INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

where is preity and ness

2008-03-26T15:23:00.003+05:30

all ipl teams have been christened except the mohali team hey preity n ness where are you..........looks like they have forgotten and are busy..ah these luv birds.............lets hope they come up with some good name and that too very soon because there isnt much time left for the ipl to kick start.................if you ask me.........then in terms of creating fan base SRK is a way ahead all his rivals he is using his marketing techniques to the perfection............if you wanna see just visit knight riders website........he is creating every kind of merchandise possible to milk out the money from cricket starving fans .......with ipl thought we would have epl type league but SRK is playing his cards like "all fame no game"..............he is counting too much on bollywood.............lets hope his team also performs well.............otherwise we all know how bad can be bengali fans............they are ruthless...........ganguly knows that...............

Tickets for IPL matches

2008-03-20T16:41:00.002+05:30

ticketpro is going to handle the tickets for ipl..................you can books ticket online and this time around they are planning to book ticket even on mobile............but pricing of ticjets is yet not clear.................wr are going to have around 45 matches and around 8 matches at every venue..........so this means each stadium will host a match every 3 rd day.......keeping this in mind they cant price ticket very heavy...........but it may depend from centre to center also coz no one gonna shell out rs 30oo(rough estimate) for a match in jaipur but in cities like bangalore idle sw community will shell this much money without blinkin...........................so wait n watch

AD RATES IN IPL

2008-03-19T11:40:00.001+05:30

MUMBAI: Even before a single ball has been bowled, the game has begun. By the look of things, it could end up becoming the humdinger of all matches. The ad rates for the soon-to-debut Indian Premier League (IPL) is equalling the rates prevalent for the World Cup.

Sony Max, the official broadcaster, has managed to close 75% of its advertising inventory at rates commensurate with the World Cup. A commitment of Rs 220 crore from sponsors has already come in with six sponsors booked for the series beginning April 18. Sony insiders told ET the broadcaster is looking at reaching the Rs 300 crore mark in ad revenues. Not bad, considering that both the World Cup and the Champions Trophy together garnered ad revenues of Rs 400 crore for Sony.

Vodafone has come on board as the presenting sponsor for Rs 32-35 crore and the second presenting sponsor should be sealed in the next two days. Four associate sponsors have also been closed at Rs 18-25 crore — Coca Cola, Max New York, Hyundai and Godrej, Sony insiders revealed. With a limited inventory available now, the spot buying rates for the remaining airtime is currently touching Rs 2.50 lakh for 10 seconds, as against Rs 1.3-1.5 lakh for 10 seconds paid by the sponsors.

Sony-Max, which was also the rights holder for the Champions Trophy and World Cup last year, sold inventory at similar rates but had clubbed both series together (51 for World Cup, 21 for Champions). So, while the rates are on a par with the World Cup rates, outlays for IPL are only for 59 matches across 44 days, making it far higher than the World Cup deal.

“Once the main sponsors are finalised, they will have around 400 seconds per match to offer. And since it coincides with the beginning of the summer season for, say, the beverage brands, Sony can command a good rate for the spots,” said OMD media director Harish Shriyan. Sony is offering the spots in tranches of 29 matches each to brands.

A CEO of a leading media buying agency said, “Brands like Vodafone and Hyundai have taken category blocks for the series, which means no other cell phone or car can come in as main sponsors.” The rate, according to him, is Rs 1.80-1.90 lakh per 10 seconds, which is higher than the rates during the World Cup. “While some have booked slots, there are others who are undecided and prefer to wait and watch for now,” he added.

Justifying the rates Sony Entertainment Television, India (SET) president Rohit Gupta said: “We have already sealed 1,500 seconds of the total 2,000 seconds available per day. The premium for the series is based on the fact that in an ODI you have 6,000 seconds at your disposal vis-à-vis 2,000 seconds in T-20 format.

So from an advertiser’s perspective, when he buys 200 seconds, he owns close to 10% of the inventory, as opposed to 3% in an ODI. ”

He added that the entire focus has shifted as the advertiser is willing to pay higher rates for sheer dominance and non-clutter. “In an ODI, there are always two to three competitors in the same category, whereas in this we allowed advertisers to purchase 50 seconds over and above the sponsorship rate to own the category. This has been a key driver in pulling sponsors for us.”

Media buyers opine that IPL will take some time to build into a profitable media property (in terms of investments & consumer interest), and the property will develop over 3-4 seasons (one season equals a year) as team affinity takes time to build.

Mr Lakhina believes that given the buzz around IPL, media plans and mix may change for brands. Considering that the event starts with the onset of summer season and new outlays for the year, companies may change their media plan with increased exposure to IPL by removing some money planned for other channels.
Source: Sonali Krishna & Rajiv Banerjee, TNN / The Economy Times/India Times

PEPSI OFFICIAL DRINK OF IPL

2008-03-18T16:11:00.001+05:30

Pepsi pays $12.5 m to be official IPL drink

New Delhi: Pepsi will be the official beverage of the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) for five years and the deal with the soft drink giant has been struck at $12.5 million.

Well-placed sources in the IPL said only the eight franchise owners would benefit from the deal.

Pepsi, which has a long association with Indian cricket, has been the main sponsor of India’s domestic tournaments for several years and has also been associated with the International Cricket Council (ICC) as its global sponsor.

A significant part of the deal is that the eight franchises - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Mohali, Jaipur and Hyderabad - will be the direct beneficiaries of the money accruing from the sponsorship.

“Pepsi will pay $2.5 million each year and, importantly, the entire income from this deal will go to the eight franchise owners,” according to the IPL sources who did not wish to be identified.

In other words, each franchisee stands richer by $312,500 per year.

The team owners benefiting from this deal are Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, which bought Mumbai team for $111.9 million, Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad, $107.01 million), Vijay Mallya’s UB Group (Bangalore, $106 million), India Cements (Chennai, $91 million), GMR Holdings (Delhi, $84 million), a consortium led by Preity Zinta (Mohali, $76 million), Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies (Kolkata, $75.09 million) and Emerging Media (Jaipur, $67 million).

IPL TEAM NAMES

2008-03-18T16:10:00.001+05:30

IPL TEAM NAMES

FRANCHISE WERE REQUIRED TO NAME THERE TEAM WITH SOME REGIONAL FLAVOUR ANSD SEE FRANCHISES HAS COME WITH SOME REALLY COOL NAMES

IPL SCHEDULE

2008-03-18T16:09:00.001+05:30

IPL SCHEDULE

IPL MATCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE LIVE ONLY ON SONY NETWOK.. April 2008
Fri 18 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 19 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Chennai Super Kings Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 19 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sun 20 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers Venue TBC Mumbai
Sun 20 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v IPL Hyderabad Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon 21 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v IPL Mohali Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Tue 22 13:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils Venue TBC Hyderabad
Wed 23 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Thu 24 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Fri 25 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 26 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 26 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 27 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v IPL Hyderabad Venue TBC Mumbai
Sun 27 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Delhi Daredevils Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Mon 28 13:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings Venue TBC Bangalore
Tue 29 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 30 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May 2008
Thu 1 09:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Mohali Venue TBC Hyderabad
Thu 1 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Fri 2 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sat 3 09:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Bangalore Royal Challengers Venue TBC Hyderabad
Sat 3 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sun 4 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils Venue TBC Mumbai
Sun 4 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon 5 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v IPL Mohali M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue 6 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v IPL Hyderabad MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed 7 13:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals Venue TBC Mumbai
Thu 8 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu 8 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Fri 9 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v IPL Hyderabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sat 10 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 10 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v IPL Mohali MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 11 09:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders Venue TBC Hyderabad
Sun 11 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon 12 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Bangalore Royal Challengers Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Tue 13 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 14 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings Venue TBC Mumbai
Wed 14 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Thu 15 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v IPL Hyderabad Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri 16 13:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders Venue TBC Mumbai
Sat 17 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v IPL Mohali Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sat 17 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sun 18 09:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians Venue TBC Hyderabad
Sun 18 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon 19 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue 20 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 21 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v IPL Mohali Venue TBC Mumbai
Wed 21 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Thu 22 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri 23 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v IPL Hyderabad Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 24 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sat 24 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 25 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v IPL Hyderabad M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sun 25 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v IPL Mohali Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon 26 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Tue 27 13:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings Venue TBC Hyderabad
Fri 30	1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Venue TBC
Sat 31	2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Venue TBC
June 2008
Sun 1	Final - TBC v TBC Venue TBC

UMPIRES FOR IPL

2008-03-18T16:08:00.001+05:30

UMPIRES FOR IPL

After the players, it's time for match officials to get ready for the IPL. The Indian board has suggested a list of 35 umpires that Srinivas Venkataraghavan, the BCCI's director of umpiring, pruned to 20. It will be further cut down to 16.

"The six Indian umpires likely to be seen in on-field action in the IPL are AM Saheba, SL Shastri, GA Pratapkumar, K Hariharan, AV Jayaprakash and I Sivaram," an umpire, who has been shortlisted, told Cricinfo. The first three are currently on the ICC's international panel of umpires, while the other three were part of the panel previously. The rest will officiate as third and fourth umpires.

The 35 umpires are : SK Tarapore, K Hariharan, AV Jayprakash, SN Bandekar, SD Ranade, AY Gokhale, CR Mohite, R Radhakrishanan, Sudhir Asnani, MSS Ranawat, Ravi Subramaniam, I Sivaram, VN Kulkarni, Sanjeev Rao, HS Sekhon, KG Laxminarayanan, Suhas Phadkar, SK Sharma, P Bhanuprakash, PS Godbole, MS Mahal, K Murali, RY Deshmukh, S Dendapani, A Bhattacharjee, S Laxmanan, Balwant Sharma, Sanjeev Dua, SM Raju, MG Mandale, Rajiv Risodkar, Anil Chaudhary, VD Nerurkar, Nandan, NRS Prabhu, RM Deshpande and MS Pathak.

OFFICIAL LIST OF SIGNED PLAYERS

2008-03-18T16:07:00.001+05:30

OFFICIAL LIST OF SIGNED PLAYERS

Franchise	Player	Age	Country	Cost (USD)

Bangalore Royal Challengers Coach: Venkatesh Prasad	Rahul Dravid ♠ (c)	35	India	$1,035,000 ♠
	Jacques Kallis	32	South Africa	$900,000
	Anil Kumble	37	India	$500,000
	Cameron White	24	Australia	$500,000
	Zaheer Khan	29	India	$450,000
	Mark Boucher	31	South Africa	$450,000
	Nathan Bracken	30	Australia	$325,000
	Dale Steyn	24	South Africa	$325,000
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	33	West Indies	$200,000
	Wasim Jaffer	30	India	$150,000
	Misbah-ul-Haq	33	Pakistan	$120,000
	Abdur Razzak	25	Bangladesh	$50,000
	Balachandra Akhil	30	India	?????
	KP Appanna	19	India	?????
	Jagadeesh Arunkumar	33	India	?????
	Sunil Joshi	37	India	?????
	Virat Kohli	19	India	?????
	Devraj Patil	23	India	?????
	Bharat Chipli	25	India	?????
	Shreevats Goswami	18	India	?????
	Ross Taylor	24	New Zealand	$100,000
	Vinay Kumar	24	India	?????
	Total purchase price			$4,955,000

Chennai Super Kings Coach: Kepler Wessels	Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c)	26	India	$1,500,000
	Jacob Oram	28	New Zealand	$675,000
	Suresh Raina	21	India	$650,000
	Albie Morkel	28	South Africa	$675,000
	Muttiah Muralitharan	35	Sri Lanka	$600,000
	Matthew Hayden	36	Australia	$375,000
	Michael Hussey	32	Australia	$350,000
	Stephen Fleming	35	New Zealand	$350,000
	Parthiv Patel	22	India	$325,000
	Joginder Sharma	24	India	$225,000
	Makhaya Ntini	30	South Africa	$200,000
	Sudeep Tyagi	20	India	?????
	Srikkanth Anirudha	20	India	?????
	R Ashwin	21	India	?????
	Subramaniam Badrinath	27	India	?????
	Napoleon Einstein	18	India	?????
	Shadab Jakati	27	India	?????
	Abhinav Mukund	18	India	?????
	Total purchase price			$5,925,000

Delhi DareDevils Coach: Greg Shipperd	Virender Sehwag ♠ (c)	29	India	$833,750 ♠
	Gautam Gambhir	26	India	$725,000
	Manoj Tiwary	22	India	$675,000
	Mohammad Asif	25	Pakistan	$650,000
	Daniel Vettori	29	New Zealand	$625,000
	Dinesh Karthik	22	India	$525,000
	Shoaib Malik	26	Pakistan	$500,000
	Glenn McGrath	38	Australia	$350,000
	AB de Villiers	24	South Africa	$300,000
	Tillakaratne Dilshan	31	Sri Lanka	$250,000
	Farveez Maharoof	23	Sri Lanka	$225,000
	Rajat Bhatia	28	India	?????
	Shikhar Dhawan	22	India	?????
	Brett Geeves	25	Australia	$50,000
	Yo Mahesh	20	India	?????
	Mithun Manhas	28	India	?????
	Pradeep Sangwan	17	India	?????
	Mayank Tehlan	21	India	?????
	Total purchase price			$5,622,500

Deccan Chargers Coach: Robin Singh	Andrew Symonds	32	Australia	$1,350,000
	R. P. Singh	22	India	$875,000
	Rohit Sharma	20	India	$750,000
	Adam Gilchrist	36	Australia	$700,000
	Shahid Afridi	27	Pakistan	$675,000
	Herschelle Gibbs	34	South Africa	$575,000
	V. V. S. Laxman (c)	33	India	$375,000
	Chaminda Vaas	34	Sri Lanka	$200,000
	Scott Styris	32	New Zealand	$175,000
	Nuwan Zoysa	29	Sri Lanka	$110,000
	Chamara Silva	28	Sri Lanka	$100,000
	Halhadar Das	21	India	?????
	Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna	24	India	?????
	Pragyan Ojha	21	India	?????
	Dwaraka Ravi Teja	20	India	?????
	Venugopal Rao	26	India	$25,000 (Needs to be confirmed)
	Paidikalva Vijaykumar	21	India	?????
	Arjun Yadav	26	India	?????
	Total purchase price			$5,885,000

Rajasthan Royals Coach: Shane Warne	Shane Warne (c)	38	Australia	$450,000
	Yusuf Pathan	25	India	$475,000
	Graeme Smith	27	South Africa	$475,000
	Mohammad Kaif	27	India	$675,000
	Munaf Patel	24	India	$275,000
	Younis Khan	30	Pakistan	$225,000
	Justin Langer	37	Australia	$200,000
	Kamran Akmal	26	Pakistan	$150,000
	Shane Watson	27	Australia	$125,000
	Dimitri Mascarenhas	30	England	$100,000
	Morne Morkel	23	South Africa	$60,000
	Ravindra Jadeja	19	India	?????
	Taruwar Kohli	19	India	?????
	Pankaj Singh	22	India	?????
	Anup Revandkar	20	India	?????
	Sohail Tanvir	23	Pakistan	?????
	Total purchase price			$3,210,000

Kolkata Knight Riders Coach: John Buchanan	Sourav Ganguly ♠ (c)	35	India	$1,092,500 ♠
	Ishant Sharma	19	India	$950,000
	Chris Gayle	28	West Indies	$800,000
	Brendon McCullum	26	New Zealand	$700,000
	David Hussey	30	Australia	$625,000
	Shoaib Akhtar	32	Pakistan	$425,000
	Murali Kartik	31	India	$425,000
	Ricky Ponting	33	Australia	$400,000
	Ajit Agarkar	30	India	$330,000
	Umar Gul	23	Pakistan	$150,000
	Tatenda Taibu	24	Zimbabwe	$125,000
	Siddarth Kaul	17	India	?????
	Iqbal Abdulla	18	India	?????
	Mohammad Hafeez	27	Pakistan	?????
	Salman Butt	23	Pakistan	?????
	Total purchase price			$6,022,500

IPL Mohali Coach: Tom Moody	Yuvraj Singh ♠ (c)	26	India	$1,063,750 ♠
	Irfan Pathan	23	India	$925,000
	Brett Lee	31	Australia	$900,000
	Kumar Sangakkara	30	Sri Lanka	$700,000
	Sreesanth	25	India	$625,000
	Mahela Jayawardene	30	Sri Lanka	$475,000
	Piyush Chawla	19	India	$400,000
	Ramnaresh Sarwan	27	West Indies	$225,000
	Simon Katich	32	Australia	$200,000
	Ramesh Powar	29	India	$170,000
	James Hopes	29	Australia	$324,000^[8]
	Luke Pomersbach	23	Australia	$50,000
	Ajitesh Argal	19	India	?????
	Karan Goel	21	India	?????
	Uday Kaul	20	India	?????
	Kyle Mills	28	New Zealand	$150,000
	VRV Singh	23	India	?????
	Tanmay Srivastava	18	India	?????
	Total purchase price			$5,733,750

Mumbai Indians Coach: Lalchand Rajput	Sachin Tendulkar ♠ (c)	34	India	$1,121,250 ♠
	Sanath Jayasuriya	38	Sri Lanka	$975,000
	Harbhajan Singh	27	India	$850,000
	Robin Uthappa	22	India	$800,000
	Shaun Pollock	34	South Africa	$550,000
	Lasith Malinga	24	Sri Lanka	$350,000
	Loots Bosman	30	South Africa	$175,000
	Ashwell Prince	30	South Africa	$175,000
	Dilhara Fernando	28	Sri Lanka	$150,000
	Abhishek Nayar	24	India	?????
	Manish Pandey	18	India	?????
	Ajinkya Rahane	19	India	?????
	Pinal Shah	20	India	?????
	Yogesh Vijay Takawale	23	India	?????
	Saurabh Tiwary	18	India	?????
	Ashish Nehra	29	India	?????
	Total purchase price			$5,146,250

ICON PLAYERS

2008-03-18T16:06:00.001+05:30

ICON PLAYERS

Icon players were not open for auction .These playere will be paid 15% more than the highest auctioned player for the team.

list of icon players

1.sachin tendulkar for mumbai

2. yuvraj for mohali

3. virender sehwag doe delhi

4. rahul dravid for bangalore

5.saourav ganguly for kolkatta

6.mhod kaif for jaipur

IPL FRANCHISE

2008-03-18T16:05:00.001+05:30

IPL FRANCHISE

The IPL is based on a franchise structure.....

The magnitude of the Indian Premier League was confirmed when the winning bidders for the eight franchises were announced on January 24, 2008.^[5] While the total base price for auction was US$400 million, the auction fetched US$723.59 million.^[6] The official list of franchise owners announced and the winning bids were as follows.

Franchise	Owner(s)	Price (USD)
Mumbai Indians	Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries Limited	$111.9 million
Bangalore Royal Challengers	Dr. Vijay Mallya and UB group	$111.6 million
Deccan Chargers	Deccan Chronicle	$107 million
Chennai Super Kings	India Cements and N Srinivasan	$91 million
Delhi DareDevils	GMR Holdings	$84 million
Mohali	Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur)	$76 million
Kolkata Knight Riders	Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Mehta and Jai Mehta	$75.09 million
Rajasthan Royals	Emerging Media: (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram)	$67 million

TELEVISION RIGHTS

2008-03-18T16:04:00.000+05:30

Television Rights

On January 15th, 2008, it was announced that a consortium consisting of India's Sony Television network and Singapore-based World Sport Group secured the rights of the Indian Premier League. The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of US$1,026 million. As part of the deal, the consortium will pay the BCCI US$918 million for the telecast rights and US$108 million for the promotion of the tournament.

The BCCI announced that the bulk of the proceeds from this deal would initially go to the IPL franchises themselves, gradually reducing this amount over the life of the contract.

Network Ten has bought the rights to show every game live in Australia on free-to-air television for the next five years at a cost of AU$10 - $15 million.

Setanta Sports have secured the UK rights in a 5-year deal. All 59 games will be shown on their subscription channels.

TITLE SPONSOR

2008-03-18T16:03:00.000+05:30

Indian real estate developer DLF Universal secured exclusive rights to the Indian Premier League title sponsorship worth INR 200 crore (over US$50 million) for five years.

IPLs ORIGIN

2008-03-18T16:01:00.000+05:30

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE IS BCCIs VICE PRESIDENT LALIT MODIS BRAIN CHILD , NOT WITHSTANDING WHEN BCCIs MONOPLY ON CRICKET WAS HEAVILY CHALLENGED BY RIVAL INDIAN CRICKET LEAGUE OWNED THE ESSEEL GROUP CHAIRMAN SUBHASH CHANDRA , TO TACKLE THIS BCCI CAME WITH ITS OWN VESION CALLED " INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE" WHICH WAS BASED ON ENGLSIH PREMIER LEAGUE.UNKNOWINGLY BCCI HAAD HIT THE JACKPOT ,THE BOARD WHICH WAS INTIALLY RELUCTANT TO EVEN PARTICIPATE IN 20-20 WORLD CUP WAS NOW BOWLED OVER BY THE MONEY INVOLVED IN THE GAME .................................BUT NEVERMIND BECAUSE CRICKET FANS ALL AROUND THE GLOBE ARE ALSO GOING GA GA OVER THIS LEAGUE , BECAUSE ONLI IN IPL THEY CAN WATCH KUMBLE BOWLING TO SACHIN , YUVI HITTING BHAJJI FOR A SIX AND DHONI STUMPING GANGULY.................SO FANS ARE HAPPPY SO AM I..............