| Win | Loss | No result |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.
2015 Indian Premier League
| 2015 Indian Premier League | |
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| Dates | 8 April 2015 – 24 May 2015 |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |
 India |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Official website | www.iplt20.com |
The 2015 season of the Indian Premier League (abbreviated as IPL 8 or Pepsi IPL 2015) is the eighth season of the IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions having won the title in the 2014 season. The complete tournament is expected to be held across different cities in India unlike the previous season. The tournament started on 8 April 2015[1] after the end of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. A total of 60 Twenty20 matches will be held in the entire tournament. No matches will be held in Kolkata between April 12 and April 25 due to Municipal Elections.[2]
Players auction
Main article: List of 2015 Indian Premier League personnel changes
Franchises retained 123 players 8th IPL season before moving into auction. The released players provided an option to register themselves for auction. 6 Players were transferred across teams before the auction took place. In the Pepsi IPL 2015 auction held on February 16 at Bangalore, Yuvraj Singh was sold to Delhi Daredevils for 16 crores INR, for a record bid in IPL auction history. A total of 67 players were sold out in the auction and all franchises spent total of 87.60 Crores to buy players.[3]
Officials
The Pepsi IPL 2015 season will see 26 match officials, 13 Indian umpires and four match referees who will be officiating. Twenty six match officials (Umpires and Referees) participated in a two-day workshop, organised by the BCCI, in preparation for the upcoming Pepsi IPL season. The workshop was held at the Cricket Centre, Mumbai, on 4 and 5 April 2015, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.[4]
Venues
12 venues were selected to host the matches.[5] Mumbai, Pune and Ranchi will host Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifiers 2 respectively and Kolkata will host the Final.[6]
| Ahmedabad | Bangalore | Chennai | Delhi |
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| Rajasthan Royals | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai Super Kings | Delhi Daredevils |
| Sardar Patel Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla |
| Capacity: 54,000 [7] | Capacity: 36,760 [8] | Capacity: 37,220 | Capacity: 55,000 |
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| Hyderabad | Kolkata | ||
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata Knight Riders | ||
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Eden Gardens | ||
| Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 67,000[9] | ||
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| Mohali | Mumbai | ||
| Kings XI Punjab | Mumbai Indians | ||
| Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | Wankhede Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 33,320 | ||
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| Mumbai | Pune | Raipur | Vishakhapatnam |
| Rajasthan Royals | Kings XI Punjab | Delhi Daredevils | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Brabourne Stadium | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | Raipur International Cricket Stadium | ACA-VDCA Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 38,000 |
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IPL Fanpark Initiative
BCCI started a new initiative "IPL Fanpark" to spread the reach of IPL across the country. As a part of the initiative, IPL will be made available in the stadiums of 15 cities, apart from the current 12 venues hosting the matches, on a large screen. The access to these stadiums will be free and would be based on first come first serve basis. [10]
| S.No | DATE | CITY | CITY | 4.00 PM | 8.00 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 April | Agra | Nagpur | CSK vs SRH | KKR vs RCB |
| 2 | 12 April | DD vs RR | MI vs KXIP | ||
| 3 | 18 April | Dehradun | Coimbatore | SRH vs DD | KXIP vs KKR |
| 4 | 19 April | RR vs CSK | RCB vs MI | ||
| 5 | 25 April | Ludhiana | Guntur | MI vs SRH | CSK vs KXIP |
| 6 | 26 April | KKR vs RR | DD vs RCB | ||
| 7 | 02 May | Surat | Warangal | RCB vs KKR | SRH vs CSK |
| 8 | 03 May | KXIP vs MI | RR vs DD | ||
| 9 | 09 May | Udaipur | Belgaum | KKR vs KXIP | DD vs SRH |
| 10 | 10 May | MI vs RCB | CSK vs RR | ||
| 11 | 16 May | Kanpur | Indore | KXIP vs CSK | RR vs KKR |
| 12 | 17 May | RCB vs DD | SRH vs MI | ||
| 13 | 19 May | Allahabad | QUALIFIER 1 | ||
| 14 | 22 May | Bhopal | QUALIFIER 2 | ||
| 15 | 24 May | TBC | FINAL | ||
Teams and standings
| Team[11] | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | +1.177 | |
| Rajasthan Royals | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | +0.070 | |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | +0.229 | |
| Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.011 | |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | +0.519 | |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | −0.074 | |
| Mumbai Indians | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.433 | |
| Kings XI Punjab | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −1.294 | |
League progression
Group stage
| Visitor team → | CSK | DD | KXIP | KKR | MI | RR | RCB | SRH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | ||||||||
| Chennai Super Kings | Chennai 1 run | Chennai 97 runs | Chennai 2 runs | Match 43 | Match 47 | Match 37 | Chennai 45 runs | |
| Delhi Daredevils | Match 49 | Delhi 9 wickets | Kolkata 6 wickets | Delhi 37 runs | Rajasthan 3 wickets | Bangalore 10 wickets | Match 45 | |
| Kings XI Punjab | Match 53 | Delhi 5 wickets | Kolkata 4 wickets | Match 35 | Rajasthan 26 runs | Match 50 | Hyderabad 20 runs | |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata 7 wickets | Match 42 | Match 44 | Kolkata 7 wickets | Match abandoned | Bangalore 3 wickets | Match 38 | |
| Mumbai Indians | Chennai 6 wickets | Match 39 | Punjab 18 runs | Match 51 | Mumbai 8 runs | Match 46 | Mumbai 20 runs | |
| Rajasthan Royals | Rajasthan 8 wickets | Match 36 | Punjab Super Over | Match 54 | Rajasthan 7 wickets | Bangalore 9 wickets | Match 41 | |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai 27 runs | Match 55 | Match 40 | Match 33 | Mumbai 18 runs | Match abandoned | Hyderabad 8 wickets | |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Match 34 | Delhi 4 runs | Match 48 | Hyderabad 16 runs (D/L) | Match 56 | Rajasthan 6 wickets | Match 52 |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Matches
All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
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Delhi Daredevils 149/9 (20 overs) | |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field
- Shreyas Iyer and Domnic Joseph made their IPL debuts
| Rajasthan Royals 162/7 (20 overs) |
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- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
- Deepak Hooda made his IPL debut
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Sunrisers Hyderabad 164/6 (20 overs) | |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
- Kane Williamson and Trent Boult made their IPL debuts
| v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore 179/7 (19 overs) | |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
- KC Cariappa and Sean Abbott made their IPL debuts
| Kings XI Punjab 177/5 (20 overs) |
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
- Jagadeesha Suchith made his IPL debut
| Mumbai Indians 209/7 (20 overs) |
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
- Hardik Pandya and David Wiese made their IPL debuts
| Super Over | ||||||
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| Delivery | Kings XI Punjab | Rajasthan Royals | ||||
| Bowler | Batsman | Runs | Bowler | Batsman | Runs | |
| 1 | Chris Morris | David Miller | W | Mitchell Johnson | Shane Watson | W |
| Total | 15 | Total | 6 | |||
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Kolkata Knight Riders 101/4 (12 overs) | |
| David Warner 91 (55) Morne Morkel 2/31 (4 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
- Due to rain Kolkata's target was adjusted to 118 runs from 12 overs via Duckworth-Lewis method
- David Warner made the highest score by a Hyderabad batsman[12]
- David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan's 130 run partnership was the highest partnership for any wicket by Hyderabad[12]
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 134/1 (16.1 overs) | |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 99/0 (10.3 overs) | |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
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- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field
- Rain interrupted the match after end of RCB Innings
Playoff stage
All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
| Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
| 24th May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||||||||||||
| 19th May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | ||||||||||||
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| 22nd May — JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi | ||||||||||||
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| 20th May — MCA Stadium, Pune | ||||||||||||
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Preliminary
Final
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajinkya Rahane |
Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 8 | 339 | 48.42 | 123.27 | 76* | 0 | 3 | 31 | 8 |
 David Warner |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 7 | 317 | 45.28 | 153.88 | 91 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 13 |
| Brendon McCullum |
Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 8 | 283 | 40.42 | 175.77 | 100* | 1 | 1 | 32 | 18 |
| Shreyas Iyer |
Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 8 | 281 | 35.12 | 138.42 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 |
| Rohit Sharma |
Mumbai Indians | 8 | 8 | 271 | 38.71 | 152.24 | 98* | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 |
- The player with the most runs at the end of the tournament receives the Orange Cap.
- Source: Cricinfo[13]
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashish Nehra |
Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 8 | 13 | 16.23 | 6.59 | 4/10 | 14.70 | 1 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir |
Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 8 | 13 | 18.53 | 8.31 | 4/28 | 13.30 | 1 | 0 |
 Dwayne Bravo |
Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 8 | 11 | 18.90 | 8.21 | 3/22 | 13.80 | 0 | 0 |
 Lasith Malinga |
Mumbai Indians | 8 | 8 | 11 | 23.36 | 8.03 | 4/23 | 17.40 | 1 | 0 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14.90 | 7.77 | 3/40 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 |
- The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament receives the Purple Cap.
- Source: Cricinfo[14]
References
- ↑ "KKR and MI to kick start IPL 2015 on April 8". ybeside.com. 11 February 2015.
- ↑ "Pepsi IPL 2015 schedule revised due to Municipal Elections in Kolkata.". cricshed.com. 1 April 2015.
- ↑ "List of Players sold in Indian Premier League Auction 2015".
- ↑ "MATCH OFFICIALS CONCLAVE FOR PEPSI IPL 2015".
- ↑ "2015 Venues". Cricbuzz (Sports Media) (Cricbuzz). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Play offs schedule". IPL (www.iplt20.com). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ http://www.iplt20.com/venues/19/sardar-patel-stadium
- ↑ http://www.iplt20.com/venues/5/m-chinnaswamy-stadium>
- ↑ "Eden Gardens". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Official media release". 1 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "IPL 2015 Point Table". WWW.IPLT20.COM. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 IPL (2015-04-22). "SRH rewrote many entries in the record book". IPL News. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
- ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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