With 8 participating teams and a total of 60 matches played, the 2019 Indian Premier League was held from 23rd March to 12th May of the same year. Initially, before the tournament, speculations were being made that other countries might be considered to host the tournament due to the Indian general elections. These speculations were put to rest when on 8th January, 2019; the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the entire tournament will be conducted in India.

Background of Indian Premier League 2019
Since December, 2018, there have been a few changes in the 2019 Indian Premier League, starting with the Delhi Daredevils rebranding themselves as Delhi Capitals with a new logo. And then there was the player auction which was held on 18th December, 2018 at Jaipur. Prominent cricketers like Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Glenn Maxwell and Jaydev Unadkat, the costliest Indian player in 2018 auction, were all released. The two most expensive Indian cricketers to be sold at the auction at 8.2 crore were Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Chakravarthy. And, Sam Curran from Kings XI Punjab was the most expensive international player to be sold at 7.2 crore.

The Chennai Super Kings were the defending champions of the title but on Indian Premier League 2019, they were defeated by the Mumbai Indians by 1 run. The final match was held in the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad and the 2019 Indian Premier League win was Mumbai Indians" 4th title. The player of the match was Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai Indians.

Venues of Indian Premier League 2019
Mentioned below are the 9 different venues for the Indian Premier League 2019:

Stadium	City	Capacity
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru	35,000
Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium	Delhi	41,000
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Hyderabad	55,000
Eden Gardens	Kolkata	68,000
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur	25,000
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	33,000
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	Mohali	26,000
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	39,000
ACA- VDCA Cricket Stadium	Visakhapatnam	27,500

Statistics for the Indian Premier League 2019 Teams Listed below are the average statistics for all the 8 teams of the Indian Premier League 2019:

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Points	Net Run Rate
Mumbai Indians	14	9	5	0	0	18	0.421
Chennai Super Kings	14	9	5	0	0	18	0.131
Delhi Capitals	14	9	5	0	0	18	0.044
Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	8	0	0	12	0.577
Kolkata Knight Riders	14	6	8	0	0	12	0.028
Kings XI Punjab	14	6	8	0	0	12	-0.251
Rajasthan Royals	14	5	8	0	1	11	-0.449
Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	5	8	0	1	11	-0.607

Awards of Indian Premier League 2019
The winning team was Mumbai Indians but the Player of the Series was awarded to Andre Russell of the Kolkata Knight Riders, he had scored a total of 510 runs and took 11 wickets in the entire Twenty20 series. Shubman Gill also of Kolkata Knight Riders was named the Emerging Player of the tournament. The Orange Cap and the Purple Cap were won by David Warner of Surisers Hyderabad and Imran Tahir of Chennai Super Kings respectively. David Warner was the leading run- scorer of the tournament with 692 runs and Imran Tahir finished as the leading wicket taker with a total of 26 wickets.