Note: Teams are listed per the playing order Source:[1]
The 2024 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 17 and branded as TATA IPL 2024) is the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The tournament features ten teams competing 74 matches from 22 March to 26 May 2024. It is being held across 13 cities in India with Chennai hosting the opening ceremony and the final.
The format remained the same as last season with teams divided into two groups (A and B) of five each. Each team will play once against four teams in their own group and twice against teams from the other group. All teams will play a total of 14 games, seven home and seven away.[1][disputed – discuss] After the group stage, the top four teams based on 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 has another chance to qualify for the final match by competing against the winning team of the Eliminator match (in a match titled "Qualifier 2"). The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match will move on to the final match. The team that wins the final match will be crowned the Indian Premier League winners.[2]
Schedule
On 14 February 2024, the chairman of the Indian Premier League, announced that the tournament would take place in India and that the schedule will be finalized post discussion with the Indian government and other agencies. It was also mentioned that the allocation of matches to states will depend on the election schedule for the Lok Sabha Election 2024 to be released by the Election Commission of India.[3][4] On 21 February, it was announced that the schedule will be announced in two halves as the dates of the elections has not been confirmed till then.[5]
A part of the schedule of the season's fixtures was announced on 22 February 2024 which included the schedule for the first 17 days, consisting of 21 matches.[6] The opening match of the tournament was to be played on 22 March at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.[7] The remaining fixtures were announced on 25 March with the last group match to be played between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders on 19 May at ACA Stadium, Guwahati.[8] It was announced that both Qualifier 1 and Eliminator would be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad from 21 to 22 May, and that Qualifier 2 and final would be played in Chennai, with the venue hosting its third IPL final after 2011 and 2012.[9]
The ten franchises retained 173 players for the 2024 IPL season and seven players were traded across teams before the auction.[14] On 11 December 2023, the IPL Governing council released a list of 333 players, including 214 Indian and 119 foreign players who were available for the auction.[15] The auction was held outside India for the first time, at Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 19 December 2023.[16][17] 72 players were sold at the auction for a spend of ₹230 crore (US$29 million) including 30 overseas players. Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in the history of IPL when he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹24.75 crore (US$3.1 million) surpassing ₹20.50 crore (US$2.6 million) paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Pat Cummins earlier in the same auction and ₹18.50 crore (US$2.3 million) paid by Punjab Kings for Sam Curran in the 2023 auction.[18]
In January 2024, the BCCI invited bids for staging the opening ceremony.[33] The following month, Kasi Viswanathan, the CEO of the Chennai Super Kings told that the opening ceremony would be held in Chennai by virtue of the venue being the home of the defending champions.[7]
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bat.
Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became the first Indian to reach 12,000 runs in T20s,[38] and the first player to score 1,000 runs against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.[39]
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Heinrich Klassen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his 4,000th run in T20s,[43] and broke the record for most sixes (8) in an IPL innings without registering a four.[44]
Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fastest cricketer to hit 200 sixes in the IPL, in terms of balls (1,322).[45] He also holds the record for most 50-plus scores and wicket instances in an IPL match (9 times).[44]
Rohit Sharma completed 200 matches for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.[51]
Sunrisers Hyderabad broke Royal Challengers Bengaluru's record (263) for the second highest innings total in IPL (277).[52]
Mumbai Indians broke Rajasthan Royals' record (226) for the highest second innings total in IPL (246). This was also the highest total in a losing cause in an IPL match.[53]
Travis Head broke the joint record of the fastest fifty for an SRH player, in terms of balls faced (18), previously held by David Warner and Moises Henriques. Later in the match, Abhishek Sharma surpassed him by scoring fifty in 16 balls.[53]
The number of sixes hit in this match was the most in any T20 match (Total – 38, Hyderabad – 18, Mumbai – 20). The match also recorded the joint-highest total boundaries (69) in an IPL match, equalling the record set by Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in 2010.[55]
MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) became the first wicket-keeper to complete 300 dismissals in T20s,[61] and the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in 19th and 20th overs in IPL.[62]
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) played in his 100th IPL match.[71]
Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) scored his 7,500th run in IPL.[72] He also holds the record for most catches in IPL as a non wicket-keeper (110).[73]
Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals) scored his 4,000th run in IPL.[74]
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Phil Salt (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their own record (277) for the highest innings total in IPL (287).[88]
Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke Mumbai Indians' record (246) for the highest second innings total in IPL (262). This was also the highest total in a losing cause in an IPL match.[89]
The match broke the record for highest aggregate scored in an IPL match surpassing 523 runs between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians in 2024 (549).[90]
Sunrisers Hyderabad made 22 sixes, marking the most ever in an IPL innings, surpassing Royal Challengers Bengaluru's previous record of 21 set against Pune Warriors India in 2013.[91]
The number of sixes hit in this match was the most in any T20 match (Total – 38, Hyderabad – 22, Bengaluru – 16). The match also recorded the highest total boundaries (81) in an IPL match, thus breaking the record of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in 2010, and Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians in 2024.[92]
Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) became the 2nd player to play 250 IPL matches, after MS Dhoni.[97] He became the fourth batter to complete 6,500 runs in IPL.[98] He also became the top six-hitter for Mumbai Indians, surpassing Kieron Pollard (224 sixes).[99]
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 1 run Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became only the 3rd player to play 250 IPL matches.[102]
Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) surpasses Lasith Malinga to become the highest wicket-taker for a single franchise in IPL history with 172 wickets.[103]
Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke the record of Middlesex for conceding most 200+ scores in T20s (29 times).[104]
The Tata Group renewed their contract as the title sponsors of the Indian Premier League for a tenure of 5 years (2024–28) for ₹2,500 crore (US$310 million) — the highest-ever sponsorship amount in the history of the league. The TATA Group previously held the title sponsorship rights for the IPL in 2022 and 2023.[112]