The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL) is a domestic professional league for competition in . It was initiated by the Board of Control for (BCCI) headquartered in [3][4] supervised by BCCI Vice President Chirayu Amin, current chairman & commissioner of IPL, and CEO, Sundar Raman. It currently contested by 10 teams (franchises) consisting of players from different countries. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the .[5]

In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on YouTube. It is estimated that the average salary of an IPL player over a year would be $3.84 million.[9]And now it is going to held 4th session .other session are as follows.

FIRST SESSION

The inaugural season of the tournament started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 46 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. defeated Super Kings in a last ball thriller and emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.

SECOND SESSION

The 2009 season coincided with the general elections in India. Owing to concerns regarding players' security, the venue was shifted to . The format of the tournament remained same as the inaugural one. Deccan Chargers, who finished last in the first season, came out as eventual winners defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final

THIRD SESSION

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 , India due to the ongoing political crisis in the region . The new bases for the champions this season were , Navi Mumbai and Cuttack. Four teams qualified for the semi-finals. The first semi-final was won by who defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by 35 runs. defeated Deccan Chargers in the second semi-final. The final was played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Chennai Super Kings won by a margin of 22 runs

FOURTH SESSION

The 2011 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 4 or the 2011 IPL, will be the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament will be hosted by India and the opening ceremony will be held in Chepauk Stadium, Chennai The season will run from April 8 to May 22, 2011.[1] The season saw the addition of new teams the Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi