2014 Indian Premier League

2014 Indian Premier League
Dates16 April 2014 (2014-04-16) – 1 June 2014 (2014-06-01)
Administrator(s)Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)India
United Arab Emirates
ChampionsKolkata Knight Riders (2nd title)
Runners-upKings XI Punjab
Participants8
Matches60
Player of the seriesGlenn Maxwell (KXIP)
Most runsRobin Uthappa (KKR) (660)
Most wicketsMohit Sharma (CSK) (23)
Official websiteiplt20.com
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The 2014 Indian Premier League season (abbreviated as IPL 7 or Pepsi IPL 2014) was the seventh season of the Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament featured eight teams,[1] one fewer than in 2013 after the withdrawal of the Pune Warriors India,[2][3] and was held from 16 April 2014 to 1 June 2014. The opening ceremony was held in the UAE on 15 April 2014. Kolkata Knight Riders won the tournament, defeating Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets with Manish Pandey declared the man of the match in the final. The average attendance for the tournament was 31,751.

A part of tournament was held outside India as Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde declined to provide security for the league as the tournament took place at the same time as the 2014 Indian general election.[4] As a result, the tournament was jointly hosted by India and the United Arab Emirates. The opening 20 matches were held in the UAE at three different stadiums in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah with the tournament returning to India on 2 May.[5][6]

The player auction took place on 12 and 13 February 2014. Unlike previous seasons, the auction was in Indian Rupees as opposed to US dollars.

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  3. ^ "Pune Warriors terminated from IPL". The Hindu. 27 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Government says it can't provide IPL security during polls". ESPNcricinfo. 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Indian Premier League to open in United Arab Emirates". BBC Sport. 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. ^ Sanjay Sharma (13 March 2014). "IPL 7: Why BCCI favours UAE over South Africa?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2013.