Eight teams were contesting the season. The schedule for the tournament was published on 15 February 2017.1 The league stage, consisting of 56 matches, took place between 5 April and 14 May 2017. The top four teams qualified for the play-offs, with the final held in Hyderabad on 21 May.2
Ten venues were selected to host the matches. The opening match and the final were played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.3
Main article: List of 2017 Indian Premier League personnel changes
The retention lists for the season were announced in December 2016.4 On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the player auction would be held on 20 February 2017 in Bengaluru with a total of 799 players registered for it.5 On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players.6 Out of the 351 players shortlisted, 66 players were sold at the 2017 IPL Auction.789
Unlike the previous IPL seasons each of which had a single opening ceremony, the 2017 season featured opening ceremonies at each venue before the start of the first match at the venue.1011 The ceremonies included performances by Amy Jackson (at Hyderabad);12 Shalmali Kholgade and Riteish Deshmukh (at Pune);13 Bhoomi Trivedi, Sachin–Jigar and Tiger Shroff (at Rajkot);14 Harshdeep Kaur and Disha Patani (at Indore);15 Benny Dayal and Kriti Sanon (at Bangalore);16 Sushant Singh Rajput and Malaika Arora (at Mumbai);17 Shillong Chamber Choir, Monali Thakur and Shraddha Kapoor (at Kolkata);18 Raftaar, Yami Gautam and Guru Randhawa (at Delhi).19
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)
All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Main article: 2017 Indian Premier League final
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