IPL 2018, Points Table and Team Standings (15th April )

April 15,2018 IPL Points Table: The 11th season of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) commenced on April 7, 2018. The tournament already has witnessed a few nail-biters right since the opener between Mumbai Indians (MI) versus Chennai Super Kings (CSK), that the latter managed to win. The Match 10 another dominating performance by Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH won their first match at Eden Gardens against Kolkata Knight Riders.With this win, SRH stay clear on the top with 3 wins out of 3.

This year, the tournament is being played across 10 Indian cities. Jaipur makes a entry back as host city after missing out on action for the past many years, the other nine home cities are Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Mohali, Kolkata, Delhi and Indore. The matches will be played at two time slots: IST 04:00 PM and IST 08:00 PM. IPL 11 will be relatively longer than its previous edition, with the matches scheduled to be played across the span of 49 days. Both the tournament opener as well as final, which will be played on May 21, will be conducted in Hyderabad.

All the teams will play each other twice, as always, on a home-away basis. After the conclusion of the league stage, the top four teams on the points table will progress to the next round. In case multiple teams end on same points, Net Run Rate (NRR) will determine which teams go further. Of these, the teams finishing No. 1 and 2 will get two shots at making it to the final. They will play each other in Qualifier 1 and the winner of the match will go directly to the final. The losing team, however, will get another crack at making it to the final, as it will take on the winner of No. 3 and No. 4 in Qualifier 2.

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