| Dates | 18 April 2008 – 1 June 2008 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) | India |
| Champions | Rajasthan Royals (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Chennai Super Kings |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 59 |
| Player of the series | Shane Watson (RR) |
| Most runs | Shaun Marsh (KXIP) (616) |
| Most wickets | Sohail Tanvir (RR) (22) |
| Official website | www |
The 2008 Indian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, established by the BCCI in 2007. The season commenced on 18 April 2008 with the final match was held on 1 June 2008.[1] The competition started with a double round robin league stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final.[2]
In a match which went down to the last ball, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final to win the title,[3] with Yusuf Pathan named the player of the match in the Finals and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament.[4] Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was won by the CSK.