2008 Indian Premier League
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| Dates | 18 April 2008 – 1 June 2008 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |
 India
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| Champions | Rajasthan Royals (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 59 |
| Attendance | 3,422,000 (58,000 per match) |
| Player of the series |
 Shane Watson (RR)(472 runs and 17 wickets) |
| Most runs |
Shaun Marsh (KXIP) (616) |
| Most wickets |
 Sohail Tanvir (RR) (22) |
| Official website | www.iplt20.com |
The 2008 Indian Premier League season was the debut season of the Indian Premier League, established by the BCCI in 2007. The season commenced on 18 April 2008 with the final match held on 1 June 2008. The competition started with a double round robin group 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.
In a match which went down to the last ball, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final to win the title, with Yusuf Pathan named the player of the match and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament.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 Chennai Super Kings.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were classified as icon players. They will play for the franchises representing their home towns and hence did not enter the auction. Few players were classified as marquee players and the teams which lost out on icon players were allowed one extra marquee player to be selected in the auction. The auctions were conducted on 20 February 2008 with Mahendra Singh Dhoni winning the highest bid of US$1.5 million.
Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:
In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a bowl-out will determine the winner, even in the group stage.
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