7 Interesting Facts About IPL

The IPL has gone into the second half of its initial ten-year plan, and it may be that the high-profile tournament has passed the flying color test. The seven seasons held so far have seen a lot of fantastic performances and the same can be expected from the 8th season, which starts on April 8th.

During the first 7 seasons, with the exception of the stats of the best bowling spell, the highest run-scorer, etc., some amazing and unknown stats and facts came to notice.

So let's look at the 11 interesting facts about the cash-rich Indian Premier League:

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is the only team that has made it to the playoffs in all the seasons held so far. 
2. MS Dhoni is the only player captaining the IPL side in all seven seasons.
3. CSK is the only team that hasn't changed their captain in any IPL season (all other teams had different captains for each season).
4. A number of finals CSK lost (2008, 2012, 2013) –most of any team in all seven seasons.
5. CSK's Suresh Raina is the only player not to miss a single match for his franchise starting from the first season.
6. Royal Challengers Bangalore promotes the "Go Green" initiative every year by wearing the green jersey for one home match.
7. The number of Times Delhi Daredevils has reached the finals among all the teams participating in IPL.
8. The number of Times Gautam Gambhir got out on a duck– most of all players in the IPL.
9. The number of Times Delhi Daredevils finished last in the table– mostly by any team that played IPL (2011, 2013, 2014).
10. The number of Times Yusuf Pathan has won the IPL Trophy– mostly by any player in the league. 1. 2008-Royals Rajasthan 2. 2012-Kolkata Knight Riders 3. 2014-Kolkata Knight Riders
11. The number of times a non-finalist team player has won Purple and Orange Cap. 

Purple Cap:

•  2010: Pragyan Ojha (DC) 
• 2012: Morne Morkel (DD) 
• 2014: Mohit Sharma (CSK) 

Orange Cape: 

• 2008: Shaun Marsh (KXIP) 
• 2009: Matthew Hayden (CSK) 
• 2012: Chris Gayle (RCB)