2019 Indian Premier League
The 2019 Indian Premier League season was the twelfth season of the Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2007. At one point other countries were considered to host the tournament, due to the Indian general elections but eventually the tournament was played entirely in India with the season commencing on 23 March.
India's opening match at the 2019 Cricket World Cup was postponed from 2 to 5 June as the BCCI were directed to maintain a mandatory 15-day gap between the conclusion of IPL and India's subsequent international fixture as per Lodha Committee's recommendation.
Delhi Daredevils were renamed as the Delhi Capitals, the franchise announced on 4 December 2018, and also released a new logo. Chennai Super Kings were the defending champions who won their third title.
Mumbai Indians defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 1 run to win the 2019 Indian [Premier League final|final] for their fourth title. David Warner won the Orange Cap for the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 692 runs. Imran Tahir, of Chennai Super Kings, was awarded the Purple Cap for finishing as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament with 26 wickets. Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders was named the Most Valuable Player, and Shubman Gill also of Kolkata Knight Riders was named the Emerging Player of the Tournament.
Personnel changes
The transfers and the retention lists for the season were announced in November 2018. Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Glenn Maxwell were the prominent names among the players being released. Jaydev Unadkat, the costliest Indian player in 2018 auction, was also released. The player auction was held on 18 December 2018 at Jaipur. Jaydev Unadkat and uncapped Varun Chakravarthy were the most expensive player at Rs 8.4 crore. Sam Curran was the most expensive foreign player at Rs 7.2 crore. Prominent players like Cheteshwar Pujara, Brendon McCullum, Mushfiqur Rahim and Alex Hales remained unsold.Venues
| Bangalore | Delhi | Hyderabad |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Delhi Capitals | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Arun Jaitley Stadium | Rajiv Gandhi [International Cricket Stadium|Rajiv Gandhi Stadium] |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 41,000 | Capacity: 55,000 |
| Kolkata | Jaipur | Mumbai |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai Indians |
| Eden Gardens | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Wankhede Stadium |
| Capacity: 68,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 33,000 |
| Mohali | Chennai | Visakhapatnam |
| Kings XI Punjab | Chennai Super Kings | Playoffs |
| Punjab Cricket Association [IS Bindra Stadium|IS Bindra Stadium] | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 39,000 | Capacity: 27,500 |
Teams and standings
Points table
''''League stage
The full schedule of the 2019 season was published on the IPL website.Matches
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Playoffs
Qualifier 1
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Eliminator
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Qualifier 2
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Final
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Runs | |||
| David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 12 | 692 | 100* |
| K. L. Rahul | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 14 | 593 | 100* |
| Quinton de Kock | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 16 | 529 | 81 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Delhi Capitals | 16 | 16 | 521 | 97* |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 13 | 510 | 80* |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
- David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad received the Orange Cap.
Most wickets
| Player | Team | ||||
| Imran Tahir | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 17 | 26 | 4/12 |
| Kagiso Rabada | Delhi Capitals | 12 | 12 | 25 | 4/21 |
| Deepak Chahar | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 17 | 22 | 3/20 |
| Shreyas Gopal | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 14 | 20 | 3/12 |
| Khaleel Ahmed | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 9 | 9 | 19 | 3/30 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
- Imran Tahir of Chennai Super Kings received the Purple Cap.
End of the season awards
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