The best bargains
One day to go: Big money is spent at every IPL auction, but many players, bought for lesser amounts, have proven to be just as effective
The Tamasha in all its glory
Two days to go : The IPL has pulled all stops to engage India's cricket-watching public over the years, and while we can argue over the extent of their success, it has never been for want of trying.
Icemen at the death
Three days to go : Bowlers have often got the short shrift in the IPL. This countdown winds the clock back to ten near-miraculous death overs from some of the tournament's best
The IPL's super-snubs
Four days to go: The IPL auction has often been partisan to potential and recent form over reputation and aura. Here's a look at some superstars who found themselves unsold over the years
How have IPL's most expensive players fared?
Five days to go : A look at how multi-millionaires at the auction performed. Did they justify their price tag? How many fizzled out?
Putting it in words
Six days to go : The quotes from nine seasons of the IPL that caused laughter, embarrassment and controversy
When dugouts were left with no nails to bite
Seven days to go : Last-ball finishes have always been commonplace in the IPL, and one man seems to have made a habit out of shepherding his sides to stunning wins in such scenarios
Plucking 'em out of thin air
Eight days to go:Tight-rope walks by the boundary line, tag-team efforts and some spectacular close-catching feature in our list of IPL's most memorable catches
The fastest sprinters off the blocks
Nine days to go : Taking on Dale Steyn and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, outscoring Sachin Tendulkar, scoring 37 in an over feature in the best Powerplay starts in the history of IPL
Pulling off the purple cap
Ten days to go : A Pakistan quick with a shuffling action, a master at slower balls and a yorker specialist have all topped the wicket-taking charts in different seasons of the IPL
Many a conflict amid all the interest
11 days to go : The IPL has been no stranger to controversies and scandals over the years. Today's countdown looks back at ten of them that hogged endless hours of airtime on primetime television
A gluttony of runs
12 days to go : Few batsmen get past 500 runs in an IPL season, which makes Virat Kohli's 2016 aggregate all the more incredible
The underdog's day out
13 days to go : IPL auctions have always thrown up a big surprise or two. Today's countdown looks at ten unheralded talents whose prices shot through the roof
Ninepins, domino piles, house of cards - all that stuff
14 days to go : It takes more than one good bowling spell to dismiss opposition for less than 100 in a T20, and our list finds out the lowest IPL totals ever
The maximum maximum men
15 days to go: Today's countdown features a lone, all-powerful machine at the top, followed by nine outrageously powerful humans
The ten most expensive IPL spells
16 days to go: These bowlers would have been glad you can only bowl four overs in a Twenty20
On the dressing-room tour
17 days to go : These players have their kit bags constantly packed as they move from one IPL franchise to another
Knocking on (national) eleven's door
18 days to go :The IPL has catapulted many unknown faces on to the international scene over the years. Here are ten of IPL's best finds
Marshalling them to glory
19 days to go : Most of India's senior pros over the years feature among IPL's most successful captains, along with a duo from Down Under
The ones no one could chase down
20 days to go:Each of the IPL's ten highest totals came from sides batting first, and eventually proved match-winning by varying margins