2024 Indian Premier League
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| Dates | 29 March 2024 – 26 May 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and playoffs |
| Host(s) | India |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 74 |
| Official website | iplt20 |
The 2024 Indian Premier League (also referred to as IPL 2024 or IPL 17) will be the 17th season of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in India. It is organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[1]
Participating teams
The same 10 teams from the previous season have returned with few changes to the team personnel.
Personnel changes
Support staff changes
- Justin Langer replaced Andy Flower as the Head Coach of Lucknow Super Giants.[2]
- Andy Flower replaced Sanjay Bangar as the Head Coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore.[3]
- Gautam Gambhir was appointed as the Mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders.[4]
- Brian Lara was replaced by Daniel Vettori as Head Coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad.[5]
Captaincy changes
- Shubhman Gill was named as the captain of Gujarat Titans after their previous captain, Hardik Pandya, was acquired by Mumbai Indians.[6]
- Shreyas Iyer returned as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders after missing out last year due to a back injury, replacing Nitish Rana.[7]
- Rohit Sharma replaced Hardik Pandya as the captain of Mumbai Indians.[8]
Auction records
- The IPL Auction took place in a country outside India for the first time on 19 December 2023 in Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai.
- The most expensive player was Mitchell Starc, bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹24.75 crore (US$3.1 million) which is a new IPL record, surpassing the ₹18.50 crore paid for Sam Curran in 2023 as well as surpassing a newly set record in the same season, in which Pat Cummins was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹20.50 crore (US$2.6 million) (US$2.4 million).
Rules
New laws have been introduced in this season:
- Bowlers will be allowed to deliver two bouncers an over. This change in playing conditions was trialled during the 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India's domestic T20 tournament.[9]
References
- ^ "IPL Auction Set for December 23 in Kochi". ESPN. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "Lucknow Super Giants part ways with Andy Flower, appoint Justin Langer as new coach". Indian Express. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Royal Challengers Bangalore end stint of Mike Hesson, Sanjay Bangar". Times Of India. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Gambhir returns to Kolkata Knight Riders as team mentor". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Vettori named new Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ [https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2024-Shubhman Gill
-appointed-captain-of-gujarat-titans-1410813 "Shubhman Gill appointed captain of Gujarat Titans"]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
{cite web}: Check|url=value (help); line feed character in|url=at position 58 (help) - ^ "Iyer confirmed as Knights captain". The Times of India. 15 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Hardik Pandya announced as captain for the IPL 2024 season". Mumbai Indians. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "IPL to allow two bouncers per over". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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