Dates8 April 2015 (2015-04-08) – 24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)
AdministratorBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and playoffs
ChampionsMumbai Indians (2nd title)
Runners-upChennai Super Kings
Participants8
Matches60
Most valuable playerAndre Russell (KKR)
Most runsDavid Warner (SRH) (562)
Most wicketsDwayne Bravo (CSK) (26)
Official websitewww.iplt20.com
The 2015 Indian Premier League season (also known as IPL 8 or, for sponsorship reasons, Pepsi IPL 2015) was the eighth season of the Indian Premier League, 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 Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 7 April 2015. Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions having won the title in the 2014 season.
2015 Indian Premier League is located in India
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. Mumbai, Pune and Ranchi hosted Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifier 2 respectively and Kolkata hosted the Final.
BCCI started a new initiative IPL Fanpark to spread the reach of IPL across the country. As a part of the initiative, IPL was made available in the stadiums across 15 cities, apart from the 12 venues hosting the matches, on a large screen. The access to these stadiums was free and based on first-come first-served basis.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, on 7 April 2015. The captains of all eight teams signed the "MCC Spirit of Cricket" pledge. The ceremony featured live performances of Hrithik Roshan, Anushka Sharma, Farhan Akhtar, Shahid Kapoor among others. The ceremony began after a one and a half hours delay due to rain.
Points table
Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs , advanced to the Qualifier , advanced to the Eliminator
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Chennai Super Kings (R)
14
9
5
0
18
0.709
2
Mumbai Indians (C)
14
8
6
0
16
−0.043
3
Royal Challengers Bangalore (3)
14
7
5
2
16
1.037
4
Rajasthan Royals (4)
14
7
5
2
16
0.062
5
Kolkata Knight Riders
14
7
6
1
15
0.253
6
Sunrisers Hyderabad
14
7
7
0
14
−0.239
7
Delhi Daredevils
14
5
8
1
11
−0.049
8
Kings XI Punjab
14
3
11
0
6
−1.436
League stage
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.
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.
Team
Group matches
Playoffs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Q1
E
Q2
F
Chennai Super Kings
2
4
6
6
8
10
12
12
12
14
14
16
16
18
L
W
L
Delhi Daredevils
0
0
2
4
4
6
6
8
8
8
8
8
10
11
Kings XI Punjab
0
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
6
6
Kolkata Knight Riders
2
2
4
6
6
7
7
9
9
11
13
15
15
15
Mumbai Indians
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
6
8
10
12
12
14
16
W
W
Rajasthan Royals
2
4
6
8
10
10
10
11
12
12
14
14
14
16
L
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
2
2
2
2
4
6
7
9
9
11
13
13
15
16
W
L
Sunrisers Hyderabad
0
2
2
2
4
4
6
8
8
10
12
14
14
14
Win
Loss
No result
Visitor team →
CSK
DD
KXIP
KKR
MI
RR
RCB
SRH
Home team ↓
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai1 run
Chennai97 runs
Chennai2 runs
Mumbai6 wickets
Chennai12 runs
Chennai24 runs
Chennai45 runs
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi6 wickets
Delhi9 wickets
Kolkata6 wickets
Delhi37 runs
Rajasthan3 wickets
Bengaluru10 wickets
Hyderabad6 runs
Kings XI Punjab
Chennai7 wickets
Delhi5 wickets
Kolkata4 wickets
Mumbai23 runs
Rajasthan26 runs
Punjab22 runs
Hyderabad20 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata7 wickets
Kolkata13 runs
Kolkata1 wicket
Kolkata7 wickets
Matchabandoned
Bengaluru3 wickets
Kolkata35 runs
Mumbai Indians
Chennai6 wickets
Mumbai5 wickets
Punjab18 runs
Mumbai5 runs
Mumbai8 runs
Bengaluru39 runs
Mumbai20 runs
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan8 wickets
Rajasthan14 runs
PunjabSuper Over
Rajasthan9 runs
Rajasthan7 wickets
Bengaluru9 wickets
Hyderabad7 runs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Chennai27 runs
Matchabandoned
Bengaluru138 runs
Bengaluru7 wickets
Mumbai18 runs
Matchabandoned
Hyderabad8 wickets
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Hyderabad22 runs
Delhi4 runs
Hyderabad5 runs
Hyderabad16 runs (D/L)
Mumbai9 wickets
Rajasthan6 wickets
Bengaluru6 wickets (D/L)
Home team won
Visitor team won
Matches
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field. , Shreyas Iyer and Domnic Joseph made their IPL debuts.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field. , Deepak Hooda made his IPL debut.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat. , Kane Williamson and Trent Boult made their IPL debuts.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field. , KC Cariappa and Sean Abbott made their IPL debuts.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. , Jagadeesha Suchith made his IPL debut.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians 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.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field. , Hardik Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan and David Wiese made their IPL debuts.
The 20 wides bowled during the match are a record in the IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
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. , David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan's 130 run partnership was the highest partnership for any wicket by Hyderabad.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field. , Sarfaraz Khan made his IPL debut.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
No toss. , Match abandoned without a toss due to rain.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. , Match abandoned after end of Bangalore innings due to rain.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field. , Ronit More made his IPL debut.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field. , Shardul Thakur made his IPL debut.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field. , Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field. , This was the 500th match of IPL. , Gurinder Sandhu made his IPL debut.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat. , Kings XI Punjab were eliminated as a result of this match.
Kings Xi Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. , Jayant Yadav made his IPL debut. , Delhi Daredevils were eliminated as a result of this match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat. , Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers's 215 run partnership was the highest for any wicket in T20 cricket.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field. , Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain. , Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. , Match reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain. , Due to rain, Bangalore's target was adjusted to 81 runs from 6 overs via Duckworth-Lewis method.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. , Chennai Super Kings advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat. , Barinder Sran made his IPL debut.
The 13 wides bowled by Rajasthan is record in a single innings in the IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field. , Match abandoned after 1.1 overs of Bangalore innings due to rain. , Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. , Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs and advanced to Qualifier 1, and Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match.
8 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Mumbai Indians168/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)170/3 (18.3 overs)
Rohit Sharma 98* (65) Morne Morkel 2/18 (4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 57 (43) Corey Anderson 1/21 (2 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: S Ravi (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Morne Morkel (KKR)
9 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings150/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils149/9 (20 overs)
Dwayne Smith 34 (31) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/30 (4 overs)
Albie Morkel 73* (55) Ashish Nehra 3/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 1 run M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
10 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals162/7 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab (H)136/8 (20 overs)
James Faulkner 46 (33) Anureet Singh 3/23 (4 overs)
Murali Vijay 37 (32) James Faulkner 3/26 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 26 runs MCA Stadium, Pune Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: James Faulkner (RR)
Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 3 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: S Ravi (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (RCB)
12 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
(H) Delhi Daredevils184/3 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals186/7 (20 overs)
JP Duminy 44* (38) Chris Morris 2/35 (4 overs)
Deepak Hooda 54 (25) Imran Tahir 4/28 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Deepak Hooda (RR)
Preliminary
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Most runs
The player with the most runs at the end of the tournament received the Orange Cap.
Most wickets
The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament received the Purple Cap.
