The Indian Premier League (IPL) started in 2008 with eight teams based on eight Indian cities. The league is a professional Twenty20 cricket league with double round-robin and playoffs format. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) founded the league in 2007. Lalit Modi was the 1st chairman of the IPL and current chairman is Brijesh Patel. Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural IPL title in 2008. The most successful team of the IPL is Mumbai Indians with five titles, followed by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) with 4 titles. In 2009, the IPL was shifted to South Africa and, in 2014, half the tournament of the IPL was shifted to UAE due to general elections in India. The schedule of the 2020 season of the IPL was postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak in India, later in the year the whole season was shifted to UAE. In 2021, half of the IPL was held in India and was suspended due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the IPL teams and later it was shifted to UAE. Virat Kohli is the most successful batsman in the IPL with 6,283 runs. Lasith Malinga has taken most wickets in the IPL with 170 wickets. There will be two new teams, Lucknow and Ahmedabad, in the 2022 IPL season. More
Samson endured a challenging season in 2025. He missed several matches due to injury and got only one half-century from nine innings.
Hombale Films, the powerhouse behind KGF, Kantara, and Salaar, has been confirmed as one of the new owners of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, marking a major shift ahead of the IPL 2026 season.
After much speculation over this contradiction, CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan has recently provided an explanation about Pathirana's release.
Star Indian batsman KL Rahul discussed the particular difficulties faced by Indian Premier League (IPL) captains.
After former India opener Aakash Chopra explained the figures and the motivation behind them, the questions have only gotten louder.
Among the teams, Kolkata Knight Riders will head into the auction with the biggest purse Rs 64.3 crore to fill 13 slots, including six overseas positions. Chennai Super Kings have the second-largest remaining purse at Rs 43.4 crore, with nine slots to be filled.
SRH Retention List 2026: SRH made a significant transaction with the Lucknow Super Giants for seasoned bowler Mohammed Shami.
RCB Retention List 2026: Despite Livingstone being released, RCB's middle order options include Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, and wicketkeeper batter Jitesh Sharma.
MI Retention List 2026: After the trades and their list of released players, MI are left with a purse of only Rs 2.75 crore to go to the auction.
CSK Retention List 2026: The day began with CSK parting ways with Ravindra Jadeja, their long-time all-rounder, indicating the start of a new era for the franchise.
IPL 2026 auction: Who has the biggest purse? Check how much all 10 teams have left and main players they let go off.
Jadeja was one of the first players to represent the Royals in the first two seasons of the IPL, and he was called ‘rockstar’ by the late Shane Warne, the great Australian spinner, and RR’s inaugural captain.
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In the IPL history, a few cricketers have remained untouchable - never released by their teams.
The IPL 2026 retention deadline is November 15 (Saturday). At approximately 5:00 PM IST, each franchise's list of players who have been retained and released will be made public.
The deadline to submit the list of players the franchises want to release from their squad is November 15.
If Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah all entered the auction simultaneously, who would receive the highest bid?
Tim Southee represented his country in 107 Test matches, 161 ODIs, and 126 T20 Internationals, taking 776 wickets.
The Karnataka Cricket Association's premier venue was neglected for both the recently finished Women's ODI World Cup and the forthcoming Men's T20 World Cup because Chinnaswamy Stadium needed to be renovated after the lives lost during the IPL team's winning parade.
The Mumbai Indians (MI) retained their former skipper for Rs 16.30 crore despite rumors that they will split ways with him before the 2025 Indian Premier League.
Top 5 blockbuster IPL 2026 trade rumours shaking up the auction season.
The Indian Express reports that the Gujarat Titans have turned down CSK's offer for Sundar, despite the five-time winners' strong desire to sign the off-spinner all-rounder who was born in Chennai.
Sharma's latest assignment was with the Uganda national team and as head coach, he was part of the side's maiden World Cup campaign in 2024.
CSK retained Jadeja for Rs 18 crore ahead of last year's mega-auction. It's not easy for them to part ways with the veteran all-rounder.
According to a report by the Times of India, the day for the mini-auction has been set aside as December 15, while the retention deadline for all ten IPL franchises is on November 15.