2015 Indian Premier League
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| Dates | 8 April 2015 – 24 May 2015 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 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
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 Group stage matches.[5] Mumbai, Pune and Ranchi will host Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifiers 2 respectively and Kolkata will host the Final.[6]
- Group Stage
| Ahmedabad | Bangalore | Chennai | Delhi |
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| 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 | ||
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| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Eden Gardens | ||
| Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 67,000[9] | ||
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| Mohali | Mumbai | ||
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| Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | Wankhede Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 33,320 | ||
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| Mumbai | Pune | Raipur | Vishakhapatnam |
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| 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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- Playoffs
| Kolkata | Mumbai | ||
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| Final | Qualifier 1 | ||
| Eden Gardens | Wankhede Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 67,000 | Capacity: 33,320 | ||
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| Pune | Ranchi | ||
| Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | ||
| Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | JSCA International Cricket Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 39,000 | ||
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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 |
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| 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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| Template:Cr-IPL (Q) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | +0.709 | |
| Template:Cr-IPL (Q) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.043 | |
| Template:Cr-IPL (3) | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | +1.037 | |
| Template:Cr-IPL (4) | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | +0.062 | |
| Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | +0.253 | |
| Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.239 | |
| Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.049 | |
| Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −1.436 | |
- Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
- advanced to the Qualifier
- advanced to the Eliminator
League progression
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Group stage
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Matches
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168/3 (20 overs) |
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170/3 (18.3 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
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150/7 (20 overs) |
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149/9 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field
- Shreyas Iyer and Domnic Joseph made their IPL debuts
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162/7 (20 overs) |
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136/8 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
- Deepak Hooda made his IPL debut
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209/4 (20 overs) |
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164/6 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
- Kane Williamson and Trent Boult made their IPL debuts
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177/6 (20 overs) |
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179/7 (19 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
- KC Cariappa and Sean Abbott made their IPL debuts
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184/3 (20 overs) |
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186/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field
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177/5 (20 overs) |
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159/7 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
- Jagadeesha Suchith made his IPL debut
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166 (19.5 overs) |
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172/2 (17.2 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field
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164/5 (20 overs) |
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165/3 (19.1 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
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165/7 (20 overs) |
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169/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat
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127/5 (20 overs) |
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131/4 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field
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183/7 (20 overs) |
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189/4 (16.4 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
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167/4 (20 overs) |
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163/8 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat
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155/9 (20 overs) |
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159/6 (17.5 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
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156/4 (20 overs) |
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157/2 (18.2 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
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209/7 (20 overs) |
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191/7 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
- Hardik Pandya and David Wiese made their IPL debuts
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146/8 (20 overs) |
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147/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
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191/6 (20 overs) |
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191/6 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
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176/4 (20 overs) |
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101/4 (12 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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181/8 (20 overs) |
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154/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
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190/4 (20 overs) |
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153/9 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
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130/9 (20 overs) |
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134/1 (16.1 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
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157/8 (20 overs) |
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137/8 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
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192/3 (20 overs) |
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95/9 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
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95 (18.2 overs) |
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99/0 (10.3 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
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150/6 (20 overs) |
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130/9 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
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134/6 (20 overs) |
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132/9 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
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200/7 (20 overs) |
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- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field
- Rain interrupted the match after end of RCB Innings
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165/9 (20 overs) |
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169/3 (19.5 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
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118/8 (20 overs) |
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119/1 (13.5 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field
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187/5 (20 overs) |
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179/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field
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111/4 (10 overs) |
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115/3 (9.4 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain
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192/7 (20 overs) |
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170/6 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
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172/3 (20 overs) |
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149/7 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
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189/2 (20 overs) |
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175/7 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field
- This was the 500th match of IPL.
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148/9 (20 overs) |
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124 (19.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
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167/7 (20 overs) |
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132/9 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field
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152/6 (20 overs) |
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153/5 (19.3 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat
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226/3 (20 overs) |
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88 (13.4 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
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201/4 (20 overs) |
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194/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field
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171/7 (20 overs) |
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158/6 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat
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158/5 (20 overs) |
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159/4 (19.2 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
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183/5 (20 overs) |
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184/9 (19.5 overs) |
- Kings Xi Punjab won the toss and elected to bat
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163/4 (20 overs) |
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157/4 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat
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235/1 (20 overs) |
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196/7 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat
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157/5 (20 overs) |
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145/9 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
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185/5 (20 overs) |
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180/7 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat
- David Warner was the first Batsmen to reach 500 Runs in this Season
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119/6 (20 overs) |
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120/4 (16.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
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106/6 (10 overs) |
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84/6 (10 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain
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171/4 (20 overs) |
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166/7 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
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135/3 (11 overs) |
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83/4 (5.5 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat
- Match reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain
- Due to rain after Hyderabad innings, Bangalore target was adjusted to 81 runs from 6 overs via Duckworth-Lewis method
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130/7 (20 overs) |
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134/3 (16.5 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat
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199/6 (20 overs) |
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190/9 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat
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187/5 (20 overs) |
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2/0 (1.1 overs) |
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
- Due to heavy rain match was called off at Bangalore Innings at 1.1 overs
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113 (20 overs) |
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114/1 (13.5 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat
Playoff stage
Preliminary
- Qualifier 1
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187/6 (20 overs) |
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162 (19 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
- Eliminator
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180/4 (20 overs) |
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109 (20 overs) |
Ajinkya Rahane 42 (39)
Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/20 (4 overs) Harshal Patel 2/15 (3 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat
- Qualifier 2
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139/8 (20 overs) |
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140/7 (19.5 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
Final
- Final
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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 David Warner
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Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 14 | 562 | 43.23 | 156.54 | 91 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 21 |
| Ajinkya Rahane
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Template:Cr-IPL | 13 | 12 | 498 | 49.80 | 133.15 | 91* | 0 | 4 | 49 | 13 |
| Virat Kohli
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Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 14 | 481 | 53.44 | 133.98 | 82* | 0 | 3 | 34 | 22 |
 Lendl Simmons
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Template:Cr-IPL | 12 | 12 | 472 | 42.90 | 119.19 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 18 |
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Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 12 | 446 | 49.55 | 176.98 | 133* | 1 | 1 | 56 | 18 |
- Last Update: 19th May 2015.
- 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 |
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 14 | 23 | 16.04 | 8.13 | 3/22 | 11.80 | 0 | 0 |
 Lasith Malinga
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Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 14 | 22 | 19.04 | 7.48 | 4/23 | 15.20 | 1 | 0 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal
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Template:Cr-IPL | 13 | 12 | 19 | 19.31 | 9.45 | 3/40 | 12.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra
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Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 14 | 19 | 20.00 | 7.03 | 4/10 | 17.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell Starc
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Template:Cr-IPL | 11 | 10 | 18 | 13.44 | 6.91 | 4/15 | 11.50 | 1 | 0 |
- Last Update: 19th May 2015.
- 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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Official media release". 1 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "IPL 2015 Point Table". WWW.IPLT20.COM. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ a b IPL (22 April 2015). "SRH rewrote many entries in the record book". IPL News. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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