Indian Premier League (IPL)

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20

cricket league in India contested annually by franchise teams
representing Indian cities.

Twenty20 cricket, sometimes written Twenty-20, and often

abbreviated to T20, is a short form of cricket. It was originally
introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in
2003 for professional inter-county competition in England and
Wales. In a Twenty20 game the two teams have a
single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs.
Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the
three forms of major cricket recognised by the International
Cricket Council (ICC).

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the

international governing body of cricket. It was founded as
the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from
England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International
Cricket Conferencein 1965, and took up its current name in
1989.

A typical Twenty20 game is completed in about three hours, with

each innings lasting around 7590 minutes and a 1020-minute
interval. This is much shorter than previously-existing forms of the
game, and is closer to the timespan of other popular team sports.
It was introduced to create a fast-paced form of the game which
would be attractive to spectators at the ground and viewers on
television.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)

The league, founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) in 2008, is scheduled over April and May of every
year.[3]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national

governing body for cricket in India. The board was formed in
December 1928 as a society, registered under the Tamil
Nadu Societies Registration Act. It is a consortium of state cricket
associations and the state associations select their
representatives who in turn elect the BCCI officials.

The title sponsor of IPL is Vivo Electronics, thus the league is

officially known as the Vivo Indian Premier League.

The IPL is the most-watched Twenty20 league worldwide. In

2010, the IPL became the first sporting event to be broadcast live
onYouTube. The brand value of IPL was estimated to be US$7.2
billion in 2014.[4] According to BCCI, the 2015 IPL season
contributed11.5 billion (US$170 million) to the GDP of Indian
economy.[5]

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.[6] Until 2014, the top three teams in the tournament
qualified for theChampions League Twenty20. However, the
tournament was discontinued in 2015 and has been defunct
since.[7]

History
Foundation
In 2007, the Indian Cricket League was founded, with funding
provided by Zee Entertainment Enterprises.[8] 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.
[9]
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.[10] 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.[11] The league would be based on
the Premier League of England and the NBA in the United States.
[11]

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.[11] 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
, andMumbai.[11] In the end, the franchises were all sold for a total
of $723.59 million.[12] The Indian Cricket League soon folded in
2009.[13]

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.
Pune Warriors India
Pune Warriors India was a franchise cricket team that
represented the city of Pune in the Indian Premier League. The
team was one of two IPL franchises from the Indian state
of Maharashtra, the other being Mumbai Indians. It was also one
of the two new franchises added to the IPL for the 2011 season,
alongside the also-defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerala. The team was
owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Limited, a group company of
the Indian business conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar.[2] The
team's home ground was the Maharashtra Cricket Association
Stadium[3][4] located in Gahunje, Pune.[5]

Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Kochi Tuskers Kerala was a franchise cricket team that played
in the Indian Premier League (IPL) representing the city of Kochi,
Kerala. The team was one of two new franchisees added to the
Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2011 season, alongside
thePune Warriors India. The team franchise was owned by Kochi
Cricket Pvt Ltd., which was a consortium of multiple companies.
Their first IPL match was against Royal Challengers Bangalore on
9 April 2011 and their first win was against Mumbai Indians on 15
April 2011. Their last match, before being terminated, was on 18
May 2011 against the Chennai Super Kings.

Chennai Super Kings

The Chennai Super Kings (abbreviated as CSK) was a
franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that played
in theIndian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008, the team
was captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached
by Stephen Fleming. The team played its home matches at the M.
A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Super Kings was the
most successful team in the IPL till 2011. [3] and had won the title
twice in succession (2010 and 2011).[4] In2010, they won
the Champions League Twenty20 for the first time and repeated
the feat in 2014.
 The leading run-scorer of the team is Suresh Raina, while the
leading wicket-taker is Ravichandran Ashwin.[5][6] The brand value
of the Super Kings in 2015 was estimated at $67 million, making
them the third most valuable franchise in the IPL. [7] On 14 July
2015, the Supreme Court appointedRM Lodha committee
suspended the owners of Chennai Super Kings from the Indian
Premier League for a period of two years for alleged involvement
in betting.[8]

Kings XI Punjab
The Kings XI Punjab (abbreviated as KXIP) are a
franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in
the Indian Premier League. The team is jointly owned by
leading Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, Wadia Group scion Ness
Wadia, Daburs Mohit Burmanand Karan Paul. The team plays its
home matches at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. Since the 2010 IPL,
they have been playing some of their home games
at Dharamsala as well. The team holds the record for the longest
winning streak in IPL.

Mumbai Indians
The Mumbai Indians (Marathi: ) (abbreviated as MI)
is a franchise cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in
theIndian Premier League (IPL). The team is one of the eight
founding members of the IPL in 2008. They are one of the main
teams in the city, together with clubs like the Mumbai cricket
team and football club Mumbai City FC. The franchise is owned
by India's biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries, through its
100% subsidiary IndiaWin Sports. The primary home ground of
the Mumbai Indians is the Wankhede Stadium. It is one of the
most successful teams in the IPL.
The Mumbai Indians is the most successful team in the IPL. The
Mumbai Indians are currently captained by Rohit Sharma, and
coached by Ricky Ponting. They won the 2011 Champions
League Twenty20 after beating IPL rivals Royal Challengers
Bangaloreby 31 runs in the final. The team won its first IPL title,
in 2013, by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs in the final,
and then defeated the Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs to win
its second Champions League Twenty20 title later that year.[2]
[3]
Rohit Sharma is the leading run scorer of the team while Lasith
Malinga is the leading wicket-taker.

Mumbai Indians, led by skipper Rohit Sharma, won their second

IPL title on 24 May 2015 by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 41
runs in the final, becoming third team to do so.

Rajasthan Royals
The Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) is a cricket
franchise (currently suspended for 2 years) that represented the
city ofJaipur in the Indian Premier League.[1] Founded in 2008 as
one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team was owned
by Manoj Badale. The team played its home matches at
the Sawai Mansingh Stadium at Jaipur and also had secondary
home grounds at theSardar Patel Stadium at Ahmedabad and
the Brabourne Stadium at Mumbai.

The Royals are often considered as the Moneyball team of the

IPL.[2][3][4] The Royals are known to unearth obscure exciting talent.
[5][6][7]
They won the inaugural edition of the IPL under the
captaincy of Shane Warne, despite being written off as a title
contender by the media and fans. They were also the runners-
up of the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 under Rahul
Dravid's captaincy.[7][8][9]

On 14 July 2015 the verdict reached by a panel appointed by

India's Supreme Court suspended Rajasthan Royals plus
fellow Indian Premier League side Chennai Super Kings for two
years over a corruption and match fixing scandal, meaning they
could not participate in both the 2016 and 2017 IPL tournaments.

Shane Watson is the only player to lead most runs, [10] most
wickets,[11] highest score,[12] highest batting average,[13] most sixes,
[14]
for a team in T20. Also the only player to win man of the
tournament IPL twice.

Deccan Chargers
The Deccan Chargers, known in short as DC, was a cricket
franchise based in the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier
League.[1] The team was one of the eight founding members of
the IPL in 2008 and was owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings
Ltd. After finishing last in the first season of the IPL, they won
the second season held in South Africa in 2009 under the
captaincy of former Australian wicket-keeper batsman Adam
Gilchrist. Gilchrist was the captain of the team for the first three
seasons of the IPL. From the fourth season, Kumar
Sangakkara led the team and Cameron White played as his
deputy. The team was coached byDarren Lehmann, former
Australian cricketer.
The owners put the franchise up for sale in 2012 but declined the
sole bid. On 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council
terminated the Chargers for breaching contract terms.[2] The Sun
TV Network won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise, the BCCI
confirmed on 25 October 2012.[3] The new team was named
the Sunrisers Hyderabad.[4]

Royal Challengers Bangalore

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (often abbreviated as RCB)
are a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka that
plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team has made two
final appearances in the IPL, losing both (in 2009, to the Deccan
Chargers and in 2011, to the Chennai Super Kings). The team
also finished runners-up in the 2011 CLT20. The home ground of
the Royal Challengers is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in
Bangalore. The team was supposed to play in the 2015 CLT20,
however, the tournament was shelved as of July 2015.

The team is currently captained by Virat Kohli and coached

by Daniel Vettori. The team is owned by Vijay Mallya, through his
flagship firm UB Group.[1] The director of the team is Sidhartha
Mallya.[2]

SunRisers Hyderabad
The SunRisers Hyderabad (often abbreviated as SRH) is a
cricket franchise based in the city of Hyderabad that plays in
the Indian Premier League (IPL).[3] The team is owned
by Kalanithi Maran of the Sun TV channel Network.[4] Tom
Moody is the head coach and Simon Helmot is the assistant
coach of the team. Krish Srikkanth and VVS Laxman are the
mentors of the team while Muttiah Muralitharan is the bowling
coach and also a mentor of the team.[5][6]

[14]
Sahara Adventure Sports Group bought the Pune franchise for
$370 million while Rendezvous Sports World bought the Kochi
franchise for $333.3 million.[14] 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.[15]
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 theHyderabad franchise.[17] The
team would be named Sunrisers Hyderabad.[18]
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.[19] Then, on 8 December 2015, following an auction, it
was revealed that Rajkot and Pune would replace Chennai and
Rajasthan for two seasons.[20]

Tournament format[edit]
Currently, with eight teams, each team plays each other twice in a
home-and-away round-robin tournament.[21] 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.[21] The winner of the second preliminary
round match will move onto the final where the winner will be
crowned the Indian Premier League champions.[21]

Home
Team City State Coach Captain
ground

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Delhi Delhi Vacant JP Du
Daredevils Kotla

Kings XI Sanjay
Mohali Punjab PCA Stadium Vacant
Punjab Bangar
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Knight Kolkata West Bengal
Gardens s Kallis Gambhir
Riders

Mumbai Wankhede Ricky Rohit

Mumbai Maharashtra
Indians Stadium Ponting Sharma

Royal
M.
Challenger Bangalor Daniel
Karnataka Chinnaswamy Virat
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Bangalore

Rajiv Gandhi
Sunrisers Hyderab International Tom David
Telangana
Hyderabad ad Cricket Moody Warner
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Locations of the active IPL teams

Defunct/Suspended teams[edit]

Team City State Home ground Suspended

Rajiv Gandhi
Deccan
Hyderabad Telangana International 2012
Chargers
Cricket Stadium

Kochi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Tuskers Kochi Kerala 2011
Stadium
Kerala

Pune
Maharasht
Warriors Pune MCA Stadium 2013
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India

Suspended teams

Chennai M. A.
Tamil
Super Chennai Chidambaram 2015
Nadu
Kings Stadium

Rajastha Sawai Mansingh

Jaipur Rajasthan 2015
n Royals Stadium
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.