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Champions at the First Attempt: How Gujarat Titans Won IPL 2022
A new team, a new captain and a final in front of more than 100,000 people. The story of the only side to win the IPL in its first season since 2008.
PlayersPhoto: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Gloves Club: Wicketkeeper-Batters Who Shaped the IPL
Dhoni, Gilchrist, Karthik, Samson, Pant, Buttler and Klaasen. How the player behind the stumps became the most valuable one in the side.
PlayersPhoto: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsFive Titles in Blue and Gold: Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Years
From a Deccan Chargers hat-trick to five trophies as Mumbai Indians captain. The career of the IPL's most successful captain alongside MS Dhoni.
NewsPhoto: lensbug.chandru, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThree in Three: The IPL's Most Famous Hat-Tricks
Balaji went first, Yuvraj took two in a fortnight and Amit Mishra took three for three teams. The stories behind the league's best hat-tricks.
GuidesPhoto: BOMBMAN, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsGroups, Double-Headers and the Road to the Final: How the IPL Schedule Works
Why each team plays some sides twice and others once, how 74 matches fit into about ten weeks, and how the playoffs decide the champion.
18Seasons played, 2008 to 2025
74Matches in a full season
10Teams since 2022
5Titles each for CSK and MI
Face-off
Pick two teams, compare their IPL records
Titles, finals, home grounds and where each team finished in 2025. Correct to the end of the 2025 season.
Season rewind
Every IPL final, 2008 to 2025
Drag the slider or use the arrows to travel through all 18 seasons: the champion, the final, the captain and the cap winners.
Rules room
The IPL rules fans ask about most
Pick a topic. Each one is explained in a few lines, with a full story if you want more.
When the scores are level
A tied IPL match goes to a Super Over. Each side gets one over and can lose only two wickets, and the side that scores more wins. If the Super Over is tied too, another one is played until there is a winner.
Super Overs explainedThe twelfth player
Since 2023, each team names five substitutes and can bring one of them into the match as an Impact Player, who can bat and bowl in place of a player in the starting XI. It is why batting orders now run so deep.
How a squad is builtFour overseas players
A team can field no more than four overseas players at once. Squads can include up to eight, so coaches spend the season choosing which four to pick for each ground and opponent.
Read about squad rulesThe first six overs
During the powerplay only two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle, so batters attack the gaps. From the seventh over, up to five fielders can be placed on the boundary.
How a season worksFour teams, one trophy
The top two play Qualifier 1, and the winner goes to the final. Third plays fourth in the Eliminator. The loser of Qualifier 1 then gets a second chance against the Eliminator winner in Qualifier 2.
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Player spotlight
Names that made the IPL
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma
Captained Mumbai to five titles between 2013 and 2020, and won a sixth IPL medal with Deccan Chargers in 2009.
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Sanju Samson
Emerging Player of 2013 at 18, and Rajasthan captain from 2021, leading them to the 2022 final.
Photo: Anand Anil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSix franchises
Dinesh Karthik
Played every season from 2008 to 2024, for Delhi, Punjab, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Gujarat Lions and Kolkata.
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Kieron Pollard
Thirteen seasons in Mumbai colours from 2010 to 2022, and a winner in all five of their title runs.
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Lasith Malinga
Purple Cap in 2011, and the bowler who defended nine runs in the last over of the 2019 final.
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Shane Watson
Player of the tournament in 2008 and 2013, and scorer of 117 not out in the 2018 final.
Photo: lensbug.chandru, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsKings XI Punjab
Yuvraj Singh
Took two hat-tricks in the 2009 season, a feat no one else has matched in a single IPL season.
Photo: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsLucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant
Bought for a record ₹27 crore at the 2025 auction, after his years as Delhi Capitals’ keeper and captain.
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