Indian Premier League (IPL) Official IPL logo Countries India Administrator BCCI Format Twenty20 First tournament 2008 Last tournament 2018 Next tournament 2019 Tournament format Double round-robin league and Playoffs Number of teams 8 Current champion Chennai Super Kings Most successful Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians (3 titles each) Most runs Suresh Raina (4985) [1] Most wickets Lasith Malinga (154) [2] TV List of broadcasters Website iplt20.com 2018 IPL season Tournaments 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 The Indian Premier League ( IPL ), officially Vivo Indian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during April and May of every year by teams representing Indian cities and some states. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2008, and is regarded as the brainchild of Lalit Modi , the founder and for
