Format
Double round-robin across ten venues, twenty overs per side, no result required beyond a Super Over on knockout nights. The playoff field is the top four on net run rate.
Standings
Points first, NRR second, head-to-head third. We re-rank after every match with the licensed feed as the source of record — never the on-screen broadcast number.
Recent reporting
Captain’s pick, powerplay read and impact-player usage every matchday. Player notes stay with the team sheet until the toss.
Tournament grammar
The four things to read first
Qualification
The top four advance. Number one and number two earn the double chance; number three and number four play the eliminator. Positions are locked at the end of the seventy league matches.
Tie-breakers
If teams are level on points, net run rate decides. If NRR is identical, the side with the higher runs-for-per-over in the head-to-head fixtures qualifies. A drawn knockout match is settled by the Super Over, not by boundary count.
Impact Player rule
Each side names one Impact Player pre-toss. The substitution is positional — the outgoing player cannot bat or bowl after the swap. We track usage rate by club by phase.
Auction residue
Purse left after auction is a real number. Clubs carry the remaining purse into the next season’s auction — it is not lost. The Impact Player salary sits within the same cap.
What our IPL coverage does — and what it doesn’t
We publish a captain’s pick, a powerplay read and a points-table recalculation every matchday. We do not republish social media rumours about rest days or injury returnees, and we wait for the official team sheet before listing a player in our squad notes.