Indian Premier League Cricket is all set to take the Indian sports
loving public by storm on April 18th, 2008.
A total of 59 Indian Premier League matches will be played and the
tournament will be 44 days long.
In the entire Indian Premier League Tournament, there will 8 cricket
teams representing different cities in India. Each team will have
players from India as well as other countries.
The Indian Premier League sold franchises to these teams to top
bidders. Franchisees received complete rights to the teams.
Telecasting rights to the Indian Premier League matches will also be
sold and part of the revenue earned will be shared with the
franchisees.
Indian Premier League Cricket Matches Will Be Twenty20 Format
The t20 format which has become hugely popular around the world in one
day cricket matches will be adopted by Indian Premier League too.
The shorter version of one-day international cricket matches has
brought in fans from around the world. A total of 59 Indian Premier
League matches are scheduled to be played in April and May of every
year.
BCCI wants to arrange it so that the official Indian Premier League
matches get more publicity, more crowds and more revenue. Towards this
end it is using financial clout and muscle power to ensure that all
official cricket boards around the world cater to its official
tournament of IPL.
With regard to the Indian Premier League, BCCI even secured assurances
from the boards that those players who play in the rival ICL will no
longer be considered for selection to their respective offical teams.
Clearly BCCI means business when it comes to Indian Premier League -
and no one dares to mess around with the world richest cricket body!
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