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2021 Indian Premier League
| File:IPL 2019 logo.jpg | |
| Dates | 9 April – 30 May 2021 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double Round-robin and Playoffs |
| Host(s) | India |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Official website | www |
| Teams | |
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| Chennai Super Kings Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrisers Hyderabad |
The 2021 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 14 or, for sponsorship reasons, Vivo IPL 2021,[1] is the fourteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. It is currently being played across six different venues in India.[2] Mumbai Indians are the two times defending champions, having won both the 2019 and the 2020 seasons.[3][4]
Kings XI Punjab were renamed as the Punjab Kings, the franchise announced on 17 February 2021, and also released a new logo.[5]
Background
Although earlier reports suggested the addition of two more teams in the season,[6][7][8] the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in their 89th AGM announced that there would not be any additional team for this season and the inclusion of two new teams should happen only in 2022.[9][10]
On 30 January 2021, the BCCI announced that they were confident to host the tournament in India. They also said that the UAE wasn't being considered as a backup venue.[11] On the day of the auction, the BCCI also confirmed that Vivo had returned as the title sponsor, after pulling out from the previous tournament.[1] As of late February, the BCCI were considering to host the tournament in a few shortlisted cities, which included Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Chennai, with Mumbai as an additional option.[12]
On 7 March 2021, the BCCI announced the full schedule for the season. Six venues, including all the five shortlisted venues and the additional option Mumbai were scheduled to host matches. To avoid home advantage, no team is scheduled to play at their home venue. The season is scheduled to start from 9 April, with the final taking place on 30 May at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The BCCI also confirmed that the tournament would begin behind closed doors, and a call on letting spectators in would be taken at a later stage.[13][14] However, after the sudden rise in cases in India, the BCCI added Hyderabad as a backup venue.[15]
Personnel changes
The released players were announced on 20 January 2021. Steve Smith, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell were the prominent names among the released players. Piyush Chawla, the costliest Indian player at the 2020 auction, was also released.[16]
The players' auction was held on 18 February 2021 in Chennai.[17] Chris Morris was the most expensive player, purchased by the Rajasthan Royals for ₹16.25 crore (US$1.9 million).[18] The most expensive Indian player sold was Krishnappa Gowtham purchased by the Chennai Super Kings for ₹9.25 crore (US$1.1 million).[19]
On 10 March 2021, the Royal Challengers Bangalore replaced Josh Philippe with Finn Allen, after the former pulled out of the tournament due to personal reasons.[20] On 30 March 2021, the Delhi Capitals confirmed that their captain Shreyas Iyer had been ruled out of the tournament due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced by Aniruddha Joshi and Rishabh Pant was named the Delhi captain in his absence.[21] On 31 March 2021, Hyderabad's Mitchell Marsh pulled out of the tournament due to personal reasons; he was replaced by Jason Roy in the Sunrisers' squad.[22] A day later, Chennai's Josh Hazlewood opted out of the tournament citing the same reason.[23] Jason Behrendorff was named as his replacement.[24]
Venues
| Bangalore | Delhi | Ahmedabad |
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| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Arun Jaitley Stadium | Narendra Modi Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 41,000 | Capacity: 132,000 |
| File:Chinnaswamy Stadium during IPL.jpg | 
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| Mumbai | Chennai | Kolkata |
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| Wankhede Stadium | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Eden Gardens |
| Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 39,000 | Capacity: 68,000 |
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Teams and standings
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.750 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.426 |
| 3 | Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.194 |
| 4 | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.187 |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.633 |
| 6 | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.719 |
| 7 | Punjab Kings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.967 |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.483 |
- The four top-ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
- advance to Qualifier 1
- advance to the Eliminator
Match summary
| 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.
| Visitor team → | CSK | DC | KKR | MI | PBKS | RR | RCB | SRH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | ||||||||
| Chennai Super Kings | Delhi 7 wickets | Match 38 | Match 30 | Match 53 | Chennai 45 runs | Chennai 69 runs | Chennai 7 wickets | |
| Delhi Capitals | Match 50 | Delhi 7 wickets | Delhi 6 wickets | Delhi 6 wickets | Match 36 | Bangalore 1 run | Match 33 | |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Chennai 18 runs | Match 41 | Mumbai 10 runs | Match 45 | Match 54 | Match 31 | Match 49 | |
| Mumbai Indians | Mumbai 4 wickets | Match 46 | Match 34 | Match 42 | Mumbai 7 wickets | Bangalore 2 wickets | Mumbai 13 runs | |
| Punjab Kings | Chennai 6 wickets | Delhi 7 wickets | Kolkata 5 wickets | Punjab 9 wickets | Match 32 | Punjab 34 runs | Hyderabad 9 wickets | |
| Rajasthan Royals | Match 47 | Rajasthan 3 wickets | Rajasthan 6 wickets | Match 51 | Punjab 4 runs | Match 43 | Rajasthan 55 runs | |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Match 35 | Match 56 | Bangalore 38 runs | Match 39 | Match 48 | Bangalore 10 wickets | Match 52 | |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Match 44 | Delhi Super Over | Kolkata 10 runs | Match 55 | Match 37 | Match 40 | Bangalore 6 runs |
| 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.
League stage
The schedule for the league stages was published on the official IPL website on 7 March.[25]
Matches
Mumbai Indians
159/9 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
160/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings
188/7 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals
190/3 (18.4 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders
187/6 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
177/5 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- This was Kolkata Knight Riders' 100th win in the IPL.[26]
Punjab Kings
221/6 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals
217/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians
152 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
142/7 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
149/8 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
143/9 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals
147/8 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals
150/7 (19.4 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab Kings
106/8 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings
107/4 (15.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians
150/5 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
137 (19.4 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
204/4 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
166/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Punjab Kings
195/4 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals
198/4 (18.2 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings
188/9 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals
143/9 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians
137/9 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals
138/4 (19.1 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Playoffs
| Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
| 30 May 2021 — Ahmedabad | ||||||||||||
| 25 May 2021 — Ahmedabad | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 28 May 2021 — Ahmedabad | ||||||||||||
| 26 May 2021 — Ahmedabad | ||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||||||
Preliminary
- Qualifier 1
- Eliminator
- Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shikhar Dhawan
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Delhi Capitals | 4 | 4 | 231 | 57.75 | 148.07 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 5 | |||
 Glenn Maxwell
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Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 3 | 176 | 58.66 | 149.15 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | |||
| KL Rahul
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Punjab Kings | 3 | 3 | 157 | 52.33 | 145.37 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | |||
| Nitish Rana
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Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 3 | 155 | 51.66 | 135.96 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | |||
| Rohit Sharma
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Mumbai Indians | 4 | 4 | 138 | 34.50 | 135.29 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | |||
| Source: IPLT20.com | ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 20 April 2021
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | ||||
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| Harshal Patel
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Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5/27 | 7.66 | 5.75 | 8.00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Avesh Khan
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Delhi Capitals | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3/32 | 12.87 | 7.35 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rahul Chahar
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Mumbai Indians | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4/27 | 14.75 | 7.37 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | ||||
 Trent Boult
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Mumbai Indians | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3/28 | 19.00 | 7.27 | 15.66 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chetan Sakariya
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Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3/31 | 16.66 | 8.33 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Source: IPLT20.com | ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 20 April 2021
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