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2013 Indian Premier League

Dates	3 April 2013 (2013-04-03) – 26 May 2013 (2013-05-26)
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and playoffs
Host(s)	India
Champions	TBD
Participants	9
Matches	76
Official website	iplt20.com
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The 2013 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 6 or IPL 2013, will be the sixth season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament will feature nine teams and will be held from 3 April to 26 May 2013. The opening ceremony will be held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 2 April 2013. This will be the first season with PepsiCo as the title sponsor.The Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions, having won the 2012 season by defeating the Chennai Super Kings.

Background

Sponsorship

PepsiCo replaced DLF Ltd as the title sponsor starting with the 2013 season. DLF did not renew their contract after their initial five-year contract, for ₹250 crore, ended with the previous season. PepsiCo's contract is ₹396.8 crore for five years, ending with the 2017 season. In response to questions about the higher sponsorship costs compared to DLF's, a chennai super kings of PepsiCo said, "Our estimate is that we will get five to six times the value of the money we paid." However, Brand Finance had assessed the IPL's brand value to have fallen from $4.1 billion in 2010 to $2.9 billion in 2012, attributed to the decline in television ratings over the two years.

Termination of Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers, champions of 2009 Indian Premier League, became the second team to be terminated from the IPL after Kochi Tuskers Kerala. The owners failed to save the team after several attempts were made with the Bombay High Court and Supreme Court of India. Immediately after the Chargers' termination, the BCCI invited bidders for a replacement team also based in Hyderabad. It was announced on 25 October 2012 that Sun TV Network won the bid at ₹85.05 crore per year. The new team was named the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Personnel changes

In October 2012, the teams were allowed to release any number of their players from their contracts to reduce their player costs. The released players would have the option of entering the auction. The players' auction was held on 3 February 2013, where 37 players were sold.

Overseas participation

Despite the progress on the restoration of cricketing relations between India and Pakistan after the [[Afghanistan

cricket team in India in 2012–13|Pakistan national cricket team toured India]] in December 2012 and January 2013, no Pakistani players were included in the auction. Availability of Bangladeshi players was put in doubt when the Bangladesh Cricket Board considered not issuing the players with the No Objection Certificates they needed to participate in the tournament. Their deliberation was due to the tournament's dates clashing with the Bangladesh national team's tour of Zimbabwe. The affected players are Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal.

Shortly before the start of the season, the IPL governing council ruled that Sri Lankan cricketers and match officials will not participate in any matches held in Chennai. This was a result of the growing political tensions concerning the ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils. The anti-Sinhalaese sentiments from the people of Tamil Nadu raised security concerns for Sri Lankan involvement. The decision was made after Jayalalithaa, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, wrote to the Prime Minister of India requesting the ban.

Other than the Chennai Super Kings, the franchises were not in support of the decision as they believed it offered Chennai an added advantage in their home matches. Chennai's Sri Lankan players hold secondary positions in their team while some Sri Lankans in other teams play key roles and their absence in those matches would affect their team strategies. Another concern was with how the decision did not follow the precedence of moving the matches to a different venue.

Venues

12 venues were selected to host the matches, with Raipur and Ranchi hosting for the first time in the tournament's history.

Jaipur	Dharamsala	Mohali	Delhi
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Sawai Mansingh Stadium	HPCA Stadium	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Feroz Shah Kotla
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 48,000
Mumbai	ChennaiMumbaiMohaliKolkataBangaloreDharamsalaJaipurPuneRaipurDelhiHyderabadRanchi		Kolkata
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Wankhede Stadium			Eden Gardens
Capacity: 45,000			Capacity: 67,000
Pune			Ranchi
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Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium			JSCA International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 55,000			Capacity: 35,000
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Bangalore	Chennai	Hyderabad	Raipur
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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Raipur International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 65,000

Teams and standings

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League progression

Results

Group stage

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Playoff stage

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Fixtures

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Group stage

Playoff stage

References

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17. "Points Table | Indian Premier League 2013 | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Tournament website on ESPN Cricinfo
• Official live streaming and videos on YouTube
• Coverage on Cricket.com.pk

• Use dmy dates from February 2013
• Indian Premier League seasons
• Domestic cricket competitions in 2012–13
• 2013 in Indian cricket