Want to know about IPL Winner List ? Well you have landed on the right article Indian Premier League or IPL is a professional Twenty20 cricket league for men.
It is the second-largest sports league in the world after the National Football League. The first season of IPL was started back in 2008 with 8 teams and the latest edition saw 10 teams competing for the trophy.
Founded by the BCCI, the league features all the top cricketers from around the world. The players are selected for any team based on an auction.
The tournament also invites bidding for its sponsorship and so far companies like DLF, Pepsi, Vivo, TATA and Dream11 have sponsored the events.
The tournament also earns huge money by selling its media rights. BCCI has earned around Rs. 48,000 crores for selling its TV and digital broadcasting rights for the year 2023-27.
The popularity of IPL can be determined by the fact that the cost of all the teams in 2008 was approx. Rs. 3,000 crores and in 2022, the brand value of only the new two teams GT and LSG is more than Rs. 15, 000 crores.
IPL Winners List
Want to jump straight to my top picks? My favorite is Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.
1. Rajasthan Royals (2008)
Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural season of IPL in 2008. Led by Shane Warner, RR won their final match against Chennai Super Kings.
RajasthanRoyalss were a dominant team consisting of talented players like Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Sohail Tanvir, Graeme Smith, Yousuf Pathan and a few others who ensured they win the first-ever IPL season.
Yousuf Pathan did a brilliant job in the final with both bat and ball and was awarded the player of the match.
Bowling, first he took 3 wickets conceding 22 runs in 4 overs. And with the bat, he scored 56 runs in 39 balls with a strike rate of 143.
Playing Since – 2008 to Present
2. Deccan Chargers (2009)
Deccan Chargers won the second season of DLF IPL on 24th May 2009.
It was the first season that was played outside India and the final match was played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
The team led by Adam Gilchrist won the finals against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Batting first, Deccan Chargers scored 143 with the help of 53 runs not out by Herschelle Gibbs and restricted Bangalore to 144.
Anil Kumble, captain of the Bangalore team, won the player of the match award for taking 4 wickets by giving only 16 runs.
Played from – 2008 to 2012
3. Chennai Super Kings (2010)
M.S. Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings to lift its first-ever IPL trophy on 25th April 2010.
CSK won their first IPL final against Mumbai Indians which was played in the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. Batting first, Chennai scored 168/5.
Suresh Raina scored 57 runs in 35 balls without losing his wicket, a performance that bagged him the player of the match award in the final.
Against Chennai, Mumbai led by Sachin Tendulkar were restricted to 146 losing the chance to win their first IPL title.
Playing From 2008 to 2015 and from 2018 to Present
4. Chennai Super Kings (2011)
Chennai won their second trophy in a row by beating Bangalore this time.
The final match of IPL 2011 was played on 28th May 2011 on Chennai’s home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
Under M.S. Dhoni’s captaincy, Chennai scored a whopping 205 for 5.
The openers set an opening partnership of 159 with Mike Hussey scoring 63 and Murali Vijay scoring 95.
Murali became the player of the match for his amazing performance. The losing side Bangalore led by Daniel Vettori managed to score only 147 runs.
Playing from 2008 to 2015 and from 2018 to Present
5. Kolkata Knight Riders (2012)
Kolkata Knight Riders denied Chennai Super Kings to make a hat-trick of winning IPL titles by winning their maiden IPL tournament.
M.S. Dhoni, captain of CSK won the toss and elected to bat. The team scored quite well and managed to put 190 on the scoreboard.
But it was not enough for Gautam Gambhir led KKR who were determined to win the trophy. KKR chased down the target with 2 balls remaining.
Jacques Kallis (69) and Manvinder Bisla (89) were top scorers from KKR. Manvinder’s strike led him to win the player of the match award.
Playing from 2008 to Present
6. Mumbai Indians (2013)
Back in 2013 when Mumbai Indians won their first IPL trophy, nobody knew they were going to become the most successful IPL team by winning 5 IPL trophies.
Led by Rohit Sharma, Mumbai beat Chennai who were in the final for the fourth straight time.
Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored a manageable 148 runs with Keiron Pollard alone scoring 60 runs in 32 balls.
It was a knock that won Pollard player of the match award. Against Mumbai, Chennai scored only 125 runs with the captain M.S. Dhoni scored 63 runs.
Playing from – 2008 to Present
7. Kolkata Knight Riders (2014)
The eve of 1st June 2014 filled Shahrukh Khan’s heart with happiness when KKR won their second IPL trophy against Kings XI Punjab.
Batting first, KXIP scored 199. It was the first final in IPL witnessing a century by batsmen where Wriddhiman Saha scored an unbeaten 115.
But the Gautam Gambhir led Kolkata Knight Riders successfully chased down the target in the 20th over.
Manish Pandey scored 94 and went on to win the player of the match award. Kolkata is yet to win an IPL title after that.
Playing from – 2008 to Present
8. Mumbai Indians (2015)
On 24th May 2015 at the Eden Gardens Kolkata, it was a clash for the title of Champions again between the two most popular teams of IPL i.e. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.
Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians to the final for the second time under his captaincy and also played a brilliant innings of 50 runs in just 26 balls.
It was a performance that bagged him the player of the match award. MI had scored 202/5 and the opponents led by M.S. Dhoni was able to score only 161 runs.
Playing since – 2008 to Present
9. Sunrisers Hyderabad (2016)
In the IPL 2016, Virat Kohli was at the peak of his career. After scoring a record of 4 tons and 973 runs, he led his team to the finals in the hope to win their first IPL title.
But Sunrisers Hyderabad had other plans. Under the captaincy of David Warner, SRH put up a total of 208 runs.
RCB got a good start with Gayle (76) and Kohli (54) putting up a 114-run partnership. But the innings collapsed and Bangalore lost by 8 runs.
Ben Cutting became the player of the match for his unbeaten 39 runs in 15 balls and taking 2 wickets.
Playing since – 2013 to Present
10. Mumbai Indians (2017)
The final of IPL 2017 witnessed a very low scoring and a nail-biting thrilling final match on 21st May 2017.
Led by Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians defeated Pune Super Giants by 1 run.
Batting first MI scored only 129 runs with Krunal Pandya being the highest scorer with 47 runs.
Despite Rahane’s 44 and Smith’s 51, Pune Super Giants on the other hand scored only 128.
The rest of the players scored single digits. Mitchel Johnson took 3 wickets for Mumbai. Krunal Pandya became the player of the match.
Playing from – 2008 to Present
11. Chennai Super Kings (2018)
After getting suspended from the tournament for 2 years, Chennai Super Kings came back with a bang.
Previous year, Dhoni took Pune to the finals but lost by just 1 run.
In 2018, under M.S. Dhoni’s captaincy, CSK won their 3rd IPL trophy against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Kane Williamson’s team batted first and scored 178 for 6. The captain was the highest scorer with 47 runs.
But the CSK batsmen were brutal. Shane Watson scored an unbeaten 117 to ensure they won the title and he won the player of the match award. CSK chased down the score in 18.3 overs.
Playing from – 2008 to 2015 and from 2018 to Present
12. Mumbai Indians (2019)
On 12th May 2019, Mumbai Indians became the most successful IPL team by winning their fourth IPL trophy.
Since it was again the match between the greatest rivals of IPL, the MI and CSK, the match had to be thrilling as well.
Mumbai Indians under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma won this super exciting match by 1 run.
Mumbai Indians set a target of 150 runs for CSK but managed to score only 148. Though Shane Watson played a brilliant knock of 80 runs, Jasprit Bumrah bagged the player of the match award for taking 2 wickets by giving only 14 runs.
Playing from – 2008 to Present
13. Mumbai Indians (2020)
Mumbai Indians beat their own record for winning the most IPL titles and took the count to 5.
Under the experienced captain Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capital which was led by a new captain Shreyas Iyer.
Iyer played a captain’s inning scoring 65 accompanied by Pant’s 56, Delhi managed to get 156 on the scoreboard.
Trent Bolt took 3 wickets for Mumbai Indians. The chase looked easy as Mumbai got a good start from Rohit who scored 68 runs. Bolt got the player of the match award.
Playing from – 2008 to Present
14. Chennai Super Kings (2021)
Chennai Super Kings won their fourth IPL title under M.S. Dhoni’s captaincy by beating Kolkata Knight Riders which was led by Eoin Morgan.
CSK were offered to bat first and the inning saw a classic knock from Faf du Plessis who scored 86 runs from 59 balls. Chennai scored 192/3.
Though Kolkata got a good start from their openers with Shubman Gill (51)
And Venkatesh Iyer (50) putting 91 runs partnership, no other batsman played their role and the was team were restricted to 165 for 9. Faf became the player of the match.
Playing from – 2008 to 2015 and from 2018 to Present
15. Gujarat Titans (2022)
Gujrat Titans became the second team after Rajasthan Royals who won their first-ever IPL tournament.
Hardik Pandya was given the responsibility to lead this new team of Gujarat.
Rajasthan was batting first and the pressure was visible right from the beginning. Rajasthan was able to score 130 with a loss of 9 wickets.
The target was not big for Gujarat Titans and the chase seemed easy throughout the inning.
Hardik Pandya contributed with both bat and ball. He first took 3 wickets conceding 17 runs and scored 34 (30). He got the player of the match award for his performance.
Playing since 2022
frequently asked question
Q1. Who won the IPL cups List?
The IPL Winner List since the start of the tournament is – Rajasthan Royals (2008), Deccan Chargers (2009), Chennai Super Kings (2010), Chennai Super Kings (2011), Kolkata Knight Riders (2012), Mumbai Indians (2013), Kolkata Knight Riders (2014), Mumbai Indians (2015), Sunrisers Hyderabad (2016), Mumbai Indians (2017), Chennai Super Kings (2018), Mumbai Indians (2019), Mumbai Indians (2020), Chennai Super Kings (2021), Gujarat Titans (2022)
Q2. Who won the IPL 2022 final?
Gujarat Titans won the IPL 2022 final. The IPL 2022 final was played in Ahmedabad between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan Royals set a target of 131 runs which Gujarat Titans easily chased down in the 19th over.
Q3. Who has won the IPL the most?
Mumbai Indians have won the IPL title the maximum number of times. Mumbai Indians have won IPL 5 times followed by CSK who have won IPL 4 times.
Q4. Who won the first IPL cup?
Rajasthan Royals led by Shane Warne won the first IPL Cup. The first IPL tournament was held in 2008 and the final match was played between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings.
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