Did you know a cricketer playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) loses out Rs 13.

26 lakh ($ 29,484) for getting older by a year? Or one point increase in the strike rate in oneday internationals fetches Rs 1.40 lakh ($3,111)? These are just some of the findings of a research paper published by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) after analysing over 70 players. This is the first paper on sports management published by the country's premier management institute. This comes ahead of the second auction of new as well as incumbent players for the 2009 season. IIM-A has, through this paper, provided insights into how players are priced for their cricketing and non-cricketing actions. The research paper that uses the regression equation based on the data of 70-odd cricketers has revealed that Andrew Symonds, M S Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh were paid a significant premium for their activities off the field. Giving examples of how Dhoni and Tendulkar received a premium over other iconic players in the first edition of the IPL, IIM-A professor Deodhar said, "Out of the total price of Rs 6 crore ($1.5 million) and Rs 5 crore ($ 1.12 million) received by Dhoni and Tendulkar respectively, the value of their cricketing attributes was Rs 3.17 crore ($ 705,420) and Rs 2.79 crore ($ 622,213) respectively, and their net crowd pulling business value was about Rs 3 crore ($ 794,580) and Rs 2.24 crore ($ 499,037) respectively." Deodhar said the analysis is based on simple calculations. "We have used the hedonic pricing method that is used to estimate economic values for ecosystem that directly affect market prices. Here we have come up with cricketing activities such as bowling, batting, wicket-keeping, and non-cricketing activities such as popularity, charisma, crowd pulling ability and controversies," he added Did you know * A player loses out Rs 13, 26, 000 for getting older by a year. * Increase in T20 batting average by one run fetches an additional Rs 2 lakh ($ 4,658) to the cricketer's final bidding price. * Number of half centuries in all forms of the game is also found to be rewarding with Rs 1.20 lakh ($ 2,683) for every additional half-century. * One point increase in the strike rate in one-day internationals fetch Rs 1.40 lakh ($ 3,111).

* For wicketkeepers, an additional stumping contributes about Rs 1.16 lakh ($ 2,595). * For bowlers, the only criterion is the number of wickets in all forms of the game. Every additional wicket earns a player around Rs 17,000 ($ 377). The Pepsi IPL T20 2013 Player Auction was concluded successfully. 37 out of 108 players were sold and the nine franchises spent USD 11.89 million during the event. Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was the most expensive player to be sold at the auction as the Mumbai Indians shelled out a whopping USD 1 million for him. Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke were the biggest names of the 108 players to go under the hammer. While Ponting was snapped up by the Mumbai Indians, Clarke was bought back by his last years franchise, Pune Warriors India. Both the Australians were sold for their base price of USD 400,000. Unsold Players list IPL T20 2013 Sold Players list by team: Chennai Super Kings Christopher Morris All-Rounder $625,000 Dirk Nannes Bowler $600,000 Ben Laughlin Bowler $20,000 Akila Dananjaya All-Rounder $20,000 Jason Holder Bowler $20,000 Delhi Daredevils Johan Botha All-Rounder $450,000 Jesse Ryder All-Rounder $260,000 Jeevan Mendis All-Rounder $50,000 Kings XI Punjab Manpreet Gony Bowler $500,000 Luke Pomersbach Batsman $300,000 Kolkata Knight Riders Sachithra Senanayaka All-Rounder $625,000 Ryan McLaren Bowler $50,000 Mumbai Indians Glenn Maxwell All-Rounder $1,000,000 Nathan Coulter-Nile Bowler $450,000 Ricky Ponting Batsman $400,000 Philip Hughes Batsman $100,000 Jacob Oram All-Rounder $50,000

Pune Warriors India Ajantha Mendis Bowler $725,000 Kane Richardson Bowler $700,000 Abhishek Nayar All-Rounder $675,000 Michael Clarke Batsman $400,000 Rajasthan Royals James Faulkner All-Rounder $400,000 Fidel Edwards Bowler $210,000 Kusal Janith Perera Wicket Keeper $20,000 Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaydev Unadkat Bowler $525,000 Rudra Pratap Singh Bowler $400,000 Moises Henriques All-Rounder $300,000 Ravi Rampaul Bowler $290,000 Pankaj Singh Bowler $150,000 Daniel Christian All-Rounder $100,000 Christopher Barnwell All-Rounder $50,000 Sunrisers Hyderabad Thisara Perera All-Rounder $675,000 Darren Sammy All-Rounder $425,000 Sudeep Tyagi Bowler $100,000 Clinton McKay Bowler $100,000 Nathan McCullum Bowler $100,000 Quinton De Kock Wicket Keeper $20,000 Kolkata Knight Riders: quality proposition but some holes to plug. Largely in keeping with the rejoicing fact that they are the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders have retained all but 4 of their players for the 2013 edition. Yet, one wonders if the formula that helped them win in 2012 will hold true this time too. Kolkata Knight Riders: quality proposition but some holes to plug. Largely in keeping with the rejoicing fact that they are the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders have retained all but 4 of their players for the 2013 edition. Yet, one wonders if the formula that helped them win in 2012 will hold true this time too. IPL T20 2013 Teams and Players IPL T20 2013 Schedule Owner: Shahrukh Khan, Jai Mehta, Juhi Chawla, Red Chillies Entertainment Captain: Gautam Gambhir Coach: Trevor Bayliss(Australia)

Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 21 No of Overseas Players 9 1. Gautam Gambhir 2. Debabrata Das 3. Manoj Tiwary 4. Iqbal Abdulla 5. L Balaji 6. Laxmi Ratan Shukla 7. Manvinder Bisla 8. Pradeep Sangwan 9. Rajat Bhatia 10. Sarabjit Singh Ladda 11. Shami Ahmed 12. Yusuf Pathan 13. Jacques Kallis 14. Brad Haddin 15. Brendon McCullum 16. Sunil Narine 17. James Pattinson 18. Brett Lee 19. Eoin Morgan 20. Shakib Al Hasan 21. Ryan ten Doeschate Chennai Super Kings: Waiting for the boys in yellow to come out and play . So far the Chennai Super Kings is considered to be the most accomplished team of the Indian Premier League because of their consecutive wins in the 2010 and 2011 series. In the IPL 5 the Chennai Super Kings could not fulfil the dream of a hat trick win, so in the IPL 2013 Chennai Super Kings team will try its best to own the cup. IPL T20 2013 Teams and Players IPL T20 2013 Schedule Owner: India Cements Ltd

Captain: MS Dhoni Coach: Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)

Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 22 No of Overseas Players 11 1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2. Nuwan Kulasekara 3. Michael Hussey 4. Subramaniam Badrinath 5. Murali Vijay 6. Suresh Raina 7. Anirudha Srikkanth 8. Ravichandran Ashwin 9. Fracois du Plessis 10 Ravindra Jadeja 11 Albie Morkel 12 Dwayne Bravo 13 Wriddhiman Saha 14 Shadab Jakati 15 Suraj Randiv 16. Vijay Shankar 17 B Aparajith 18. Christopher Morris 19. Dirk Nannes 20. Akila Dananjaya 21. Jason Holder 22. Ben Laughlin Maxiumum overseas players: 11 Maximum squad size: 33

Delhi Daredevils is the Delhi franchise of the Indian Premier League in cricket. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group. Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by Mahela Jayawardene and coached by former South African cricketer Eric Simons. They play all their home matches at the historic Feroz Shah Kotla Ground.During the franchise auction for the Indian Premier League teams, the GMR Group purchased the Delhi Daredevils for $84 million. IPL T20 2013 Teams and Players IPL T20 2013 Schedule Owner: GMR Groups Captain: Mahela Jayawardene Coach: Eric Simons

Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 26 No of Overseas Players 11 1. Virender Sehwag 2. Shahbaz Nadeem 3. Umesh Yadav 4. Pawan Negi 5. Naman Ohja 6. Unmukt Chand 7. Yogesh Nagar 8. Varun Aaron 9. Ajit Agarkar 10. Irfan Pathan 11. Kedar Jadhav 12. Manpreet Juneja 13. Mahela Jayawardene 14. Andre Russell 15. David Warner 16. Kevin Pietersen 17. R van der Merwe 18. Ross Taylor 19. Morne Morkel 20. Gulam Bodi 21. Siddharth Kaul 22. Sujit Nayak 23. Venugopal Rao

24. Johan Botha 25. Jesse Ryder 26. Jeevan Mendis Maxiumum overseas players: 11 Maximum squad size: 33 Indian Premier League's (IPL) Hyderabad team will be called Sun Risers from next season, it was announced on Tuesday. Sun TV Network, which bought the Hyderabad franchisee recently, have chosen this new name for their team from IPL 6. In October, Sun TV bought the team for a five-year deal which will be priced at a total of Rs 425.2 crores. In 2008, Deccan Chargers was bought for a price of US $107 million (about Rs 428 crores for 10 years).

Sunrisers Hyderabad is a cricket franchise based in the city of Hyderabad that plays in the Indian Premier League. Sunrisers Hyderabad will replace Deccan Chargers from IPL 2013 onwards. Former Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach, Tom Moody, will coach the new-look Hyderabad franchise in IPL 2013. Former India captain, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, has been appointed as the teams mentor, while Indian batting legend, VVS Laxman, is their mentor-ambassador. Owner: Kalanidhi Maran, (Chairman & MD - Sun Network) Captain: Yet to be announced Coach: Tom Moody Mentor: Kris Srikkanth Mentor-Ambassador: VVS Laxman Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 26 No of Overseas Players 11 Batsmen # 1 2 3 4 Name Bharat Chipli Cameron White Abhishek Jhunjhunwala JP Duminy Country

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Shikhar Dhawan Akshath Reddy Chris Lynn Dwaraka Ravi Teja All-rounders Ashish Reddy Biplab Samantray Wicket-keepers Kumar Sangakkara Parthiv Patel Bowlers Ishant Sharma Juan Theron Ankit Sharma Dale Steyn Anand Rajan Veer Pratap Singh Amit Mishra Akash Bhandari Thisara Perera Darren Sammy Sudeep Tyagi Clinton McKay Nathan McCullum

26 Quinton De Kock Maxiumum overseas players: 11 Maximum squad size: 33 King XI Punjab : Half-baked and frayed at the edges. There is a feeling that Kings Xi Punjab plays IPL only for entertainment and a spread of litmus tests. They have always been short on strategies and high on enthusiasm.The first owners of the franchise included Preity Zinta, Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman. The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise. On 10 October 2010 the franchise agreement of Kings eleven was terminated by the IPL committee along with Rajasthan Royals due to their disputes. But they were brought back IPL T20 2013 Teams and Players IPL T20 2013 Schedule

Former Australia batsman, Darren Lehmann has been named as Kings XI Punjabs new coach ahead of the Pepsi Indian Premier League 2013. Lehmann has replaced his fellow countryman Adam Gilchrist, who was captain-cumcoach of the team in the last season. Gilchrist will continue to be part of the team while Lehmann takes over the mentoring role from him. Lehmann played for the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2008 before coaching the 2009 season winners. Owner: Ness Wadia Coach: Darren Lehmann Captain: Adam Gilchrist

Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 21 No of Overseas Players 7 1. Bhargav Bhatt 2. Bipul Sharma 3. Gurkeerat Mann Singh 4. Harmeet Singh Bansal 5. Mandeep Singh 6. Nitin Saini 7. Parvinder Awana 8. Paul Valthaty 9. Piyush Chawla 10. Praveen Kumar 11. R Sathish 12. Siddharth Chitnis 13. Sunny Singh 14. Adam Gilchrist 15. David Hussey 16. David Miller 17. Ryan Harris 18. Shaun Marsh 19. Dimitri Mascarenhas 20. Azhar Mahmood 21. Manan Vohra

22. Manpreet Gony 23. Luke Pomersbach Mumbai Indians: Great chance if they maintain consistency. For Mumbai Indians, the story in IPL has ever been so near; yet so far. They will hope that diction changes when 2013 IPL comes up. The Reliance owned team has retained a host of players to maintain sequence and steadiness, releasing only half-a-dozen.Reliance Industries Limitedpurchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier League for a total of 496 Cr ($ 124 m) during the auction on January 24, 2008. The franchise was eventually named the Mumbai Indians. The RIL bid made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in the 2007 IPL auction till 2010 edition. In 2011 team auction saw the Sahara Pune Warriors bought by Subroto Roy taking that title worth 1726 Cr ($ 375.2 m). IPL T20 2013 Teams and Players IPL T20 2013 Schedule Mumbai Indians announced the appointment of John Geoffrey Wright as the Head Coach ahead of the IPL 2013 season, while Robin Singh will continue to lend his services to Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians today appointed the former Indian captain and leg-spinner Anil Kumble as the teams Chief Mentor ahead of the start of Pepsi IPL 2013 season. Owner: IndiaWin Sports Pvt. Ltd. Captain: Ricky Ponting Coach: John Geoffrey Wright Chief Mentor: Anil Kumble

Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 28 No of Overseas Players 11 1. Ricky Ponting (c) 2. Sachin Tendulkar 3. Ambati Rayudu 4. Amitoze Singh 5. Dhawal Kulkarni 6. Dinesh Karthik 7. Harbhajan Singh 8. Philip Hughes 9. Munaf Patel 10. Pawan Suyal

11. Pragyan Ojha 12. Dwayne Smith 13. Jalaj Saxena 14. Suryakumar Yadav 15. Rishi Dhawan 16. Yuzvendra Singh Chahal 17. Abu Nechim Ahmed 18. Kieron Pollard 19. Aiden Blizzard 20. Lasith Malinga 21. James Franklin 22. Mitchell Johnson 23. Rohit Sharma 24. Glenn Maxwell 25. Nathan Coulter-Nile 26.Aditya Tare 28. Jacob Oram Maxiumum overseas players: 11 Maximum squad size: 33 Pune Warriors India is a franchise cricket team that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL) representing the city of Pune, Maharashtra. The team was one of two new franchises added to the IPL for the 2011 season, alongside the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. On 21 March 2010, Sahara Adventure Sports Limited made the winning bid of $370 million (approximately Rs 1900 crore) for the Pune franchise. The bid is the highest bid by any company in the history of IPL. The 9 IPL franchises have confirmed their initial squads for Pepsi IPL 2013. IPL T20 2013 All Teams and Players IPL T20 2013 Schedule Owner: Sahara India Pariwar Captain: Michael Clarke Coach: Pravin Amre Venue: Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium IPL Best: 2011, 2012 9th Position

Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 33 No of Overseas Players 11 1. Alfonso Thomas

2. Ali Murtaza 3. Angelo Mathews 4. Anustup Majumdar 5. Ashish Nehra 6. Ashok Dinda 7. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 8. Dheeraj Jadhav 9. Eklavya Dwivedi 10. Harpreet Singh 11. K Upadhyay 12. Luke Wright 13. Mahesh Rawat 14. Manish Pandey 15. Marlon Samuels 16. Mitchell Marsh 17. Mithun Manhas 18. Murali Kartik 19. Rahul Sharma 20. Raiphi Gomez 21. Robin Uthappa 22. Shrikant Wagh 23. Wayne Parnell 24. Yuvraj Singh 25. Ishwar Pandey 26. Steve Smith 27. T Suman 28. Tamim Iqbal 29. Udit Birla 30. Ajantha Mendis 31. Kane Richardson 32. Abhishek Nayar 33. Michael Clarke Maxiumum overseas players: 11 Maximum squad size: 33 Rajasthan Royals: A listless team with some definite promise. Rajasthan seem to be on a quest that is analogous to Jack Sparrows in the Caribbean series of movies. They won the inaugural IPL, and since then locked the recipe for success in a lumber room and are still looking for keys. Absence of the talismanic Shane Warne who doubled up as mentor hits them hugely.The Group acquired the franchise for $67 million. Incidentally, this was the least expensive franchise in the Indian Premier League and probably the least fancied team in the league at the beginning of the tournament. Bollywood actress and Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty and her business partner (now husband) Raj Kundra paid approximately US $15.4 million for a 11.7% stake before the start of IPL 2 in early 2009, therefore valuing the team at $130 million.It made a pre-tax profit of $7.5 million in 2009. The total 9 IPL franchises have confirmed their squads for Pepsi IPL 2013.

IPL T20 2013 All Teams Squads and Players IPL T20 2013 Schedule Owner: Shilpa Shetty, Lachlan Murdoch, Raj Kundra Captain : Rahul Dravid Coach: Monty Desai

Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 21 No of Overseas Players 10 1. Ajinkya Rahane 2. Ajit Chandila 3. Ankeet Chavan 4. Ashok Menaria 5. Brad Hodge 6. Brad Hogg 7. Kevon Cooper 8. Rahul Dravid 9. S Sreesanth 10. Shane Watson 11. Shaun Tait 12. Shreevats Goswami 13. Siddharth Trivedi 14. Stuart Binny 15. Dishant Yagnik 16. Harmeet Singh 17. Owais Shah 18. Samuel Badree 19. James Faulkner 20. Fidel Edwards 21. Kusal Janith Perera Maxiumum overseas players: 11 Maximum squad size: 33

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Indian Premier League is a cricket tournament being organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and backed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). For the inaugural tournament held in AprilJune 2008, the BCCI had finalised a list of 8 teams who will be participating in the tournament. The teams representing 8 different cities of India, including Bangalore, were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008 and the Bangalore team was won by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team in the IPL, next only to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries' bid of $111.9 million for the Mumbai team. Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, and Sandalwood film stars Ramya and Puneeth Rajkumar are the brand ambassadors of the team. The total 9 IPL franchises have confirmed their initial squads for Pepsi IPL 2013. IPL T20 2013 Teams and Players IPL T20 2013 Schedule Owner: Vijay Mallya Captain: Virat Kohli Coach: Ray Jennings

Current Team Players for IPL 2013: No of Players 31 No of Overseas Players 10 1. Virat Kohli 2. Zaheer Khan 3. AB de Villiers 4. Abhimanyu Mithun 5. Abhinav Mukund 6. Andrew McDonald 7. Arun Karthik 8. Cheteshwar Pujara 9. Chris Gayle 10. Daniel Vettori 11. Harshal Patel 12. K P Appanna

13. Karun Nair 14. Mayank Agarwal 15. Muttiah Muralitharan 16. P Parameswaran 17. R Vinay Kumar 18. S Aravind 19. Sandeep Warrier 20. Saurabh Tiwary 21. Sunny Sohal 22. Syed Mohammad 23. Tillakaratne Dilshan 24. Vijay Zol 25. Jaydev Unadkat 26. Rudra Pratap Singh 27. Moises Henriques 28. Ravi Rampaul 29. Pankaj Singh 30. Daniel Christian 31. Christopher Barnwell Maxiumum overseas players: 11 Maximum squad size: 33 Rules And Regulations Of IPL The Indian Premier League has its own set of rules and regulations and here goes a short note on them: Players IPL has stated that each of the teams should have at least 16 players of which 2 would be (in every team) from the BCCI under-twenty-two pool. Then, there would be one coach and one physiotherapist for each team. Besides, every team should have at least 8 local players and no team can take more than 10 international players in their team. In addition, amidst the 11 playing members in the team there cant be more than 4 foreign players. Acquiring The IPL team owners are entitled to acquire their cricketers from any among these following options: Via Annual auction Signing the uncapped players

 Buying the domestic players Trading Buying the replacements (for the cricketers not available) Revenue Distribution: The revenues gathered from IPL series would be collected through central pool that would further distribute that amidst franchisees and league management. Currently and up to 2017, this distribution arrangement would be 54 percent for franchisees, forty percent for the IPL & the remaining 6 percent would be prize money. Other Rules Its to be stated that minimum 7 bowlers would be there for the entire 20 over match and of these 7, 6 would be bowling for three overs each and the last would bowl in the rest 2 overs. A match can only be declared complete if it completes the entire forty overs. A batting team has the right to call up all the extra cricketers for batting till 20th over but only the initial 11 cricketers can bowl/field. PL 2013 Rules The IPL T20 cricket has a number of rules devised for the teams and its franchises to follow. The first set of IPL Rules states that there should be a minimum of 16 players in each of the eight teams of IPL. Also it should have a physio and a coach. At least two players must be selected from the under 22 group of BCCI. The number of local players has to be eight. The number of foreign players should not be more than 10 and among them only four can be present in the team of 11 playing the match. There are also IPL auction rules that needs to be followed while acquiring players through annual auction. This applies while buying domestic players and international players. Also the team owners must adhere to rules regarding buying, trading and signing new players for their team. When it comes to the IPL playoff rules, it is a bit different from the usual play offs. This was introduced in the last IPL and the rules are Team 1 and team 2 will play in the Qualifier 1 and Team 3 and Team 4 in the Eliminator round. The team that loses in the eliminator round will be eliminated. The winning team would play against the losing team in the qualifier 1. The winner of the qualifier 2 would proceed to finals and compete with the winner of qualifier 1.

Some of the team composition rules are: 1. Minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physio and a coach. 2. No more than 11 foreign players in the squad and maximum 4 foreign players should be in the playing eleven. 3. Minimum of 14 Indian players must be included in each squad. 4. A minimum of 6 players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each squad. IPL player list at 2013 auction ESPNcricinfo staff February 3, 2013 Comments: 55 | Text size: A | A Can't keep track of which player has gone to which team, or for how much? Our interactive auction list makes it easy for you. Sort this list by clicking on column headers. IPL 6 - Player Auction 2013 Player Name Abhishek Nayar Ajantha Mendis Akila Dananjaya Ben Laughlin Chris Morris Christopher Barnwell Clint McKay Dan Christian Darren Sammy Dirk Nannes Fidel Edwards Glenn Maxwell Jacob Oram James Faulkner Jason Holder Jaydev Unadkat Jeevan Mendis Jesse Ryder Johan Botha Kane Richardson Kushal Perera Luke Pomersbach Country India Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Australia South Africa West Indies Australia Australia West Indies Australia West Indies Australia New Zealand Australia West Indies India Sri Lanka New Zealand South Africa Australia Sri Lanka Australia IPL Team Pune Warriors Pune Warriors Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrisers Hyderabad Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Pune Warriors Rajasthan Royals Kings XI Punjab Cost (USD) 675000 725000 20000 20000 625000 50000 100000 100000 425000 600000 210000 1000000 50000 400000 20000 525000 50000 260000 450000 700000 20000 300000

IPL 6 - Player Auction 2013 Player Name Country Manpreet Gony India Michael Clarke Australia Moises Henriques Australia Nathan Coulter-Nile Australia Nathan McCullum New Zealand Pankaj Singh India Phillip Hughes Australia Quinton de Kock South Africa Ravi Rampaul West Indies Ricky Ponting Australia RP Singh India Ryan McLaren South Africa Sachithra Senanayake Sri Lanka Sudeep Tyagi India Thisara Perera Sri Lanka Unsold Aaron Finch - base price $200,000 Upul Tharanga - base price $100,000 Martin Guptill - base price $100,000 Darren Bravo - base price $100,000 Herschelle Gibbs - base price $200,000 Adam Voges - base price $100,000 Matthew Wade - base price $200,000 Tim Paine - base price $100,000 Matt Prior - base price $200,000 Kaushal Silva - base price $20,000 Prasanna Jayawardene - base price $50,000 Dane Vilas - base price $20,000 Denesh Ramdin - base price $50,000 Dinesh Chandimal - base price $100,000 Ravi Bopara - base price $100,000 James Hopes - base price $100,000 Vernon Philander - base price $100,000 Doug Bollinger - base price $200,000 Cameron Boyce - base price $20,000 Veerasammy Permaul - base price $20,000 Suraj Randiv - base price $50,000 Devendra Bishoo - base price $50,000 Steve O'Keefe - base price $100,000 Paul Harris - base price $20,000 IPL Team Kings XI Punjab Pune Warriors Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Knight Riders Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Cost (USD) 500000 400000 300000 450000 100000 150000 100000 20000 290000 400000 400000 50000 625000 100000 675000

Rangana Herath - base price $100,000 Sulieman Benn - base price $20,000 Aaron Phangiso - base price $20,000 Farveez Maharoof - base price $50,000 Scott Styris - base price $100,000 Ben Cutting - base price $100,000 Josh Hazlewood - base price $100,000 Travis Birt - base price $100,000 Henry Davids - base price $20,000 Ben Rohrer - base price $50,000 Rilee Rossouw - base price $20,000 Kevin O'Brien - base price $50,000 Rory Kleinveldt - base price $50,000 IPL Rules Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 Cricket was created as well as promoted for the purpose of providing entertainment to the viewers. It is with a view on this aims only that many rules have been devised for it. Some of the IPL rules have been changed after the first season, while others continue to be the same, with the possibility of undergoing an alteration in the future. Players The following rules apply in case of IPL teams and their composition:

There needs to be a minimum of 16 players in each of the eight teams. Each team will have one physio and a coach. At least two players in each team will be from BCCI under-22 pool. A minimum of eight local players will be there in each team. The number of foreign players in a team cannot exceed 10 (8 in the first season). Amongst the playing 11 members of a team, no more than four can be foreign players. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag are the players with icon status. Acquiring Players The owners of a team can acquire players from any of the following options:

Through annual auction Buying domestic players Signing uncapped players Buying Replacements (for players not available) Trading

Revenue Distribution All the revenues collected from the IPL series will be collected by a central pool, which will distribute it amongst league management and franchisees. At present, and till 2017, the distribution arrangement is - 54% for franchisees, 40% for IPL and rest 6% is the prize money. After 2017, the proportion will change to 45% for franchisees, 50% for IPL and 5% for prize money. Rights (Title & Television) The title rights for Indian Premier League T20 Cricket are with DLF, an Indian real estate developer. DLF received the rights to IPL title sponsorship at the cost of $50 million, for a period of five years. The television rights for the IPL Twenty20 Cricket are with Sony Entertainment Television Network and World Sport Group (Singapore). They secured the highest bid for broadcast rights at $1.026 million, for 10 years. Other Rules

At least seven bowlers will be there for completing the 20 overs of a match. Of the seven bowlers in the game, six will bowl 3 overs each and seventh one will bowl the remaining 2 overs. For a match to be declared complete, full 40 overs should have been bowled and batted on. The batting team can call all of their extra players to bat, till the end of 20th over. However, only the first 11 players have the right to bowl and/or field. The batting team can continue to bat till the end of the last over, even if it has reached the winning target.

Indian Premier League

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Indian Premier League Countries Administrator Format India BCCI Twenty20

First tournament 2008 Next tournament 2013

Tournament format

Double round-robin and playoffs

Number of teams 9 Current champion Most successful Qualification Most runs Kolkata Knight Riders (1st Title)

Chennai Super Kings (2 Titles) Champions League Twenty20 Suresh Raina(2254,Chennai Super Kings)[1] Lasith Malinga (83, Mumbai Indians)[2] iplt20.com

Most wickets

Website

2013 Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricketchampionship in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra[3][4] and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla,[5] 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.[6] In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on YouTube. [7] Its brand value is estimated to be around US$2.99 billion in fifth season. [8] However, the league has been engulfed by series of corruption scandals where allegations of cricket betting, money laundering and spot fixing were witnessed.[9][10]

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".
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In 2012 the naming rights for the series was awarded to Pepsi.[12] Two eligible bids were received, with Pepsi winning over Airtel with a bid of Rs 396.8 crore.[13]

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1.4 Fourth season 1.5 Fifth season 1.6 Sixth Season 2 IPL Trophy 2.1 20082010 2.2 20112013 3 League organisation 3.1 Franchises 3.2 Rules 4 Team Performances 4.1 Current Teams 4.2 Defunct Teams 5 Statistics and records 5.1 Winners 6 Prize money 7 Television rights and sponsorships

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7.1 Television rights 7.2 Sponsorships 7.3 Revenue and Profits 7.4 Controversy about tax exemption 7.5 Mobile applications 7.6 Official website 8 Global interest 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit]History [edit]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.[14] [edit]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 and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009. IPL 2 was the second biggest cricket tournament in the world, after the Cricket World Cup,[3] and 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 champions. [edit]Third season Main articles: 2010 Indian Premier League and List of 2010 Indian Premier League personnel changes The third season opened in January 2010 with the auction for players. 66 players were on offer but only 11 players were sold. In this season, Deccan Chargers did not play at their preferred home location of Hyderabad, India due to the political crisis in the Telangana region . The new bases for the champions this season were Nagpur, Navi Mumbai and Cuttack. Four teams qualified for the semi-finals. The first semi-final was won by Mumbai Indians who defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by 35 runs. Chennai Super Kings defeatedDeccan Chargers in the second semi-final. The final was played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings won by a margin of 22 runs.

[edit]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.[15] The addition of teams representing Pune and Kochi 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. [16] 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.[17] Two months later both teams were finally allowed to take part in the 2011 edition after a court ruling.[18] Chennai Super Kings won their second consecutive title after defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in the final.[19] This is the first time a franchise has won two titles. The top four teams qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20, which theChennai Super Kings won. [edit]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.[20] 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.[21][22]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.[23] The fifth season is often considered as the most controversial Indian Premier League organized.[24] [edit]Sixth Season Main articles: 2013 Indian Premier League and List of 2013 Indian Premier League personnel changes The third season opened in February 2013 with the auction for players. 108 players were on offer but only 37 players were sold for US$ 11.87 million. Deccan Chargers were ousted from the league. Instead, Sunrisers Hyderabad will play from 2013 season onwards on behalf them. The tournament ran from 3 April to 26 May 2012 with Kolkata and Chennai hosting the playoffs. Kolkata's Eden Gardenshosted the the first match as well as the final as they were the champions of 2012 season. [edit]IPL Trophy [edit]20082010 The diamond-encrusted trophy of DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) Cricket was designed by Orra brand, owned by Antwerp-based Rosy Blue Group. It comprises a player in a gold leafing. He is shown holding a bat in his hand, next to a map of India. On the map, the names of all the IPL teams have been engraved by rubies. It took a team of as many as 14 craftsmen to make the trophy. Every year, the winners of the IPL T20 tournament are presented with a replica of this trophy, along with the prize money.

[edit]20112013 A new trophy was designed for IPL 4 in view of the It has been changed to a large cup.
[citation needed]

[edit]League organisation [edit]Franchises The winning bidders for the eight franchises were announced on 24 January 2008. [25] While the total base price for auction was US $400 million, the auction fetched US $723.59 million.[26] 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.[28]

Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians Pune Warriors India Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Daredevils Kings XI Punjab Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Knight Riders Sunrisers Hyderabad Locations of IPL teams Team Name Current Teams Chennai Kings Super N. Srinivasan (India US$91 Cements) million City Owner(s) Price Captain Head Coach

Chennai

MS Dhoni

Stephen Fleming

Delhi Daredevils

New Delhi

GMR Group

US$84 million

Mahela Eric Simons Jayawardene

Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), US$76 Kings XI Punjab Mohali (Chandigarh) Mohit million Burman (Dabur) Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) Shahrukh Khan (Red Chillies US$75.1 Entertainment) million Juhi Chawla, Jay Mehta Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries)

Adam Gilchrist

Darren Lehmann

Kolkata Knight Kolkata Riders

Gautam Gambhir

Trevor Bayliss

Mumbai Indians Mumbai

US$111.9 million

Ricky Ponting John Wright

Pune India

Warriors

Pune

Subrata Roy (Sahara US$370 India Pariwar) million Lachlan Murdoch (Emerging US$67 Media) million Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra

Yuvraj Singh Dermot Reeve

Rajasthan Royals

Jaipur

Rahul Dravid Paddy Upton

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bangalore

Vijay Mallya (UB US$111.6 Group) million

Virat Kohli

Ray Jennings

Sunrisers Hyderabad Defunct

Hyderabad

Sun TV Network

US$159 million

Kumar Sangakkara

Tom Moody

Kochi Tuskers Kochi Kerala Deccan Chargers

Kochi Private Ltd

Cricket US$333 million

Mahela Geoff Lawson Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara

Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle US$107 Holdings Limited million

Darren Lehmann

[edit]Rules There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player: In the annual auction, signing domestic players, signing uncapped players, through trading, and signing replacements.[29] [30] In the trading window, the player can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one, then the difference will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.[31][32] Some of the team composition rules are:

Minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physio and a coach.

No more than 11 foreign players in the squad and maximum 4 foreign players should be in the playing eleven. Minimum of 14 Indian players must be included in each squad. A minimum of 6 players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each squad.

IPL games utilize television timeouts, hence there is no time limit for teams to complete their innings. However, there may be a penalty if the umpires find teams misusing this privilege at their own choice. Additionally, each team is awarded two strategic timeouts of 2:30 each per inningsthe teams can take the timeout when instructed, but is necessary to take it from 6th to 9th and 13th to 16th over. The total spending cap for a franchisee 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 while for others it is US $50,000. The most expensive players in the IPL to date is

Gautam Gambhir of India fetched the highest price of $2.4 million from Kolkata Knight Riders at the auction for season 4 [edit]Team Performances [edit]Current Teams Team 200 8 R SF SF GS GS W 200 9 SF SF GS GS GS GS R N/A N/A 201 0 W GS GS GS R GS SF N/A N/A 201 1 W GS GS SF SF GS R GS N/A 201 2 R SF GS W SF GS GS GS N/A 2013

Chennai Super Kings Delhi Daredevils Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Rajasthan Royals

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

Royal Challengers Bangalore GS Pune Warriors India Sunrisers Hyderabad [edit]Defunct Teams Team 200 8 GS 200 9 W N/A N/A

201 0 SF

201 1 GS

2012

Deccan Chargers

GS

Team

200 8

200 9

201 0

201 1

2012

Kochi Tuskers Kerala N/A Notes:

N/A

N/A

GS

N/A

W = Winner; R = Runner ; SF = SemiFinalist; GS = Groupstage; N/A = Not

Played [edit]Statistics and records Main article: List of Indian Premier League records and statistics [edit]Winners Season Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists Teams New Teams Dissolved Teams

2008

Kings Rajasthan Chennai Punjab, Delhi Royals Super Kings Daredevils Royal Delhi Deccan Challengers Daredevils, Chennai Chargers Bangalore Super Kings

XI 8 N/A N/A

2009

N/A

N/A

Season Winners Runners-up Third place

Fourth place

Teams

2010

Chennai Mumbai Super Indians Kings

Royal Deccan Challengers 8 Chargers Bangalore

N/A

N/A

2011

Chennai Royal Mumbai Super Challengers Indians Kings Bangalore

Kolkata Knight 10 Riders

Kochi Tuskers Kerala &Pune N/A Warriors India Kochi Tuskers Kerala Deccan Chargers

2012

Kolkata Chennai Delhi Mumbai Knight 9 Super Kings Daredevils Indians Riders

N/A

2013 [edit]Prize money This section requires expansion. (May 2011) The IPL offers a total 25 crore in prize money.[33]

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Champions: 10 crore Runner-up: 7.5 crore Third place: 3.75 crore Fourth place: 3.75 crore No prize money for remaining teams

[edit]Television rights and sponsorships The IPL is expected to bring the BCCI an income of approximately US$1.6 billion, over a period of five to ten years. All of these revenues are directed to a central pool, 40% of which will go to IPL itself, 54% to franchisees and 6% as prize money. The money will be distributed in these proportions until 2017, after which the share of IPL will be 50%, franchisees 45% and prize money 5%. The IPL signed up Kingfisher Airlines as the official umpire partner for the series in a 106 crore (US$19.29 million) (approximately 15 million) deal. This deal sees the Kingfisher Airlines brand on all umpires' uniforms and also on the giant screens during third umpiredecisions.[34]

[edit]Television rights On 17 January 2008 it was announced that a consortium consisting of India's Sony Entertainment Television network and Singapore-based World Sport Group secured the global broadcasting rights of the Indian Premier League.[35] 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.[36] This deal was challenged in the Bombay High Court by IPL, and got the ruling on its side. After losing the battle in court, Sony Entertainment Television signed a new contract with BCCI with Sony Entertainment Television paying 8,700 crore (US$1.58 billion) for 10 years. One of the reasons for payment of this huge amount is seen as the money required to subsidise IPL's move to South Africa which will be substantially more than the previous IPL. IPL had agreed to subsidise the difference in operating cost between India and South Africa as it decided to move to the African nation after the security concerns raised because of its coincidence with India's general elections. 20% of these proceeds would go to IPL, 8% as prize money and 72% would be distributed to the franchisees. The money would be distributed in these proportions until 2012, after which the IPL would go public and list its shares (But in March 2010, IPL decided not to go public).[37] Sony-WSG then re-sold parts of the broadcasting rights geographically to other companies.It is officially broadcasted on Set Max and in internet in Times internet. On 4 March 2010 ITV announced it had secured the United Kingdom television rights for the 2010 Indian Premier League. ITV will televise 59 of the 60 IPL matches on its ITV4 free to air channel.[38] On 1 April 2011, Rogers Media announced that it signed a four year exclusive deal in Canada to broadcast 36 group stage matches, 3 playoff matches and 1 championship match on its channel Sportsnet One.[39] In the 2012 season, its coverage will also include a weekly highlight show and four matches on its Omni Television multicultural stations, and the IPL Final will be broadcast on the mainSportsnet regional channels.[40] Winning Bidder Regional Broadcast Rights Terms of Deal

Sony Entertainment Television/World Sport Group l

India,

Bangladesh,

Bhutan,

10 years, 200820 Nepa 8,700 crore (US$1.58 (revised)[35]

The Times Group Channel 9 GEO Super (20082010, 2012, 2013) Carlton Sports Network (2012) Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation: Channel Eye (20082011) TBA One (20092010) Network Ten (2008) (2013)

Worldwide Bangladesh Pakistan

Global Rights to dist broadband, mobile and Years 20112014, Te released.[41]

[42]

Contract extended to 201

Sri Lanka

Terms not released.

Australia: Free-to-air HD and television. Owned by Network TEN. New Zealand

SD 5 years, 20082012 at million.[44] Terms not released.

Sky Network Television (2008 2010, 2012) PCCW StarHub Astro

Hong Kong: Broadcast rights on Now TV.

2 years, 20102011 t released.

Singapore: Broadcast rights on Cricket Terms not released Extra. Malaysia, Brunei Terms not released. South Africa, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia , Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea10 Years, 20082017 Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagasca released. r, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mo zambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria , Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, So Tom and Prncipe Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

SuperSport

Arab Digital Distribution

United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jord an, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, M auritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestin 10 Years, 20082017 e, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, released.[45] Syria, Tunisia, Yemen Broadcast rights on CricOne

ITV (2010) Setanta Sports (20082009)

United Kingdom: Broadcast on ITV4.

4 Years 20112014, T released.

SportsMax

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guade loupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martiniqu e, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Terms not released Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands

Sportsnet One/World/Omni(2011present) Asian Television Network(2008 2010) ATN-Asian Radio (2008 present) Willow 2013) TV (20082010, 2012,

Canada: Exclusive broadcast rights.

4 years, 20112014 t released.

United States

Rights to distribute on radio, broadband and In the IPL in North Am years, 20082012, te released.[46] Terms not released.

NEO Cricket (2011)Dish Network (2008, 2011) DirecTV (20082010) [edit]Sponsorships

United States

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 2012.[47] Other year sponsorship agreements include a deal with motorcycle maker Hero Honda worth $22.5-million, one with PepsiCo worth $12.5-million, and a deal with beer and airline conglomerate Kingfisher at $26.5-million.[48]

[edit]Revenue and Profits The UK-based brand consultancy, Brand Finance, has valued the IPL at $4.13 billion (Rs 18,998 crore) in 2010.[49] It was valued at US$2.01 billion in 2009 by the same consultancy.[50] There are disputed figures for the profitability of the teams. One analyst said that four teams out of the eight made a profit in 2009.[51]While The Times said that all but Kings XI Punjab made a profit.[52] In 2010, the IPL expects to have 80 official merchandising deals. It has signed a deal with Swiss watchmaker Bandelier to make official watches for the IPL.[53] According to a recent study by a UK-based brand valuation consultancy, the brand value of the IPL has more than doubled to USD 4.13 billion (over Rs 18,000 crore) from USD 2.01 billion in 2009.[54] The franchises have been a part of this growth. The Mumbai Indians have a brand value of USD 79.13 million which places them at the top of the table. The Chennai Super Kings franchise has moved up the ladder with a valuation of USD 63.58 million. Kolkata Knight Riders co-owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan comes in third with a valuation of USD 57.59 million and the Rajasthan Royals, co-owned by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty comes in last with USD 33.78 million. The Royal Challengers Bangalore, owned by Vijay Mallya, is ranked fourth with a valuation of USD 55.13 million and is followed by the, Delhi Daredevils (USD 40.85 million) and Kings XI Punjab ( USD 35.75 million). The Deccan Chargers are at the sixth with a valuation of USD 38.76 million. Rank Franchise 1 2 3 4 Mumbai Indians Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Knight Riders Brand Valued $79.13 m $75.58 m $57.576 m

Royal Challengers Bangalore $55.13 m

5 6 7 8

Delhi Daredevils Deccan Chargers Kings XI Punjab Rajasthan Royals

$40.85 m $38.76 m $35.75 m $33.78 m

[edit]Controversy about tax exemption A controversy was triggered when the Centre gave away potential revenue of 45 crore by granting exemption to International Cricket Council (ICC) on the revenue generated from the recently concluded World Cup Cricket Tournament.[55][56] In connection the PIL filed by Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai seeking a direction to the Maharashtra government and the Income Tax Department to recover entertainment tax from IPL. He also asked the petitioner to make Sharad Pawar a party if he wanted to make allegations against him as he headed the apex cricketing body two years ago.[57] In August 2011, the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday that the Income Tax Department is probing allegations of financial irregularities and "criminal activities" against some of the franchisees in the Indian Premier League (IPL)[58] In June 2011, the Chennai High Court said it could not appreciate the tax exemption to the Indian Premier League and sought a response from Tamil Nadu government on the issue. The PIL filed by Vasan, alias Sakthi Vasan, had contended that the matches conducted by the IPL are for the entertainment of the public.He submitted that the tickets for the IPL matches were being sold at exorbitant rates and the higher range of tickets are purchased by the rich and the affluent. The petitioner said the Income Tax Department was the authority for regulating the tariff for entertainment, which he said would include the IPL matches, but the department failed to regulate the (IPL) tariff.[59] [edit]Mobile applications DCI Mobile Studios (A division of Dot Com Infoway Limited), in conjunction with Sigma Ventures of Singapore, have jointly acquired the rights to be the exclusive Mobile Application partner and rights holder for the Indian Premier League cricket matches worldwide for the next 8 years (including the 2017 season). Recently[when?], they have

released the IPL T20 Mobile applications for iPhone, NokiaSmartphones and BlackBerry devices. Soon it will be made available across all other major Mobile platforms including the Android,Windows Mobile, Palm & others.[60] [edit]Official website The IPL negotiated a contract with the Canadian company Live Current Media Inc. to run and operate its portals and the minimum guarantee has been negotiated at US $50 million over the next 10 years.[61] The official website of the tournament is www.iplt20.com. Incorporating popular forms of social media, the website now contains a more holistic presence across all online mediums to empower user interaction. [edit]Global interest The third season of the IPL saw interest rise dramatically in the United Kingdom, due to telecasts being moved from the subscription-based Setanta Sports to the free-to-air ITV4. Lalit Modi, then Chairman and Commissioner, also expressed immense satisfaction on the way IPL has been accepted by the British audience. "ITV beats Sky Sports over the weekend in number of viewers. This is great going. The ITV numbers are double that of rugby league. This is huge by all imaginations. UK figures for viewership on ITV already 10 times that of last year. This is just fantastic news," he said.[62] [edit]See also India portal Cricket portal

Players in Indian Premier League Champions League Twenty20 Controversies involving the Indian Premier League

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