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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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. | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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? | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
15 days to go: Today's countdown features a lone, all-powerful machine at the top, followed by nine outrageously powerful humans | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
17 days to go : These players have their kit bags constantly packed as they move from one IPL franchise to another | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
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 | Indian Premier League, 2017
