The 2019 Indian Premier League season (also known as IPL 12) was the twelfth season of the Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. At one point other countries were considered to host the tournament, due to the Indian general elections but eventually the tournament was played entirely in India with the season commencing on 23 March.
India's opening match at the 2019 Cricket World Cup was postponed from 2 to 5 June as the BCCI were directed to maintain a mandatory 15-day gap between the conclusion of IPL and India's subsequent international fixture as per Lodha Committee's recommendation.
Delhi Daredevils were renamed as the Delhi Capitals, the franchise announced on 4 December 2018, and also released a new logo. Chennai Super Kings were the defending champions who won their third title.
Mumbai Indians defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 1 run to win the final for their fourth title. David Warner won the Orange Cap for the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 692 runs. Imran Tahir, of Chennai Super Kings, was awarded the Purple Cap for finishing as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament with 26 wickets. Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders was named the Most Valuable Player, and Shubman Gill also of Kolkata Knight Riders was named the Emerging Player of the Tournament.
Personnel changes
The transfers and the retention lists for the season were announced in November 2018. Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Glenn Maxwell were the prominent names among the players being released. Jaydev Unadkat, the costliest Indian player in 2018 auction, was also released. The player auction was held on 18 December 2018 at Jaipur. Jaydev Unadkat and uncapped Varun Chakravarthy were the most expensive player at Rs 8.4 crore. Sam Curran was the most expensive foreign player at Rs 7.2 crore. Prominent players like Cheteshwar Pujara, Brendon McCullum, Mushfiqur Rahim and Alex Hales remained unsold.
Venues
Bangalore Delhi Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Capitals Sunrisers Hyderabad M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Arun Jaitley Stadium Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 41,000 Capacity: 55,000 Kolkata Jaipur Mumbai Kolkata Knight Riders Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens Sawai Mansingh Stadium Wankhede Stadium Capacity: 68,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 33,000 Mohali Chennai Visakhapatnam Kings XI Punjab Chennai Super Kings Playoffs IS Bindra Stadium M. A. Chidambaram Stadium ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium Capacity: 26,000 Capacity: 39,000 Capacity: 27,500
Teams and standings
Points table
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(Runner-up))
Match summary
League stage
The full schedule of the 2019 season was published on the IPL website.
Matches
Playoffs
Qualifier 1
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics Most runs
Player Team Runs David Warner Sunrisers Hyderabad 12 12 692 100* K. L. Rahul Kings XI Punjab 14 14 593 100* Quinton de Kock Mumbai Indians 16 16 529 81 Shikhar Dhawan Delhi Capitals 16 16 521 97* Andre Russell Kolkata Knight Riders 14 13 510 80* Source: ESPNcricinfo David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad received the Orange Cap.
Most wickets
Player Team Imran Tahir Chennai Super Kings 17 17 26 4/12 Kagiso Rabada Delhi Capitals 12 12 25 4/21 Deepak Chahar Chennai Super Kings 17 17 22 3/20 Shreyas Gopal Rajasthan Royals 14 14 20 3/12 Khaleel Ahmed Sunrisers Hyderabad 9 9 19 3/30 Source: ESPNcricinfo Imran Tahir of Chennai Super Kings received the Purple Cap.
End of the season awards Player Team Award Value Shubman Gill Kolkata Knight Riders Emerging Player Sunrisers Hyderabad Fairplay Award Team trophy Kieron Pollard Mumbai Indians Catch of the season and a phone Andre Russell Kolkata Knight Riders Super striker and a car K. L. Rahul Kings XI Punjab Stylish player Imran Tahir Chennai Super Kings Most wickets David Warner Sunrisers Hyderabad Most runs Andre Russell Kolkata Knight Riders Most Valuable Player Source:
Controversies Betting allegations On 14 May 2022, the Central Bureau of Investigation filed cases on three people–one from Delhi and two from Hyderabad–in connection with betting and alleged fixing of 2019 IPL matches. According to the first information report, the CBI received information that "a network of individuals involved in cricket betting were influencing the outcome of IPL based on inputs from Pakistan".
See also 2019 Women's T20 Challenge
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo