patel 53 (41) |
Ambati Rayudu 32 (25) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets |
Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) |
Prithvi Shaw 65 (36) |
Alex Hales 45 (31) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets |
(H) Mumbai Indians |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Suryakumar Yadav 59 (39) |
Robin Uthappa 54 (35) |
Mumbai Indians won by 13 runs |
Rajasthan Royals |
v |
Kings XI Punjab (H) |
Jos Buttler 51 (39) |
K. L. Rahul84* (54) |
Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets |
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Kane Williamson 56 (39) |
Virat Kohli 39 (30) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 runs |
(H) Rajasthan Royals |
v |
Kings XI Punjab |
Jos Buttler 82 (58) |
K. L. Rahul95* (70) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 15 runs |
Mumbai Indians |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders (H) |
Ishan Kishan 62 (21) |
Chris Lynn 21 (15) |
Mumbai Indians won by 102 runs |
(H) Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Rishabh Pant 128* (63) |
Shikhar Dhawan92* (50) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 9 wickets |
Chennai Super Kings |
v |
Rajasthan Royals (H) |
Suresh Raina 52 (35) |
Jos Buttler95* (60) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
v |
Kings XI Punjab (H) |
Sunil Narine 75 (36) |
K. L. Rahul 66 (29) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 31 runs |
(H) Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Rishabh Pant 61 (34) |
AB de Villiers72* (37) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Chennai Super Kings (H) |
Shikhar Dhawan 79 (49) |
Ambati Rayudu 100* (62) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets |
(H) Mumbai Indians |
v |
Rajasthan Royals |
Evin Lewis 60 (42) |
Jos Buttler94* (53) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets |
(H) Kings XI Punjab |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Aaron Finch 26 (23) |
Virat Kohli48* (28) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets |
Rajasthan Royals |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders (H) |
Jos Buttler 39 (22) |
Chris Lynn 45 (42) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets |
(H) Mumbai Indians |
v |
Kings XI Punjab |
Kieron Pollard 50 (23) |
K. L. Rahul 94 (60) |
Mumbai Indians won by 3 runs |
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore |
v |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
AB de Villiers 69 (39) |
Kane Williamson 81 (42) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs |
(H) Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Chennai Super Kings |
Rishabh Pant 38 (26) |
Ambati Rayudu 50 (29) |
Delhi Daredevils won by 34 runs |
(H) Rajasthan Royals |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Rahul Tripathi80* (58) |
AB de Villiers 53 (35) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs |
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Shikhar Dhawan 50 (39) |
Chris Lynn 55 (43) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets |
(H) Delhi Daredevils |
v |
Mumbai Indians |
Rishabh Pant 64 (44) |
Evin Lewis 48 (31) |
Delhi Daredevils won by 11 runs |
Kings XI Punjab |
v |
Chennai Super Kings (H) |
Karun Nair 54 (26) |
Suresh Raina61* (48) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets |
| Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 22 May — Mumbai | 27 May — Mumbai | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 139/7 (20 overs) | Q1W | Chennai Super Kings | 181/2 (18.3 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings | 140/8 (19.1 overs) | 25 May — Kolkata | Q2W | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 178/6 (20 overs) | |||||||
| Q1L | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 174/7 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 23 May — Kolkata | EW | Kolkata Knight Riders | 160/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 169/7 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals | 144/4 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Chennai Super Kings |
Carlos Brathwaite43* (29) |
Faf du Plessis67* (42) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
v |
Rajasthan Royals |
Dinesh Karthik 52 (38) |
Sanju Samson 50 (38) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 25 runs |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Wriddhiman Saha 35 (27) |
Chris Lynn 48 (31) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 14 runs |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
v |
Chennai Super Kings |
Kane Williamson 47 (36) |
Shane Watson 117* (57) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets |
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane Williamson | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 17 | 735 | 84 |
| Rishabh Pant | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 14 | 684 | 128 not out |
| KL Rahul | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 14 | 659 | 95 not out |
| Ambati Rayudu | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 16 | 602 | 100 not out |
| Shane Watson | Chennai Super Kings | 15 | 15 | 555 | 117 not out |
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI |
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| Andrew Tye | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 14 | 24 | 4/16 |
| Rashid Khan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 17 | 21 | 3/19 |
| Siddarth Kaul | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 17 | 21 | 3/23 |
| Umesh Yadav | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 14 | 20 | 3/23 |
| Trent Boult | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 14 | 18 | 2/20 |
| Player | Team | Award | Value |
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| Rishabh Pant | Delhi Daredevils | Emerging player | ₹10lakh (US$12,000) |
| Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | Fairplay Award | ₹10lakh (US$12,000) Team trophy |
| Trent Boult | Delhi Daredevils | Best catch | ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) and a phone |
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | Super striker | ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) and a car |
| Rishabh Pant | Delhi Daredevils | Stylish player | ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) |
| MS Dhoni | Chennai Super Kings | Season award | ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) |
| Andrew Tye | Kings XI Punjab | Most wickets | ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) |
| Kane Williamson | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Most runs | ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) |
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | Most Valuable Player | ₹10 lakh (US$12,000) |
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