Dates18 April 2008 (2008-04-18) – 1 June 2008 (2008-06-01)
AdministratorBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and knockout
ChampionsRajasthan Royals (1st title)
Runners-upChennai Super Kings
Participants8
Matches59
Player of the seriesShane Watson (RR)
Most runsShaun Marsh (KXIP) (616)
Most wicketsSohail Tanvir (RR) (22)
Official websitewww.iplt20.com
The 2008 Indian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, established by the BCCI in 2007. The season commenced on 18 April 2008 with the final match was held on 1 June 2008. The competition started with a double round robin league stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final.
2008 Indian Premier League is located in IndiaCheerleeders during a match between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers at the D Y Patil stadium.IPL logo
Auctions and personnel signings
The auctions for team ownership was held on January 24, 2008. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over US$111.9 million. For the inaugural IPL season, each team had a salary cap of US$5 million (Rs. 20 crore approx.). Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were classified as icon players. They played for the franchises representing their home towns and hence did not enter the auction. Few players were classified as marquee players and the teams which lost out on icon players were allowed one extra marquee player to be selected in the auction. The first auction was conducted on 20 February 2008 with Mahendra Singh Dhoni winning the highest bid of US$1.5 million. Andrew Symonds was most expensive foreign player. A further second auction was held for few foreign players signed. Teams also signed players on individual basis.
Rules and regulations
Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:
In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a bowl-out will determine the winner, even in the group stage.
In the group stage, teams will be ranked on the following criteria:
Results
Points
Win
2 points
No result
1 point
Loss
0 points
Match summary
Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams., Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed., Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.
Visitor team →
CSK
DC
DD
KXIP
KKR
MI
RR
RCB
Home team ↓
Chennai Super Kings
Deccan8 wickets
Delhi8 wickets
Chennai18 runs
Chennai9 wickets
Chennai6 runs
Rajasthan10 runs
Bengaluru14 runs
Deccan Chargers
Chennai7 wickets
Delhi9 wickets
Punjab7 wickets
Kolkata23 runs
Mumbai25 runs
Rajasthan3 wickets
Bengaluru5 wickets
Delhi Daredevils
Chennai4 wickets
Delhi12 runs
Punjab6 runs (D/L)
Matchabandoned
Delhi5 wickets
Delhi9 wickets
Delhi10 runs
Kings XI Punjab
Chennai33 runs
Punjab6 wickets
Punjab4 wickets
Punjab9 runs
Punjab66 runs
Punjab41 runs
Punjab9 wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders
Chennai3 runs (D/L)
Kolkata5 wickets
Kolkata23 runs
Kolkata3 wickets
Mumbai7 wickets
Rajasthan6 wickets
Kolkata5 runs
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai9 wickets
Deccan10 wickets
Mumbai29 runs
Punjab1 run
Mumbai8 wickets
Mumbai7 wickets
Bengaluru5 wickets
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan8 wickets
Rajasthan8 wickets
Rajasthan3 wickets
Rajasthan6 wickets
Rajasthan45 runs
Rajasthan5 wickets
Rajasthan65 runs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Chennai13 runs
Bengaluru3 runs
Delhi5 wickets
Punjab6 wickets
Kolkata140 runs
Mumbai9 wickets
Rajasthan7 wickets
Home team won
Visitor team won
Team
Group matches
Knockout
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
SF
F
Chennai Super Kings
2
4
6
8
8
8
8
10
12
12
14
14
14
16
W
L
Deccan Chargers
0
0
0
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Delhi Daredevils
2
4
4
6
8
8
8
8
8
10
10
12
13
15
L
Kings XI Punjab
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
10
12
14
16
18
18
20
L
Kolkata Knight Riders
2
4
4
4
4
4
6
8
10
10
10
10
11
13
Mumbai Indians
0
0
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
12
12
12
14
Rajasthan Royals
0
2
4
6
8
10
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
22
W
W
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
0
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
6
8
8
Win
Loss
No result
Matches
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat. , Rain reduced play to 16 overs per side.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field. , Lakshmipathy Balaji (Chennai Super Kings) took the first hat-trick in IPL.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field. , Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils) took a hat-trick.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat. , Rain interrupted play after during Delhi's innings and reduced the match to 11 overs per side. Rain then ended play after 8 overs in Punjab's innings. Their par score was 88 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat. , Rain ended play after 8 overs in Chennai's innings. Their par score was 52 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method. , Makhaya Ntini (Chennai Super Kings) took a hat-trick.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field. , Deccan Chargers were eliminated as a result of this match.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field. , Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. , Rajasthan Royals qualified for playoffs as a result of this match.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians 5 run outs in their innings is a record in the IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Match abandoned due to rain. , Kings XI Punjab qualified for playoffs, and Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated as a result of this match.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. , Delhi Daredevils qualified for playoffs as a result of this match.
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat. , Chennai Super Kings qualified for playoffs, and Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. , Rain reduced play to 18 overs per side.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
18 April 2008 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders222/3 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)82 all out (15.1 overs)
Kolkata won by 140 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Asad Rauf and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (Kolkata)
19 April 2008 17:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings240/5 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab (H)207/4 (20 overs)
Michael Hussey 116* (54) Irfan Pathan 2/47 (4 overs)
James Hopes 71 (33) Muttiah Muralitharan 1/33 (4 overs)
Chennai won by 33 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Mark Benson and Suresh Shastri Player of the match: Michael Hussey (Chennai)
Delhi won by 9 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Aleem Dar and GA Pratapkumar Player of the match: Farveez Maharoof (Delhi)
20 April 2008 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Deccan Chargers110 all out (18.4 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)112/5 (19 overs)
Andrew Symonds 32 (39) Murali Kartik 3/17 (3.4 overs)
David Hussey 38* (43) Chaminda Vaas 2/9 (3 overs)
Kolkata won by 5 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Billy Bowden and Krishna Hariharan Player of the match: David Hussey (Kolkata)
20 April 2008 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians165/6 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore166/5 (19.4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 48 (38) Zaheer Khan 2/17 (4 overs)
Mark Boucher 39* (19) Harbhajan Singh 2/36 (4 overs)
Bangalore won by 5 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Steve Davis and Daryl Harper Player of the match: Mark Boucher (Bangalore)
21 April 2008 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab166/8 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)168/4 (18.1 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 57 (34) Shane Warne 3/19 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 76* (49) Irfan Pathan 1/21 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 6 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Aleem Dar and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Shane Watson (Rajasthan)
Semi-final 1
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-final 2
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Most runs
The tournament's leading scorer wore an orange cap when fielding.
Most wickets
The tournament's leading wicket taker wore a purple cap when fielding.
Cheerleaders
The IPL received criticism from a few politicians and feminists for bringing in foreign cheerleaders, which was seen by many to not be in the traditional spirit of the game, as well as being against some Indian sensibilities. Two cheerleaders from London were asked to leave the ground at Mohali "because of the colour of their skin" by Wizcraft International Entertainment, which handled the team Kings XI Punjab. Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson, both from London and of African ancestry were allegedly barred from entering the stadium by employees of Wizcraft International Entertainment on the pretext that "people don't like dark girls here". Both girls alleged that an employee referred to them with the racial slur "nigger".
The BCCI said a probe would be initiated by the IPL only if the two women officially complain to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
The BCCI and IPL officials later expressed surprised that the two cheerleaders did not complain about the alleged racist behaviour while they were in India and spoke about it only after they returned to London.
"We have not received any complaint from any cheerleaders that they were asked to leave by the Mohali-based Kings XI Punjab franchise recently because of the colour of their skin." BCCI joint secretary M. P. Pandove said in Mohali.
Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh altercation
On 25 April 2008, following the Kings XI Punjab's victory over the Mumbai Indians at Mohali, Kings XI Punjab player Sreesanth was slapped under his eye by Harbhajan Singh, the stand-in captain of Mumbai Indians. The incident came to light as Sreesanth was caught by TV cameras sobbing inconsolably on the field before the presentation ceremony. Sreesanth had since downplayed the incident saying he had no complaints against Singh who was "like an elder brother" to him. Singh's team had lost their third consecutive match, and he apparently reacted violently to Sreesanth's approaching him and reportedly saying "hard luck". The footage of the slap has not yet been released for public viewing. The BCCI launched an investigation into the incident and decided to ban Singh for the remaining 11 matches of his season.
