It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), headquartered in Mumbai,[3][4] and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Chirayu Amin, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner. It is currently contested by 10 teams consisting of players from around the world. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.[5] In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on YouTube in association with Indiatimes.[6] Its brand value is estimated to be around $3.67 billion in fourth season.[7][8] According to global sports salaries review, IPL is the second highest-paid league, based on firstteam salaries on a pro rata basis, second only to the NBA. It is estimated that the average salary of an IPL player over a year would be $3.84 million.[9]
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1 History o 1.1 First season o 1.2 Second season o 1.3 Third season o 1.4 Fourth season 2 IPL Trophy o 2.1 2008-2010 o 2.2 2011-2013 3 League organization o 3.1 Franchises o 3.2 Rules 4 Statistics and records o 4.1 Winners o 4.2 Performance of teams o 4.3 Player signings 5 Television rights and sponsorships o 5.1 Television rights o 5.2 Sponsorships o 5.3 Revenue and Profits o 5.4 Mobile applications o 5.5 Official website 6 Global following 7 See also 8 References
[edit] History
A Chennai vs Kolkata match at the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium won by Chennai Super Kings. The inaugural season of the tournament started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 46 days with 59 matches scheduled, out of which 58 took place and 1 was washed out due to rain. The final was played in DY Patil Stadium, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Every team played each other both at home and away in a round robin system. The top four ranking sides progressed to the knockout stage of semi-finals followed by a final. Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in a last ball thriller and emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.
Chargers in the second semi-final. The final was played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Chennai Super Kings won by a margin of 22 runs.
Chennai Super Kings are the most successful team in the tournament winning the championship twice and qualifying for the top four every time. On 21 March 2010, it was announced in Chennai that two new teams from Pune and Kochi will be added to the IPL for the fourth season. However, the bid around the Kochi franchisee turned controversial resulting in the resignation of minister, Shashi Tharoor from the Central Government and investigations by various departments of the Government of India into the financial dealings of IPL and the other existing franchisees. Later, Lalit Modi was also removed from IPL chairmanship by BCCI. On 5 December 2010, it was confirmed that Kochi will take part in the fourth season of IPL.[10] The addition of teams representing Pune and Kochi was to have increased the number of franchises from 8 to 10. The BCCI originally considered extending the tournament format used in previous season to ten teams, which would increase the number of matches from 60 to 94. Instead, the round-robin stage of the tournament was to have been replaced by a group stage with two groups of five, limiting the number of matches to 74.[11] But this format was replaced by another one in which each team would play 5 other teams in a two-way round robin format and there would be 2 teams against whom they would play only at home and remaining 2 teams against which they would play only away matches.Thus each team plays 14 matches.Top four teams would qualify for the semi-finals. In October 2010, the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab had their franchises terminated for breaching ownership rules. The new Kochi franchise was also issued a warning to resolve all their ownership disputes.[12] Two months later both teams were finally allowed to take part in the 2011 edition after a court ruling.[13] Chennai Super Kings won their second consecutive IPL title after defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in the fourth season of IPL.[14] CSK had beaten RCB in the playoffs too while RCB defeated Mumbai Indians to reach the final. This is the first time a franchise has won two IPL titles, had four consecutive semi-final visits, come to the finals three times, and
successfully defended their title. The top three teams namely CSK, RCB and MI have also qualified for the Champions League. Chennai Super Kings are the current Champions League Twenty20 champions.[15]
[edit] 2011-2013
A new trophy has been designed for IPL 4 in view of the two new teams which are now in the fray. It has been changed to a large cup instead of a map of India.
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai
2008
Bengaluru Hyderabad
2008 2008
Chargers
2008 2008
Kings XI Punjab
Mohali
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Kolkata
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Rajasthan Royals
Jaipur
2008
Pune Kochi
2011 2011
Reddy Sangakkara Lehmann (Deccan Chronicle) group India Cements Mahendra Stephen (N.Srinivasan) Singh Dhoni Fleming Virender Greg GMR Group Sehwag Shipperd Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Dabur, Adam Michael Apeejay Gilchrist Bevan Surendera Group Red Chillies Gautam Dav Entertainment Gambhir Whatmore Emerging Media (Lachlan Shane Shane Murdoch), Warne Warne Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra Subrato Roy Yuvraj Geoff Sahara Singh Marsh Kochi Cricket Mahela Geoff Private Ltd Jayawardene Lawson
[edit] Rules
There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player. In the annual auction, buying domestic players, signing uncapped players, through trading and buying replacements.[19][20] In the trading window the player can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one then the difference will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.[21] Some of the Team composition rules are:
Minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physio and a coach. No more than 10 foreign players in the squad and maximum 4 foreign players should be in the playing eleven. Minimum of 8 local players must be included in each squad. A minimum of 2 players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each squad.
A difference to international cricket is a timeout. It gives the players an opportunity to strategise and take a drink during the strict 2 minutes, 30 seconds time limit. Each team is awarded two timeouts per innings totalling to four timeouts for the whole game. The teams can take the timeout when instructed, but is necessary to take it from 6th to 9th and 13th to 16th over. IPL is also known for having commercials during the game, hence there is no time limit for teams to complete their innings. However, there may be a penalty if the umpires find teams misusing this privilege at their own choice.
The total spending cap for a franchisee in the first player auction was US $5 million. Under-22 players are to be remunerated with a minimum annual salary of US $20,000 while for others it is US $50,000. The most expensive players in the IPL to date is Gautam Gambhir of India fetched the highest price of $2.4 million from Kolkata Knight Riders at the auction for season 4
[edit] Winners
Season 2008 2009 2010 2011 Winners Rajasthan Royals Deccan Chargers Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings Runners-up Chennai Super Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore Teams 8 8 8 10
2008 Delhi Daredevil 2011 s 2008 Kings XI Punjab 2011 Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians 2008 2011
56
28 28
50.00
4,219 / 524.5 4,251 / 531.1 3,602 / 491.3 3,977 / 505.3 4,289 / 554.2 4,263 / 587.3
Semi-finals
10th of 10 8th of 8
56
27 28
49.10
Semi-finals
52
23 28
45.19
Play3,585 / Offs(Eliminat 8th 459.3 or - 4th of of 8 10) 3,898 / 523.1 4,213 / 564.2 4,521 / 574.5 Runners-up 7th of 8 7th of 8 7th of 8 9th of 10 8th of 10
2008 2011 2008 Rajasthan Royals 2011 Royal 2008 Challenge rs 2011 Bangalore Pune Warriors 2011 India Kochi Tuskers 2011 Kerala
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33 26
55.00
55
29 25
53.63
Champions
58
29 29
50.00
Runners-up
14
33.33
9th of 10
14
42.86
8th of 10
itself, 54% to franchisees and 6% as prize money. The money will be distributed in these proportions until 2017, after which the share of IPL will be 50%, franchisees 45% and prize money 5%. The IPL signed up Kingfisher Airlines as the official umpire partner for the series in a 106 crore (US$23.64 million) (approximately 15 million) deal. This deal sees the Kingfisher Airlines brand on all umpires' uniforms and also on the giant screens during third umpire decisions.[23]
India
Worldwide
GEO Super Pakistan (20082010) Sri Lanka Rupavahini Sri Lanka Corporation: Channel Eye Network Ten Australia: Free-to-air HD and SD television. Owned (2008) One HD (2009 by Network TEN. 2010) Sky Network New Zealand Television (2008 2010) PCCW StarHub Astro Hong Kong: Broadcast rights on Now TV. Singapore: Broadcast rights on Cricket Extra. Malaysia South Africa, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, So Tom and Prncipe Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar,
broadband, mobile and radio. 4 Years 20112014, Terms not released.[29] Terms not released. Terms not released. 5 years, 2008 2012 at A$10-15 million.[30] Terms not released. 2 years, 20102011 terms not released. Terms not released Terms not released.
SuperSport
Syria,
Broadcast rights on CricOne ITV (2010) Setanta Sports (20082009) SportsMax Rogers Sportsnet One (2011 present) Asian Television Network (2008 2010) ATN-Asian Radio (2008 present) United Kingdom: Broadcast on ITV4. Caribbean 4 Years 20112014, Terms not released. Terms not released
Willow TV (20082010)
United States
Rights to distribute on television, radio, broadband and Internet, for the IPL in North America. 5 years, 20082012, terms not released.[32] Terms not released.
United States
[edit] Sponsorships
India's biggest property developer DLF Group paid US$50 million to be the title sponsor of the tournament for 3 years from 2008 to 2010.[33] Other year sponsorship agreements include a deal with motorcycle maker Hero Honda worth $22.5-million, one with PepsiCo worth $12.5-million, and a deal with beer and airline conglomerate Kingfisher at $26.5-million.[34]
There are disputed figures for the profitability of the teams. One analyst said that four teams out of the eight made a profit in 2009.[37] While the London Times said that all but Kings XI Punjab made a profit.[38] In 2008, Kolkata Knight Riders is the most expensive team followed by the Mumbai Indians but unable to make it into the semifinals despite being the favourite. In 2010, the IPL expects to have 80 official merchandising deals. It has signed a deal with Swiss watchmaker Bandelier to make official watches for the IPL.[39] According to a recent study by a UK-based brand valuation consultancy, the brand value of the IPL has more than doubled to USD 4.13 billion (over Rs 18,000 crore) from USD 2.01 billion in 2009.[40] The franchises have been a part of this growth. Mumbai Indians has emerged the most valued franchise in 2010. The MI franchise has moved up the ladder with a valuation of USD 57.13 million.Chennai Super Kings have a brand value of USD 70.16 million which places them at the top of the table. The Kolkata Knight Riders co-owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan comes in fourth with a valuation of USD 46 million and the Rajasthan Royals, co-owned by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty comes in last with USD 33.78 million. The Royal Challengers Bangalore, owned by Vijay Mallya, is ranked third with a valuation of USD 47.58 million and is followed by the, Delhi Daredevils (USD 40.85 million) and Kings XI Punjab ( USD 33.75 million). The Deccan Chargers are at the sixth with a valuation of USD 38.76 million.[7] Rank Franchise Brand Value 1 Chennai Super Kings $ 70.16 m 2 Mumbai Indians $ 57.13 m 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore $ 47.58 m 4 Kolkata Knight Riders $ 46.00 m 5 Delhi Daredevils $ 40.85 m 6 Deccan Chargers $ 38.76 m 7 Kings XI Punjab $ 35.75 m 8 Rajasthan Royals $ 33.78 m
The IPL negotiated a contract with the Canadian company Live Current Media Inc. to run and operate its portals and the minimum guarantee has been negotiated at US $50 million over the next 10 years.[42] The official website of the tournament is www.iplt20.com. Incorporating popular forms of social media into the third season of the IPL, the website now contains a more holistic presence across all online mediums. The website apart from featuring new additions to empower user interaction, has encouraged a wider range of websites around IPL like,IPL Tracker [1] and IPL Mag [2] amongst other more traditional reporting websites.
have test matches against the individual teams I would welcome that too just because the quality of cricket is going to be better than watching Australia and SA dominate against all other countries for the most part. Getting aside from my radical ideas to people I've talked to don't realize that this as a 5 week tournament only! There will still be plenty of ICC matches but IPL if is successful lesser known players from other countries even from Canada for instance could have a chance to earn a decent living from cricket. IPL matches will be watched by people from all cricketing countries which it itself is good for the sport and is not the case for ICC matches unless it's a big event like world cup. Of course India will benefit from this but so do other franchise based leagues. NBA, NHL, etc which include players from all over the world but USA, Canada benefit the most because they are able to leaders in those sports but players from other countries who would make less money by playing in their own country appreciate these leagues because of the level of competition, money and they are better able to develop their games with proper coaches, nutrition programs, and have the privilege to learn the game from the best players in the world with whom they may be playing or opposing. 20/20 in general allows them to compete with and against some of the best players in a format that is designed to be fun and competitive. ICC matches results with ever growing technology and coaching depend on how good rich is the infrastructure, cricketing structure, coaching, facilities, etc are of a country to develop cricketers who can compete at the highest level. In other words there's a strong positive correlation with or how much money is spent on cricket (or generally speaking GDP) and how good of a test playing country is. Srilanka is perhaps the only exception and their rise in cricket to me can be attributed to having good coaching and cricketing structure. However, in a franchise based system those things will be there for every team thus, the result will depend on performances on the field only because theoretically all other things are equal. I think these matches will also be closely contested given that most teams have star players in all aspects of the game so as a fan of cricket I will be interested in those which is why I will support IPL. My favourite team is Mumbai. I'm a big Tendulkar fan.