The Indian Premier League is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. It is held annually since the first edition in 2008. Chennai Super Kings were the defending champions, having won their fifth title in the previous season after beating Gujarat Titans in the final.
The format returned to the same as 2022, unlike 2023, with the group order being re-shuffled. Each team played twice against the teams in their group and the team in the same row in the other group, and once against the remaining four teams in the other group. After the group stage, the top four teams based on aggregate points qualified for the playoffs. In this stage, the top two teams competed with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as did the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator"). While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualified for the final match, the losing team had another chance to qualify for the final match by competing against the winning team of the Eliminator match (in a match titled "Qualifier 2"). The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match advanced to the final match. Bowlers could now bowl two bouncers per over, as trialled in India's domestic T20 tournament, the 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
| Group A | Group B |
| Mumbai Indians | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Rajasthan Royals | Punjab Kings |
| Delhi Capitals | Gujarat Titans |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Chennai Super Kings |
There was a possibility of the tournament being held abroad due to a possibility of inadequate security, as a result of a clash with Lok Sabha Election 2024. On 14 February 2024, the chairman of the Indian Premier League announced that the tournament would take place in India and that the schedule would be finalized after a discussion with the Indian government and other agencies, with the allocation of matches to states to depend on the election schedule to be released by the Election Commission of India. On 21 February, it was announced that the schedule would be announced in two halves as the dates of the elections has not been confirmed till then. A part of the schedule of the season's fixtures was announced on 22 February 2024 which included the schedule for the first 17 days, consisting of 21 matches. The opening match of the tournament was to be played on 22 March at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The remaining fixtures were announced on 25 March with the last group match to be played between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders on 19 May at ACA Stadium, Guwahati. It was announced that both Qualifier 1 and Eliminator would be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad from 21 to 22 May, and that Qualifier 2 and final would be played in Chennai, with the venue hosting its third IPL final after 2011 and 2012.
The Tata Group renewed their contract as the title sponsors of the Indian Premier League for a tenure of 5 years (2024–28) for ₹2,500 crore (US$260 million) — the highest-ever sponsorship amount in the history of the league. The TATA Group previously held the title sponsorship rights for the IPL in 2022 and 2023. The advertising campaign for the 2024 IPL consisted of 18 sponsors and 250 advertisers including most notably — Dream11, Tata Motors, HDFC Bank, SBI, Thums Up, Pepsi, Parle Products, Google Pixel, Haier, and Vodafone.
The media rights for 2023 to 2027 seasons were acquired by Viacom18 and Star Sports for ₹48,390 crore (US$5.1 billion), giving a valuation of ₹104 crore (US$11 million) for each IPL match. Star Sports broadcast the season on TV, while Viacom18 streamed it through JioCinema. Star Sports reported a 16.8 crore viewership on the opening day, highest-ever for the first day of any season. The 2024 IPL season had a total viewership of 546 million in Star Sports and 620 million in JioCinema, registering a 18% increase from the previous edition.
The same 10 teams from the previous season returned, with few changes to the team personnel.
| Group | Team | 2023 performance | Head coach | Captain |
| A | Delhi Capitals | 9th | Ricky Ponting | Rishabh Pant |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 7th | Chandrakant Pandit | Shreyas Iyer | |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 4th | Justin Langer | KL Rahul | |
| Mumbai Indians | 3rd | Mark Boucher | Hardik Pandya | |
| Rajasthan Royals | 5th | Kumar Sangakkara | Sanju Samson | |
| B | Chennai Super Kings | Champions | Stephen Fleming | Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| Gujarat Titans | Runner-up | Ashish Nehra | Shubman Gill | |
| Punjab Kings | 8th | Trevor Bayliss | Shikhar Dhawan | |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 6th | Andy Flower | Faf du Plessis | |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10th | Daniel Vettori | Pat Cummins |
The ten franchises retained 173 players for the 2024 IPL season, and seven players were traded across teams before the auction. On 11 December 2023, the IPL governing council released a list of 333 players, including 214 Indian and 119 foreign players who were available for the auction. The auction was held outside India for the first time, at the Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 19 December 2023. 72 players were sold at the auction for a spend of ₹230 crore (US$24 million) including 30 overseas players. Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in the history of IPL when he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹24.75 crore (US$2.6 million), surpassing ₹20.50 crore (US$2.1 million) paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Pat Cummins earlier in the same auction, and ₹18.50 crore (US$1.9 million) paid by Punjab Kings for Sam Curran in the 2023 auction.
The league stage was played at 13 stadiums across India. The opening match was played at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Delhi Capitals played their first two home games at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium due to the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi being unavailable immediately after hosting the 2024 Women's Premier League. The ACA Cricket Stadium and the HPCA Cricket Stadium hosted two home matches each for Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings respectively. The first two matches of the playoffs were played in Ahmedabad with Chennai hosting the final leg of the playoffs including the final.
| Ahmedabad | Bengaluru | Chennai | Delhi | Dharamshala |
| Gujarat Titans | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Chennai Super Kings | Delhi Capitals | Punjab Kings |
| Narendra Modi Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Arun Jaitley Stadium | HPCA Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 132,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 39,000 | Capacity: 35,200 | Capacity: 21,200 |
| Guwahati | AhmedabadBengaluruChennaiDelhiDharamshalaGuwahatiHyderabadJaipurKolkataLucknowMullanpurMumbaiVisakhapatnam | Hyderabad | ||
| Rajasthan Royals | Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||
| ACA Cricket Stadium | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 46,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | |||
| Jaipur | Kolkata | |||
| Rajasthan Royals | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Eden Gardens | |||
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 68,000 | |||
| Lucknow | Mullanpur | Mumbai | Visakhapatnam | |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Punjab Kings | Mumbai Indians | Delhi Capitals | |
| BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium | Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium | Wankhede Stadium | ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium | |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 38,000 | Capacity: 33,108 | Capacity: 27,500 |
In January 2024, the BCCI invited bids for staging the opening ceremony. The following month, Kasi Viswanathan, the CEO of Chennai Super Kings stated that the opening ceremony would be held in Chennai by virtue of being the home of the defending champions. The opening ceremony took place on 22 March at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and was followed by the opening match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Actors Tiger Shroff and Akshay Kumar promoted and performed for a song sequence from their film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. Singer Sonu Nigam delivered a rendition of "Vande Mataram", followed by A. R. Rahman and Mohit Chauhan's joint-performance of "Maa Tujhe Salaam", and solo performances of "Jai Ho" and "Masakali" respectively. Singer Neeti Mohan also performed at the event.
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 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Delhi Capitals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |||
| Gujarat Titans | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | W | W | |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |||
| Mumbai Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Punjab Kings | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | W | L | |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | L | ||
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | L | W | L |
| Win | Loss | No result |
| Visitor team → | CSK | DC | GT | KKR | LSG | MI | PBKS | RR | RCB | SRH |
| Home team ↓ | ||||||||||
| Chennai Super Kings | Chennai63 runs | Chennai7 wickets | Lucknow6 wickets | Punjab7 wickets | Chennai5 wickets | Chennai6 wickets | Chennai78 runs | |||
| Delhi Capitals | Delhi20 runs | Delhi4 runs | Kolkata106 runs | Delhi19 runs | Delhi10 runs | Delhi20 runs | Hyderabad67 runs | |||
| Gujarat Titans | Gujarat35 runs | Delhi6 wickets | Matchabandoned | Gujarat6 runs | Punjab3 wickets | Bengaluru9 wickets | Gujarat7 wickets | |||
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata7 wickets | Kolkata8 wickets | Kolkata18 runs | Punjab8 wickets | Rajasthan2 wickets | Kolkata1 run | Kolkata4 runs | |||
| Lucknow Super Giants | Lucknow8 wickets | Delhi6 wickets | Lucknow33 runs | Kolkata98 runs | Lucknow4 wickets | Lucknow21 runs | Rajasthan7 wickets | |||
| Mumbai Indians | Chennai20 runs | Mumbai29 runs | Kolkata24 runs | Lucknow18 runs | Rajasthan6 wickets | Mumbai7 wickets | Mumbai7 wickets | |||
| Punjab Kings | Chennai28 runs | Punjab4 wickets | Gujarat3 wickets | Mumbai9 runs | Rajasthan3 wickets | Bengaluru60 runs | Hyderabad2 runs | |||
| Rajasthan Royals | Rajasthan12 runs | Gujarat3 wickets | Matchabandoned | Rajasthan20 runs | Rajasthan9 wickets | Punjab5 wickets | Rajasthan6 wickets | |||
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Bengaluru27 runs | Bengaluru47 runs | Bengaluru4 wickets | Kolkata7 wickets | Lucknow28 runs | Bengaluru4 wickets | Hyderabad25 runs | |||
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad6 wickets | Matchabandoned | Hyderabad10 wickets | Hyderabad31 runs | Hyderabad4 wickets | Hyderabad1 run | Bengaluru35 runs |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bat. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first IPL match played at this venue. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field. Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. , Sunrisers Hyderabad broke Royal Challengers Bengaluru's record (263) for the highest innings total in IPL (277). , Mumbai Indians broke Rajasthan Royals' record (226) for the highest second innings total in IPL (246). This was also the highest total in a losing cause in an IPL match. , The match broke the record for highest aggregate scored in an IPL match surpassing 469 runs between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in 2010 (523). Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field. Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field. , Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their own record (277) for the highest innings total in IPL (287). , Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke Mumbai Indians' record (246) for the highest second innings total in IPL (262), and South Africa's record (259) for the highest second innings total in T20 cricket. This was also the highest total in a losing cause in both IPL matches and T20 matches. , The match broke the record for highest aggregate scored in an IPL match surpassing 523 runs between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians in 2024 (549). Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. , Rajasthan Royals recorded the joint highest successful run chase in IPL history. Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field. , Gujarat Titans recorded their lowest innings total in IPL history. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field. Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field. Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bat. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Punjab Kings made the highest successful run-chase in IPL history, thus breaking the record of Rajasthan Royals (223). Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat. , Mumbai Indians were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Punjab Kings were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain. , Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat. Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field. No toss. , No play was possible due to rain. , Kolkata Knight Riders advanced to Qualifier 1 while Gujarat Titans were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field. , Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat. No toss. , No play was possible due to rain. , Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for the playoffs while Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Royal Challengers Bengaluru qualified for the playoffs while Chennai Super Kings were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field. , No play was possible due to rain. , Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.
| Match 1 22 March 2024 20:00 (N) Scorecard |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru173/6 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H)176/4 (18.4 overs) |
| Anuj Rawat 48 (25) Mustafizur Rahman 4/29 (4 overs) | Rachin Ravindra 37 (15) Cameron Green 2/27 (3 overs) |
| Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Mustafizur Rahman (Chennai Super Kings) |
| Match 2 23 March 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Delhi Capitals174/9 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings (H)177/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Shai Hope 33 (25) Arshdeep Singh 2/28 (4 overs) | Sam Curran 63 (47) Kuldeep Yadav 2/20 (4 overs) |
| Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Sam Curran (Punjab Kings) |
| Match 3 23 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard |
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders208/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad204/7 (20 overs) |
| Andre Russell 64* (25) T. Natarajan 3/32 (4 overs) | Heinrich Klaasen 63 (29) Harshit Rana 3/33 (4 overs) |
| Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
| Match 4 24 March 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| (H) Rajasthan Royals193/4 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants173/6 (20 overs) |
| Sanju Samson 82* (52) Naveen-ul-Haq 2/41 (4 overs) | Nicholas Pooran 64* (41) Trent Boult 2/35 (4 overs) |
| Rajasthan Royals won by 20 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals) |
| Match 5 24 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard |
| (H) Gujarat Titans168/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians162/9 (20 overs) |
| Sai Sudharsan 45 (39) Jasprit Bumrah 3/14 (4 overs) | Dewald Brevis 46 (38) Spencer Johnson 2/25 (2 overs) |
| Gujarat Titans won by 6 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) |
| Match 6 25 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard |
The playoffs were held from 21 to 26 May 2024. Qualifier 1 and Eliminator were played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Qualifier 2 and the final were played at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. , Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the final for the 4th time in IPL history.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. , Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for the final for the 3rd time in IPL history.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. , Kolkata Knight Riders won their third title. They became the first team to win the IPL under different captains (2012 and 2014 under Gautam Gambhir and 2024 under Shreyas Iyer). They also set the record for the fastest IPL final chase with 57 balls remaining, equalling the record for the fewest losses in a single tournament. , This was the shortest-ever final in the IPL history.
Sunil Narine won this season's Most Valuable Player award and became the first cricketer to win this award three times.
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