The Under 19 Indian Premier League is played in a single round-robin format. Every team plays each other once and twice against their rival team with the top two advancing to the final at the culmination of the regular season.
The league follows the rules and regulations dictated by the International Cricket Council. In the regular league, two points are awarded for a win and none for a loss. In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a super over is used to determine the match winner.
In the group stage teams are ranked on the following criteria:
Higher number of points
If equal, higher number of wins
If equal, least number of defeats
If still equal, the results of head to head meetings
If still equal, net run rate
In any play-off match in which there is no result, a super over is used to determine the winner. If the super over is not possible or the result of the over is a tie, the team which finished in the highest league position at the end of the regular season is deemed the winner of the match.
The Player Draft for this season of the Under 19 Indian Premier League will commence on 29th January, 2017 at Bengaluru. Each team will be allowed to pick four foreign and 10 domestic players(including 2 gold players aged 20-26) in a squad of up to 16.
Each team is allowed a maximum of four overseas players per playing-XI.