2017 Indian Premier League
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| Dates | 5 April – 21 May 2017 |
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| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | India |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Official website | www |
The 2017 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 10, is 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 features the eight teams that played in the previous season. The 2017 season started on 5 April 2017 and is scheduled to finish on 21 May 2017, with Hyderabad hosting the opening match and the final. Sunrisers Hyderabad are the defending champions having won the 2016 edition.
Eight teams are contesting 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.
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.
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.
Unlike the previous IPL seasons each of which had a single opening ceremony, the 2017 season will feature opening ceremonies at each venue before the start of the first match at the venue. The ceremonies included performances by Amy Jackson (at Hyderabad); Shalmali Kholgade and Riteish Deshmukh (at Pune);Bhoomi Trivedi, Sachin-Jigar and Tiger Shroff (at Rajkot); Harshdeep Kaur and Disha Patani (at Indore); Benny Dayal and Kriti Sanon (at Bangalore).
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