The
2015 season of the
Indian Premier League, abbreviated as
IPL 8 or
Pepsi IPL 2015, was the eighth season of the IPL, a
Twenty20 cricket league established by the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) in 2007. The tournament featured eight teams and was held from 8
April 2015 to 24 May 2015. The tournament's opening ceremony was held
at the
Salt Lake Stadium in
Kolkata on 7 April 2015.
Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions having won the title in the
2014 season.
On 24 May 2015 in the
Final at the
Eden Gardens, Kolkata,
Mumbai Indians won the tournament by defeating
Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs to win the IPL title for the second time. Mumbai captain
Rohit Sharma was awarded player of the match in the final for his knock of 50 from 26 balls.
Andre Russell of the Knight Riders was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season.
Players auction
The eight franchises retained a total of 123 players for the 2015 IPL
season before moving into the auction. The released players were
provided an option to register themselves for auction. Six players were
traded across teams before the auction took place. At the 2015 IPL
auction held on 16 February at
Bangalore,
Yuvraj Singh was sold to
Delhi Daredevils for
₹16
crore, a record bid in IPL auction history. A total of 67 players were
sold out in the auction and the franchises spent a total of
₹87.60 crore to buy the players
Officials
The 2015 IPL season saw 26 match officials, 13 Indian umpires and
four match referees officiating. 26 match officials (umpires and
referees) participated in a two-day workshop, organised by the BCCI, in
preparation for the 2015 IPL season. The workshop was held at the
Cricket Centre, Mumbai, on 4 and 5 April 2015, from 9am to 5pm.
Venues
12 venues were selected to host the league stage matches.
[4] Mumbai,
Pune and
Ranchi hosted Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifier 2 respectively and
Kolkata hosted the Final.
[5]
- Group Stage
| Ahmedabad |
Bangalore |
Chennai |
Delhi |
| 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 [6] |
Capacity: 36,760 [7] |
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[8] |
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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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- Playoffs
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