7th edition of Indian premier league is also known as IPL 7, Indian Premier League 2014 or Pepsi IPL 2014. Mumbai Indians are the defending champions in this year’s Indian premier league season Mumbai beat Chennai Super Kings in 2013 IPL final to claim the trophy. Competition will be held from 16th April to 1stJune.
At last it is decided that Indian premier league 2014 tournament will be played in two phases. Starting matches of tournament will be played in United Arab Emirates whereas second phase will be organised in India.
Player Auction
IPL 2014 players auction was scheduled to take place on 12 and 13 February at Bangalore. This was the first occasion when players were purchased and sold in Indian rupees rather than dollars. It’s player wish in which currency he wants the payment. Before beginning of the auction team owners and franchises were allowed to retain maximum 5 players for IPL 7 season. A maximum amount of 60 crore rupees a team can spend to buy all team members.
Three franchises who retained five players before auction whereas Delhi Daredevils didn’t retain any player for IPL 7. There was right to match card which help teams to get back player for the same amount for which he was sold in auction. Many franchises use this card pretty well and Delhi Daredevils got back Kevin Pietersen by using right to match card.
Yuvraj Singh was the centre of auction in this auction and he was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 14 crore rupees. Second biggest purchased of 2014 IPL auction was Dinesh Karthik who was bought to Delhi Daredevils for 12.5 crore INR. Most expensive overseas player of auction was Kevin Pietersen and he was purchased by DD for 9 crore.
Hosting nations and venues
Due to general elections in India Indian premier league season 7 is divided into two phases to be played. First phase of the tournament will be hosted in United Arab Emirates (UAE) from April 16 to 30 at three different venues. IPL 7 UAE matches will be played in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. Tournament’s 20 matches will be played in UAE.
Second phase of the tournament is scheduled to take place in India from 2nd of May to June 1st. Remaining 40 matches including 4 play-offs will be played in India at 10 different venues. Mumbai, Ranchi, Mohali, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Cuttack, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore are the hosting venues for phase 2 of IPL 2014 edition.
| STADIUM | CITY |
| Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium | Abu Dhabi |
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Dubai |
| Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium | Sharjah |
| Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore |
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai |
| Barabati Stadium | Cuttack |
| Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Delhi |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad |
| Eden Gardens | Kolkata |
| Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | Mohali |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| JSCA International Cricket Stadium | Ranchi |
Teams
There are eight teams in 2014 IPL tournament as Pune Warriors India had withdrew from the league after 2013 Indian premier league season. CSK, MI, RCB, KKR didn’t change their captains from last ipl edition whereas Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab and Sunrise Hyderabad has appointed new captains for IPL-7.
| TEAM | CAPTAIN |
| Mumbai Indians |  |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore |  |
| Rajasthan Royals |  |
| Delhi Daredevils |  |
| Sunrises Hyderabad |  |
| Chennai Super Kings |  |
| Kolkata Knight Riders |  |
| kings XI Punjab |  |
IPL 2014 Schedule, Fixtures and Time Table
IPL 7 First Phase Matches | |||
| DATE | TIME | MATCH | VENUE (UAE) |
| 16 April | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Abu Dhabi |
| 17 April | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Sharjah |
| 18 April | 16:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings | Abu Dhabi |
| 18 April | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrises Hyderabad | Abu Dhabi |
| 19 April | 16:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Dubai |
| 19 April | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Dubai |
| 20 April | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals | Sharjah |
| 21April | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils | Abu Dhabi |
| 22 April | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Hyderabad | Sharjah |
| 23 April | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | Dubai |
| 24 April | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Sharjah |
| 25 April | 16:00 | Sunrises Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils | Dubai |
| 25April | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | Dubai |
| 26 April | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals | Abu Dhabi |
| 26April | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab | Abu Dhabi |
| 27 April | 16:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils | Sharjah |
| 27 April | 20:00 | Sunrise Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings | Sharjah |
| 28April | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab | Dubai |
| 29 April | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Abu Dhabi |
| 30 April | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Sunrises Hyderabad | Dubai |
IPL 7 Second Phase Matches | |||
| DATE | TIME | MATCH | VENUE (INDIA) |
| 2 May | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Ranchi |
| 3 May | 16:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab | Mumbai |
| 3 May | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals | Delhi |
| 4 May | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrises Hyderabad | Bangalore |
| 5 May | 16:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Ahmedabad |
| 5 May | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings | Delhi |
| 6 May | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai |
| 7 May | 16:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi |
| 7 May | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings | Cuttack |
| 8 May | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrises Hyderabad | Ahmedabad |
| 9 May | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab | Bangalore |
| 10 May | 16:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrises Hyderabad | Delhi |
| 10 May | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai |
| 11 May | 16:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Cuttack |
| 11 May | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals | Bangalore |
| 12 May | 20:00 | Sunrises Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad |
| 13May | 16:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals | Ranchi |
| 13 May | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils | Bangalore |
| 14 May | 16:00 | Sunrises Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab | Hyderabad |
| 14 May | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | Kolkata |
| 15 May | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils | Ahmedabad |
| 18 May | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings | Chennai |
| 18 May | 20:00 | Sunrises Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Hyderabad |
| 19 May | 16:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad |
| 19 May | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils | Delhi |
| 20 May | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrises Hyderabad | Hyderabad |
| 20 May | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata |
| 21 May | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab | Mohali |
| 22 May | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata |
| 22 May | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrises Hyderabad | Chennai |
| 23 May | 16:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils | Mumbai |
| 23 May | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals | Mohali |
| 24May | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings | Bangalore |
| 24 May | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrises Hyderabad | Kolkata |
| 25 May | 16:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils | Mohali |
| 25 May | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai |
| 27 May | 20:00 | Qualifier 1 | Chennai |
| 28 May | 20:00 | Eliminator | Chennai |
| 30 May | 20:00 | Qualifier 2 | Mumbai |
| 01 June | 20:00 | Final | Mumbai |
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