March 23rd marks the commencement day of the 12th season of the Indian Premier League popularly known as IPL. The 8 teams representing 8 states of India will be battling their way to the ultimate glory, the IPL Trophy. There is not a child or adult left in the country who has not gone crazy for this humongous extravaganza in the name of IPL. The teams, CSK (Chennai Super Kings), RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore), RR (Rajasthan Royals), KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders), MI (Mumbai Indians), DC (Delhi Capitals), KXIP (Kings 11 Punjab) & Sunrisers Hyderabad are all set with their best team in line to set the pitch on fire.
Year | Winner |
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2008 | Rajasthan Royals |
2009 | Deccan Chargers |
2010 | Chennai Super Kings |
2011 | Chennai Super Kings |
2012 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
2013 | Mumbai Indians |
2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
2015 | Mumbai Indians |
2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
2017 | Mumbai Indians |
2018 | Chennai Super kings |
Year | Player of the year | Purple Cap Awardee | Orange Cap Awardee |
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2008 | Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals) | Sohail Tanvir (RR) | Shawn Marsh (KXIP) |
2009 | Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) | R.P. Singh (DC) | Matthew Hayden (CSK) |
2010 | Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) | Pragyan Ojha (DC) | Sachin Tendulkar (MI) |
2011 | Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | Lasith Malinga (MI) | Chris Gayle (RCB) |
2012 | Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Morne Markel (DD) | Chris Gayle (RCB) |
2013 | Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals) | Dwayne Bravo (CSK) | Michael Hussey (CSK) |
2014 | Glenn Maxwell (Kings XI Punjab) | Mohit Sharma (CSK) | Robin Uthappa (KKR) |
2015 | Andre Russel (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Dwayne Bravo (CSK) | David Warner (SRH) |
2016 | Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) | Virat Kohli (RCB) |
2017 | Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) | David Warner ( SRH) |
2018 | Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Andrew Tye (KXIP) | Kane Williamson (SRH) |
In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed.