The 2020 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 13 is the thirteenth season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007.
The tournament was originally scheduled to commence on 29 March 2020, but was suspended until 15 April due to the global coronavirus pandemic. After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on 14 April that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely. On 2 August 2020, it was announced that the tournament would be played between 19 September and 10 November 2020 in the United Arab Emirates.
On 10 August 2020, the Government of India gave its permission for the tournament to take place in the UAE. The full fixtures for the tournament were confirmed on 6 September 2020.
On 4 August 2020, VIVO pulled out as the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for this year's edition.[ On 18 August, Fantasy cricket league platform Dream11 was named title sponsor with a bid of ₹222 crore (US$31 million) for IPL 2020. On 29 August, Indian online education technology company Unacademy was named official partner of IPL until 2022