IPL 2020: Top 3 Most Successful Franchises in the tournament’s history

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the most watched sports leagues in the world. It is a carnival in itself with a perfect mix of glamour and cricket that has been going on for the past 12 years. With a dozen of successful seasons, the IPL has provided not only a very good platform for domestic players but has also world cricket class players – Jasprit Bumrah, David Warner, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Chris Lynn, Rabada, Rashid Khan, among others.

Another element ancillary to the Indian Premier League that we’ve seen grow in the last few years has been fantasy and prediction. This has provided fans with yet another element of engaging with the league and cricket fans in India have seen mushrooming of plenty of platforms offering this.

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With the IPL being 12 seasons old and the auction for the next season just 1 month away, let’s take a look at the most successful teams in the tournament’s history:

#1 Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians is the most successful IPL team with four IPL titles. They’ve also represented the IPL well in the erstwhile Champions Trophy, winning it twice in 2011 and 2013.

The Mumbai franchise won the IPL in alternating years – 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. They performed well in nearly all seasons, having emerged second best in 2010 while qualifying for the play-offs in 2011, 2012, and 2014.

The team has played 185 matches, winning 105 of those at a win percentage of 57.29.

Rohit Sharma, the current captain of MI, is the highest run-getter for Mumbai Indians and Lasith Malinga has claimed maximum wickets for MI in IPL.

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#2 Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings have lifted the trophy on three occasions

Led by the coolest minds of international cricket, MS Dhoni, CSK is the second most successful team in IPL history. They have won three IPL titles and also hold the record for featuring in the play-offs in each of the seasons they’ve played in.

2010, 2011, and 2018 were the seasons when the men in yellow lifted the trophy, while they also hold the record of featuring in the most finals – 8. The team has also won Champions League T20 titles in 2010 and 2014. It is the second most valued IPL franchise after MI.

Suresh Raina is the highest run scorer for CSK and Ravi Ashwin has maximum scalps for CSK.

CSK has played a total of 165 matches out of which it has won 100, at a win percentage of 61.28%, the highest in the tournament’s history.

#3 Kolkata Knight Riders

As their name implies, KKR are the real Knight Riders of IPL. They have won two IPL titles - in 2012 and 2014. The team has made to playoffs in four other instances – 2011, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

KKR holds the record of the most number of consecutive wins in T20 by any Indian team, which went on for 14 matches.

Having featured in a total of 182 matches, KKR have won 92 matches. They have an overall win percentage of 51.68%.

KKR has seen a lot of revamp in the team structure from time to time but have maintained the West Indian core of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine.

IPL Auctions

Fresh IPL auction is to be held in Kolkata where owners will have to carve out a winning combination. Teams are asked to complete all trading by November 14th and be ready for the auctions on December 19th. Delhi Capitals has the biggest purse for the auctions followed by Rajasthan Royals.

It will be exciting to see how the teams pan out finally and who gets the opportunity to leave a mark with their performances in IPL 2020. Predict and win big this Cricketing season on 10CRIC. Claim a bonus of up to INR 10,000 by signing up now