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Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is the wealthiest cricket league in the world. The tournament features 8 Indian domestic teams, participating in a home-and-away round robin Twenty20 tournament. The Indian Premier League boasts real star power, with teams featuring some of the best cricketers in the world.
Financially, the Indian Cricket League is a phenomenal success, contributing over a billion dollars to the coffers of the BCCI, and paying out top salaries to the players participating in the event. The Indian Premier League is the first cricket tournament to bring player’s incomes in line with other major spectator sports.
The success of the Indian Premier League is likely to result in significant expansion of the tournament in coming years. The tournament is expected to incorporate two new teams in 2009, and in addition, the finalists will also qualify automatically for the Twenty20 Champions League.
Indian Premier League Betting
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The Indian Premier League receives extensive coverage from bookmakers in the United Kingdom. Indian Premier League match betting is something of a lottery, with teams likely to be reshuffled on an annual basis and form difficult to predict. However, with dozens of star players in action, fans will be able to place more reliable bets on aspects of play such as bowling and batting.
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Indian Premier League History
The inaugural Indian Premier League tournament was played in 2008. The tournament was planned relatively quickly in response to the massive interest in cricket’s newest format on the Asian subcontinent.
The funding and money generated for the Indian Premier League prior to the tournament attracted unprecedented media interest, with Indian celebrities and businesses investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the franchises during a period of a few months.
The first edition of the Indian Premier League was a stunning success. Over a billion dollars in broadcasting rights were generated for the tournament, while games were routinely sold out to huge crowds. The tournament ended with the Rajasthan Royals taking the first Indian Premier League title.
Indian Premier League Teams
The IPL consists of 8 franchises, located across India and owned by some of the India’s richest, including Bollywood stars, business giants and a media company. The Indian Premier League is the brainchild of Lalit Modi, the vice-president of the Indian Cricket Board, who has modelled the IPL on European club soccer.
The eight teams that comprise the IPL include:
- Bangalore Royal Challengers
- Chennai Super Kings
- Deccan Chargers
- Delhi Daredevils
- Kings XI Punjab
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Mumbai Indians
- Rajasthan Royals
Indian Premier League Winners
The Rajasthan Royals were the first team to lift the Indian Premier League trophy. The side’s victory in the final was well deserved, after they had dominated the league by taking 11 victories from 14 games.
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