The 2015 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 8 or Pepsi IPL 2015, was the eighth season of the IPL, 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 Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 7 April 2015. Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions having won the title in the 2014 season.
On 24 May 2015 in the Final at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Mumbai Indians won the tournament by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs to win the IPL title for the second time. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma was awarded player of the match in the final for his knock of 50 from 26 balls. Andre Russell of the Knight Riders was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season.
Players auction
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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.[2]
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.[3]
Venues
12 venues were selected to host the league stage matches.[4] Mumbai, Pune and Ranchi hosted Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifier 2 respectively and Kolkata hosted the Final.[5]
- Group Stage
| Ahmedabad |
Bangalore |
Chennai |
Delhi |
| Rajasthan Royals |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Chennai Super Kings |
Delhi Daredevils |
| Sardar Patel Stadium |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
Feroz Shah Kotla |
| Capacity: 54,000 [6] |
Capacity: 36,760 [7] |
Capacity: 37,220 |
Capacity: 55,000 |
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| Hyderabad |
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Kolkata |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium |
Eden Gardens |
| Capacity: 55,000 |
Capacity: 67,000[8] |
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| Mohali |
Mumbai |
| Kings XI Punjab |
Mumbai Indians |
| Punjab Cricket Association Stadium |
Wankhede Stadium |
| Capacity: 40,000 |
Capacity: 33,320 |
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| Mumbai |
Pune |
Raipur |
Vishakhapatnam |
| Rajasthan Royals |
Kings XI Punjab |
Delhi Daredevils |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Brabourne Stadium |
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium |
Raipur International Cricket Stadium |
ACA-VDCA Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 |
Capacity: 36,000 |
Capacity: 50,000 |
Capacity: 38,000 |
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- Playoffs
IPL Fanpark initiative
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.[9] Final match at Nashik.[10]
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.[11]
Teams and standings
- Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
- advanced to the Qualifier
- advanced to the Eliminator
League progression
2015 IPL Match Summary
- 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.
League stage
2015 IPL Match Summary
| Home team won |
Visitor team won |
- 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.
Matches
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- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
- Deepak Hooda made his IPL debut
- 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
- 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
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field
- 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 not possible 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 won the toss and elected to bat
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat
- Jayant Yadav made his IPL debut
- 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
- 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
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat
- Brainder Sran made his IPL debut
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
- Match abandoned after 1.1 overs of Bangalore innings due to rain
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat
Playoff stage
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Preliminary
- Qualifier 1
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
- Eliminator
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat
- Qualifier 2
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
Final
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- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
Statistics
Most runs
- The player with the most runs at the end of the tournament receives the Orange Cap.
- Source: Cricinfo[14]
Most wickets
- The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament receives the Purple Cap.
- Source: Cricinfo[15]
Most catches
References
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