The IPL 3 may have served as precursor to the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2010 ICC World Twenty20; but the 2011 IPL 4 has different designs.

The IPL 4 will go back to its schedule in the months of April-May in 2011, stated the IPL Chairman and Commissioner, Lalit Modi, following the 2011 ICC World Cup which is scheduled to take place in the Indian sub continent.