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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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IPL Players' Auction May Be Put Off
Cricket | Dec 11, 2010, 08:53 PM IST
Mumbai, Dec 11 (PTI) With the Cricket Board entangled in legal battles against Indian Premier League franchisees Rajasthan Royals and King's XI Punjab, the players' auctionscheduled for January 8-9 may be postponed, a BCCI source
BCCI Retains Disciplinary Panel Probing Charges Against Modi
Cricket | Dec 11, 2010, 05:55 PM IST
Mumbai, Dec 11 (PTI) The BCCI today rejected former IPL chairman Lalit Modi's demand to re-constitute the disciplinary committee probing charges of financial irregularities against him and retained the same three member panel which has
Dravid And Gambhir Among Those Who Go Into Auction Pool
Cricket | Dec 08, 2010, 08:32 PM IST
Mumbai, Dec 8: Stalwarts Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, as well as in-form opener Gautam Gambhir, were not retained by their franchises for 2011 and 2012 IPL seasons and will go into the

Bombay HC Stays Termination Of Kings XI's IPL Agreement
Cricket | Dec 08, 2010, 08:12 PM IST
Mumbai, Dec 8: In a relief for Kings XI Punjab, Bombay High Court today stayed the termination of the IPL franchise's agreement by the Cricket Board. Justice S J Vazifdar remarked that going by the
Mumbai Indians Retain Sachin, Bhajji, Pollard, Malinga
Cricket | Dec 08, 2010, 04:25 PM IST
Mumbai, Dec 8: Mumbai Indians have informed the BCCI-owned Indian Premier League that they were retaining four players Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, West Indian Kieron Pollard and Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga for the next two
Former Bengal Captains Want Ganguly In KKR Team
Cricket | Dec 06, 2010, 04:42 PM IST
New Delhi, Dec 6: Amidst reports of Sourav Ganguly's possible release from Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL4, former Bengal captains Sambaran Banerjee and Gopal Bose have said that the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned franchise might

BCCI Convenes Special General Meeting After Modi's Objection
Cricket | Dec 06, 2010, 04:27 PM IST
Mumbai, Dec 6: Faced with opposition from Lalit Modi on the legality of the disciplinary committee, probing alleged irregularities committed by him, the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) has convened a Special General Meeting here on
BCCI Moves HC Against Arbitrator's Stay To Royals' Termination
Cricket | Dec 02, 2010, 09:41 PM IST
Mumbai, Dec 2: The Cricket Board today moved the Bombay High Court against the arbitrator's stay to the termination of contract with IPL franchisee Rajasthan Royals by it. The High Court will fix a date
It's Witch-Hunt, I Did Nothing Wrong: Lalit Modi
Cricket | Nov 26, 2010, 08:04 AM IST
New Delhi, Nov 25: Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi said his ouster as the IPL boss was part of a witch-hunt by people who are "jealous of his success" and that he will return to

Kochi IPL Dream Over, Investors Back Out
Cricket | Nov 25, 2010, 04:23 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 25: Unable to resolve their differences, the Kochi franchise have withdrawn from the Indian Premier League barely two days before the expiry of the BCCI deadline, paving the way for the Cricket
Kochi's IPL Loss Could Be Ahmedabad's Gain
Cricket | Nov 12, 2010, 01:18 PM IST
Mumbai, Nov 12 : Ahmedabad's dream of flaunting an Indian Premier League team might come true very soon, reports Times of India. Fifteen days into the suspension notice given to the Kochi franchise, it is
Chris Cairns gets green signal to sue Lalit Modi
Cricket | Nov 11, 2010, 10:44 PM IST
London: Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns has been given a green signal by a court to sue former chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Lalit Modi for posting a message on Twitter

IPL Fights For Its Future Amid Scandals, Confusion
Cricket | Nov 03, 2010, 05:23 PM IST
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League revolutionised cricket when it burst onto the scene in 2008 with a high-octane blend of international star players, Twenty20 matches and Bollywood glamour. But the money-spinning tournament faces an
Dravid Panicked In The IPL Final: Gibbs
Cricket | Nov 02, 2010, 05:17 PM IST
Johannesburg : Rahul Dravid had clicked the panic button during the final of the IPL season 2 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers, disclosed Herschelle Gibbs in his autobiography, 'To the Point'. “He tried
Rajasthan Royal's Petition To Come Up After Diwali
Cricket | Oct 30, 2010, 09:06 AM IST
Mumbai, Oct 29 : Indian Premier League franchisee Rajasthan Royal's petition against the BCCI's decision to terminate its contract will now come up after Diwali vacation. The case was listed for hearing before High Court

Gavaskar Hits Out At Media For Trying To Implicate Him
Cricket | Oct 29, 2010, 09:10 PM IST
New Delhi : Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at the Indian media over the speculations about his links with the IPL Kochi team and him being "dropped from the IPL Governing Council." He
Lalit Modi Refuses To Return To India
Cricket | Oct 29, 2010, 08:34 AM IST
Mumbai Former Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi perceives threat to his life from "unwanted elements" and won't return to India till the situation improves, his lawyer said here on Thursday. Advocate Mehmood Abdi also said
Oz Cricketers Back Indian Ownership In Aussie League
Cricket | Oct 28, 2010, 08:05 PM IST
Melbourne : As Indian investors wait in the wings to buy stakes in Australian domestic sides, the country's Cricketers Association on Thursday backed the idea, saying it would not just bring in money but also
BCCI May Clip Gavaskar's Wings
Cricket | Oct 28, 2010, 08:02 PM IST
Nagpur: Just a few days ago, Sunil Gavaskar was eased out of the till-then lucrative governing council of the Indian Premier League. In the near future, he might well find himself out of BCCI's commentary
Relieved Kochi Promises To Settle Disputes Soon
Cricket | Oct 27, 2010, 02:16 PM IST
Nagpur, Oct 27: Relieved to get another 30 days to resolve its ownership differences, Kochi IPL consortium's co-owner Rendezvous Sports World today said it would buy a part of its 25 per cent free equity