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OBJECTIVE
Live rights to the event are syndicated around the globe, and in 2010, the
IPL became the first sporting event to be broadcast live on YouTube.
It is currently sponsored by Pepsi and thus officially known as the Pepsi
Indian Premier League. During the seventh IPL season (2014), the
Indian Premier League's brand value was estimated to be around US$3.2
billion Of the 11 teams to have competed since the inception of the Indian
Premier League in 2008, five have won the title:
Kolkata Knight Riders; WINS(2),
Chennai Super Kings; WINS(2),
Rajasthan Royals; WINS (1),
Deccan Chargers; WINS(1), and
Mumbai Indians; WINS (1).
The current champions are the Kolkata Knight Riders, who won the 2014
season by beating the Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets. Currently, the
league has eight teams.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league
for Twenty20 cricket championship in India. It was initiated
by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI),
headquartered in Mumbai 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 world. It
was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the
Indian Cricket League
Mumbai
franchise
owned
by
Mukesh
Ambanis
the
Bangalore
franchise.
Media
house
Deccan
million,
the
Kochi
franchise
was
bought
by
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. 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.
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
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the highest price of $2.4 million from Kolkata Knight Riders at the
auction for season 4
The player contract for the retained player (in standard form and
signed by both the player and the franchise) must be lodged with the
BCCI on or before Friday 10 January 2014
Irrespective of the IPL league fee that is agreed between the two
parties and which is set out in the player contract, the 2014 Salary Cap
(and if appropriate the 2015 and 2016 Salary Caps) for the franchise
will be charged as follows:
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City
Owner(s)
Chennai
Gurunath
Meiyappan
India Cements
Deccan Chargers
Hyderabad
Venkattram
Reddy
Deccan
Chronicle
Group
Delhi Daredevils
New Delhi
GMR Group
Kings XI Punjab
Mohali
Kolkata
Shahrukh Khan
Red
Chillies
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Entertainment
Juhi
Chawla,
Jay
Mehta
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai
Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries
Pune Warriors India
Pune
Subrato
Roy
Sahara
Rajasthan Royals
Jaipur
Lachlan Murdoch
Emerging Media
Shilpa Shetty, Raj
Kundra
Royal
Challengers Bangalore
Vijay Mallya
Bangalore
UB Group
Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Kochi
Kochi
Private Ltd
(Defunct)
(Table no. 2.1 the team at glance)
Cricket
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KXIP
KXIP
CSK
22pts,174bd
KKR
12
MI
-14
RR
-8
SRH
RCB
DD
43
37
18pts,80b
CSK
-9
20
-4
-3
18pts,70b
KKR
-33
12
34
16
14pts,20b
MI
-5
-26
32
-9
14pts,14b
RR
-10
-5
-11
3
-30
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12pts,SRH
-10
-5
-4
-10
-5
39bd
10pts,RCB
-25
-16
-3
15
-9
76bd
3
4pt,185bd
DD
-4
-4
-12
-11
-18
-22
15
16
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The franchise is currently owned by India Cements, who paid $91 million
to acquire the rights to the franchise for 10 years in 2008. N. Srinivasan,
Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd., is the de
facto owner of the Chennai Super Kings, by means of his position within
the company. He is also the President of the BCCI. Krishnamachari
Srikkanth, former captain of the Indian cricket team and the current
Chairman of the National Selection Committee, was the brand
ambassador for the franchise until the end of season three when his 3-year
contract expired, and former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar is the
Chief Selector.
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS PLAYERS
BATSMEN
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, mithun manhas, Faf du Plessis,
Brendon McCullum,
All Rounders
Baba Aparajith, Ravindra Jadeja, Vijay Shankar, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne
Smith, John Hastings
Wicket Keepers
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Brendon McCullum
Bowlers
Ashish Nehra, Mohit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Ronit More, Ben
Hilfenhaus, Pawan Negi, Matt Henry, Samuel Badree, Ravichandran
Ashwin
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DELHI DAREDEVILS
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match. Delhi Daredevils launched their new anthem "Munday Dilli Ke"
on 5 March 2012 on the social networking site YouTube.
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KINGS XI PUNJAB
The teams
announced that they would take whatever legal action possible to remain
in the Indian Premier League Initially the team tried to negotiate a
solution with the league but when that couldn't be reached they decided to
file a case in Mumbai High Court accusing the IPL off getting rid of two
teams so that when the bidding process starts for the 2012 IPL season the
contract would be given to a more lucrative bidder. A division bench of
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Hon. High Court of Mumbai has upheld the injunction order passed on by
Hon. Justice Vajifdar of Mumbai High court. This order stays till the
arbitrator, chosen by mutual consent of BCCI and Kings XI Punjab settles
the issue. The team wass allowed to take part in the player's auction to be
held on 8th & 9 January post fulfillment of certain financial clauses
imposed by Hon. Justice Vajifdar.
Murali Kartik,
Anureet Singh,
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Initially, when Kolkata knight Riders were first introduced in 2008, the
logo of the team consisted of a blazing golden Viking helmet against a
black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders
written in gold next to it. However, the black background was changed to
purple in the third season. In 2012, a new logo, which consist of a blazing
purple Corinthian helmet trimmed with gold, with Kolkata Knight Rider
written within a shield has been introduced. The name Knight Riders has
been chosen keeping in view the kids and the youth.
All Rounders
Jacques Kallis, Andre Russell, Ryan ten, Doeschate Template:Country ,data Assam ,Shakib
Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan. Sayan Sekhar Mondal
Wicket Keepers
Debabrata Das, Manvinder Bisla
Bowlers
Morne Morkel, Patrick Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Ranganath, Vinay Kumar, Veer Pratap
Singh, Piyush Chawla, Rajdeep Das, Sunil Narine
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MUMBAI INDIANS
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The team colours was almost the same in 2008 and 2009, except for the
colour shade and additional sponsors. In 2010 a new kit with golden
stripes was unveiled. In 2011, kit used in 2010 is being used with a
change in the main sponsor name. The 2011 jersey also has three gold
stripes going towards the back on the side of the jersey for the new
players in the team.
Bowlers
Harbhajan Singh, Krishmar Santokie, Lasith Malinga
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RAJASTHAN ROYALS
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However, The Royals secured a place in the finals with a victory against
the Delhi Daredevils.
The Rajasthan Royals became the winner of the first IPL tournament,
when they defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets in the final
played on 1 June 2008. With the scores level with one ball remaining,
Sohail Tanvir scored the winning run and therefore prevented the match
from being decided on a bowl out.
All Rounders
Shane Watson, James Faulkner,Stuart Binny, Kevon Cooper, Rajat Bhatia, Abhishek
Nayar, Steve Smith
Wicket Keepers
Sanju Samson, Ankush Bains, Dishant Yagnik
Bowlers
Pravin Tambe, Amit Mishra, Dhawal Kulkarni, Kane Richardson, Deepak Hooda, Ben
Cutting, Iqbal Abdulla, Tim Southee, Rahul Tewatia,Vikramjeet Malik, Ankit Sharma
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bangalore)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (often abbreviated as RCB) is a cricket
team based in Bangalore that plays in the Indian Premier League. The
team is currently led by Daniel Vettori and coached by South African Ray
Jennings. The team is owned by Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm
UB Group.
The director of the team is Siddharth Mallya.
The team won only 4 matches in the inaugural season, losing 10 matches
and finishing second from the bottom in the table. RCB plays all its
home matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The franchise has been
one of the most successful and consistent in the IPL having reached the
semis/play-off's every season apart from 2008 and 2012. It was the only
team in the world to have qualified for and played in all the three seasons
of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, until in 2012, RCB
came fifth in the points table, and failed to qualify for either the playoffs
or the Champions League Twenty20 2012.
Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands,
either
was chosen, hence the name. The jersey colours of the team are red and
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golden yellow, the same as the Karnataka state flag, and the logo consists
of the RC emblem with "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard
format.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
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The Sunrisers Hyderabad (often abbreviated as SRH) are a cricket franchise based in
the city of Hyderabad that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team is owned
by Kalanithi Maran of the Sun TV channel Network. Shikhar Dhawan (sometimes Darren
Sammy ) is the captain, 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 Waqar Younis is the bowling coach of the team
Franchise history
Sunrisers Hyderabad replaced the Deccan Chargers in 2013. They retained 20 players
from the Chargers, which left slots open for 13 players (eight Indian, five overseas). They
filled
six
of
these
with Thisara
Perera, Darren
Sammy, Sudeep
Tyagi,Nathan
McCullum, Quinton de Kock and Clint McKay. The team was announced in Chennai on
18 December 2012. The team is owned by Sun TV Network who won the bid of
850.5 million per year (850,500,000 Indian rupees, approximately $15.9 million) for a fiveyear deal, a week after Deccan Chargers was terminated due to prolonged financial
issues. Sun TV Network Limited, which is headquartered in Chennai, is one of India's
biggest television network with 32 TV channels and 45 FM radio stations which is India's
largest media and entertainment company.
The team jersey was unveiled on 8 March 2013, and team anthem composed by G. V.
Prakash Kumar was released on 12 March 2013. Their logo was unveiled on 20
December 2012, along with the announcement that the team's management would be
led by Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Tom Moody and VVS Laxman.
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Team history
2013 season
In their inaugural season (IPL 2013) the team reached the playoffs but were eliminated
after losing the eliminator match against Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets at Feroz Shah
Kotla in Delhi on 22 May 2013.
2014 season
For the 2014 season, Pune Warriors India was defunct and not replaced, leaving only
eight teams. The team retained two players. Namely Dale Steyn and Shikhar Dhawan. As
a result of this retention the team had an auction purse of Rs 380 million and two right-tomatch cards. Shikhar Dhawan and Darren Sammy were named as Captain and Vice
Captain respectively.
Due to the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections the season was partially held outside India with
the opening 20 matches in the UAE.with rest of the matches in India from May 2
onwards.
Dhawan leads the team for first 10 Matches and after that remaining 4 Matches in
League Sammy lead the team
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DEFUNCT TEAMS
PUNE WARRIORS INDIA
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Franchise history
On
21
March
2010,
Sahara
Adventure
Sports
Limited
successfully
bid 19
billion (US$310 million) for the Pune franchise, the highest bid by any company in the
history of IPL. The Videocon Group, an Indian consumer appliance manufacturer, also
bid for the Pune IPL Team,
DECCAN
CHARGERS :
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On 11 August 2009, Dinesh Wadhwa, former Regional Manager of ICICI Bank was
appointed chief operating officer for 2010.
KOCHI
(NOW DEFUNCT)
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
the Pune Warriors India. The team franchise was owned by Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd.,
which was a consortium of multiple companies.
On September 19, 2011, the BCCI announced that the Kochi Tuskers Kerala IPL
franchise was terminated for breaching its terms of agreement. The consortium that
owns Kochi is reported to have defaulted on an annual payment of 156 crores as a
bank guarantee. The two new franchises, which made their debuts in 2011, had sought
a 25% waiver on the grounds that the BCCI had stated in the bidding document that
each team would play 18 league matches in a season. The schedule was later reduced
to 14 matches per team.
The chairman of Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Mukesh Patel, however, denied that the
franchise owed the board any money. Soon after the termination of the contract, the
owners of KTK threatened legal action against the BCCI. Mukesh Patel claimed that
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Kochi Tuskers had never defaulted payments and that the BCCI would be paying
them 12-15 crore in October 2011 as a part of their central revenue.
On 21 September 2011, owners of Kochi Tuskers moved the Bombay High Court to
challenge the BCCI's decision to terminate the team's contract. However, the
franchise's plea seeking to restrain the BCCI from encashing its bank guarantee of
156 crore was rejected by a single bench of Justice SF Vajifdar.
SUCCESSFUL START
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2008
INDIAN
PREMIER
LEAGUE
FIRST
SEASON:-
The 2008 Indian Premier League season was the debut season of the
Indian Premier League, established by the BCCI in 2007. The season
commenced on the 18 April 2008 with the final match held on 1 June
2008.
The competition started with a double round robin group stage, in which
each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against
every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a
final. In a match which went down to the last ball, Rajasthan Royals
defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final to win the title, with Yusuf
Pathan named the player of the match and Shane Watson adjudged the
player of the tournament. Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the
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top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for
leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded
the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was
won by the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings.
2009
INDIAN
PREMIER
LEAGUE
SECOND
SEASON:=
The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009
IPL, was the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. 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, and was forecast to have an estimated television
audience of more than 200 million people in India alone.
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IPL will be held in South Africa.[7] Though India did not host the second
season, the format of the tournament remained unchanged from the 2008
season format.
Relocating the tournament posed extreme logistical challenges for the
BCCI since more than 10,000 cricketers and other staff members needed
to be flown from India to South Africa within a span of a few weeks. The
IPL injected approximately US$100 million into South Africa's local
economy. In addition, the BCCI signed a Rs. 8,200 crores (US$1.63
billion) contract with Multi Screen Media to broadcast matches live from
South Africa to India.
The IPL was hosted successfully in South Africa and was hailed as an
"extraordinary" accomplishment. The tournament was particularly praised
for globalizing cricket and had set record television viewership. The
tournament was won by Deccan Chargers while the Bangalore Royal
Challengers were declared as runners-up.
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The 2010 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 3 or the 2010
IPL, was the third season of the Indian Premier League, established by
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament
was hosted by India and had an estimated television audience of more
than 200 million people in the country.It was played between 12 March
and 25 April 2010. It was also the first ever cricket tournament that was
broadcast live on YouTube. The final four matches of the tournament
were screened in 3D across movie halls in India.
The tournament was won by the Chennai Super Kings, who defeated the
Mumbai Indians in the final played at Navi Mumbai. The purple cap went
to Pragyan Ojha of Deccan Chargers, while the orange cap and the player
of the tournament award were awarded to Sachin Tendulkar of the
Mumbai Indians. Saurabh Tiwary was declared the U-23 success of the
tournament, while the Chennai Super Kings won the Fair Play Award.
ADDITION OF VENUES
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Five new venues were introduced for the third edition of IPL. These
included Nagpur, Cuttack, Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Dharamsala.
Nagpur, Cuttack, and Navi Mumbai amongst them hosted the home
games for Deccan Chargers, and Ahmedabad and Dharamsala shared
some of the home matches of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab
respectively. Additionally, Hyderabad, which hosted all Deccan's home
games in 2008, did not host any games this season. This was attributed to
the possibility of unrest due to a Telengana state succession.
SECURITY CONCERNS
In one of the last games of the tournament, two bombs went off in
Bangalore, while another was defused. The game on the day did continue,
however, after an hour's delay. As a consequence both semi-finals were
moved out of the city. A third device was defused on 18 April 2010. All
three devices were hidden in the stadium's perimeter wall and the two
explosions were believed to have injured 15 people. Initial investigations
suggested that the explosives used in the devices were locally made and
were of low intensity. Former cricketers Sir Ian Botham, Brian Lara,
Steve Waugh and Shaun Pollock urged the players not to give in to
terrorism by opting out of the league
PLAYER AUCTION
11 players were sold at the player auction held on 19 January 2010 in
Mumbai. This was from a list of 97 registered players, which was then
shortlisted to 66. West Indian all rounder Kieron Pollard and New
Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond were the highest bid players in the
auction who were bought for $750,000 but not before their prices went in
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the silent tie breaker round. Kieron Pollard was bought by Mumbai
Indians and Shane Bond by Kolkata Knight Riders.
The rules and format were the same as the previous season with the
exception of the strategic timeout. Each innings had two mandatory
timeouts of two-and-a-half minutes each. The fielding captain must take
one at the end of over six, seven, eight or nine, and the batsmen at the end
of over 13, 14, 15 or 16
2011
INDIAN
PREMIER
LEAGUE
FOURTH
SEASON
The 2011 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 4 or the IPL
2011, was the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, the top
Twenty20 cricket league in India. The tournament was hosted in India
and the opening and closing ceremonies were held in M. A.
Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, the home venue of the reigning
champions Chennai Super Kings. The season ran from 8 April to 28 May
2011. This season the number of teams in the league went from eight to
ten with the additions of the Pune Warriors India and the Kochi Tuskers
Kerala.
The tournament was won by the Chennai Super Kings for the second
successive season, defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in
the final in Chennai, with the winning team's Murali Vijay being named
Man of the Match. With this win Chennai Super Kings became the only
team to have won the IPL on more than one occasion. Despite Bangalore
failing to win the title, one of the team's players, Chris Gayle was named
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CHANGE IN FORMAT
With the introduction of 2 new teams, a new ten-team format was created.
This new format consists of 74 matches and was introduced as retaining
the previous format would result in 94 matches, significantly greater than
the 60 matches from the previous season, where teams compete in a
double round-robin tournament. The knockout stage was changed to a
playoff format. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to
determine the winner.
The ten teams are divided into two groups of five. In the group stage,
each team plays 14 games: facing the other four teams in their group two
times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group
once, and the remaining team two times. A random draw was used to
determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and
twice.
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Each team plays the team in the same row and the same column twice,
and all others once. For instance, Pune Warriors will play Chennai Super
Kings and the other Group A teams twice but the other teams from Group
B (Kolkata Knight Riders, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Royal Challengers
Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals) only once. Similarly Kochi Tuskers
Kerala will play Delhi Daredevils and the other Group B teams twice but
all other teams from Group A only once.
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This edition of the IPL has been the most competitive with 19 matches in
which team won in the last over and 6 matches in which team won by a
margin of less than 10 runs. Near the end of the season, 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.
The top three teams of the tournament (Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai
Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils) will represent India in the 2012
Champions League Twenty20. The Fair Play Award was won by
Rajasthan Royals, while Kings XI Punjab batsman Mandeep Singh was
named the tournament's "Rising Star" and Kolkata Knight Riders bowler
Sunil Narine was Player of the Season.
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The 2013 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 6 or IPL 2013, was
the sixth season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament featured nine teams and was held from 3
April
to
26
May
2013. The
opening
ceremony
was
held
at
the Salt
Lake
Stadium in Kolkata on 2 April 2013. This was the first season with PepsiCo as the title
sponsor. The Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions, having won the 2012
season. A spot fixing case was revealed by Delhi Police, leading to arrest of three
cricketers
from Rajasthan
Royals and
other
persons. Mumbai
Indians won
the
tournament for the first time, defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final by 23 runs.
Sponsorship
PepsiCo replaced DLF Ltd as the title sponsor starting with the 2013 season. DLF did not
renew their contract after their initial five-year contract, for
previous season. PepsiCo's contract is
season. In response to questions about the higher sponsorship costs compared to DLF's,
a representative of PepsiCo said, "Our estimate is that we will get five to six times the
value of the money we paid." However,Brand Finance had assessed the IPL's brand
value to have fallen from $4.1 billion in 2010 to $2.9 billion in 2012, attributed to the
decline in television ratings over the two years.
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Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the largest stadium in India, and the second largest
stadium in the world by capacity, theSalt Lake Stadium or Yuva Bharati Krirangan
in Kolkata, on 2 April 2013. All nine teams, led by their captains, took the "MCCSpirit of
Cricket" pledge. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, was present at the
ceremony. It featured live performances of American rapper Pitbull and Indian film
stars Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone
On 21 May 2013, Pune Warriors India terminated their participation in the league due to
disagreements with their franchisee fees for the BCCI
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Venues
12 venues were selected to host the matches, with Raipur and Ranchi hosting for the first
time in the tournament's history. In the playoff stage, Delhi will host the Qualifier 1 and
Eliminator while Kolkata will host the Qualifier 2 and Final.Chennai was originally
scheduled to host the playoff stage matches instead of Delhi on account of Chennai and
Kolkata being the home venues of the runners-up and champions of the 2012 season.
The change was made due to the political tension in Tamil Nadu preventing Sri Lankan
players and management staff from entering the state
Other incidents
Spot-fixing
On
16
May
2013, Rajasthan
Chandila were arrested from Mumbai's Trident Hotel by Delhi Police along with seven
bookies on charges of spot-fixing in the tournament. Police sources said the players have
been accused of spot-fixing in their matches on 9 and 15 May 2013 against Kings XI
Punjab and Mumbai Indians respectively.
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The 2014 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 7 or Pepsi IPL
2014, is the seventh season of the IPL. The Kolkata Knight Ridersare the champions,
having won the 2014 season. There are eight teams this season, one fewer than in 2013
after the withdrawal of the Pune Warriors India.
A part of this season was held outside India after previous Home MinisterSushil Kumar
Shinde denied the provision of security the league demanded as it clashed with the 2014
general election. The tournament is jointly hosted by India and the United Arab Emirates.
The opening 20 matches were held in theUAE at three different stadiums in Abu
Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah with the tournament returning to India on 2 May.
The player auction took place on 12 and 13 February 2014. Unlike previous seasons, the
auction was in Indian Rupees rather than US dollars.
Hosting
On 14 February, Sanjay Patel, who is the BCCI secretary, told the media after the IPL
governing council meeting: "As far as possible our interest is to hold the IPL in India.
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Then, probably, South Africa is the preferred venue at the moment. The initial part of the
season was held outside India, to avoid adding to the existing security demands for
the 2014
Lok
Sabha
Elections. South
initially
SCHEDULE
The schedule of the first phase of the IPL 2014 was announced on 19 March 2014. The
first phase of the tournament consist of 20 matches played from 16 to 30 April 2014 in
the United Arab Emirates. The opening match of the tournament was played between the
defending champions Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders on 16 April 2014 at
the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi at 6:30 pm local time (8:00 pm
IST). From 2 May onwards the 36 games of the regular season and the 4 playoffs will be
played in India across 10 venues
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BROADCAST
Times Internet decided to share IPL digital rights with STAR India giving StarSports.com
streaming rights alongside YouTube, which has been streaming IPL since its inception in
2008. In the UK, ITV4 will show the league for the final time before Sky Sports takes over
in 2015. Willow Cricket carried coverage of the season in the United States
VENUES
The first leg of the tournament was hosted in the United Arab Emirates so that the
competition would not clash with the Indian elections, with the second leg to be hosted
in India. The MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai was removed as a venue due to a
dispute with the municipal authorities
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MEDIA RESTRICTIONS :
Initially the IPL enforced strict guidelines to media covering matches,
consistent with their desire to use the same model sports leagues in North
America use in regards to media coverage. Notable guidelines imposed
included the restriction to use images taken during the event unless
purchased from cricket.com, owned by Live Current Media Inc (who won
the rights to such images) and the prohibition of live coverage from the
cricket grounds. Media agencies also had to agree to upload all images
taken at IPL matches to the official website. This was deemed
unacceptable by print media around the world. Upon the threat of
boycott, the IPL eased up on several of the restrictions. On 15 April 2008
a revised set of guidelines offering major concessions to the print media
and agencies was issued by the IPL and accepted by the Indian
Newspaper Society.
CONFLICTS WITH THE ENGLAND AND WALES
CRICKET BOARD :
Because the inaugural IPL season coincided with the County
Championship season as well as New Zealand's tour of England, the ECB
and county cricket clubs raised their concerns to the BCCI over players.
The ECB made it abundantly clear that they would not sign No Objection
Certificates for playersa prerequisite for playing in the IPL. Chairmen
of the county clubs also made it clear that players contracted to them
were required to fulfill their commitment to their county. As a result of
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this, Dimitri Mascarenhas was the only English player to have signed
with the IPL for the 2008 season.
A result of the ECB's concerns about players joining the IPL, was a
proposed radical response of creating their own Twenty20 tournament
that would be similar in structure to the IPL. The league titled the
Twenty20 English Premier League would feature 21 teams in three
groups of seven and would occur towards the end of the summer season.
The ECB enlisted the aid of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford to launch the
proposed league. Stanford was the brains behind the successful Stanford
20/20, a tournament that has run twice in the West Indies. On 17 February
2009, when news of the fraud investigation against Stanford became
public, the ECB and WICB withdrew from talks with Stanford on
sponsorship. On February 20 the ECB announced it has severed its ties
with Stanford and cancelled all contracts with him.
CHEERLEADERS :
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The IPL has been criticised by a few politicians and feminists for
bringing in foreign cheerleaders, which is seen by many to not be in the
traditional spirit of the game, as well as being against some Indian
sensibilities. Two cheerleaders from London were asked to leave the
ground at Mohali because of the colour of their skin by Wizcraft
International Entertainment, which handles the team Kings XI Punjab.
Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson, both from London and of
African ancestry were allegedly barred from entering the stadium by
employees of Wizcraft International Entertainment on the pretext that
"people dont like dark girls here". Both the girls also allege that an
employee referred to them with the racial slur nigger.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said a probe would be
initiated by the IPL only if the two women officially complain to IPL
commissioner Lalit Modi.
BCCI and IPL officials are surprised that the two cheerleaders did not
complain about the alleged racist behaviour while they were in India and
spoke about it only after they returned to London.
"We have not received any complaint from any cheerleaders that they
were asked to leave by the Mohali-based Kings XI Punjab franchise
recently because of the colour of their skin," BCCI joint secretary M.P.
Pandove said in Mohali.
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Sreesanth was slapped under his eye by Harbhajan Singh, the stand-in
captain of Mumbai Indians. The incident came to light as Sreesanth was
caught by TV cameras sobbing inconsolably on the field before the
presentation ceremony. Sreesanth had since downplayed the incident
saying he had no complaints against Harbhajan who was "like an elder
brother" to him. Harbhajan's team had lost their third consecutive match
when he apparently reacted violently to Sreesanth's approaching him and
reportedly saying "hard luck". The footage of the slap has not yet been
released for public viewing. The BCCI launched an investigation into the
incident and decided to ban Harbhajan for the remainder 11 matches of
the Twenty20 tournament.
CONFLICT WITH CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA :
As per IPL rules, the winner of the previous competition decides the
venue for the finals.In 2009, the reigning Champions, Deccan Chargers
chose the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. However, a dispute regarding
use of the pavilion meant that no IPL matches could be held there. The
members of the Cricket Club of India that owns the stadium have the sole
right to the pavilion on match days, whereas the IPL required the pavilion
for its sponsors. The members were offered free seats in the stands,
however the club rejected the offer, stating that members could not be
moved out of the pavilion
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On 25 April 2010, the BCCI suspended Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, for
"alleged acts of individual misdemeanours". The suspension notice was
served on him by Rajeev Shukla, BCCI vice-president, and N Srinivasan,
the board secretary, sending an e-mail to the same effect. It followed a
day of negotiations with interlocutors attempting to persuade Modi to
resign but pre-empted a potentially flashpoint at a scheduled IPL
governing council meeting, which Modi had said he would attend. Modi
was officially barred from participating in the affairs of the Board, the
IPL and any other committee of the BCCI
Chirayu Amin, an industrialist and head of the Baroda Cricket
Association, was named interim chairman of the IPL by the BCCI,
following Lalit Modi's suspension.According to BCCI, many important
documents were missing from the IPL and BCCI offices. "Many of the
records are missing. The IT is asking for documents. We don't have them.
We have asked BCCI CAO Prof Ratnakar Shetty to look into the missing
records and papers," said BCCI President Shashank Manohar
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make allegations against him as he headed the apex cricketing body two
years ago.
In August 2011, 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)
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.
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Mohnish Mishra who was part of Pune Warriors India team for the
season, admitted to have said that franchises pay black money, in a sting
operation. Mishra was caught on tape saying that franchisees paid them
black money and that he had received 1.5 crore (US$271,500) from the
later, among which 1.2 crore (US$217,200) was black money. He was
also suspended from his team
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9 April: Shah Rukh Khan, owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders, was
served a notice by the Rajasthan Police for smoking in public. Shah
Rukh was caught smoking on camera during a match between the
Kolkata Knight Riders, the IPL team he owns, and the Rajasthan
Royals on April 8.
14 May: An Indian news channel India TV aired a sting operation
that accused five players involved in spot fixing.
16 May: Shah Rukh Khan, owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders,
received a five-year ban from the Wankhede Stadium for arguing
with security at the ground after a match.
18 May: Luke Pomersbach, a Royal Challengers Bangalore
batsman, was arrested on charges of molesting an American
woman. He was later granted interim bail.
20 May: Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell, Pune Warriors players,
were detained by Mumbai Police along with hundreds at a rave
party bust.
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NO DADA NO KKR
No Dada No KKR
Abbreviation
NDNKKR
Motto
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No Dada No KKR (or NDNKKR) is a protest group formed after Kolkata Knight
Riders (KKR), a Kolkata based franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), did
not bid for Former Indian Cricket Captain Sourav Ganguly (Dada) during the IPL
auctions. Ganguly was the fourth highest run scorer in the previous edition of IPL.
He was rejected by KKR as well as all other franchises in the auction, leading to
a Facebook protest from his fans.The protesters also went on to the streets
of Kolkata for the protest .This was followed by a silent protest rally, signature
campaigns throughout the country and abroad, a leaflet campaign, and stadium
protests. NDNKKR and the campaigns both received national and international
press attention. KKR's opening match had drastically lower attendance, and
attendance during the rest of the season was also below full capacity
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The 2013 Indian Premier League spot fixing and betting case arose when the Delhi
Police arrested three cricketers,Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, on the
charges of spot-fixing. The three represented the Rajasthan Royals in the 2013 Indian
Premier
League. In
separate
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Dara
Singh and Gurunath Meiyappanfor alleged betting and having links with bookies.
Investigation details
Sreesanth was arrested from his friend's house, whereas Chandila and Chavan were
arrested from their team hotel inMumbai. Rajasthan Royals suspended the contracts of
the three players until the investigation is complete. Delhi police have claimed that
Sreesanth and Chavan have confessed being involved in the spot fixing. The police also
claimed that Chandila had tried to get other players, including Chavan, involved in the
spot fixing under the direction of the bookies.The Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) suspended the players till further investigation. BCCI secretary Sanjay
Jagdale, said,"The BCCI is shocked and saddened at the recent developments. The
BCCI has zero tolerance to corruption. We will offer all cooperation to the Delhi police
and all other authorities in their investigations in this matter. The IPL Governing Council
has met and decided that the cricketers found involved will be dealt with severely. On 4
June 2013, Delhi Police said that Sreeshant, Chandila and Chavan and 23 other people
arrested by them in the spot-fixing scandal were going to be slapped with the provisions
of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) since they were acting under
the command of underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel. Sreesanth,
Ankeet Chavan and 17 other people (including 14 alleged bookies) who were arrested by
the Delhi Police were released on bail on 10 June 2013 by a Delhi court due to lack of
evidence to be charged under MCOCA. Ajit Chandila had not applied for bail.
Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar said they had been taping phone calls since April
2013. He added, "Further arrests will be of bookies and no more players will be arrested.
The International Cricket Council withdrew umpire Asad Rauf from the Champions
Trophy in the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into
Asad Raufs activities in the IPL spot fixing scandal
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On 5 June 2013, Rajastan Royals team co-owner Raj Kundra was questioned by
the Delhi Police for alleged involvement in illegal betting. On 6 June 2013, Delhi Police
claimed that he had confessed to them of placing bets on his IPL team through a bookie
who was his friend. On 7 June 2013, Rajastan Royals team management said that Raj
Kundra would be suspended and all his shares in the team taken back if the charges
against him of betting were proved. Because of this, he was suspended from the IPL by
the BCCI on 10 June 2013
REACTIONS
Initially Sreesanth's father Shantakumaran Nair termed his son's arrest to be a "larger
conspiracy", and blamed cricketers M. S. Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh for connecting his
son with the scandal, but later retracted the statement and regretted.
There were reports that both the Delhi and the Mumbai police were in an unfriendly
competition between each other and there was a lack of co-ordination between them. But
these reports were later dismissed by Maharashtra Home minister R.R. Patil saying that
the two teams were co-operating with each other to uncover the truth
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FRANCHISES
IPL invites offers to bid for franchises through auction process. The party
to be selected for franchise will be at the discretion of IPL body.
The winning party holds the franchisee for perpetuity unless the
termination of contract takes place. The franchisee holding fee is paid in a
period of 10 years.
Franchises agreement is treated as contract based intangible asset and all
the accounting and evaluation rules are applicable to team owners.
The main terms and conditions of the contracts between IPL and
franchises that define their earning and expenses are:
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TERMINATION OF CONTRACT
Contract can be terminated on the grounds of
Breach of contract.
Mutual consent of franchisee and IPL
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PLAYERS
CONTRACT
TERMINATION
The contract is said to be terminated by the mutual consent of players and
franchisee owning the player.
The contract would also be terminated if there is a breach of contract i.e if
there is violation of Code of Conduct defined by IPL by any of the
involved parties.
AUCTIONING OF PLAYERS
In annual auction, domestic players are bought and uncapped players
signed through trading and buying replacements. In the trading window
the player can only be traded with his consent. 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.
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consisting
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Entertainment
SPONSORSHIPS:
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Some Major clinched by IPL areThe IPL signed up Kingfisher Airlines as the official umpire partner for
the series in a 106 crores (US$23.53 million) (approximately 15
million) deal. This deal sees the Kingfisher Airlines brand on all umpires'
uniforms and also on the giant screens during third umpire decisions.
India's biggest property developer DLF Group paid US$50 million to be
the title sponsor of the tournament for 3 years from 2008 to 2010.
Other year sponsorship agreements include a deal with motorcycle maker
Hero Honda worth $22.5-million, one with PepsiCo worth $12.5-million.
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his hubris, but he has taken an existing concept, fine-tuned it, and ensured
that the cricket world will never be the same again.
After the first season Sunday nights final, which could have been
scripted by Gregory Howard of Remember the Titans fame, Modi and
the IPL hold all the cards, while the ICC and other boards have next to
nothing to bargain with. The last World Cup in the Caribbean was a
fiasco, an object lesson in how not to organize an event. Poor crowds,
overpriced tickets, a lack of atmosphere and an interminable schedule all
combined to make it perhaps the worst of all major competitions. In
contrast, the IPLs head honchos didnt behave like stentorian
schoolmasters, and the entertainment package that accompanied the
games attracted everyone from five-year-olds with temporary tattoos to
middle-aged women who had decided to forego a staple diet of TV soaps.
After what happened on Sunday night, theres little doubt that the second
season will be huge. Despite the concerns of the ECB and others, every
single one of the worlds top players is likely to take part. If they do try to
prevent the likes of Kevin Pietersen from playing, they will only end up
being checkmated like the Australian Cricket Board were after Packers
bold gambit. What is likely to happen is this: Both England and Australia,
and perhaps South Africa and Pakistan too, will Endeavour to jazz up
their own T20 events so that they can at least compare to the IPL.
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and money to watch the best play the best, even if its only over three
hours.
The franchises, none of whom are likely to be too perturbed by the huge
amounts invested in the first year, also have a role to play. Manoj Badale,
of the Emerging Media group that owns the Rajasthan Royals, reckoned
that it would take a couple of years for the club culture to truly take root,
but you can rest assured that teams like Rajasthan wont be spending the
next 10 months idle.
The reality is that no league can prosper if it operates only over six
weeks. American Football has the shortest season of any major sport, but
even that lasts 16 weeks, and then a month of play-offs. The football
[soccer] seasons in Europe, the NBA in North America and Major League
Baseball all last much longer, which is why they become such an integral
part of fans lives. Next up is a tri-series in Bangladesh, followed by an
Asia Cup that features teams like Hong Kong. Its the classic champagnefollowed-by-flat-beer scenario and it will be interesting to see what the
TV ratings are like.
Back when Doordarshan, the national broadcaster was all we had,
everyone watched it. Then, with the onset of cable TV, no one bothered.
The IPL has created a revolution, especially in the fan demographic, but
has now left town. For the moment, the talk is of creating a four-week
window, most likely in April. Its only a band-aid solution. In the long
run, we are looking at a three-month season where teams play weekend
games and the occasional midweek one as they do in 16 the major
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FUTURE
CRICKET
Title sponsorship: DLF paid around $50 million to secure the title
sponsorship for the first five years and this is is renegotiable after
the third year. If IPL Cricket gains momentum, it can be much
higher.
Player trading: In the IPL trade window, players can be sold for
many times the cost at which they were acquired.
Gate fees: Beyond the third year, gate fees can increase
significantly if the IPL takes off in a big way.
Franchise sale: After the third year, a franchisee has the option to
sell out. This could lead to a windfall.
Franchise forever: The franchise fee is for the first 10 years, after
which franchisees continue to own the teams for perpetuity.
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CONCLUSION
IPLs ability to sustain and grow its popularity in the long-term depends
on the ability of individual franchises to break out and become large
media properties on their own. Franchisees may also have to increase
their marketing and promotional spends to effectively monetize their fan
base and build brands out of their respective teams. Apart from finding
more team sponsors, franchisees may try to increase the mix of premium
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seating in their home stadiums. At the moment a bit might be too different
if we look IPL and ICL. In the recent format advantage can be taken by
organizing matches between this two winners that is more matches can be
played between the two leagues. In the coming year more innovation is
expected we might be able to see 10- 10 or a 5-5 over format of cricket.
The whopping success of IPL has not only ensured that teams like Jaipur,
Kolkata and Mohali are likely to break even in the first year itself, but
also transformed the fortunes of its telecaster Sony Set Max. The biggest
gainer, though, is arguably BCCI which is projected to rake in a profit
of Rs 350 crore from IPL in the first year itself. This would be more than
BCCIs profit of Rs 235 crore for all of 2007. In all, IPL will bring
revenue of Rs 1,200 crore a year into cricket, more than double the
governments entire sports budget of Rs 490 crore.
The Set Max channels revenue marketshare has risen from a pre-IPL
level of 5.7% to 28.8%. Its share of prime time has gone up to 29%,
higher than the cumulative marketshare of the top nine Hindi general
entertainment channels. From next year, Sony is projected to gross about
Rs 650 crore in advertising revenue for about 45 days of IPL, which
would be 7% of the entire estimated TV ad revenue of around Rs 9,000
crore for the whole year.
Ad rates for 10-second spots, which were at Rs 2 lakh per 10 seconds at
the start of the tournament, have climbed rapidly to Rs 5 lakh and look set
to rise further to Rs 10 lakh for the final, says the report. This would be
even more than the Rs 8 lakh per 10 second rate for the nailbiting T20
World Cup final between India and Pakistan last year. IPLs success has
also rubbed off on the franchisees. According to the report, teams like
Jaipur, Kolkata and Mohali, which have not spent much on franchisee
fees, are likely to break even in the first year itself.
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From this we can conclude that IPL is now a global event and it has taken
cricket to the next level. Some of the critics criticise IPL. They say that
players are not playing only for money and when players playing in IPL
matches they dont feel that they are playing for the country. In spite of
having some negative point of IPL, there are many advantages. So
looking at positive side we can say that IPL is becoming a global event.
Now Indian economy is growing at a rapid pace, so much that people
from all over the world are now looking towards India.
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