Earlier this year the BCCI suspended the IPL midseason after the rise of the Covid-19 second wave. However, it is set to resume from Sept. 19 with the clash of giants featuring CSK and MI. The BCCI has also confirmed that the remainder of the season will take place in the UAE.
Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah will be hosting the remaining 31 matches of the IPL. Moreover, Dubai will host the first qualifier on October 10 and the final on October 15. However, Sharjah will host the eliminator and the second qualifier will be on October 11 and 13 respectively. To conclude, Dubai will host 13 matches, Sharjah will host 10 and Abu Dhabi will get to host the remaining eight.
With the IPL 2025 playoffs just around the corner, the tension is reaching its peak. Over the years, the Indian Premier League has given fans plenty of memorable moments full of surprises at the fag end of the group stage. Generally, the fans have to wait till the last over of the group stage to know who will qualify for the IPL Playoffs.
Sometimes, it even goes to the final ball as well, to decide the fourth team to qualify.
From teams that regularly reach the playoffs to underdogs who’ve shocked everyone, the path to the final four has always been full of drama.
Let's take a look at the IPL Playoffs teams from 2008 to 2025.
Beyond being the champions, which teams have consistently made their way to the finals? It is time to reflect on the heroic battle and consistency in reaching the IPL final.
Check out the ones who hold the potential to beat CSK’s dominance in this field and become the team with the most appearances in IPL history.
CSK's unmatched dominance | 10 finals
CSK lifts the IPL trophy for the fifth time after defeating GT in IPL 2023 final. Image | NDTV
Chennai Super Kings hold a remarkable record of reaching the IPL final the most number of times, with a win percentage of 50%. CSK started this journey in 2008 when they got into the final for the first time against RR.
CSK has won 5 out of 10 times in their IPL final appearances. Their quality team performance and ability to play good cricket with consistency have made them one of the most successful franchises in IPL.
They are also the only team to reach the IPL final 4 times in a row.
Mumbai Indians celebrating their 5th IPL win in 2019 against CSK. Image | Facebook
Mumbai Indians stand second with 6 final appearances in IPL and have won 5 out of them. They equalise the IPL title count as CSK but fall short in the number to be the team with the most final appearances in IPL history.
MI's 6 IPL Finals:
vs CSK (2010)- lost by 22 runs
vs CSK (2013)- won by 23 runs
vs CSK (2015)- won by 41 runs
vs RPS (2017)- won by 1 run
vs CSK (2019)- won by 1 run
vs DC (2020)- won by 5 wickets
KKR and SRH are climbing the stairs | 4 finals
SRH and KKR celebrating the wins in their respective IPL seasons. Image | Pinterest
Following closely are Kolkata Knight Riders, who have reached the IPL final 4 times, and won thrice out of them.
Hyderabad, as a team, has also reached the finals 4 times, just with different franchises. They reached the finals in 2009 for the first time as Deccan Chargers, and later made their way thrice under the name of Sunrisers Hyderabad and won in 2016.
IPL winners since 2008: KKR wins the trophy for third time
The 17th edition of the IPL came to an end with KKR winning their third title so it's time we look at the teams which have won the coveted trophy over the years.
The Indian Premier League began in 2008, a year after the Indian cricket team won the first edition of the World T-20 against Pakistan in a thrilling final. IPL started as an ambitious project 17 years ago but is now considered the best Twenty-20 league in the world. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are the most successful IPL teams, having won the tournament five times. MI have finished as runners-up on one occasion while CSK have finished second five times.
Kolkata Knight Riders clinched the Indian Premier League 2024 title comfortably as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final by eight wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This is the third title for the Knight Riders and the first in 10 years. Kolkata had previously lifted the trophy in 2012 and 2014. SRH could only score 113 runs and KKR chased it down inside the first 11 overs.
IPL 2023 Winner: Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets and won their fifth Indian Premier League title, at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Chasing a revised 171-run target in 15 overs after rain-affected play, CSK needed 10 to win off the last two balls and Ravindra Jadeja won the title for his side. It is undoubtedly one of the greatest final matches in the history of the IPL.
IPL 2022 Winner: Gujarat Titans
The Tata IPL 2022 final match was played between Gujarat Titans (GT) & Rajasthan Royals (RR) and the Titans won the match by 7 wickets. Yuzvendra Chahal was the highest wicket-taker & Jos Buttler was the most run-scorer in that season. Buttler scored 863 runs in 17 matches including 4 hundred and 4 fifties. He also won the Most Valuable Player award in the 2022 season. Gujarat Titans (GT) captained by Hardik Pandya topped the point table with 20 points and ultimately lifted the title in their first season of IPL.
IPL 2021 Winner: Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings became the IPL 2021 Winner. TheFinal of IPL 2021 was played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Dubai and CSK won the match by 27 runs. With their victory in IPL 2021, Chennai Super Kings lifted their 4th IPL title. Harshal Patel from Royal Challengers Bangalore became the purple cap holder with 32 wickets. Ruturaj Gaikwad became the youngest player to win the IPL Orange Cup.
IPL 2020 Winner: Mumbai Indians
This was the fifth time Mumbai Indians won the IPL title. The final match was played between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals & MI won the match by 5 wickets. MI also won the Paytm Fairplay Award that year.
The final of the IPL 2019 again saw the clash of the titans. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings met again in the finals. The final went down to the last bowl. Shardul Thakur who was hoping for at least one run for the super over failed to counter Malinga's off-cutter. Thus, Mumbai Indians became the champions for a record 4th time & became the most successful team in IPL history.
IPL Winner 2018: Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings became the second team to win more than two trophies in IPL. Veterans Ambati Rayadu and Shane Watson were the backbones of the batting unit. Dhoni, as usual, provided the best finishes in most of the games. CSK's bowling unit was lucky to get inputs from MS Dhoni, and Dwayne Bravo, who led the bowling attack for CSK.
IPL Winner 2017: Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians became the 1st team in IPL history to win the title more than two times. The first win was in 2013 and the second was in 2015. The victory margin of Mumbai Indians against the Rising Pune Supergiants in the final was just one run.
IPL Winner 2016: Sunrisers Hyderabad
The Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to win the final against Royal Challengers Bangalore by just 8 runs. David Warner masterfully crafted the team's journey through the season as a captain. But the season was more about the Virat Kohli (973 runs) - Ab de Villiers partnership in almost all the RCB matches. Virat scored 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries in the 16 innings he played! There should be no doubt about who was the orange cap winner for the season.
Mumbai Indians became the third team after CSK and KKR to win the title more than once. Simmons, Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayadu, and Kieron Pollard carried the batting unit. The bowling department was led by Malinga. Lasith Malinga took 24 wickets in the tournament but couldn't get the purple cap. Dwayne Bravo went ahead of him by scalping two extra wickets.
IPL Winner 2014: Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders became the second team to win the IPL trophy more than once. If Manvinder Bisla was the hero in the final of the 2012 edition, this time it was Manish Pandey's heroics that led KKR to chase a huge total of 199. Pandey scored a brilliant 94 from 50. Robin Uthappa from KKR won the orange cap for scoring 660 runs in 16 innings.
IPL Winner 2013: Mumbai Indians
The hitman, Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians to their first glory at the IPL. MI did so by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final of the 2013 IPL. The side was clinically well-balanced throughout the tournament. The likes of Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, and Mitchell Johnson were a consistent part of the team's playing XI.
IPL Winner 2012: Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated the defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the final. With the KKR batsman left with the daunting task of chasing 190 in the final, Bisla took the onus of chasing on himself and replied with a swashbuckling inning of 89 from 48 balls. CSK's run feast led by Suresh Raina's 73 from 38 wasn't enough to stop the Knights from snatching the title from them.
IPL Winner 2011: Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings became the first team of the IPL to win back-to-back finals in history. The defending champions held the title against the batting titans of the tournament RCB. CSK's batting unit was lit up by the presence of Mr. Cricket, Michael Hussey, who played some important innings throughout the tournament. Hussey and Murali Vijay's 159-run opening partnership against the Royal Challengers Bangalore was the main reason for CSK defending the title.
MS Dhoni finally lifted the trophy after missing it in the inaugural edition. Suresh Raina, Mathew Hayden, Albie Morkel, Muralitharan, and Dhoni made CSK a strong title contender for the title right from the start of the tournament. Raina was brilliant with the bat throughout the tournament serving as the backbone of the team's batting lineup. It was his knock of 57 not out from 35 that lit up CSK's road to glory in the final against Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians.
IPL Winner 2009: Deccan Chargers
The Chargers led by Adam Gilchrist won the second edition of the Indian Premier League. The team had some incredible hitters in them – Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds, and young Rohit Sharma. Pragyan Ojha played a very crucial role in the team's journey with his left-arm spin bowling scalping 18 wickets in the tournament. Adam Gilchrist notched up a total of 495 runs in 16 matches and stood second in the overall list of highest run-scorers in the season behind Mathew Hayden.
IPL Winner 2008: Rajasthan Royals
Shane Warne led Rajasthan Royals to win the first edition of the Indian Premier League. A thoroughly well-balanced team with experienced batsmen like Shane Watson and Graeme Smith, an explosive batsman like Yusuf Pathan in the middle order, and a deceptive bowler like Sohail Tanvir were the backbone of the Rajasthan Royals in the first edition. But in the final against the Chennai Super Kings, Yusuf Pathan played the match of his life with contributions in both the bowling and the batting department. Yusuf first took 3 crucial wickets with a run rate of less than a bowl and scored a quickfire 56 from 39.
These 2 months of the Indian Premier League are an entertaining season for all the cricket lovers in the world. The amusement becomes more worthwhile when our favorites, the legends perform efficiently. Everyone loves watching batters thrashing boundaries and it becomes more engaging when it results in a century. Some of the IPL stars have made their name in the list of most centuries in IPL history, let's take a look at the top 6 of them.
No wonders why Chris Gayle tops the list of the most centuries in IPL history. Gayle is undoubtedly one of the best T20 players and he completely reigned in IPL every season. Gayle tops here with 6 centuries in 142 matches. Overall he has aggregated 4965 runs throughout all the IPL seasons, that he played, with an average of 39.72 and a strike rate of 148.96.
Virat Kohli holds the second position in this list with 5 IPL centuries. The most interesting part of the specific record is that Kohli did not score a single century until IPL 2016. IPL 2016 was the season that entirely changed the game for him and also was one of his best seasons. The former captain smashed 4 tons in that specific year and concluded the year with 973 runs. In fact, is the only captain in this T20 league with 5 tons. He hit these tons in 207 innings.
Jos Buttler is storming every day on the field in the ongoing IPL 2022. The Rajasthan Royals opener is sitting on this table at the third position with 4 IPL centries. Interestingly this time last year Buttler did not have a single century to his name and now he is the record holder of 4 IPL centuries. In the last 8 IPL innings, he successfully thrashed 4 centuries. With 3 IPL tons so far this season, he might soon break Virat Kohli's record in IPL as well. Presently, he is the orange cap holder with 491 runs with an average of 81.83 and a strike rate of 161.51.
People judge too soon without waiting for the results. KL Rahul proved those people wrong once again with his 2 centuries in the ongoing IPL 2022 after he went out for a duck. The Lucknow Super Giants' captain is sitting on this list with 4 centuries in 93 innings of IPL.
One can easily understand the caliber of Shane Watson after realizing that he still features in the top 5 of this list even after retiring in 2020. Watson joined his Aussie teammate David Warner in smashing 4 centuries in IPL in 141 innings. From the inaugural season to his last IPL season, he always remained a prolific member of every team he played in.
With 4 IPL centuries in 155 innings, David Warner is grabbing the 6th position in the list of most centuries in IPL history. He smashed his 1st century while playing for the Delhi Daredevils in 2010.
Who do you think will smack a few centuries in IPL 2022? Let us know in the comments below.
It is just a matter of 2 weeks to witness IPL, the most celebrated T20 league in the world. IPL 2022 kickstarts on 26 March in India. A new season of IPL will witness new talents, new records, and a whole lot of entertainment. Let's take a look at the highest wicket getter in every season of IPL till now before IPL 2022.
Sohail Tanvir is the first-ever highest wicket getter of IPL. In the inaugural edition of IPL, Sohail scalped 22 wickets while playing for Rajasthan Royals. The 2008 Purple Cap winner's 22 wickets also included 6/14 against Chennai Super Kings. His contribution was one of the biggest reasons behind the Rajasthan Royals' winning title that season.
RP Singh of Deccan Chargers was the highest wicket getter of IPL 2009. The fast bowler picked up 23 wickets in 16 matches and was terrific throughout the season. Deccan Chargers was the winner of the 2009 IPL and he played a huge part in it.
In the 3rd edition of IPL, Pragyan Ojha earned the Purple Cap after picking up 21 wickets in 16 matches. Also, he bowled deliveries with an average of 16.8 and an economy of 7.29 in IPL 2010.
Lasith Malinga was an absolute star in IPL 2011. He literally created a storm every time he was on the field. He scalped 28 wickets during that season and won the Purple Cap. Once again, he proved himself to be one of the biggest assets of Mumbai Indians.
Delhi's Morne Morkel is the Purple Cap winner of IPL 2012. He scalped 25 wickets during that season and was one of the cricketers that took the team to the top of the ranking table in the group stage.
With 32 wickets, Dwayne Bravo claimed the Purple Cap in IPL 2013. He holds the record of taking the highest number of wickets in a single season in the history of IPL. The CSK player also contributed to taking the team to the finals.
IPL 2014 witnessed another CSK player winning the Purple Cap the next year itself. Mohit Sharma is the player and he picked up 23 wickets in 16 matches.
A CSK player became the highest wicket getter of the season for the third consecutive year in IPL 2015. The cricketer is none other than Dwayne Bravo. He is the first bowler in the IPL history to win the Purple cap twice. He scalped 26 wickets that season.
The Purple Cup winner of the IPL 2016 is Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad. He was one of the most promising players of SRH and picked up a total of 23 wickets. SRH won the IPL title in 2016 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar played the key role.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar scalped the highest number of wickets once again next year in the IPL 2017. Also, he holds the record of being the only bowler to win the Purple Cap in two successive seasons. He picked up a total of 26 wickets and helped the franchise to reach the playoffs.
Andrew Tye of the then Kings XI Punjab scalped the most number of wickets in the IPL 2018. The Australian pacer was simply phenomenal and scalped 24 wickets during that season.
The highest wicket getter of IPL 2019 is Imran Tahir with 26 wickets. Tahir is certainly one of the greatest T20 spinners and one of the most pivotal cricketers of the franchise.
The youngster of Delhi Capitals, Kagiso Rabada scalped the most wickets in IPL 2020. With 30 wickets in that season, he not only established himself as one of the most important cricketers of the franchise but also helped the team to reach the finals.
With 32 wickets, Harshal Patel became the highest wicket getter of IPL 2021. The defending Purple Cap winner belongs to Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise. RCB bought Harshal Patel this year for 10.75 crore INR.
Which bowler are you most excited to see this year?
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