Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL)

The 2019 Indian Premier League or IPL 2019 was the twelfth edition of the tournament. The 2019 IPL was played entirely in India despite the General Elections. In the past, the competition was played outside India due to the elections. IPL 2019 got underway on 23 March while the final took place on 12 May. A total of eight teams participated in the tournament.

Chennai Super Kings began the tournament as the defending champions. They made it to the final once again before losing to Mumbai Indians by just 1 run. It was Chennai Super Kings' third loss against Mumbai Indians in an IPL final.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's David Warner won the Orange Cap for the leading run-scorer of the tournament after scoring 692 runs. Chennai Super Kings' Imran Tahir won the Purple Cap for being the highest wicket-taker in IPL 2019. He picked up 26 wickets. Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders was named the Most Valuable Player while Shubman Gill of Kolkata Knight Riders was named the Emerging Player of the Tournament.

IPL 2019 Points table:

Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for the playoffs. Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi finished the league stage with 9 wins each and were separated by net run-rate. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad won 6 games. 

IPL 2019 Points table:

Teams Mat Won Lost Tied NR Pts NRR
Mumbai Indians 14 9 5 0 0 18 0.421
Chennai Super Kings 14 9 5 0 0 18 0.131
Delhi Capitals 14 9 5 0 0 18 0.044
Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 6 8 0 0 12 0.577
Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 8 0 0 12 0.028
Punjab Kings 14 6 8 0 0 12 -0.251
Rajasthan Royals 14 5 8 0 1 11 -0.449
Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 5 8 0 1 11 -0.607

IPL 2019: 

Most runs:

Player Matches Inns Runs Avg Sr 4s 6s
David Warner 12 12 692 69.2 143.87 57 21
KL Rahul 14 14 593 53.91 135.39 49 25
Quinton de Kock 16 16 529 35.27 132.91 45 25
Shikhar Dhawan 16 16 521 34.73 135.68 64 11
Andre Russell 14 13 510 56.67 204.82 31 52
Chris Gayle 13 13 490 40.83 153.61 45 34
Rishabh Pant 16 16 488 37.54 162.67 37 27
Virat Kohli 14 14 464 33.14 141.46 46 13
Shreyas Iyer 16 16 463 30.87 119.95 41 14
Jonny Bairstow 10 10 445 55.62 157.24 48 18

Most wickets:

Player Matches Overs Balls Wkts Avg Runs 4-fers 5-fers
Imran Tahir 17 64.2 386 26 16.58 431 2 -
Kagiso Rabada 12 47 282 25 14.72 368 2 -
Deepak Chahar 17 64.3 387 22 21.91 482 - -
Shreyas Gopal 14 48 288 20 17.35 347 - -
Jasprit Bumrah 16 61.4 370 19 21.53 409 - -
Khaleel Ahmed 9 34.5 209 19 15.11 287 - -
Mohammed Shami 14 54 324 19 24.68 469 - -
Yuzvendra Chahal 14 49.2 296 18 21.44 386 1 -
Rashid Khan 15 60 360 17 22.18 377 - -
Harbhajan Singh 11 44 264 16 19.5 312 - -

IPL 2019 List of award winners:

Player Team Award
Shubman Gill Kolkata Knight Riders Emerging Player
Jonny Bairstow Sunrisers Hyderabad Fairplay Award
Kieron Pollard Mumbai Indians Catch of the season
Andre Russell Kolkata Knight Riders Super striker
K. L. Rahul Kings XI Punjab Stylish player
Imran Tahir Chennai Super Kings Most wickets
David Warner Sunrisers Hyderabad Most runs
Andre Russell Kolkata Knight Riders Most Valuable Player

 

Mumbai Indians won the IPL in 2019. They beat Chennai Super Kings by 1 run in the final.

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings were the finalists in IPL 2019.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's David Warner won the Orange Cap in 2019 for scoring most number of runs.
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