The Indian Premier League has become a phenomenon since its launch in 2008 and is back for a 12th renewal in 2019.
Over a month and a half eight teams, made up of global stars as well as the best domestic talent, compete to earn a spot in the final four, with the over champion decided in the final in Chennai on 12 May.
Eleven English players are involved, four of them at the Rajasthan Royals, including Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer, while Sam Curran plays in the competition for the first time, with the Kings XI Punjab.
Indian captain Virat Kohli is the highest paid player in the IPL, on a $2.4million deal with the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
IPL schedule, fixtures & results
| Super Kings vs Royal Challengers | Super Kings won by 7 wickets | Result |
| Knight Riders vs Sunrisers | Sunday, 24 March | 10:30am |
| Indians vs Capitals | Sunday, 24 March | 2:30pm |
| Royals vs Kings XI | Monday, 25 March | 2:30pm |
| Capitals vs Super Kings | Tuesday, 26 March | 2:30pm |
| Knight Riders vs Kings XI | Wednesday, 27 March | 2:30pm |
| Royal Challengers vs Indians | Thursday, 28 March | 2:30pm |
| Sunrisers vs Royals | Friday, 29 March | 2:30pm |
| Kings XI vs Indians | Saturday, 30 March | 10:30am |
| Capitals vs Knight Riders | Saturday, 30 March | 2:30pm |
| Sunrisers vs Royal Challengers | Sunday, 31 March | 11:30am |
| Super Kings vs Royals | Sunday, 31 March | 3:30pm |
| Kings XI vs Capitals | Monday, 1 April | 3:30pm |
| Royals vs Royal Challengers | Tuesday, 2 April | 3:30pm |
| Indians vs Super Kings | Wednesday, 3 April | 3:30pm |
| Capitals vs Sunrisers | Thursday, 4 April | 3:30pm |
| Royal Challengers vs Knight Riders | Friday, 5 April | 3:30pm |
| Super Kings vs Kings XI | Saturday, 6 April | 11:30am |
| Sunrisers vs Indians | Saturday, 6 April | 3:30pm |
| Royal Challengers vs Capitals | Sunday, 7 April | 11:30am |
| Royals vs Knight Riders | Sunday, 7 April | 3:30pm |
| Kings XI vs Sunrisers | Monday, 8 April | 3:30pm |
| Super Kings vs Knight Riders | Tuesday, 9 April | 3:30pm |
| Indians vs Kings XI | Wednesday, 10 April | 3:30pm |
| Royals vs Super Kings | Thursday, 11 April | 3:30pm |
| Knight Riders vs Capitals | Friday, 12 April | 3:30pm |
| Indians vs Royals | Saturday, 13 April | 11:30am |
| Kings XI vs Royal Challengers | Saturday, 13 April | 3:30pm |
| Knight Riders vs Super Kings | Sunday, 14 April | 11:30am |
| Sunrisers vs Capitals | Sunday, 14 April | 3:30pm |
| Indians vs Royal Challengers | Monday, 15 April | 3:30pm |
| Kings XI vs Royals | Tuesday, 16 April | 3:30pm |
| Sunrisers vs Super Kings | Wednesday, 17 April | 3:30pm |
| Capitals vs Indians | Thursday, 18 April | 3:30pm |
| Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers | Friday, 19 April | 3:30pm |
| Royals vs Indians | Saturday, 20 April | 11:30am |
| Capitals vs Kings XI | Saturday, 20 April | 3:30pm |
| Sunrisers vs Knight Riders | Sunday, 21 April | 11:30am |
| Royal Challengers vs Super Kings | Sunday, 21 April | 3:30pm |
| Royals vs Capitals | Monday, 22 April | 3:30pm |
| Super Kings vs Sunrisers | Tuesday, 23 April | 3:30pm |
| Royal Challengers vs Kings XI | Wednesday, 24 April | 3:30pm |
| Knight Riders vs Royals | Thursday, 25 April | 3:30pm |
| Super Kings vs Indians | Friday, 26 April | 3:30pm |
| Royals vs Sunrisers | Saturday, 27 April | 3:30pm |
| Capitals vs Royal Challengers | Sunday, 28 April | 11:30am |
| Knight Riders vs Indians | Sunday, 28 April | 3:30pm |
| Sunrisers vs Kings XI | Monday, 29 April | 3:30pm |
| Royal Challengers vs Royals | Tuesday, 30 April | 3:30pm |
| Super Kings vs Capitals | Wednesday, 1 May | 3:30pm |
| Indians vs Sunrisers | Thursday, 2 May | 3:30pm |
| Kings XI vs Knight Riders | Friday, 3 May | 3:30pm |
| Capitals vs Royals | Saturday, 4 May | 11:30am |
| Royal Challengers vs Sunrisers | Saturday, 4 May | 3:30pm |
| Kings XI vs Super Kings | Sunday, 5 May | 11:30am |
| Indians vs Knight Riders | Sunday, 5 May | 3:30pm |
| Play-off 1 - TBC vs TBC | Tuesday, 7 May | 3:30pm |
| Play-off 2 - TBC vs TBC | Wednesday, 8 May | 3:30pm |
| Final - TBC vs TBC | Friday, 10 May | 3:30pm |
Standings
| Team | P | W | L | NRR | Pts | |
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.519 | 2 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 | 0 |
| 3 | Kings XI Punjab | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 | 0 |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 | 0 |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 | 0 |
| 6 | Rajasthan Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 | 0 |
| 7 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 | 0 |
| 8 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.519 | 0 |
