Saturday 23 April 2016 19:54, UK
Get the full IPL experience with Sky Sports!
The 2016 Indian Premier League is well underway, with Sky Sports bringing you live and exclusive coverage. Check out the full TV schedule.
You can also follow the action online and via mobile and selected tablet devices. Here's how…
Sky Sports - watch every ball as the competition unfolds, plus match highlights, and get the best insight from a star-studded line up of studio guests...
- Ross Taylor, Mark Ramprakash, Michael Carberry and Shane Warne will be among the guests joining us at Sky Studios to provide expert analysis and demonstrations in The Zone.
- Get the complete immersive India experience as Mark Butcher takes you behind the scenes of the tournament, showing the unique sights and sounds of India.
skysports.com: our new-look responsive website will bring you the latest news and reaction from the competition, as well as video highlights and from all games.
Score Centre: get team line-ups, scorecards, photos and match stats on your desktop or mobile - plus international and domestic scores and the latest odds from Sky Bet.
Sky Go: don't miss a ball if you're on the move - stay across the action online, on iPhone, iPad or selected Android smartphones with the Sky Go app.
Now TV: watch Sky Sports 2 - plus our other Sky Sports Channels - online for 24 hours through your broadband connection with the Sky Sports Day Pass.
On Demand: catch up with all the best features, interviews and highlights.
THE FORMAT
Launched in 2008, the IPL features many of the world's best players in a two-month Twenty20 competition contested across India, with matches drawing huge crowds with electric atmospheres.
Eight teams take part, with new franchises Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions - who replace the suspended Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals - joining Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The teams play each other twice, home and away, in a league format, with the top four teams qualifying for the finals stage.
The top two play in a first preliminary round match, the winner going straight through to the final, with the loser playing a second preliminary round against the winners of a match between the third and fourth placed teams for the right to also then advance to the final, to be held in Mumbai on Sunday May 29.
PAST WINNERS
2008: Rajasthan Royals
2009: Deccan Chargers
2010: Chennai Super Kings
2011: Chennai Super Kings
2012: Kolkata Knight Riders
2013: Mumbai Indians
2014: Kolkata Knight Riders
2015: Mumbai Indians
Sky Sports is the only place you can watch all the action from the 2016 IPL.
