The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for
Twenty20 cricket championship in India. It was initiated by Lalit Modi, who
served as the league's first Chairman and Commissioner and Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI), headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra and is supervised
by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and
Commissioner. It is currently contested by nine teams, consisting of players
from around the cricketing world. It was started after an altercation between
the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.
In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event ever to be
broadcast live on YouTube. Its brand value is estimated to be around US$2.99 billion
in fifth season. However, the league has been engulfed by series of
Controversies where allegations of cricket betting, money laundering and spot fixing
were witnessed.
The Premier League is generally considered to be the world's
showcase for Twenty20 cricket, a shorter format of cricket consisting only 20
overs. Top Indian and international players take part in IPL, contributing to
what is the world's "richest cricket tournament".
In 2012 the naming rights for the series was awarded to Pepsi.
Two eligible bids were received, with Pepsi winning over Airtel with a bid of 396.8 crore.
First season
Main article: 2008 Indian Premier League
The inaugural season of the tournament started on 18 April
2008 and lasted for 43 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 thriller and emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.
Second season
Main article: 2009 Indian Premier League
The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2
or the 2009 IPL, was the second season of the Indian Premier League. The
tournament was hosted by South Africa because of the General Elections in India
and was played for 37 days from 18 April to 24 May 2009. IPL 2 was forecast to
have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India
alone. The top four ranking sides progressed to the knockout stage of
semi-finals followed by a final. Deccan Chargers defeated Bangalore Royal
Challengers in a thriller and emerged as the second IPL winner.
Third season
Main article: 2010 Indian Premier League
Main article: 2010 Indian Premier League
The third season returned to India and It was the first IPL
tournament that was broadcast live on YouTube. The final four matches of the
tournament were screened in 3D across movie halls in India. Chennai Super Kings
defeated Mumbai Indians in the finals to win their first title.
Fourth season
Main articles: 2011 Indian Premier League and List of 2011
Indian Premier League personnel changes
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.
The addition of teams representing Sahara Pune Warriors
India and the Kochi Tuskers 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.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.
Two months later both teams were finally allowed to take part in the 2011 edition
after a court ruling.
Chennai Super Kings won their second consecutive title after
defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in the final. This is the
first time a franchise has won two titles. The top four teams qualified for the
2011 Champions League Twenty20, which the Mumbai Indians won.
Fifth season
Main articles: 2012 Indian Premier League and List of 2012
Indian Premier League personnel changes
The fifth season featured nine teams after the termination
of the Kochi franchise and the players auction was held on 4 February 2012. The
season saw an increase in the allowed maximum number of players in each squad
from 30 to 33. The season of 76 matches began and ended in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
with the opening match on 4 April and the final on 27 May. The Delhi
Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings
qualified for the playoffs. The final of the season was played at the
Chidambaram Stadium on 27 May, where the defending champions Chennai Super
Kings played against Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata Knight Riders won the match
in the last over riding on the backs of Manoj Tiwary and Shakib Al Hasan with 5
wickets and 2 balls to spare,
This edition of the IPL was the most competitive with 14
matches producing results in the last over, and a couple in the last ball.Towards
the end of the league, the season faced various hurdles including a spot fixing
case, which allegedly included 5 players caught on a sting operation carried on
by a local news channel; India TV. The fifth season is often considered as the
most controversial Indian Premier League organized.
Sixth season
Main articles: 2013 Indian Premier League and List of 2013
Indian Premier League personnel changes
The sixth season opened on 3 April 2013 with the auction for
players and it was broadcasted on Sony Six. 108 players were on offer but only
37 players were sold for US$ 11.87 million. The Australian all rounder Glenn
Maxwell was the only million dollar buy. Deccan Chargers were ousted from the
league almost five-months ago. Instead, Sunrisers Hyderabad are playing from
the 2013 season onwards on behalf of them as they have almost all the players
from the Deccan's 2012 team. The tournament in on from 3 April to 26 May 2013
with Kolkata and Chennai hosting the playoffs. Kolkata's Eden Gardens will host
the first match as well as the final as they were the champions of the 2012
season. Nine teams are playing in the sixth season. Due to protests in the
state of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalitha has requested the
Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh not to allow any Sri Lankan players,
umpires or any other support staff to play in IPL matches to be held in
Chennai.
League organisation
Franchises
The winning bidders for the eight franchises were announced
on 24 January 2008. While the total base price for auction was US $400 million,
the auction fetched US $723.59 million.
On 21 March 2010, Pune and Kochi were unveiled as the two
new franchises for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League. The base
price was $225 million. While Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group
for $370 million, the Kochi franchise was bought by Rendezvous Sports World
Limited for $333.3 million. The process was to have been completed on 7 March
but was postponed by two weeks after many bidders and the BCCI objected to
stiff financial clauses.[27] The second franchise auction fetched total $703
million.
The rights to the Hyderabad franchise were awarded to the
Sun TV Network in October, 2012.
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