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The Indian Premier League (IPL), officially called the Vivo Indian Premier League, is a glitzy and glamorous professional Twenty20 Cricket league in India which started in 2008. There are eight teams representing eight different Indian cities, namely Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and was a brainchild of Lalit Modi. The league, in its 10 years of existence, developed into the world's biggest and the richest T20 league. IPL also has an exclusive window in International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme. The format of the league is divided into two halves - Round Robin and Qualifiers. Each of the eight teams will play each other twice in a home and away round robin format in the league phase. After the end of the league phase, the top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in 1st Qualifier for a place in the final. However, the team which loses in the 1st Qualifier will get another chance for the IPL by playing the second qualifying match (Winner of the Eliminator match between third and fourth place teams). The winner of the second qualifier will play the final match against the winner of the first qualifier.
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Yorkshire sign Australia's Maxwell, Finch
Cricket | Jan 28, 2015, 03:27 PM ISTLondon: English cricket county club Yorkshire Wednesday signed Australian batsmen Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell for the 2015 season.Both stars, currently playing for Australia in the tri-Series and part of their World Cup squad, will
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I love mentoring Indian players during IPL: Mike Hussey
Cricket | Jan 25, 2015, 06:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Michael Hussey is one among the few top overseas players to have regularly featured in the cash-rich Indian Premier League and he believes that his bond with it has got stronger over the
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IPL spot-fixing: Doesn't expect speculation to stop, says Dhoni
Cricket | Jan 26, 2015, 10:25 AM ISTSydney: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni finally broke his stoic silence over the IPL spot-fixing scandal Sunday, saying that he does not expect the speculation around his name to stop anytime soon despite nothing
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Has IPL killed the spirit of cricket as a sport? debate at Jaipur Literature Festival
Cricket | Jan 25, 2015, 07:23 AM ISTJaipur: Has the popular Indian Premier League commercialized the game of cricket? Has it killed the actual spirit of the game? Has it not given an impetus to budding cricketers?These were the questions raised during
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Top court asks Srinivasan to choose between BCCI and CSK
Cricket | Jan 23, 2015, 07:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: International Cricket Council chairman N Srinivasan can't seek another term as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India if he continues to have a stake in Indian Premier League franchise
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BCCI discharges public functions, amenable to judicial review: SC
Cricket | Jan 23, 2015, 07:16 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday held that BCCI was discharging public functions and it cannot be said that the Board was not answerable on the standards generally applicable to judicial review as it was
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Professional engagement distinct from commercial interest: SC
Cricket | Jan 22, 2015, 10:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday sought to make a distinction between the commercial interest and the professional engagement during its judgment of the 2013 IPL betting and spot fixing case.The court was addressing the
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Permitting conflict of interest in BCCI against public policy: SC
Cricket | Jan 22, 2015, 10:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday held that public policy was not a static concept and it varies with time and from generation to generation, but what was in public good and public interest cannot
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It's Srinivasan's call to decide on his future: BCCI on SC ruling
Cricket | Jan 22, 2015, 07:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: The BCCI top brass today remained tightlipped about the Board's future course of action after the Supreme Court's barred its sidelined President N Srinivasan from contesting any election on grounds of conflict of
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IPL verdict: SC bars Srinivasan from contesting BCCI polls; Meiyappan, Kundra charged of betting
Cricket | Jan 22, 2015, 04:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court On Thursday barred N Srinivasan from contesting BCCI polls and observed that his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals franchise co-owner Raj Kundra are involved in betting.The court while announcing
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BCCI invites tender for IPL media rights
Cricket | Jan 21, 2015, 05:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: The BCCI has invited bids for the media rights relating to the future editions of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament in the sub-continent and the rest of the world.The upcoming seasons of
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Police to probe if IPL angle in Sunanda's death
India | Jan 20, 2015, 08:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: After a round of questioning of Shashi Tharoor, Delhi Police today made it clear that it will probe if IPL angle was related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.Delhi Police Chief
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IPL-style cue-sport league needed in India: Advani
Other Sports | Jan 12, 2015, 05:20 PM ISTKolkata: Twelve-time World Champion Pankaj Advani Monday favoured an Indian Premier league (IPL) -styled snooker or billiards championship as the 'perfect mantra' for promoting cue sports in India as it will provide a window for
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BCCI accused of misappropriating president, PM's photos
Cricket | Jan 11, 2015, 06:52 PM ISTKolkata: Accusing the Indian cricket board of wrongfully publishing the photographs of the Indian President and Prime Minister in its recent annual report, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma has sought the intervention
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Wary BCCI likely to bring IPL owners' workshop back to India
Cricket | Jan 07, 2015, 07:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: With the fate of the two major IPL franchises hanging in balance, the BCCI is all set to bring the annual owners' workshop cum conclave back to India, possibly in the third week
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Warner may quit IPL to focus on Tests
Cricket | Jan 06, 2015, 12:44 PM ISTSydney: Australian Opener David Warner is worried about mental fatigue that creeps in from playing non-stop cricket and said he might quit the Indian Premier League (IPL) to concentrate on Tests."I Pinch myself every day
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Franchises don't want to risk Pak players' security in IPL
Cricket | Dec 24, 2014, 10:34 AM ISTKarachi: The chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan has admitted that participation of country's players in the lucrative Indian Premier League is not possible due to security concerns of the T20 event's franchises.Khan
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Dubai makes play for India's sporting business
Cricket | Dec 21, 2014, 05:18 PM ISTDubai: The city of Dubai which has pumped in millions of dollars to build two new sports facilities is offering India's sporting stars to use its sprawling venues for practice sessions as well as major
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Finance Ministry: 213 cases of service tax evasion against BCCI/IPL
Cricket | Dec 19, 2014, 06:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Finance Ministry today said there were as many as 213 cases of service tax evasion relating to BCCI/IPL, involving Rs 261.64 crore between 2009-10 and May 6, 2014.“Besides, Enforcement Directorate has issued
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ED probing beneficiary of Rs 425 Cr IPL facilitation fee
Cricket | Dec 16, 2014, 09:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is investigating the "actual beneficiary" of the Rs 425 crore facilitation fee paid for award of 10-year media rights for the IPL cricket matches to World Sports Group in 2009.The