The 2016 Indian Premier League was theĀ ninth edition of Indian Premier League which was played from 9 April to 29 May. It was also popular as VIVO IPL 2016. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the championship by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final. Tournament consisted 8 teams just like previous editions. “Rising Pune Supergiants” and “Gujarat Lions” were the two debuting teams in the competition as they replaced Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals who are facing two years ban.

Vivo Indian Premier League 2016.

Two new teams ‘Gujarat Lions’ and ‘Rising Pune Supergiants’ have been introduced from Vivo Indian Premier League 2016. BCCI IPL governing council announced two new teams forĀ 9th IPL season on 8 December 2015.

Players Draft

BCCI announced the players draft for two new IPL franchises Rajkot and Pune. These franchises will have to select a total of 10 players from the draft on 15 December 2015. In the draft, players come from suspended teams Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. Around 50 CSK and RR players were involved in the draft that took place in Mumbai.

Teams

Mumbai Indians was the defending champions in IPL 2016 as they won 2015 edition by defeating Chennai Super Kings.

1. Mumbai Indians

2. Kings XI Punjab

3. Kolkata Knight Riders

4. Royal Challengers Bangalore

5. Sunrisers Hyderabad

6. Delhi Daredevils

7. Rising Pune Supergiants

8. Gujarat Lions

Related: All 8 teams squad for IPL 2016

Venues

As Mumbai are the defending champs, final of ninth Indian Premier League was expected to be held in Mumbai but later on it was shifted to Bengaluru due to water crisis in the Maharashtra state.

Fixtures

60 matches of Vivo IPL 2016 were played between 9 April and 29 May. The official schedule and fixtures of tournament were announced on 10 March.

Date Match Time (IST) Fixture Venue
9 April 2016 Match 1 20:00 Mumbai vs Pune Mumbai
10 April 2016 Match 2 20:00 Kolkata vs Delhi Kolkata
11 April 2016 Match 3 20:00 Punjab vs Gujarat Mohali
12 April 2016 Match 4 20:00 Bangalore vs Hyderabad Bengaluru
13 April 2016 Match 5 20:00 Kolkata vs Mumbai Kolkata
14 April 2016 Match 6 20:00 Gujarat vs Pune Rajkot
15 April 2016 Match 7 20:00 Delhi vs Punjab Delhi
16 April 2016 Match 8 16:00 Hyderabad vs Kolkata Hyderabad
Match 9 20:00 Mumbai vs Gujarat Mumbai
17 April 2016 Match 10 16:00 Punjab vs Pune Mohali
Match 11 20:00 Bangalore vs Delhi Bengaluru
18 April 2016 Match 12 20:00 Hyderabad vs Mumbai Hyderabad
19 April 2016 Match 13 20:00 Punjab vs Kolkata Mohali
20 April 2016 Match 14 20:00 Mumbai vs Bangalore Mumbai
21 April 2016 Match 15 20:00 Gujarat vs Hyderabad Rajkot
22 April 2016 Match 16 20:00 Pune vs Bangalore Pune
23 April 2016 Match 17 16:00 Delhi vs Mumbai Delhi
Match 18 20:00 Hyderabad vs Punjab Hyderabad
24 April 2016 Match 19 16:00 Gujarat vs Bangalore Rajkot
Match 20 20:00 Pune vs Kolkata Pune
25 April 2016 Match 21 20:00 Punjab vs Mumbai Mohali
26 April 2016 Match 22 20:00 Hyderabad vs Pune Hyderabad
27 April 2016 Match 23 20:00 Delhi vs Gujarat Delhi
28 April 2016 Match 24 20:00 Mumbai vs Kolkata Mumbai
29 April 2016 Match 25 20:00 Pune vs Gujarat Pune
30 April 2016 Match 26 16:00 Delhi vs Kolkata Delhi
Match 27 20:00 Hyderabad vs Bangalore Hyderabad
1 May 2016 Match 28 16:00 Gujarat vs Punjab Rajkot
Match 29 20:00 Pune vs Mumbai Pune
2 May 2016 Match 30 20:00 Bangalore vs Kolkata Bengaluru
3 May 2016 Match 31 20:00 Gujarat vs Delhi Rajkot
4 May 2016 Match 32 20:00 Kolkata vs Punjab Kolkata
5 May 2016 Match 33 20:00 Delhi vs Pune Delhi
6 May 2016 Match 34 20:00 Hyderabad vs Gujarat Hyderabad
7 May 2016 Match 35 16:00 Bangalore vs Pune Bengaluru
Match 36 20:00 Punjab vs Delhi Mohali
8 May 2016 Match 37 16:00 Mumbai vs Hyderabad Visakhapatnam
Match 38 20:00 Kolkata vs Gujarat Kolkata
9 May 2016 Match 39 20:00 Punjab vs Bangalore Mohali
10 May 2016 Match 40 20:00 Pune vs Hyderabad Visakhapatnam
11 May 2016 Match 41 20:00 Bangalore vs Mumbai Bengaluru
12 May 2016 Match 42 20:00 Hyderabad vs Delhi Hyderabad
13 May 2016 Match 43 20:00 Mumbai vs Punjab Visakhapatnam
14 May 2016 Match 44 16:00 Bangalore vs Gujarat Bengaluru
Match 45 20:00 Kolkata vs Pune Kolkata
15 May 2016 Match 46 16:00 Mumbai vs Delhi Visakhapatnam
Match 47 20:00 Punjab vs Hyderabad Mohali
16 May 2016 Match 48 20:00 Kolkata vs Bangalore Kolkata
17 May 2016 Match 49 20:00 Pune vs Delhi Visakhapatnam
18 May 2016 Match 50 20:00 Bangalore vs Punjab Bengaluru
19 May 2016 Match 51 20:00 Gujarat vs Kolkata Kanpur
20 May 2016 Match 52 20:00 Delhi vs Hyderabad Raipur
21 May 2016 Match 53 16:00 Pune vs Punjab Visakhapatnam
Match 54 20:00 Gujarat vs Mumbai Kanpur
22 May 2016 Match 55 16:00 Kolkata vs Hyderabad Kolkata
Match 56 20:00 Delhi vs Bangalore Raipur
24 May 2016 Match 57 20:00 Qualifier 1: Gujarat vs Bangalore Bengaluru
25 May 2016 Match 58 20:00 Eliminator: Hyderabad vs Kolkata Delhi
27 May 2016 Match 59 20:00 Qualifier 2: Gujarat vs Hyderabad Delhi
29 May 2016 Match 60 20:00 Final: Bangalore vs Hyderabad Bengaluru

See more: IPL 2016 Points Table & Team Ranking

Broadcast

Sony Six and Sony Six HD will bring the live coverage of IPL 2016 in India. USA based fans can catch the live action on ESPN.

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