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The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL), is a Twenty20 cricket competition initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquartered in Mumbai and supervised by BCCI Vice President Chirayu Amin, chairman & commissioner for IPL, and CEO, Sundar Raman. It presently includes 8 teams (franchises) consisting of players from different countries. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.
In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on the popular video sharing website YouTube. Its brand value was estimated to be around $4.13 billion (over Rs 18,000 crore) the same year. According to global sports salaries review, IPL is the second highest-paid league, based on first-team salaries on a pro rata basis, second only to the NBA (National Basketball Association). It is estimated that the average salary of an IPL player over a year would be �2.5 million.
Tournament Name: Indian Premier League
Founded: 18 April 2008
Headquarter: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Administrator: BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)
Cricket Format: Twenty20
First: 2008 (2008 Indian Premier League)
Last: 2010 (2010 Indian Premier League)
Tournament Format: Double round-robin (Round-robin tournament) and Knockout (Single-elimination tournament)
Participants: 8 (#Franchises)
Champions: Cr-IPLchen
Most Successful: Cr-IPLraja,,,Cr-IPLdecc and,, Cr-IPLchen (1 title each)
Qualification: Twenty20 Champions League
Website: www.iplt20.com/
International information
| National side | India |
Domestic Team Information