The 2017 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 10, and branded as Vivo IPL 2017 for sponsorship reasons, will be the tenth season of the IPL, a professional Twenty 20 cricket league established by the Board of control for cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament will feature the eight teams that played in the previous season. The 2017 season is scheduled to start on 5 April 2017 and finish on 21 May 2017, with Hyderabad hosting the opening match and the final.'
Eight teams will contest the season. The schedule for the tournament was published on15 February 2017. The league stage, consisting of 56 matches, will take place between 5 April and 14 May 2017. The top four teams will qualify for the play-off stage, with the final being held in Hyderabad on 21 May .
