The 2015 season of the
Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 8 or, for sponsorship reasons, 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. The tagline was ''India ka tyohar (the festival of India.) ''
On 24 May 2015,
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians are a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competes in the Indian Premier League and is the most successful team of the tournament with 5 titles. Founded in 2008, the team is owned by India's biggest conglo ...
defeated
Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs in the
final at
Eden Gardens
The Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. Established in 1864, it is the oldest and second-largest cricket stadium in India and third-largest in the world. The stadium currently has a capacity of 66,000.
Eden Gardens is often re ...
, Kolkata, 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 Kolkata Knight Riders was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season.
Players auction
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.
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.
Venues
12 venues were selected to host the league stage matches.
Mumbai,
Pune and
Ranchi
Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...
hosted Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifier 2 respectively and
Kolkata hosted the Final.
;Group stage
;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. Final match at Nashik.
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
Anushka Sharma (; born 1 May 1988) is an Indian actress and former producer who works in Hindi films. She has received several awards, including a Filmfare Award. One of the highest-paid actresses in India as of 2018, she has appeared in '' F ...
,
Farhan Akhtar,
Shahid Kapoor among others. The ceremony began after a one and a half hours delay due to rain.
Teams and standings
Points table
* Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
* advanced to the Qualifier
* advanced to the Eliminator
''("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)''
League stage
Matches
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* ''The 13 wides bowled by Rajasthan is record in a single innings in the IPL''
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Playoff stage
Preliminary
;Qualifier 1
;Eliminator
;Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
Most runs
* The player with the most runs at the end of the tournament receives the Orange Cap.
* Source: Cricinfo
Most wickets
* The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament receives the Purple Cap.
* Source: Cricinfo
Most catches
* Source: Cricinfo
References
External links
*
Tournament website on ESPN Cricinfo
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