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Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League Official Logo.svg
CountriesIndia India
AdministratorBCCI
FormatTwenty20
First edition2008
Latest edition2021
Next edition2022
Tournament formatDouble round-robin and playoffs
Number of teams8(till 2021), 10(from 2022)
Current championChennai Super Kings
(4th title)
Most successfulMumbai Indians (5 titles)
Most runsIndia Virat Kohli (6283)[1]
Most wicketsSri Lanka Lasith Malinga (170)[2]
TVList of broadcasters
WebsiteIPLT20.com
Tournaments

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league, contested by eight teams based out of eight Indian cities.[3] The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. It is usually held between March and May of every year and has an exclusive window in the ICC Future Tours Programme.[4]

The IPL is the most-attended cricket league in the world and in 2014 was ranked sixth by average attendance among all sports leagues.[5] In 2010, the IPL became the first sporting event in the world to be broadcast live on YouTube.[6][7] The brand value of the IPL in 2019 was ₹47,500 crore (US$6.3 billion), according to Duff & Phelps.[8] According to BCCI, the 2015 IPL season contributed ₹1,150 crore (US$150 million) to the GDP of the Indian economy.[9] The 2020 IPL season set a massive viewership record with 31.57 million average impressions and with an overall consumption increase of 23 per cent from the 2019 season.

There have been fourteen seasons of the IPL tournament. The current IPL title holders are the Chennai Super Kings, who won the 2021 season.[10] The venue for the 2020 season was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic and games were played in the United Arab Emirates.[11][12]

History

Background

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was founded in 2007, with funding provided by Zee Entertainment Enterprises.[13] The ICL was not recognised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) or the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the BCCI were not pleased with its committee members joining the ICL executive board.[14] To prevent players from joining the ICL, the BCCI increased the prize money in their own domestic tournaments and also imposed lifetime bans on players joining the ICL, which was considered a rebel league by the board.[15][16]

Foundation

The IPL has been designed to entice an entire new generation of sports fans into the grounds throughout the country. The dynamic Twenty20 format has been designed to attract a young fan base, which also includes women and children.

— Lalit Modi during the launch of the IPL.[17]

On 13 September 2007,[17] on the back of India's victory at the 2007 T20 World Cup,[18] BCCI announced a franchise-based Twenty20 cricket competition called Indian Premier League. The first season was slated to start in April 2008, in a "high-profile ceremony" in New Delhi. BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi, who spearheaded the IPL effort, spelled out the details of the tournament including its format, the prize money, franchise revenue system and squad composition rules. It was also revealed that the IPL would be run by a seven-man governing council composed of former India players and BCCI officials and that the top two teams of the IPL would qualify for that year's Champions League Twenty20. Modi also clarified that they had been working on the idea for two years and that the IPL was not started as a "knee-jerk reaction" to the ICL.[17] The league's format was similar to that of the Premier League of England and the NBA in the United States.[16]

In order to decide the owners for the new league, an auction was held on 24 January 2008 with the total base prices of the franchises costing around $400 million.[16] At the end of the auction, the winning bidders were announced, as well as the cities the teams would be based in: Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mohali, and Mumbai.[16] In the end, the franchises were all sold for a total of $723.59 million.[19] The Indian Cricket League soon folded in 2008.[20]

Expansions and terminations

Crowd during a match of the 2015 IPL season in Hyderabad, India.

On 21 March 2010, two new franchises – Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala – joined the league before the fourth season in 2011.[21] Sahara Adventure Sports Group bought the Pune franchise for $370 million while Rendezvous Sports World bought the Kochi franchise for $333.3 million.[21] However, one year later, on 11 November 2011, it was announced that the Kochi Tuskers Kerala side would be terminated following the side breaching the BCCI's terms of conditions.[22]

Then, on 14 September 2012, following the team not being able to find new owners, the BCCI announced that the 2009 champions, the Deccan Chargers, would be terminated.[23] The next month, on 25 October, an auction was held to see who would be the owner of the replacement franchise, with Sun TV Network winning the bid for the Hyderabad franchise.[24] The team would be named Sunrisers Hyderabad.[25]

Pune Warriors India withdrew from the IPL on 21 May 2013 over financial differences with the BCCI.[26] The franchise was officially terminated by the BCCI, on 26 October 2013, on account of the franchise failing to provide the necessary bank guarantee.[27]

On 14 June 2015, it was announced that two-time champions, Chennai Super Kings, and the inaugural season champions, Rajasthan Royals, would be suspended for two seasons following their role in a spot-fixing and betting scandal.[28] Then, on 8 December 2015, following an auction, it was revealed that Pune and Rajkot would replace Chennai and Rajasthan for two seasons.[29] The two teams were the Rising Pune Supergiant and the Gujarat Lions.[30]

In August 2021, the BCCI announced that two new franchises would join the league starting from 2022 season. It was also announced that the franchises would be based in two of the six cities shortlisted by the BCCI; Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Cuttack, Guwahati, Ranchi and Dharamshala.[31][32] In a closed bidding held on 25 October, RPSG Group and CVC Capital won bids for the two teams. RPSG paid ₹7,000 crore (US$930 million) for Lucknow, whereas CVC won Ahmedabad for ₹5,200 crore (US$690 million).[33][34]

Organisation

Tournament format

Currently, with eight teams, each team plays each other twice in a home-and-away round-robin format in the league phase. At the conclusion of the league stage, the top four teams will qualify for the playoffs. The top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in the first Qualifying match, with the winner going straight to the IPL final and the loser getting another chance to qualify for the IPL final by playing the second Qualifying match. Meanwhile, the third and fourth place teams from league phase play against each other in an eliminator match and the winner from that match will play the loser from the first Qualifying match. The winner of the second Qualifying match will move onto the final to play the winner of the first Qualifying match in the IPL Final match, where the winner will be crowned the Indian Premier League champions.

Player acquisition, squad composition and salaries

A team can acquire players through any of the three ways: the annual player auction, trading players with other teams during the trading windows, and signing replacements for unavailable players. Players sign up for the auction and also set their base price, and are bought by the franchise that bids the highest for them. Unsold players at the auction are eligible to be signed up as replacement signings. In the trading windows, a player can only be traded with his consent, with the franchise paying the difference if any between the old and new contracts. If the new contract is worth more than the older one, the difference is shared between the player and the franchise selling the player. There are generally three trading windows—two before the auction and one after the auction but before the start of the tournament. Players cannot be traded outside the trading windows or during the tournament, whereas replacements can be signed before or during the tournament.

Some of the team composition rules (as of 2020 season) are as follows:

  • The squad strength must be between 18 and 25 players, with a maximum of 8 overseas players.
  • Salary cap of the entire squad must not exceed ₹850 million (US$11 million).[35]
  • Under-19 players cannot be picked unless they have previously played first-class or List A cricket.
  • A team can play a maximum of 4 overseas players in their playing eleven.[36]

The term of a player contract is one year, with the franchise having the option to extend the contract by one or two years. Since the 2014 season, the player contracts are denominated in the Indian rupee, before which the contracts were in U.S. dollars. Overseas players can be remunerated in the currency of the player's choice at the exchange rate on either the contract due date or the actual date of payment.[37] Prior to the 2014 season, Indian domestic players were not included in the player auction pool and could be signed up by the franchises at a discrete amount while a fixed sum of ₹1 million (US$13,000) to ₹3 million (US$40,000) would get deducted per signing from the franchise's salary purse. This received significant opposition from franchise owners who complained that richer franchises were "luring players with under-the-table deals" following which the IPL decided to include domestic players in the player auction.[38]

According to a 2015 survey by Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine, the average IPL salary when pro-rated is US$4.33 million per year, the second highest among all sports leagues in the world. Since the players in the IPL are only contracted for the duration of the tournament (less than two months), the weekly IPL salaries are extrapolated pro rata to obtain an average annual salary, unlike other sports leagues in which players are contracted by a single team for the entire year.[39]

Match rules

IPL games utilise television timeouts and hence there is no time limit in which teams must complete their innings. However, a penalty may be imposed if the umpires find teams misusing this privilege. Each team is given a two-and-a-half-minute "strategic timeout" during each innings; one must be taken by the bowling team between the ends of the 6th and 9th overs, and one by the batting team between the ends of the 13th and 16th overs.[40]

Since the 2018 season, the Umpire Decision Review System is being used in all IPL matches, allowing each team one chance to review an on-field umpire's decision per innings.[41]

Prize money

The 2019 season of the IPL offered a total prize money of ₹500 million (equivalent to ₹530 million or US$7.0 million in 2020), with the winning team netting ₹200 million (equivalent to ₹210 million or US$2.8 million in 2020). The first and second runners up received ₹125 million (US$1.7 million) and ₹87.5 million (US$1.2 million), respectively, with the fourth placed team also winning ₹87.5 million (US$1.2 million).[42] The other teams are not awarded any prize money. The IPL rules mandate that half of the prize money must be distributed among the players.[43]

Teams

Current teams

Locations of the eight IPL teams
Team City Home ground Debut Owner[44] Captain Coach
Chennai Super Kings Chennai, Tamil Nadu M. A. Chidambaram Stadium 2008 N. Srinivasan India MS Dhoni New Zealand Stephen Fleming
Delhi Capitals New Delhi, NCT of Delhi Arun Jaitley Stadium Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao
Sajjan Jindal 		India Rishabh Pant Australia Ricky Ponting
Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata, West Bengal Eden Gardens Shah Rukh Khan
Jay Mehta 		England Eoin Morgan New Zealand Brendon McCullum
Mumbai Indians Mumbai, Maharashtra Wankhede Stadium Mukesh Ambani India Rohit Sharma Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
Punjab Kings Mohali, Punjab PCA Stadium, Mohali Mohit Burman
Ness Wadia
Preity Zinta
Karan Paul 		India KL Rahul India Anil Kumble
Rajasthan Royals Jaipur, Rajasthan Sawai Mansingh Stadium Manoj Badale
Lachlan Murdoch
Gerry Cardinale 		India Sanju Samson Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara
Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru, Karnataka M. Chinnaswamy Stadium United Spirits India Virat Kohli New Zealand Mike Hesson
Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium 2013 Kalanithi Maran New Zealand Kane Williamson Australia Trevor Bayliss
Lucknow Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium 2022 RPSG Group
Ahmedabad Ahmedabad, Gujarat Narendra Modi Stadium CVC Capital Partners

Defunct teams

Team City Home ground Debut Dissolved Owner
Deccan Chargers Hyderabad, Telangana Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium 2008 2012
Kochi Tuskers Kerala Kochi, Kerala Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 2011 2011
  • Ravindra Gaikwad
  • Shailendra Gaikwad
  • Shashi Tharoor
  • Mukesh Patel
  • Mehul Shah
  • Harshad Ramniklal Mehta
  • Rihen Harshad Mehta
  • Ramesh Khanna
  • Anand Shyam
  • Vivek Venugopal
Pune Warriors India Pune, Maharashtra DY Patil Stadium, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium 2011 2013 Subrata Roy
Rising Pune Supergiant Pune, Maharashtra Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium 2016 2018 Sanjiv Goenka
Gujarat Lions Rajkot, Gujarat Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium 2016 2018 Keshav Bansal

Tournament seasons and results

Main articles: List of Indian Premier League seasons and results and List of Indian Premier League records and statistics

Out of the thirteen teams that have played in the Indian Premier League since its inception, one team has won the competition five times, one team has won the competition thrice, one team has won the competition twice and three other teams have won it once. Mumbai Indians are the most successful team in league's history in terms of the number of titles won. The Chennai Super Kings have won 4 titles,[45] the Kolkata Knight Riders have won two titles,[46] and the other three teams who have won the tournament are the Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.[47][48][49] The current champions are the Chennai Super Kings who defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in the final of the 2021 season securing their fourth title.[50]

Performance in the IPL by title

Team Title(s) Runner-up Seasons Won Seasons runner-up No. of seasons played
Mumbai Indians 5 1 2013
2015
2017
2019
2020 		2010 14
Chennai Super Kings 4 5 2010
2011
2018
2021 		2008
2012
2013
2015
2019 		12
Kolkata Knight Riders 2 1 2012
2014 		2021 14
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1 2016 2018 9
Deccan Chargers† - 2009 - 5
Rajasthan Royals - 2008 - 12
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 3 - 2009
2011
2016 		14
Delhi Capitals - 1 - 2020 14
Rising Pune Supergiant† - - 2017 2
Punjab Kings - - 2014 14

† Team now defunct.

IPL season results

Season Final Final venue No. of
teams 		Player of the series
Winner Winning margin Runner-up
2008
Details 		Rajasthan Royals[51]
164/7 (20 overs) 		Won by 3 wickets
(Scorecard) 		Chennai Super Kings[51]
163/5 (20 overs) 		DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai[51] 8[52] Australia Shane Watson
(Rajasthan Royals)[51]
2009
Details 		Deccan Chargers[53]
143/6 (20 overs) 		Won by 6 runs
(Scorecard) 		Royal Challengers Bangalore[53]
137/9 (20 overs) 		Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg[53]
(South Africa) 		8[54] Australia Adam Gilchrist
(Deccan Chargers)[53]
2010
Details 		Chennai Super Kings[55]
168/5 (20 overs) 		Won by 22 runs
(Scorecard) 		Mumbai Indians[55]
146/9 (20 overs) 		DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai[55] 8[56] India Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)[55]
2011
Details 		Chennai Super Kings[57]
205/5 (20 overs) 		Won by 58 runs
(Scorecard) 		Royal Challengers Bangalore[57]
147/8 (20 overs) 		M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai[57] 10[58] JamaicaChris Gayle
(Royal Challengers Bangalore)[57]
2012
Details 		Kolkata Knight Riders[59]
192/5 (19.4 overs) 		Won by 5 wickets
(Scorecard) 		Chennai Super Kings[59]
190/3 (20 overs) 		M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai[59] 9[60] Trinidad and Tobago Sunil Narine
(Kolkata Knight Riders)[59]
2013
Details 		Mumbai Indians[61]
148/9 (20 overs) 		Won by 23 runs
(Scorecard) 		Chennai Super Kings[61]
125/9 (20 overs) 		Eden Gardens, Kolkata[61] 9[62] Australia Shane Watson
(Rajasthan Royals)[61]
2014
Details 		Kolkata Knight Riders[63]
200/7 (19.3 overs) 		Won by 3 wickets
(Scorecard) 		Kings XI Punjab[63]
199/4 (20 overs) 		M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru[63] 8[64] AustraliaGlenn Maxwell
(Kings XI Punjab)[63]
2015
Details 		Mumbai Indians[65]
202/5 (20 overs) 		Won by 41 runs
(Scorecard) 		Chennai Super Kings[65]
161/8 (20 overs) 		Eden Gardens, Kolkata[65] 8[66] Jamaica Andre Russell
(Kolkata Knight Riders)[65]
2016
Details 		Sunrisers Hyderabad[67]
208/7 (20 overs) 		Won by 8 runs
(Scorecard) 		Royal Challengers Bangalore[67]
200/7 (20 overs) 		M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru[67] 8[68] India Virat Kohli
(Royal Challengers Bangalore)[67]
2017
Details 		Mumbai Indians[69]
129/8 (20 overs) 		Won by 1 run
(Scorecard) 		Rising Pune Supergiant[69]
128/6 (20 overs) 		Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad[69] 8[70] England Ben Stokes
(Rising Pune Supergiant)[69]
2018
Details 		Chennai Super Kings[71]
181/2 (18.3 overs) 		Won by 8 wickets
(Scorecard) 		Sunrisers Hyderabad
178/6 (20 overs)[71] 		Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai[71] 8[72] Trinidad and Tobago Sunil Narine
(Kolkata Knight Riders)[71]
2019
Details 		Mumbai Indians[73]
149/8 (20 overs) 		Won by 1 run
(Scorecard) 		Chennai Super Kings[73]
148/7 (20 overs) 		Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad[73] 8[74] Jamaica Andre Russell
(Kolkata Knight Riders)[75]
2020
Details 		Mumbai Indians[76]
157/5 (18.4 overs) 		Won by 5 wickets
(Scorecard) 		Delhi Capitals[76]
156/7 (20 overs) 		Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai[76] 8[77] England Jofra Archer
(Rajasthan Royals)[78]
2021
Details 		Chennai Super Kings[79]
192/3 (20 overs) 		Won by 27 runs
(Scorecard) 		Kolkata Knight Riders[79]
165/9 (20 overs) 		Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai[79] 8[80] India Harshal Patel
(Royal Challengers Bangalore)[81]

Teams' performances

Season
(No. of teams) 		2008
(8) 		2009
(8) 		2010
(8) 		2011
(10) 		2012
(9) 		2013
(9) 		2014
(8) 		2015
(8) 		2016
(8) 		2017
(8) 		2018
(8) 		2019
(8) 		2020
(8) 		2021
(8)
Hosts(s)
Teams
 India South Africa India India India India United Arab Emirates
India 		India India India India India United Arab Emirates India
United Arab Emirates
Rajasthan Royals 1st 6th 7th 6th 7th 3rd 5th 4th Suspended 4th 7th 8th 7th
Chennai Super Kings 2nd 4th 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd Suspended 1st 2nd 7th 1st
Kolkata Knight Riders 6th 8th 6th 4th 1st 7th 1st 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 5th 5th 2nd
Mumbai Indians 5th 7th 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 4th 1st 5th 1st 5th 1st 1st 5th
Delhi Capitals 4th 3rd 5th 10th 3rd 9th 8th 7th 6th 6th 8th 3rd 2nd 3rd
Punjab Kings 3rd 5th 8th 5th 6th 6th 2nd 8th 8th 5th 7th 6th 6th 6th
Royal Challengers Bangalore 7th 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 7th 3rd 2nd 8th 6th 8th 4th 4th
Sunrisers Hyderabad - 4th 6th 6th 1st 4th 2nd 4th 3rd 8th
Deccan Chargers† 8th 1st 4th 7th 8th -
Pune Warriors India† - 9th 9th 8th -
Kochi Tuskers Kerala† - 8th -
Rising Pune Supergiant† - 7th 2nd -
Gujarat Lions† - 3rd 7th -

† Team now defunct.

End of league games points table position

Seasons
Teams
 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Rajasthan Royals 1st 6th 7th 6th 7th 3rd 5th 4th - 4th 7th 8th 7th
Chennai Super Kings 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 1st - 2nd 2nd 7th 2nd
Kolkata Knight Riders 6th 8th 6th 4th 2nd 7th 2nd 5th 4th 4th 3rd 5th 5th 4th
Mumbai Indians 5th 7th 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 5th 1st 5th 1st 1st 5th
Delhi Capitals/ Delhi Daredevils 4th 1st 5th 10th 1st 9th 8th 7th 6th 6th 8th 3rd 2nd 1st
Punjab Kings/ Kings XI Punjab 2nd 5th 8th 5th 6th 6th 1st 8th 8th 5th 7th 6th 6th 6th
Royal Challengers Bangalore 7th 3rd 4th 1st 5th 5th 7th 3rd 2nd 8th 6th 8th 4th 3rd
Sunrisers Hyderabad - 4th 6th 6th 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 8th
Deccan Chargers† 8th 4th 2nd 7th 8th -
Pune Warriors India† - 9th 9th 8th -
Kochi Tuskers Kerala† - 8th -
Rising Pune Supergiant† - 7th 2nd -
Gujarat Lions† - 1st 7th -

† Team now defunct.

Awards

Main article: List of Indian Premier League awards

Orange Cap

The Orange Cap is awarded to the top run-scorer in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season.[82] Latest winner – Ruturaj Gaikwad - 635 Runs (2021).

Purple Cap

The Purple Cap is awarded to the top wicket-taker in the IPL during a season. It is an ongoing competition with the leader wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap for the season.[83] Latest winner – Harshal Patel - 32 wickets (2021).

Most Valuable Player

The award was called the "man of the tournament" till the 2012 season. The IPL introduced the Most Valuable Player rating system in 2013, the leader of which would be named the "Most Valuable Player" at the end of the season. Latest winner – Harshal Patel (2021).

Fairplay Award

The Fair Play Award is given after each season to the team with the best record of fair play. The winner is decided on the basis of the points the umpires give to the teams. After each match, the two on-field umpires, and the third umpire, scores the performance of both the teams.[84] Latest winner – Rajasthan Royals (2021).

Emerging player award

The award was presented for the "best under-19 player" in 2008 and "best under-23 player" in 2009 and 2010, being called "Under-23 Success of the Tournament". In 2011 and 2012, the award was known as "Rising Star of the Year", while, in 2013, it was called "Best Young Player of the Season". Since 2014, the award has been called the Emerging Player of the Year. In 2016, Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh was the first and only foreign player till date to win the Emerging Player of the Year award. Latest winner – Ruturaj Gaikwad (2021).[85]

Most sixes award

The Maximum Sixes Award, currently known as Unacademy Let's Crack It Sixes Award for sponsorship reasons, is presented to the batsman who hits the most sixes in a season of the IPL. Latest winner – KL Rahul - 30 Sixes (2021).

Financials

Title sponsorship

From 2008 to 2012, the title sponsor was DLF, India's largest real estate developer, who had secured the rights with a bid of ₹200 crore (US$27 million) for five seasons.[86] After the conclusion of the 2012 season, PepsiCo bought the title sponsorship rights for ₹397 crore (US$53 million) for the subsequent five seasons.[87] However, the company terminated the deal in October 2015, two years before the expiry of the contract, reportedly due to the two-season suspension of Chennai and Rajasthan franchises from the league.[88] The BCCI then transferred the title sponsorship rights for the remaining two seasons of the contract to Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo for ₹200 crore (US$27 million).[89] In June 2017, Vivo retained the rights for the next five seasons (2018–2022) with a winning bid of ₹2,199 crore (US$290 million), in a deal more expensive than Barclays' Premier League title sponsorship contract between 2013 and 2016.[90][91] On 4 August 2020, Vivo got out of the title sponsorship rights due to the ongoing military stand-off between India and China at the Line of Actual Control in July 2020.[92] It was also reported that the withdrawal was a result of Vivo's market losses due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation and that it intended to return as the title sponsors for the following 3 years.[93] Dream11 bagged the title sponsorship for the 2020 IPL for an amount of ₹222 crore.[94]

Sponsor Period Sponsorship fee (per year)
DLF 2008–2012 ₹40 crore (US$5.3 million)
Pepsi 2013–2015 ₹79.4 crore (US$10.5 million)
Vivo 2016–2017 ₹100 crore (US$13.3 million)[a]
Vivo 2018–2019 ₹439.8 crore (US$58.4 million)
Dream11 2020 ₹222 crore (US$29.5 million)
Vivo 2021–2023 ₹439.8 crore (US$58.4 million)
  1. ^ media report estimate

Brand value

The tournament has grown rapidly in value over the years 2016–18, as seen in a series of jumps in value from one season to the next. The IPL as a whole was valued by financial experts at US$4.16 billion in 2016, but that number grew to $5.3 billion in 2017, and $6.13 billion in 2018. A report from Duff & Phelps said that one of the contributing factors in the rapid growth of the value of the Indian Premier League was signing a new television deal with Star India Private Limited, which engaged more viewers due to the fact that the IPL was transmitted to regional channels in 8 languages, rather than the previous deal, which saw the transmissions limited to sports networks with English language commentary.[95][96] The report also stated that the game continued to recover from recent controversy, stating "This IPL season has grabbed the eyeballs for all the right reasons with a relatively controversy free tournament, coupled with some scintillating on-field performances which have brought the spotlight back on the game."[97]

According to another independent report conducted by Brand Finance, a London-based company, after the conclusion of the 2017 Indian Premier League, the IPL has seen its business value grow by 37% to an all-time high of $5.3 billion — crossing the five billion mark for the first time in a season. According to the director of the company: "Now in its 11th season, the Indian Premier League is here to stay. The league has delivered financially for the players, franchisees, sponsors and India as a whole, prompting a strong desire among a range of stakeholders to appropriately value it. To ensure continued development, management and team owners will have to explore innovative ways of engaging fans, clubs, and sponsors."[98]

Team Brand value
Mumbai Indians ₹761 crore (US$101.1 million)
Chennai Super Kings ₹611 crore (US$81.1 million)
Kolkata Knight Riders ₹543 crore (US$72.1 million)
Royal Challengers Bangalore ₹536 crore (US$71.2 million)
Sunrisers Hyderabad ₹442 crore (US$58.7 million)
Delhi Capitals ₹370 crore (US$49.1 million)
Punjab Kings ₹318 crore (US$42.2 million)
Rajasthan Royals ₹249 crore (US$33.1 million)
New Lucknow Franchise

(from 2022 season)[1]

₹7,090 crore (US$941.6 million)
New Ahmedabad Franchise

(from 2022 season)[2]

₹5,625 crore (US$747.0 million)

Broadcasting

The IPL's broadcast rights were originally held by a partnership between Sony Pictures Networks and World Sport Group under a ten-year contract valued at US$1.03 billion. Sony would be responsible for domestic television, while WSG would handle international distribution.[99][100] The initial plan was for 20% of these proceeds to go to the IPL, 8% as prize money and 72% would be distributed to the franchisees from 2008 until 2012, after which the IPL would go public and list its shares.[101] However, in March 2010, the IPL decided not to go public and list its shares.[102] As of the 2016 season, Sony MAX, Sony SIX, and Sony ESPN served as the domestic broadcasters of the IPL; MAX and SIX aired broadcasts with commentary in Hindi, SIX additionally aired broadcasts in Bengali, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, while Sony ESPN aired broadcasts in English.[103] Sony also produced an entertainment-oriented companion talk show, Extraaa Innings T20, which featured analysis and celebrity guests.[104]

The IPL became a major television property within India; Sony MAX typically became the most-watched television channel in the country during the tournament,[105] and by 2016, annual advertising revenue surpassed ₹12 billion (US$160 million). Viewership numbers were expected to increase further during the 2016 season due to the industry adoption of the new BARC ratings system, which also calculates rural viewership rather than only urban markets.[106][103] In the 2016 season, Sony's broadcasts achieved just over 1 billion impressions (television viewership in thousands), jumping to 1.25 billion the following year.[105]

On 4 September 2017, it was announced that the then-current digital rights-holder, Star India, had acquired the global media rights to the IPL under a five-year contract beginning in 2018. Valued at ₹163.475 billion (US$2.55 billion, £1.97 billion), it is a 158% increase over the previous deal, and the most expensive broadcast rights deal in the history of cricket. The IPL sold the rights in packages for domestic television, domestic digital, and international rights; although Sony held the highest bid for domestic television, and Facebook had made a US$600 million bid for domestic digital rights (which U.S. media interpreted as a sign that the social network was interested in pursuing professional sports rights),[107][108] Star was the only bidder out of the shortlist of 14 to make bids in all three categories.[109][110][111]

Star CEO Uday Shankar stated that the IPL was a "very powerful property", and that Star would "remain very committed to make sure that the growth of sports in this country continues to be driven by the power of cricket". He went on to say that "whoever puts in that money, they put in that money because they believe in the fans of the sport. The universe of cricket fans, it tells you, continues to very healthy, continues to grow. What was paid in 2008, that was 2008. India and cricket and IPL—all three have changed dramatically in the last 10 years. It is a reflection of that."[110][109][111] The deal led to concerns that Star India now held a monopoly on major cricket rights in the country, as it is also the rights-holder of ICC competitions and the Indian national team.[112]

For its inaugural season, Star aimed to put a larger focus on widening the IPL's appeal with a "core" cricket audience. The network aimed to broadcast at least two hours of IPL-related programming daily from January until the start of the season, having organised televised announcements of player retention selections and new team captains. Viewership of the player auction, which featured pre- and post-auction reactions and analysis, increased six-fold to 46.5 million. In March, Star Sports broadcast Game Plan: In Your City specials from the home city of each of the IPL's franchises. Star Sports stated that its in-season coverage and studio programming would focus more on the game itself and behind-the-scenes coverage of the IPL's teams, rather than trying to incorporate irrelevant entertainment elements. The network introduced a new studio program known as The Dugout, which broadcasts coverage of matches with analysis from a panel of experts.[113]

Star streams IPL matches in India and other markets to subscribers of its streaming service Hotstar.[114][115] Matches are also available on Jio TV and Airtel TV apps on smartphones.[116] Throughout the 2019 season, international streaming viewership on Hotstar saw records, exceeding 10 million concurrent viewers multiple times. The 2019 final broke these records, peaking at 18.6 million concurrent streaming viewers.[117] Hotstar initially scheduled its relaunch as Disney+ Hotstar to coincide with the opening of the 2020 season. However, with the postponement of the IPL season, the relaunch was pushed back to 3 April 2020.[118][119]

International broadcasters

Territory Channels Years
 Afghanistan RTA Sports (2021–present)
 Africa SuperSport (2021–present)
 Australia Fox Cricket (2021–present)
 Bangladesh Gazi TV
Star Sports 		(2021–present)
(2021–present)
 Bhutan Star Sports (2021–present)
 Canada Willow TV (2021–present)
 Caribbean Flow Sports (2021–present)
 Europe (2021–present)
 India Star Sports (2021–present)
 Ireland Sky Sports (2021–present)
 Maldives Star Sports (2021–present)
Arab League Middle East beIN Sports (2021–present)
Arab League North Africa beIN Sports (2021–present)
North America Willow TV (2021–present)
   Nepal Star Sports (2021–present)
 New Zealand Sky Sport (2021–present)
 South Africa SuperSport (2021–present)
 South America (2021–present)
 Sri Lanka Star Sports (2021–present)
African Union Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport (2021–present)
 United Kingdom Sky Sports (2021–present)
 United States Willow TV
ESPN+ 		(2021–present)
(2021–present)
Worldwide Internet Rights Disney+ Hotstar (2021–present)

Source:-[120]

IPL Governing Council

The IPL Governing Council is responsible for all the functions of the tournament. The members are:

  • Brijesh Patel – Chairman
  • Jay Shah – Honorary Secretary
  • Arun Singh Dhumal – Honorary Treasurer
  • M Khairul Jamal Majumdar – Member
  • Pragyan Ojha – ICA representative
  • Alka Rehani Bhardwaj – CAG Nominee

Controversy

Sponsorship

The IPL faced heavy criticism for retaining Chinese sponsors for the 2020 IPL season, even amidst calls for boycotting Chinese goods, and even while the 2020 China–India skirmishes were still going on.[121][122] Omar Abdullah and Randeep Singh Surjewala both criticized the BCCI/IPL Governing Council's decision to retain the Chinese sponsors.[123] Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an affiliate of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said that the 2020 IPL should not feature the Chinese company Vivo.[124]

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