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1. Kolkata Knight Rider's Ali Khan is the first United State of America (USA) cricketer to play in IPL.
2. In 2010, The live streaming of the IPL was the first broadcast on YouTube.
3. Playing for Mumbai Indians, Sachin Tendulkar is the first player from India to win the orange cap in IPL.
4. Brandon McCullum scored hugh 158 runs not out and created a sensation in the inaugural match of the IPL in year 2008.
5. Royal Challengers Bangalore's Praveen Kumar was the bowler who bowled the first delivery in the IPL.
6. The first ball of IPL was faced by KKR's Sourav Ganguly. Praveen Kumar also gave away the first run in the IPL but Sourav Ganguly was not the one who scored it. Interesting!
7. There have been 5 double century partnerships in the history of IPL. Virat Kohli is part of 3 of them. Wow !
8. KKR has the longest winning streak yet to be broken. They managed to win 10 IPL consecutive matches( 9 matches 2014 + 1 match 2015). Continued their streak 2 seasons. Great!