<P> Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final to win their third title . Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson won the Orange Cap for the leading run - scorer of the tournament with 735 runs . Andrew Tye, of Kings XI Punjab, was awarded the Purple Cap for finishing as the leading wicket - taker of the tournament with 24 wickets . Sunil Narine of Kolkata Knight Riders was named Most Valuable Player, also known as Man of the Series, while Rishabh Pant of Delhi Daredevils was named the Emerging Player of the Tournament . </P> <P> This was the first season of the IPL to use DRS . IPL Fanpark, an initiative where matches are hosted in stadia on a large screen has been planned to be held across 36 cities in 19 states across the India . This season also will introduce mid-season transfers . The transfer window will be a short five - day transfer window applicable only for uncapped players who have played not more than two matches at the halfway mark of the tournament . </P> <P> Eight teams are scheduled to play in 2018 . The tournament involves each team playing every other team twice in a home - and - away, double round - robin format . At the conclusion of the double round - robin league, the top four teams on the basis of aggregate points qualify for the playoffs . In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as do the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator"). While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualifies for the final match, the losing team gets another chance to qualify for the final match by playing the winning team of the Eliminator match; this match is titled Qualifier 2 . The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match moves onto the final match . The team that wins the final match is crowned the Indian Premier League winners. The schedule for the tournament was published on 14 February 2018 . </P> <P> Star Sports won the global media rights at ₹ 16,347.5 crore ($2.55 billion) for five years starting from 2018 . In India, the tournament will be broadcast on Star Network channels in six languages (English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali). For the first time, IPL would also be broadcast on public broadcaster Doordarshan . The television rights for rest of the world were won by Willow TV for US and Canada, Sky Sports for UK, Fox Sports for Australia, Sky Sport for New Zealand, SuperSport for sub Saharan Africa, beIN Sports for Middle - East and North America, Flow TV for Caribbean, Geo Super for Pakistan, Channel 9 for Bangladesh and Lemar TV for Afghanistan . The radio rights were won by Cricket Radio globally (except Indian subcontinent), 89.1 Radio 4 FM and Gold 101.3 FM for US and Talksport for UK . Star's digital platform Hotstar held the digital rights for India, US and Canada . The digital rights for rest of the world were won by Sky Sports for UK, Fox Sports for Australia, Sky Sport for New Zealand, SuperSport for sub Saharan Africa, beIN Sports for Middle - East and North America, Flow TV for Caribbean, Geo Super for Pakistan, Channel 9 for Bangladesh and YuppTV for Australia, Europe, SE Asia & South America . Star India also announced its plan to broadcast IPL in Virtual Reality . </P>

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