I was wondering there might be some people (very few) who are new to IPL...so i made this post to tell you about the concept of IPL and the teams.
What is the Indian Premier League?
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a franchise-based Twenty20 competition organised by the BCCI, and backed by the ICC. It features the world's best cricketers playing - their affiliation decided by open auction - for eight city-based franchises, owned by a host of businessmen and celebrity consortiums. The first season was from April-June 2008; the second season is scheduled to be held between April 10 and May 24 2009.
Why has the IPL generated such a buzz?
Two main reasons why. One the football-club concept of the IPL, which
is unlike anything cricket has known. The best players from across the
world playing not according to nationality but according to market
forces. Second, the sheer financial scale of the IPL is unprecedented
at this level of cricket. The BCCI made close to US$ 1.75 billion
solely from the sale of TV rights
($908 million), promotion ($108 million) and franchises (approximately
$700 million). There are now eight players on contracts worth more than
$1 million annually. It's an entire cricket economy - and one
unaffected by recession - out there.
Who are the top cricketers involved?
Almost everyone who's anyone in world cricket. The first season had
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Shoaib Akhtar,
Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar and Matthew
Hayden participating. England went largely unrepresented but their two
biggest stars, Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, will play in the
second season. Pakistan's players will not be involved in Season 2, nor
will Michael Clarke, who has opted to focus on regular cricket.
Who are the franchise owners - celebrities and others?
Mukesh
Ambani, the Reliance Industries chairman, acquired the Mumbai franchise
for $111.9 million over a 10-year period; beer and airline baron Vijay
Mallya, who also owns a Formula 1 team, won the Bangalore franchise for
$111.6 million; Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies
Entertainment won the Kolkata franchise for $75 million; the biggest
surprise was the Chandigarh franchise, which went to Preity Zinta,
another Bollywood star, and Ness Wadia, together with two other
industrialists, for $75 million.
The teams are: Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals (Jaipur), Bangalore Royal Challengers, Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers (Hyderabad) and Kings XI Punjab (Mohali).
How are the players paired with teams?
The first player
auction, on February 20 2008, had franchises bid for a maximum of eight
international players from a pool of 89. Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav
Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were given
'icon' status by the BCCI - they represented the city in which they are
based. A similar, truncated process was followed in 2009, with 17
players picked.
How did the player auctions pan out?
India's ODI captain Dhoni and Australia allrounder Andrew Symonds were the big buys at the first auction
in Mumbai, with the Chennai franchise buying Dhoni for US$1.5 million
and Hyderabad bidding successfully for Symonds at US$1.3 million.
India's young stars Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma and Manoj Tiwary
together fetched nearly US$3 million.
Who are the IPL coaches?
The IPL has lured some of the top names in the business; the first
season had three Australians, one South African and one New Zealander
as coaches. Kolkata roped in former Australia coach John Buchanan and
Mohali signed up former Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody, while Delhi
recruited Victoria coach Greg Shipperd. Former New Zealand captain
Martin Crowe was the big surprise in Bangalore - he was replaced by
South Africa's Ray Jennings for the second season - and Chennai bagged
former South Africa captain Kepler Wessels. Hyderabad had India's
fielding coach Robin Singh in 2008 and will have Darren Lehmann in
2009, while Jaipur have Shane Warne as captain and coach. Mumbai are
yet to reveal their coach for 2009.
Whose idea is the IPL?
The IPL is the brainchild of Lalit Modi,
the vice-president of the BCCI, and is modeled along the lines of club
football in Europe, specifically the English Premier League. Though
there is a school of thought that the idea came about in the 1990s, the
announcement that such a tournament would happen, and which it would be
a precursor to Twenty20 Champions League, cricket's version of the
European Champions League, came only after Subhash Chandra, the owner
of Zee Televison said, in April 2007 - soon after India's exit from the
World Cup - that he was intending to start an unofficial tournament called the Indian Cricket League, fuelling speculation that is was a reactive idea rather than a proactive one.
How different are the IPL and ICL to each other?
The IPL is an official sanctioned Twenty20 tournament, and unlike the
ICL, which is not recognised by any of the national boards or the ICC,
it will have a better status, international reach, players, and the
requisite infrastructure by default. Since the IPL is sanctioned by the
ICC, players don't have the danger of bringing their
international/first-class careers to a halt - as is the case with the
ICL - whose players have been banned by the various boards. Another
major difference is with regard to franchises - the ownership of the
team rests with the individual owners and not one single entity.
TEAMS IN THE IPL
Bangalore Royal Challengers
Chennai Super Kings
Mumbai Indians
Delhi Daredevils
King's XI punjab
Kolkata KnightRiders
Deccan Chargers
Rajasthan Royals
Source:cricinfo.com
Lots of love
Sneha
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