Cricket format Twenty20 Defending Champions Sunrisers Hyderabad Official website www.iplt20.com Location India | Host(s) India Participants 8 Dates 5 Apr 2017 – 21 May 2017 | |
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Tournament format(s) Double round robin and playoffs Administrator Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) | ||
The 2017 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 10, will be the tenth season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament will feature the eight teams that played in the previous season. The 2017 season is scheduled to start on 5 April 2017 and finish on 21 May 2017, with Hyderabad hosting the opening match and the final.
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Format
Eight teams will contest the season. The schedule for the tournament was published on 15 February 2017. The league stage, consisting of 56 matches, will take place between 5 April and 14 May 2017. The top four teams will qualify for the play-off stage, with the final being held in Hyderabad on 21 May.
Venues
Ten venues were selected to host the matches. The opening match and the final will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
Personnel changes
The retention lists for the season were announced in December 2016. On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the player auction would be held on 20 February 2017 in Bangalore with a total of 799 players registered for it. On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players. Out of the 351 players shortlisted, 66 players were sold at the IPL Auctions 2017.
As of 17 February 2017Source: CricInfo
Preliminary
