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 |