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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

All about IPL


Whole nation is gripped by the ongoing cricket fever of IPL T20 series. It is something that India has never witnessed before. To be frank I never expect such a response to IPL matches, but the jam packed stadiums proved me wrong. The reason for my apprehension for the IPL series was the poor response to the Subhas Chandra’s ICL tournament. Well, IPL has all the money power behind it and it is always helpful to pull the show.

Let’s try to understand some aspects of IPL……

From where this IPL idea coined from?

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) launched the Indian Premier League (IPL) on September 14, 2007. Based on the lines of the English Premier League (EPL) and the National Basketball League (NBA), the IPL is said to be the brainchild of BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi. The idea was first floated in 1996 but was shot down as the board felt it would go against the zonal system of domestic cricket. The project moved into top gear when the Zee group launched a rival Indian Cricket League on similar lines in April 2007.
BCCI has formed an IPL council that comprises former BCCI president IS Bindra, vice-presidents Rajiv Shukla, Chirayu Amin, Lalit Modi and Arun Jaitley, and former cricketers Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri. While the BCCI officials are honorary members, Pataudi, Gavaskar and Shastri will be paid for their services. The IPL governing council will have a five-year term and will run, operate and manage the league independently of the BCCI.

What are the franchises and their teams ?

The franchisees will own the eight teams in the fray. They can run them in their own styles, bring their own sponsors and even name the team according to their choice. They will even be free to list their teams on the stock exchange.

Each franchise would have to buy sixteen players at the minimum, out of which four should be from India and under the age of 22 and four other local players hailing from catchment areas earmarked by the IPL for each of the eight franchises. Five icon players of India -- Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag - are not part of the bid process as they have to play for their respective city franchises - Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mohali and Delhi. Among the icon players, Tendulkar will be part of the Mumbai franchise owned by Ambani's REL, Dravid will play for the Bangalore franchise owned by Vijay Mallya's UB Group, Ganguly for Kolkata owned by Shah Rukh's Red Chillies Entertainment, Yuvraj for Mohali owned by Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, R Burman and Group and Sehwag will lead the Delhi team, owned by GMR Holdings. The other three franchise owners are Deccan Chronicle Group (Hyderabad), India Cements (Chennai), Delhi (GRM Group) and Emerging Media Group (Jaipur).The player fees of any icon player - being 115 per cent of the highest player fee in that franchise's squad - will count towards the upper limit. The cap placed on bids for a pool of international players by each franchise does not include the local (apart from the iconic player) and under 22 players whose minimum salary has been fixed as US 20,000 dollar. For the Ranji and other auction players the base price has been fixed as US 50,000 dollar per year. The contract with the player will be for a fixed term of three years. Each franchise can have a maximum of two centrally contracted Australian players in its squad or a maximum of two Australian players from each state association in its squad, as per the agreement arrived at between Cricket Australia and IPL.

Following are the teams and their franchise..

There are 8 teams in the inaugaral Indian Premier League Tournament

Mumbai Indians - Mukesh Ambani - Captained by Sachin Tendulkar
The Team:-
Sachin Tendulkar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break, medium pace bowler)
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Harbhajan Singh (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)
Robin Uthappa (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Shaun Pollock (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Dilhara Fernando (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Loots Bosman (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Pinal Shah, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane and Yogesh Takawale
Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:
Ashwell Prince (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm slow bowler)
Saurabh Tiwary (India, Left-hand batsman)
Manish Pandey (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)

Bangalore Royal Challegers -Vijay Malya - Captained by Rahul Dravid
The Team:-
Rahul Dravid (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Jacques Kallis (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Anil Kumble (India, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)
Cameron White (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)
Zaheer Khan (India, Right-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)
Mark Boucher (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Wasim Jaffer (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Dale Steyn (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (West Indies, Left-hand batsman)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Sunil Joshi, Balachandra Akhil, R. Vinay Kumar, Bharat Chipli, J. Arun Kumar, K.P. Appanna, Devraj Patil
Players signed in the second auction:
Misbah ul Haq (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)
Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler) Virat Kohli (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Shreevats Goswami (India, Left-hand Batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Ross Taylor (New Zealand, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)

Chennai Super Kings - India Cements - Captained by MS Dhoni
The Team:-
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Jacob Oram (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Albie Morkel (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Suresh Raina (India, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Matthew Hayden (Australia, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium bowler)
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm slow medium bowler)
Parthiv Patel (India, Wicketkeeper, Left-hand batsman)
Joginder Sharma (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Makhaya Ntini (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Michael Hussey (Australia, Left-hand batsman)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Shadab Jakati, Sudeep Tyagi, R. Ashwin, Srikkanth Anirudha and S. Badrinath
Players signed in the second auction :
Napoleon Einstein (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)
Abhinav Mukund (India, Left-hand batsman, Leg-break googly break bowler)
Viraj Kadbe (India, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)

Delhi Daredevils - GMR Group - Captained by Virendra Sehwag
The Team:
Virender Sehwag (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Gautam Gambhir (India, Left-hand batsman)
Manoj Tiwari (Indian, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)
Mohammad Asif (Pakistan, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Dinesh Karthik (India, Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan; Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
AB de Villiers (South Africa, Right-hand batsman)
Tillekaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Glenn McGrath (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Yo Mahesh, Shikhar Dhawan, Mithun Manhas, Rajat Bhatia and Mayank Tehlan
Players signed in the second auction :
Pradeep Sangwan (India, Left-arm medium pace bowler, Right-hand batsman)
Brett Geeves (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium)

Deccan Chargers - Deccan Chronicle - Captained by VVS Laxman
The Team:
Virender Sehwag (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Gautam Gambhir (India, Left-hand batsman)
Manoj Tiwari (Indian, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)
Mohammad Asif (Pakistan, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Dinesh Karthik (India, Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan; Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
AB de Villiers (South Africa, Right-hand batsman)
Tillekaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Glenn McGrath (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Yo Mahesh, Shikhar Dhawan, Mithun Manhas, Rajat Bhatia and Mayank Tehlan
Players signed in the second auction :
Pradeep Sangwan (India, Left-arm medium pace bowler, Right-hand batsman)
Brett Geeves (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium)

Kolkata Knight Riders - Shah Rukh Khan/Juhi Chawla - Captained by Saurav Ganguly
The Team:-
Sourav Ganguly (India, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Ishant Sharma (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Chris Gayle (West Indies, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
David Hussey (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Ricky Ponting (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)
Ajit Agarkar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Murali Kartik (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Umar Gul (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Tatenda Taibu (Zimbwea, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Players signed in the second auction :
Salman Butt (Pakistan, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)
Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler) Siddarth Kaul (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Iqbal Abdulla (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Kings XI Punjab - Preity Zinta/Ness Wadia - Captained by Yuvraj Singh
The Team:-
Yuvraj Singh (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Irfan Pathan (India, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)
Brett Lee (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Piyush Chawla (India, Left-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)
Ramesh Powar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies, Right-hand batsman)
Simon Katich (Australia, Left-hand batsman)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
V.R.V. Singh, Karan Goel and Uday Kaul
Players signed in the second auction :
James Hopes (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-hand medium pace bowler)
Luke Pomersbach (Australia, left-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)
Tanmay Srivastava (India, Left-hand Batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Ajitesh Argal (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Kyle Mills (New Zealand, Right-hand fast medium bowler, Right-hand batsman)

Rajastan Royals - Emerging Media Group - Captained by Shane Warne
The Team:
Shane Warne (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Leg-spin bowler)
Md. Kaif (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Graeme Smith (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Yusuf Pathan (India, Right-hand batsman)
Munaf Patel (Indian, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Younis Khan (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman)
Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)
Justin Langer (Australia, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Pankaj Singh, Anup Revandkar and Dinesh Salunkhe
Players signed in the second auction :
Dimitri Mascarenhas (England, Right-han batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Morne Morkel (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Shane Watson (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Sohail Tanveer (Pakistan, Left-arm pace bowler, Left-arm batsman)
Taruwar Kohli (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Ravindra Jadeja (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Money involved in IPL …

IPL is a new concept and Modi is pleased with the kind of revenue BCCI has managed to generate -- Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) from television broadcasting rights and another Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) from franchising the eight teams.
In a few days, the team owners will bid for players that they want in their teams. The estimated value of each player could range from Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2 million) to Rs 2 crore (Rs 20 million) depending on his experience and stature.

IPL revenue…

TV rights of $1.026 billion for 10 years from Sony-World Sports Group (WSG).
Team franchises: $726 million for 10 years.
Prize money: 16% of TV revenues, with winner taking purse of $4 million (about Rs 16 crores)
Franchisees: 8 who will get 64% of TV revenues to begin with, share becoming less as teams are added and tapering down over the 10 years of the contract.
Players: Up to 130 players, including 32 from a foreign pool of 84 IPL contracted cricketers, are likely to get sums ranging from $1 million to a minimum anticipated wage of $50,000 per season.
ODI comparison: In a typical ODI in India, BCCI gets close to $8.5 million from TV. Title, ground and apparel sponsors pay $1 million, ground sponsorship $1.7 million, bringing a total revenue of $11 million per match day.IPL figures will be far less per match day. BCCI is worth nearly Rs 10 billion from current total assets of Rs 9.6 billion of which investments are Rs 7.5 billion. Last fiscal profits were Rs 232 crores.National first class cricketer: Earns match fees of Rs 35,000 per day and shares prize money for domestic tournaments of Rs 4.2 crores.
International cricketer: Earns match fees of Rs 2.60 lakhs per ODI and Rs 3.5 lakhs per Test, besides an annual retainer ranging from Rs 60 lakhs to Rs 25 lakhs, depending on his rating in four categories.
IPL fees: Ranges from $400,000 to a projected minimum of $50,000 per player per season.

Who will get what

Television rights fee from Sony-WSG - 20 per cent of $ 918 m
Promotion fee from Sony-WSG - $ 100 m
Franchisee fee - $ 723.6 m
Central sponsorship money - BCCI will keep 40% of the total
Merchandising revenue - 12.5% of the totalTeam owners (individually) Broadcasting share - 10% of BCCI's TV rights
Central sponsorship - 7.5% of the total
Gate receipts - 100%Merchandising - 11 % of the total
Stadium hospitality - 100%Prize money - $ 3 m for the winning team
PlayersAuction money - Could swing from a few lakhs to croresSalaries - Minimum to be paid $ 20,000 a year
Endorsements - Individual deals
BroadcasterRevenue from advertising (Rs 225,000 lakh per 10 seconds) Subscription from cable TV viewers

IPL T20 fixtures……

April 18: Bangalore v Kolkata at Bangalore
April 19: Mohali v Chennai at Mohali and Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi
April 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai; Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata April 21: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur
April 22: Hyderabad v Delhi at Hyderabad
April 23: Chennai v Mumbai at Chennai
April 24: Hyderabad v Jaipur at Hyderabad
April 25: Mohali v Mumbai at Mohali
April 26: Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore; Chennai v Kolkata at Chennai
April 27: Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai; Mohali v Delhi at Mohali
April 28: Bangalore v Chennai at Bangalore
April 29: Kolkata v Mumbai at Kolkata
April 30: Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi.
May 1: Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Kolkata at Jaipur
May 2: Chennai v Delhi at Chennai.
May 3: Hyderabad at Bangalore at Hyderabad; Mohali v Kolkata at Mohali
May 4: Mumbai v Delhi at Mumbai; Jaipur v Chennai at Jaipur
May 5: Bangalore v Mohali at Bangalore
May 6: Chennai v Hyderabad at Chennai
May 7: Mumbai v Jaipur at Mumbai
May 8: Delhi v Chennai at Delhi; Kolkata v Bangalore at Kolkata
May 9: Jaipur v Hyderabad at Jaipur
May 10: Bangalore v Mumbai at Bangalore; Chennai v Mohali at Chennai
May 11: Hyderabad v Kolkata at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Delhi at Jaipur
May 12: Mohali v Bangalore at Mohali
May 13: Kolkata v Delhi at Kolkata
May 14: Mumbai v Chennai at Mumbai; Mohali v Jaipur at Mohali
May 15: Delhi v Hyderabad at Delhi
May 16: Mumbai v Kolkata at Mumbai
May 17: Delhi v Mohali at Delhi; Jaipur v Bangalore at Jaipur
May 18: Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad; Kolkata v Chenna at Kolkata
May 19: Bangalore v Delhi at Bangalore
May 20: Kolkata v Jaipur at Kolkata
May 21: Mumbai v Mohali at Mumbai; Chennai v Bangalore at Chennai
May 22: Delhi v Kolkata at Delhi
May 23: Mohali v Hyderabad at Mohali.
May 24: Delhi v Mumbai at Delhi; Chennai v Jaipur at Chennai
May 25: Bangalore v Hyderabad at Bangalore; Kolkata v Mohali at Kolkata
May 26: Jaipur v Mumbai at Jaipur
May 27: Hyderabad v Chennai at Hyderabad
May 28 and 29: Rest days
May 30: First semi-final at Mumbai
May 31: Second semi-final at Mumbai
June 1: Final at Mumbai

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