New format for Indian Premier League 2022

The 15th IPL season sees the tournament expanded to 10 teams, with 74 matches played over eight weeks


FORMAT: 14 group matches per team. Two against each team in same group (8), plus team in corresponding row in other group (e.g. Mumbai v Chennai, 2), and one against remaining teams in other group (4). Top four teams advance

Group A			IPL titles
1 Mumbai Indians	5 titles
2 Kolkata Knight Riders	2012, 2014
3 Rajasthan Royals	2008
4 Delhi Capitals
5 Lucknow Super Giants
 
Group B
1 Chennai Super Kings 	4 titles
2 Sunrisers Hyderabad	2016
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore
4 Punjab Kings
5 Gujarat Titans


GUJARAT
VENUES
MADHYA PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA

Mumbai 
Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, DY Patil Stadium

Pune
MCA International Stadium


Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans join line-up for 2022

Mar 26: Opening match
Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata 

May 29: Final, Wankhede Stadium


IPL AUCTION 2022
Most expensive buys INR crore / US$
Ishan Kishan	Mumbai	15.25 / 2.02m
Deepak Chahar	Chennai	14.00 / 1.85m
Shreyas Iyer	Kolkata	12.25 / 1.62m
Liam Livingstone Punjab	11.50 / 1.52m
Total spend: 551.7 crore*
($72.45m)

Bargain buys include Australia’s David Warner, snapped up by Delhi for 6.25 crore ($0.82m)


*1 crore = 10 million rupees 


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Source: Cricinfo 
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