Indian Premier League From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Indian Premier League Countries India Administrator BCCI Format Twenty20 First tournament 2008 Next tournament 2013 Tournament format Double round-robin andplayoffs Number of teams 9 Current champion Kolkata Knight Riders (1st Title) Most successful Chennai Super Kings (2 Titles) Qualification Champions League Twenty20 Most runs Suresh Raina(2254,Chennai Super Kings)[1] Most wickets Lasith Malinga (83, Mumbai Indians)[2] Website iplt20.com 2013 Indian Premier League Chennai Super Kings playing against Kolkata Knight Riders at the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium in the 2008 Indian Premier League Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket championship in India. It was initiated by Lalit Modi , who served as the league's first Chairman and Commissioner and 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".[11] 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 396.8 crore.[13] Contents [hide] 1 History o 1.1 First season o 1.2 Second season o 1.3 Third season o 1.4 Fifth season o 1.5 Sixth Season 2 League organisation o 2.1 Franchises o 2.2 Rules 3 Team Performances o 3.1 Current Teams o 3.2 Defunct Teams 4 Statistics and records o 4.1 Winners (2008-09) o 4.2 Winners (2010-Present) 5 Prize money 6 Television rights and sponsorships o 6.1 Television rights 7 Orange cap holder 8 Purple cap holder o 8.1 Sponsorships o 8.2 Revenue and Profits o 8.3 Controversy about tax exemption o 8.4 Mobile applications o 8.5 Official website 9 Global interest 10 See also 11 References 12 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 around-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 because of the General Elections in India and was played for 37 days from 18 April to 24 May 2009. IPL 2 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. [edit]Third 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 Sahara Pune Warriors India and the Kochi Tuskers 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 the Chennai 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 Hasanwith 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 sixth season opened in April 3, 2013 with the auction for players and it was brodcasted on Sony Six. 108 players were on offer but only 37 players were sold for US$ 11.87 million. The Australian all rounder Glenn Maxwell was the only million dollar buy. Deccan Chargers were ousted from the league almost five-months ago. Instead, Sunrisers Hyderabad will play from the 2013 season onwards on behalf of them as they have almost all the players from the Deccan's 2012 team. The tournament will run from 3 April to 26 May 2013 with Kolkata and Chennai hosting the playoffs. Kolkata's Eden Gardens will host the first match as well as the final as they were the champions of the 2012 season. Nine teams would be playing in the sixth season. Due to protests in the state of Tamil Nadu and the controversy arising from the actions of the Sri Lankan government, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalitha has requested the the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh not to allow any Sri Lankan players, umpires or any other support staff to play in IPL matches to be held in Chennai. [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.