text: The competition finishes on 29 May in the same stadium. There are eight teams taking part, facing each other twice, with the top four sides qualifying for the play-offs.
  You can keep up to date with all the scores, fixtures and results with BBC Sport.
  Leading run-scorers:  Warner (294) Kohli (267), De Villiers (249),
  Most sixes:  Warner (12) De Villiers (12), Kohli (8)
  Highest score in an innings: De Kock (108), Warner (90*), Gambhir (90*)
  Most wickets: McClenaghan (9), Kumar (8), Rahman (7)
  * Four current or former England players will take part in the tournament:
  Eoin Morgan will play for Sunrisers Hyderabad
  Jos Buttler is with Mumbai Indians
  Sam Billings plays for Delhi Daredevils
  Kevin Pietersen will play for Rising Pune Supergiants.
  Fixtures & results
  (all times 15:30 BST unless stated)
  Monday, 25 April
  Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians
  Tuesday, 26 April
  Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rising Pune Supergiants
  Wednesday, 27 April
  Delhi Daredevils v Gujurat Lions
  Thursday, 28 April
  Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders
  Friday, 29 April
  Rising Pune Supergiants v Gujurat Lions
  Saturday, 30 April
  Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders (10:30)
  Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore
  Sunday, 1 May
  Gujurat Lions v Kings XI Punjab (10:30 BST)
  Rising Pune Supergiants v Mumbai Indians
  Monday, 2 May
  Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders
  Tuesday, 3 May
  Gujurat Lions v Delhi Daredevils
  Wednesday, 4 May
  Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab
  Thursday, 5 May
  Delhi Daredevils v Rising Pune Supergiants
  Friday, 6 May
  Sunrisers Hyderabad v Gujurat Lions
  Saturday, 7 May
  Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rising Pune Supergiants (10:30)
  Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils
  Sunday, 8 May
  Mumbai Indians v Sunrisers Hyderabad (10:30)
  Kolkata Knight Riders v Gujurat Lions
  Monday, 9 May
  Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore
  Tuesday, 10 May
  Rising Pune Supergiants v Sunrisers Hyderabad
  Wednesday, 11 May
  Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians
  Thursday, 12 May
  Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils
  Friday, 13 May
  Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab
  Saturday, 14 May
  Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujurat Lions (10:30)
  Kolkata Knight Riders v Rising Pune Supergiants
  Sunday, 15 May
  Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils (10:30)
  Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad
  Monday, 16 May
  Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore
  Tuesday, 17 May
  Rising Pune Supergiants v Delhi Daredevils
  Wednesday, 18 May
  Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab
  Thursday, 19 May
  Gujurat Lions v Kolkata Knight Riders
  Friday, 20 May
  Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad
  Saturday, 21 May
  Rising Pune Supergiants v Kings XI Punjab (10:30)
  Gujurat Lions v Mumbai Indians
  Sunday, 22 May
  Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad (10:30)
  Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore
  Tuesday, 24 May
  Qualifier 1
  Wednesday, 25 May
  Eliminator
  Friday, 27 May
  Qualifier 2
  Sunday, 29 May
  Final
target: The Indian Premier League returns for its ninth season on 9 April with defending champions Mumbai Indians opening the tournament against Rising Pune Supergiants in Mumbai.