Presenter
Salil
• The slogan “I don’t like cricket, I love it”, taken from the 10cc song "Dreadlock Holiday".
• On 10 January 2005 Australia's first Twenty20 game was played at the WACA Ground
between the Western Warriors and the Victorian Bushrangers
• Starting 11 July 2006 19 West Indies regional teams competed in what was named the
Stanford 20/20 tournament.
• And supervised by BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi, Chairman & Commissioner for IPL.
The first season of the Indian Premier League commenced 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 top four ranking sides progressed to the knockout stage of semi-finals
followed by a final.
• Second season The 2009 season coincided with the general elections in India.
• Due to concerns regarding players security, the venue was shifted to South
Africa.
• The format of the tournament remained the same as the inaugural one.
"8 teams, without any players, only warriors " "IPL MANORANJAN KA BAAP"
(King of entertainment)
Third season
• The third season of IPL opened in January 2010 with the auction for players. 66
players were on offer but only 11 players were sold. No player from Pakistan
was selected. The third season started in India on 12 March 2010 and is due to
last over a period of 45 days.
• Other changes granting permission to players who were involved in the Indian
Cricket League to play in the tournament. Telecast on YOUTUBE.
Mumbai Indians :Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries Limited) $111.9 million
Bangalore Royal Challengers :(Dr. Vijay Mallya and UB group) $111.6 million
Kolkata Knight Riders : Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Mehta and Jai Mehta
(Red Chillies Entertainment) $79.09 million
Kings XI Punjab : (Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera
Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur) $76 million
• Television rights and sponsorships IPL is predicted to bring the BCCI income of
approximately US $1.6 billion, over a period of five to ten years.
• The IPL signed up Kingfisher Airlines as the official umpire partner for the
series in a Rs. 106 crore (1.06 billion) deal.
• This deal sees the Kingfisher Airlines brand on all umpires' uniforms and also
on the giant screens during third umpire decisions.
• Sponsorships India's biggest property developer DLF Group paid US$50 million
to be the title sponsor of the tournament for 5 years from 2008 to 2013.
• Official IPL Mobile Applications DCI Mobile studios have released the IPL T20
Mobile applications for iPhone, Nokia Smartphones and Blackberry devices.
Soon it will be made available across all other major Mobile platforms
including the Android, Windows Mobile, Palm.
• Lalit Modi : The brain behind the IPL as well as its brash face.
Three phenomenally successful seasons of the tournament, and
his penchant for self-promotion had made him one of the most
powerful men in cricket, but things started to unravel once he
tweeted the Kochi franchise ownership pattern on April 11.