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[[Mumbai Indians]] were the two-time defending champions. Ahead of the tournament, Kings XI Punjab were renamed as the [[Punjab Kings]]. In March 2021, the BCCI announced the fixtures for the tournament. The tournament started on 9 April. However, on 4 May, the tournament was suspended indefinitely, after a rise in [[COVID-19]] cases within the [[Bio-secure bubble|bio bubbles]] of some teams. At the time of the suspension, 31 of the scheduled 60 matches were still left to be played. On 29 May 2021, the BCCI announced that the remaining matches of the tournament would be played in the [[United Arab Emirates]] in September and October 2021. The schedule for the remainder of the tournament was released in July 2021.
In [[2021 Indian Premier League
==Background==
[[Mumbai Indians]] were the two-time defending champions, having won both the [[2019 Indian Premier League|2019]] and the [[2022 Indian Premier League
On 30 January 2021, the BCCI announced that they expected to host the tournament in India,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=30 January 2021 |editor-last=Chauhan |editor-first=Aditya |title=BCCI in Talks With Modi-led Government For Vaccination of Cricketers, Confident Of Hosting IPL 2021 In India |url=https://www.india.com/sports/ipl-2021-bcci-confident-of-hosting-ipl-in-india-board-in-talks-with-indian-government-for-vaccination-of-cricketers-4369628/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=[[India.com]] |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130183131/https://www.india.com/sports/ipl-2021-bcci-confident-of-hosting-ipl-in-india-board-in-talks-with-indian-government-for-vaccination-of-cricketers-4369628/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and that the [[UAE]], which had hosted the previous season due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]], was not being considered as a backup venue.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=30 January 2021 |others=PTI |title=BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-looking-to-get-players-vaccinated-uae-not-a-back-up-option-for-ipl-1249660 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130134015/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-looking-to-get-players-vaccinated-uae-not-a-back-up-option-for-ipl-1249660 |archive-date=30 January 2021 |access-date=30 January 2021 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo }}</ref> On the day of the [[List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes|auction]], the BCCI also confirmed that [[Vivo (technology company)|Vivo]] had returned as the title sponsor, after it had pulled out of the previous tournament.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pinto |first=Viveat Susan |date=2021-02-18 |title=Vivo returns as title sponsor of IPL in 2021 after one-year gap |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/vivo-returns-as-title-sponsor-of-ipl-in-2021-after-one-year-gap-121021801423_1.html |access-date=2022-06-11 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611073237/https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/vivo-returns-as-title-sponsor-of-ipl-in-2021-after-one-year-gap-121021801423_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of late February, the BCCI was considering hosting the tournament in a few shortlisted cities: [[Kolkata]], [[Delhi]], [[Bangalore]], [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Chennai]], with [[Mumbai]] as an additional option.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gollapudi |first=Nagraj |date=7 March 2021 |title=IPL 2021 to kick off on April 9; will be played across six Indian cities |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2021-to-kick-off-on-april-9-will-be-played-across-six-indian-cities-1254052 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=ESPNcricinfo |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307082654/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2021-to-kick-off-on-april-9-will-be-played-across-six-indian-cities-1254052 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tagore |first=Vijay |date=26 February 2021 |title=Kolkata, Ahmedabad among 5 centres shortlisted for IPL 2021 |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/116398/kolkata-ahmedabad-among-5-centres-shortlisted-for-ipl-2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226155552/https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/116398/kolkata-ahmedabad-among-5-centres-shortlisted-for-ipl-2021 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=[[Cricbuzz]]}}</ref>
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