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Despite predictions about its decline every year, the (IPL) has remained popular with cricket fans in India. The average per-match view- Sports Leagues in India ership of the tenth edition of the league this year was higher than last year by a quarter. So it was not all that surprising when Star India recently won the bid for the global television and digital broadcasting rights to the Twenty20 tournament for the next fi ve years for a staggering `16,347.5 crore. Sony Pictures Networks had paid `8,200 crore for just the television rights for the fi rst 10 years. Star India will cough up `54.5 crore per IPL match, compared to the `43 crore WHEN: October-December it pays for an international match played in India. The success of the IPL, with its celebrity team owners and high entertainment quotient, has spawned several SINCE: 2014 T20 leagues both in India and abroad, and similar leagues in other sports in India. ET Magazine lists some of the prominent ones TEAMS: 10 :: G Seetharaman TEAM OWNERSHIP: Private; Sanjiv Goenka, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor are among the owners T20 Leagues REIGNING CHAMPIONS: Atletico de Kolkata in India Share of non-cricket live-match viewership in 2016: 16%

Bangladesh Caribbean Big Bash Premier Premier NatWest Pakistan T20 Global League League League League T20 Blast Super League WHERE: South Africa Tamil Nadu WHERE: Australia WHEN: November-December WHEN: August-September WHERE: England and Wales WHEN: February-March WHEN: November-December Premier League WHEN: December-January SINCE: 2012 SINCE: 2013 WHEN: July-September SINCE: 2016 (fi rst edition this year) WHEN: July-August

SINCE: 2011-12 TEAMS: 6 TEAMS: 6 SINCE: 2014 TEAMS: 6 TEAMS: 8 SINCE: 2016

TEAMS: 8 TEAM OWNERSHIP: TEAM OWNERSHIP: Private; TEAMS: 18 TEAM OWNERSHIP: Private TEAM OWNERSHIP: TEAMS: 8 Private Shah Rukh Khan and Private; TEAM OWNERSHIP: Teams TEAM OWNERSHIP: Each team REIGNING CHAMPIONS: Vijay Mallya are among Shah Rukh Khan, TEAM OWNERSHIP: Private Pro Kabaddi owned by their REIGNING CHAMPIONS: represents one of the 18 Peshawar Zalmi the owners Preity Zinta and GMR League respective states Dhaka counties in fi rst-class cricket REIGNING CHAMPIONS: own teams Chepauk Super Gillies Dynamites REIGNING CHAMPIONS: and is owned by its board WHEN: July-October REIGNING CHAMPIONS: Trinbago Knight Riders PRIZE MONEY: Perth Scorchers REIGNING CHAMPIONS: SINCE: 2014 Not decided Nottinghamshire yet TEAMS: 12 TEAM OWNERSHIP: Private; Abhishek Bachchan, Ronnie Screwvala, the JSW Group and the Adani Group own teams REIGNING CHAMPIONS: Patna Pirates Premier League Share of non-cricket live-match

WHEN: September viewership in 2016: 61%* *PKL had two seasons in 2016, while the other SINCE: 2009 (The league leagues had just one was not held between 2011 and 2013, and the current edition is presently on) TEAMS: 7 WHEN: TEAM OWNERSHIP: January-February Private SINCE: 2013 TEAMS: 6 REIGNING CHAMPIONS: TEAM OWNERSHIP: Pri- Ballari Tuskers vate; MS Dhoni and the Sahara Group are among the owners REIGNING CHAMPIONS: Kalinga Lancers Share of non-cricket live-match viewership in 2016: Not available OTHERS: Haryana Premier League and Rajwada Cricket League

OTHERS: , Pro Wrestling League, Premier Futsal, International Premier Tennis League Source: League websites, ESPNCricinfo.com, BARC India, media websites