The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested annually by franchise teams representing Indian cities. The league, founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) member Lalit Modi in 2007, is scheduled over April and May of every year.The title sponsor of IPL is Vivo Electronics, thus the league is officially known as the Vivo Indian Premier League.
In 2010, the IPL was broadcast live on YouTube. The brand value of IPL was estimated to be US$2.2 billion in 2014.
[4] According to BCCI, the 2015 IPL season contributed
₹0.5 billion (US$7.4 million) to the
GDP of Indian economy.
Of the 11 teams to have competed since the league's first season, five have won the title at least once. Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings have won twice, while Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers have won once. Mumbai Indians are the current champions having won the 2015 season.Until 2014, the top three teams in the tournament qualified for the Champions League Twenty20. However, the tournament was discontinued in 2015 and has been defunct since.
History
Foundation
In 2007, the Indian Cricket League was founded, with funding provided by Zee Entertainment Enterprises.The ICL was not recognized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) or the International Cricket Council (ICC) and that the BCCI were not pleased with committee members joining the ICL executive board.To prevent players from joining the ICL, the BCCI increased the prize money in domestic tournaments and imposed lifetime bans on players joining the ICL, which was considered a rebel league by the board.Businessman and cricket executive, Lalit Modi, was tasked by the BCCI to start a new Twenty20 league that would rival the Indian Cricket League. In early 2008, the BCCI announced the launch of the Indian Premier League, a new franchise based T20 league.The league would be based on the Premier League of England and the NBA in the United States.
In order to decide the owners for the new league, an auction was held on 24 January 2008 with the total base prices of the franchises costing around $400 million.At the end of the auction, it was the winning bidders were announced, as well as the cities the teams would be based in: Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mohali, and Mumbai.In the end, the franchises were all sold for a total of $723.59 million.The Indian Cricket League soon folded in 2009.
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Expansions and terminations
On 21 March 2010, it was announced that two new franchises – Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala – would join the league before the fourth season in 2011.Sahara Adventure Sports Group bought the Pune franchise for $370 million while Rendezvous Sports World bought the Kochi franchise for $333.3 million.However, one year later, on 11 November 2011, it was announced that the Kochi Tuskers Kerala side would be terminated following the side breaching the BCCI's terms of conditions.
Then, on 14 September 2012, following the team not being able to find new owners, the BCCI announced that the 2009 champions, the Deccan Chargers, would be terminated.
[16] The next month, on 25 October, an auction was held to see who would be the owner of the replacement franchise, with Sun TV Network winning the bid for the Hyderabad franchise.The team would be named Sunrisers Hyderabad.
On 14 June 2015, it was announced that two-time champions, Chennai Super Kings, and the inaugural season champions, Rajasthan Royals, would be suspended for two seasons following their role in a match-fixing and betting scandal. Then, on 8 December 2015, following an auction, it was revealed that Rajkot and
Pune would replace Chennai and Rajasthan for two seasons.
Tournament format
Currently, with eight teams, each team plays each other twice in a home-and-away
round-robin tournament. At the conclusion of the league stage, the top four teams qualify for the finals. The top two teams play each other in the first preliminary round match, with the winner going straight to the final while the loser goes on to the second preliminary round. The third and fourth place teams play each other to decide who will take on the loser from the first preliminary round match.The winner of the second preliminary round match will move onto the final where the winner will be crowned the Indian Premier League champions.
Teams
Current teams
Team | City | State | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
| Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | Delhi | Feroz Shah Kotla | Paddy Upton | JP Duminy |
| Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | Punjab | PCA Stadium | Sanjay Bangar | David Miller |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | West Bengal | Eden Gardens | Jacques Kallis | Gautam Gambhir |
| Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Wankhede Stadium | Ricky Ponting | Rohit Sharma |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Karnataka | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Daniel Vettori | Virat Kohli |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Tom Moody | David Warner |
New teams |
| Rising Pune Super giants | Pune | Maharashtra | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | Stephen Fleming | MS Dhoni |
| Gujarat Lions | Rajkot | Gujarat | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium | Brad Hodge | Suresh Raina |
Defunct/Suspended teams
Tournament results[edit]
Out of the eleven teams that have played in the Indian Premier League, three have won it twice, while two have one it once each. The
Chennai Super Kings,
Kolkata Knight Riders, and
Mumbai Indians are the most successful teams in league's history. The other two teams who have won the tournament are the
Deccan Chargers and
Rajasthan Royals. The Super Kings are the only team to have won the tournament and then defended it the next season, winning in
2010 and winning again in
2011.
By team
Tournament and salary rules
A team can acquire players through five ways: The annual auction, signing domestic players, signing uncapped players, trading players, and signing replacements.In the trading window, a player can only be traded with his consent, with the franchise paying the difference if any between the old and new contract. If the new contract is worth more than the older one, the difference is shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.
Some of the team composition rules are as follows:
- A minimum squad strength of 16 players, one physiotherapist and a coach.
- No more than 10 foreign players on the squad and a maximum of four foreign players in the playing XI.
- A minimum of 14 Indian players must be included in each squad.
- A minimum of six players from the BCCI under-22 pool must be included in each squad.
IPL games utilize television timeouts and hence there is no time limit in which teams must complete their innings. However, a penalty may be imposed if the
umpires find teams misusing this privilege. Each team is given a two-and-a-half-minute "strategic timeout" during each innings; one must be taken by the
bowling team between the 6th and 10th
overs, and one by the
batting team between the 11th and 16th overs.
Salary cap
The total spending cap for a franchise 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, whereas for others the minimum was US$50,000.
Prize money
The 2015 season of the IPL offered a total prize money of
₹40 crore (US$5.9 million), with the winning team netting
₹15 crore (US$2.2 million).The first and second runners up received 10 and 7.5 crores, respectively, with the fourth placed team also winning 7.5 crores. The others teams are not awarded any prize money. The IPL rules mandate that half of the prize money must be distributed among the players.
Television
On 17 January 2008 it was announced that a consortium consisting of India's Sony Entertainment Television (Set Max) network and Singapore-based World Sport Group secured the global broadcasting rights of the Indian Premier League.The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of US$1.026 billion. As part of the deal, the consortium will pay the BCCI US$918 million for the television broadcast rights and US$108 million for the promotion of the tournament.The initial plan was for 20% of these proceeds would go to IPL, 8% as prize money and 72% would be distributed to the franchisees from 2008 until 2012, after which the IPL would go public and list its shares.However, in March 2010, IPL decided not to go public and list its shares. Sony-WSG then re-sold parts of the broadcasting rights geographically to other companies.
Territory | Network |
Africa (Sub-Sahara) | Super Sport (2008–present) |
Bangladesh | Maasranga (2008–present) |
Bhutan | SET Max (2008–present)
Sony SIX (2013–present)
|
Brunei | Astro (2008–present) |
Canada | Sports net (2011–present) |
Caribbean | Sports Max (2008–present) |
Hong Kong | PCCW (2010–present) |
India | Sony MAX (2008–present
Sony SIX (2013–present)
Sony ESPN (2015–present) |
Malaysia | Astro (2008–present) |
Middle-East and North Africa | OSN (2015–present) |
Nepal | Sony MAX (2008–present)
Sony SIX (2013–present) |
New Zealand | Sky Sport (2012–present) |
Pakistan | Geo Super (2012–present) |
Singapore | StarHub (2008–present)
Singtel (2015–present) |
Sri Lanka | Carlton Sports Network (2012–present) |
United Kingdom | Sky Sports (2015–present) |
United States | ESPN (2015–present) |
Worldwide | The Times Group (2011–present) |
IPL Governing Body
The
IPL Governing Body is responsible for all the functions of the tournament. The member are Rajeev Shukla
(Chairman) , Ajay Shirke, Sourav Ganguly, Anurag Thakur,Anirudh Chaudhary