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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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Tendulkar Hands Over MI Captaincy To Harbhajan Singh
Cricket | Apr 02, 2012, 08:14 PM ISTChennai, Apr 2: Sachin Tendulkar today decided to hand over the captaincy of Mumbai Indians in the fifth edition of IPL to Harbhajan Singh following a discussion with the management of Mumbai Indians.“Sachin Tendulkar in
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Shahrukh Not In Favour Of Releasing Films During IPL
Bollywood | Apr 02, 2012, 08:06 PM ISTMumbai, Apr 2: Superstar Shahrukh Khan, who owns an IPL team and also a production house, is not much in favour of releasing new films during the IPL season.“The IPL matches usually happen between 8
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IPL Does Not Affect Film Releases, Says Salman Khan
Bollywood | Apr 02, 2012, 08:06 PM ISTMumbai, Apr 2: Salman Khan claims that cricket extravaganza IPL will not affect film releases.The actor, who would be performing at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of IPL in Chennai on April 4,
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Ryder Faces Disciplinary Snag Before IPL Return
Cricket | Apr 02, 2012, 10:44 AM ISTWellington (New Zealand), Apr 2: Troubled New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has a snag to overcome ahead of his attempted cricket comeback in the Indian Premier League after being reported by an umpire over an
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International Cricket Stadium Inaugurated Near Pune
Cricket | Apr 02, 2012, 08:09 AM ISTPune, Apr 2: ICC president and Union Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday inaugurated the international cricket stadium built by the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) at Gahunje, near here, which will host IPL matches this
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Chennai Was Almost Second Home, Reminisces Bachchan
Bollywood | Apr 01, 2012, 06:16 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 1: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is in Chennai to perform at the opening of the IPL season five, said that the city almost became his second home at a time when he
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Michael Clarke Joins Pune Warriors As Yuvraj's Replacement
Cricket | Mar 28, 2012, 09:59 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 28: Australia captain Michael Clarke has finally signed on dotted lines for the Sahara Pune Warriors as Yuvraj Singh's replacement. Clarke, who has avoided playing in the cash-rich league during the past
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Deccan Chargers Sign Up Emirates As Team Sponsor
Cricket | Mar 28, 2012, 06:40 PM ISTHyderabad, Mar 28: Hyderabad-based IPL franchisee Deccan Chargers today announced that international airline Emirates will be the Team sponsor for a three-year period starting from its opening match of this season against Chennai Superkings in
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Tendulkar Will Be Playing IPL 5
Cricket | Mar 28, 2012, 01:31 PM ISTMumbai, Mar 28: Sachin Tendulkar will be available to play the entire duration of the upcoming Indian Premier League after returning from London where he has gone for a medical consultation for a toe injury,
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Indian Team Leaves For South Africa
Cricket | Mar 28, 2012, 10:03 AM ISTMumbai, Mar 28: The Indian cricket team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni today left for South Africa to play one-off Twenty20 International against the host country at Johannesburg on March 30.The one-match match, to be
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KKR Skipper Gambhir Bats For Sporting Wicket At Eden
Cricket | Mar 27, 2012, 09:27 PM ISTKolkata, Mar 27: Gautam Gambhir did a recce of the Eden strip and avoided the media but it was evident from his flying visit that the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper wanted a sporting wicket and
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Gilchrist Appointed Captain-Cum-Coach Of KXIP
Cricket | Mar 23, 2012, 10:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 23: Adam Gilchrist, skipper of Kings XI Punjab, was on Friday entrusted with the added responsibility of coaching the side in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), the fifth edition of the
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IPL Founder Lalit Modi Declared Bankrupt By London Court
Cricket | Mar 20, 2012, 10:47 PM ISTLondon, Mar 20: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has been declared bankrupt in a London court over unpaid bills of 65,000 pounds (Rs 53 lakh approx) owed to a private security firm. According to a
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Deccan Chargers Sign Five Players For IPL
Cricket | Mar 05, 2012, 11:27 PM ISTHyderabad, Mar 5: Deccan Chargers today signed five players including Bengal's middle-order batsman Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Hyderabad all-rounder Syed Ahmed Quadri and three uncapped players for the fifth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL).The three uncapped
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BCCI And Sahara Reach Compromise, Pune Warriors To Play In IPL
Cricket | Feb 16, 2012, 08:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 16: The BCCI and the aggrieved Sahara Group today reached a compromise after a series of hectic negotiations over the past few days, paving the way for Pune Warriors' participation in the
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BCCI Rejects Sahara's Demand For Fielding 6 Foreign Players
Cricket | Feb 13, 2012, 04:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 13: The working committee of the BCCI is learnt to have unanimously rejected Sahara Group's primary demand of allowing their franchise Pune Warriors to field six foreign players for the next edition
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Positive Outcome Likely From Sahara-BCCI Meeting On Sunday
Cricket | Feb 11, 2012, 05:58 PM ISTMumbai, Feb 11: The top brass of BCCI and the aggrieved Sahara Group will meet here tomorrow in a bid to break the stalemate which prompted the corporate giant to withdraw sponsorship of the Indin
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We've Had Enough, We Took A Correct Decision, Says Sahara Chief Subrata Roy
Cricket | Feb 04, 2012, 06:28 PM ISTMumbai, Feb 4: Sahara Group today defended its decision to snap sponsorship ties with the Cricket Board and withdraw from the IPL, saying the relationship between the two has become so strained that it could
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IPL Not A Distraction For England, Says Strauss
Cricket | Feb 02, 2012, 09:05 PM ISTDubai, Feb 2: England captain Andrew Strauss disagreed the lucrative Indian league was a distraction for his team which faces a 3-0 defeat against Pakistan in the third and final Test starting from Friday. Pakistan won
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RCB Sign Up Gayle For Next Two IPL Seasons
Cricket | Jan 20, 2012, 11:32 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 20: A replacement player last season, explosive West Indian batsman Chris Gayle has now been drafted into the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for the coming two editions of the Indian Premier League.Gayle