The 2020 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 13 and branded as
Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020, was the thirteenth season of the
IPL, a professional
Twenty20 cricket
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single inni ...
(T20) league established by the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the worl ...
(BCCI) in 2008. The tournament was originally scheduled to commence on 29 March 2020, but was suspended until 15 April due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
. After
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
announced on 14 April that the
lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020, the
BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely. On 2 August 2020, it was announced that the tournament would be played between 19 September and 10 November 2020 in the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...
.The tagline was ''Ab Khel bolega'': (Now game will speak.)
On 4 August 2020,
Vivo pulled out as the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2020 edition. On 18 August,
fantasy cricket
Fantasy cricket is a part of the fantasy sports genre. It is an online game in which a virtual team of real cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch w ...
league platform
Dream11 was named the title sponsor for the season with a bid of .
Defending champions
Mumbai Indians successfully retained their title with a five-wicket win over
Delhi Capitals in the
final
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*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
on 10 November 2020.
Background
The BCCI released the fixture details on 18 February 2020. The league stage was scheduled to start on 29 March 2020, with the opening match between
Mumbai Indians and
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 2008, the team plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team is owned by India ...
, the finalists of the previous season, at
Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. However, due to the
coronavirus pandemic, Maharashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: d̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022. He was also the president of Shiv Sena prior to ...
announced on 12 March that IPL matches can be held in the state only if they are played in empty stadiums. Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi
Manish Sisodia
Manish Sisodia (born 5 January 1972) is an Indian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of Government of Delhi. He has been the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He is also an elected (third consecutive term) MLA from Patparga ...
declared that no IPL matches will be held in Delhi.
On 13 March, the BCCI suspended the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing
coronavirus pandemic. The decision regarding the postponement was reached by the Governing Council after a meeting with the owners of all eight franchise teams. On 9 April, with India under a nationwide lockdown, a BCCI official told
CNBC TV18 that the Board was considering hosting the tournament in July or during the winter, possibly
behind closed doors. On 14 April 2020, Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020, with the tournament postponed further. The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely due to the pandemic.
On 17 April 2020,
Sri Lanka Cricket offered to host the tournament. On 17 May 2020, the Indian government relaxed nationwide restrictions on sports events, allowing events to take place behind closed doors. On 24 May, Indian sports minister
Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh who serves as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice in the Government of India.
Early life
Rijiju was born on 19 November 1971 at Nakhu near Nafra in West K ...
stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted in 2020 will be made by the Indian government based on "the situation of the pandemic". News reports on 17 July suggested that the BCCI was considering hosting the tournament in the United Arab Emirates between the tentative dates of 26 September and 7 November.
After the
International Cricket Council
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(ICC) postponed the 2020 edition of the
Men's T20 World Cup, the BCCI sought
Government of India
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's permission to move the tournament to the UAE. On 24 July 2020, IPL Governing Council chairman
Brijesh Patel
Brijesh Patel (born 24 November 1952) is the incumbent chairman of Indian Premier League and former cricketer who played for the Indian national cricket team as a right-handed batsman from 1974 until 1979.
Biography
Patel grew up in Ba ...
said that the tournament would be played in the UAE between 19 September and 10 November, should it get the nod from Government of India. On 10 August 2020, the
Government of India
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gave its permission for the tournament to take place in the
UAE. The full fixtures for the tournament were confirmed on 6 September 2020.
Rules and regulations
Some of the rules were changed for the 2020 edition of the IPL.
#Players will not be allowed to use saliva to shine the ball.
#All the matches will be played
without an audience.
#Captains will not shake hands after the
toss.
#Front foot
no-ball
In cricket, a no-ball is a type of illegal delivery to a batter (the other type being a wide). It is also a type of extra, being the run awarded to the batting team as a consequence of the illegal delivery. For most cricket games, especially a ...
s will be adjudicated by the
third umpire rather than the on-field umpire.
# Teams will be allowed
replacements if a player tests positive for COVID-19.
# If a
Super Over is a tie, subsequent Super Overs shall be played until there is a winner.
Mid-season transfer
For the first time in IPL history, mid-season transfer was introduced. In mid-season transfer, teams can transfer players between teams like the European football leagues. For the mid-season transfer to begin, all teams must have played 7 matches. Then for a player to be transferred, the player should have played a maximum 2 matches. The player can be capped or uncapped and both Indian and International players can be transferred.
Personnel changes
Kings XI Punjab's captain
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin () (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a bowling All-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cri ...
was transferred to
Delhi Capitals in November 2019.
Ajinkya Rahane,
Trent Boult and
Mayank Markande got salary raises during pre-auction trades. The released players were announced on 15 November 2019.
Robin Uthappa,
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He is an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox . He has won 7 Player of ...
and
Chris Lynn were the most prominent names among the released players.
Jaydev Unadkat, the costliest Indian player in 2019 auction, was also released. There were 12 transfers between teams during the 2020 transfer window.
The players auction for the 2020 season was held on 19 December 2019 in Kolkata.
Pat Cummins
Patrick James Cummins (born 8 May 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in Test and ODI cricket. He is a fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He plays domestically for New South Wales.
Cum ...
was the most expensive player, purchased by the
Kolkata Knight Riders for , in doing so Cummins became the most expensive overseas player in the history of the IPL auction at the time. The most expensive Indian player sold was
Piyush Chawla for to
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 2008, the team plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team is owned by India ...
. On 18 August, Delhi Capitals signed
Anrich Nortje to replace
Chris Woakes. On 31 August, Royal Challengers Bangalore bought
Adam Zampa
Adam Zampa (born 31 March 1992) is an Australian international cricketer who represents Australian cricket team in limited-overs cricket.
Youth career
As a child, Zampa bowled medium pace, but Cricket Australia had placed restrictions on how ...
as a replacement for
Kane Richardson
Kane William Richardson (born 12 February 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Melbourne Renegades.
Since 2013, Richardson has played international cricket for Australia in both One Day Internatio ...
. On 2 September, Australian fast bowler
James Pattinson
James Lee Pattinson (born 3 May 1990) is an Australian cricketer. Pattinson is considered an aggressive fast bowler. After making his Test cricket debut in late 2011, he played Test and limited overs cricket for the Australia national cricket t ...
was named as a replacement for
Lasith Malinga. On 12 September,
Ali Khan became the first
American
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* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
cricketer to join IPL after he was selected as the replacement for
Harry Gurney in Kolkata Knight Riders.
Mitchell Marsh injured himself during Sunrisers Hyderabad's first match and was hence ruled out of the tournament.
Jason Holder was named as his replacement.
Personnel and sponsorship
Venues
Teams and standings
Points table
Match summary
League stage
The schedule for the league stages of the 2020 season was published on the official IPL website on 6 September. The schedule for playoffs was announced later on 25 October 2020.
Matches
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Playoffs
Preliminary
;Qualifier 1