IPL 2011 draw
Every team will play the same number of league games - 14, seven home and seven away - as in previous seasons
ESPNcricinfo staff
10-Jan-2011
During the two-day long IPL auction in Bangalore, the BCCI announced the draw for the tournament's 2011 season that begins on April 8. Every team will play the same number of league games (14, seven home and seven away) as in previous seasons with the following break-up: each team will play five other teams both home and away (10 matches), two teams only at home, and the remaining two teams only away. A random draw was used to decide who plays whom once and twice.
| Team | Home and away | Home | Away |
| Pune | DD, DC, KXIP, MI, CSK | Kochi, KKR | RCB, RR |
| DD | DC, KXIP, MI, Pune, Kochi | KKR, RCB | RR, CSK |
| DC | KXIP, MI, Pune, DD, KKR | RCB, RR | CSK, Kochi |
| KXIP | MI, Pune, DD, DC, RCB | RR, CSK | Kochi, KKR |
| MI | Pune, DD, DC, KXIP, RR | CSK, Kochi | KKR, RCB |
| CSK | Kochi, KKR, RCB, RR, Pune | DD, DC | KXIP, MI |
| Kochi | KKR, RCB, RR, CSK, DD | DC, KXIP | MI, Pune |
| KKR | RCB, RR, CSK, Kochi, DC | KXIP, MI | Pune, DD |
| RCB | RR, CSK, Kochi, KKR, KXIP | MI, Pune | DD, DC |
| RR | CSK, Kochi, KKR, RCB, MI | Pune, DD | DC, KXIP |