Indian Premier League 2016
The Indian Premier League 2016 was the ninth season of the Twenty20 format competition for Indian cricket teams and took place between April 9 and May 29, 2016. In the final, the Sunrisers Hyderabad beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore with 8 runs .
prehistory
Due to betting fraud in 2013, the owners of the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals teams were suspended for two years. As a result, two new teams were approved as replacements with Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants .
Player auction
This year's player auction took place on February 6, 2016 in Bangalore . 351 domestic and foreign cricketers were available for auction. In the end, 94 players, 28 of them foreign, were provided with new contracts from the 8 franchises. There was a special feature of this auction: Due to the dissolution of the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals franchises, the newly founded teams - Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions - were each allowed to sign a maximum of 5 players from the old franchises. The most expensive foreign player was Shane Watson , who moved from the Rajasthan Royals to the Royal Challengers Bangalore . The most expensive Indian national player was Pawan Negi , who plays for the Delhi Daredevils . The 8 franchises totaled ₹ 1,36,00,00,000 in the auction.
Water crisis
There was a severe drought in Maharashtra state ahead of the season . There were 3 cricket stadiums in Maharashtra, where 20 matches were to be played: Wankhede Stadium ( Mumbai ), Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium ( Pune ) and Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium ( Nagpur ). Since a lot of water is required to water the pitch, it was decided that the scheduled games should be moved to other stadiums. As of May 1st, the games were moved from Mumbai and Pune to Visakhapatnam . The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore was chosen as the venue for the final.
Results
table
The table for the preliminary round was as follows (as of May 22, 2016).
| Teams | Sp. | S. | N | NO | P | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat Lions | 14th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18th | -0.374 |
| Royal Chall. Bangalore | 14th | 8th | 6th | 0 | 16 | +0.932 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14th | 8th | 6th | 0 | 16 | +0.245 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 14th | 8th | 6th | 0 | 16 | +0.106 |
| Mumbai Indians | 14th | 7th | 7th | 0 | 14th | -0.146 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 14th | 7th | 7th | 0 | 14th | -0.155 |
| Rising Pune Supergiants | 14th | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | +0.015 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 14th | 4th | 10 | 0 | 8th | -0.646 |
| Qualified for the semifinals |
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Playoffs
| Semi-final ( semi-finals ) |
Semifinals ( final ) |
Finale ( grand final ) |
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| 1 | Gujarat Lions | 158 (20) | |||||||||||
| 2 | Royal Chall. Bangalore | 159/6 (18.2) | 2 | Royal Chall. Bangalore | 200/7 (20) | ||||||||
| 1 | Gujarat Lions | 162/7 (20) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 208/7 (20) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 163/6 (19.2) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 162/8 (20) | |||||||||||
| 4th | Kolkata Knight Riders | 140/8 (20) | |||||||||||
Game a
| May 24th scorecard |
Bangalore |
Gujarat Lions 158 (20) |
- |
Royal Chall. Bangalore 159-6 (18.2) |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore wins with 4 wickets | ||||
Game B
| May 25 scorecard |
Delhi |
Sunrisers Hyderabad 162-8 (20) |
- |
Kolkata Knight Riders 140-8 (20) |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad wins with 22 runs | ||||
Game C
| May 27th scorecard |
Delhi |
Gujarat Lions 162-7 (20) |
- |
Sunrisers Hyderabad 163-6 (19.2) |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad wins with 4 wickets | ||||
final
| May 29 scorecard |
Bangalore |
Sunrisers Hyderabad 208-7 (20) |
- |
Royal Chall. Bangalore 200-7 (20) |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad wins with 8 runs | ||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ CSK, RR owners suspended for two years ( English ) Cricinfo. July 14, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ↑ Pune, Rajkot to host new IPL franchises ( English ) Cricinfo. December 8, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ↑ official IPL auction ( English ) IPL. May 18, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ↑ IPL auction results ( English ) The Hindu. May 18, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ Water crisis in India ( English ) BBC. December 19, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ↑ Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate