Indian Premier League - IPL
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It currently contested by 10 teams (franchises) consisting of players from different countries. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League
The inaugural season of the tournament started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 46 days with 59 matches scheduled, out of which 58 took place and 1 was washed out due to rain, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in a last ball thriller and emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.
The competition started with a double round robin group stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final Yusuf Pathannamed the player of the match and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament. Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was won by the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings.
Man of the Series: Shane Watson (472 runs and 17 wickets)
Most runs: Shaun Marsh (616)
Most wickets: Sohail Tanvir (22)
2009 Indian Premier League
The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the2009 IPL, was the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009. IPL 2 was the second biggest cricket tournament in the world, after the Cricket World Cup, and was forecast to have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India alone. The tournament was won by Deccan Chargers while the Bangalore Royal Challengers were declared as runners-up.
Man of the Series: Adam Gilchrist (495 runs and 18 dismissals
Most runs: Matthew Hayden (572)
Most wickets: RP Singh (23)
Third IPL
The third season opened in January 2010.The tournament was won by the Chennai Super Kings, who defeated the Mumbai Indians in the final played at Navi Mumbai. The purple cap went to Pragyan Ojha of Deccan, while the orange cap and the player of the tournament award was awarded to Sachin Tendulkar of the Mumbai Indians.
Man of the Series: Sachin Tendulkar
Most runs: Sachin Tendulkar (618)
Most wickets: Pragyan Ojha (21)
And the next season begins…..
The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It currently contested by 10 teams (franchises) consisting of players from different countries. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League
The inaugural season of the tournament started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 46 days with 59 matches scheduled, out of which 58 took place and 1 was washed out due to rain, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in a last ball thriller and emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.
The competition started with a double round robin group stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final Yusuf Pathannamed the player of the match and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament. Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was won by the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings.
Man of the Series: Shane Watson (472 runs and 17 wickets)
Most runs: Shaun Marsh (616)
Most wickets: Sohail Tanvir (22)
2009 Indian Premier League
The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the2009 IPL, was the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009. IPL 2 was the second biggest cricket tournament in the world, after the Cricket World Cup, and was forecast to have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India alone. The tournament was won by Deccan Chargers while the Bangalore Royal Challengers were declared as runners-up.
Man of the Series: Adam Gilchrist (495 runs and 18 dismissals
Most runs: Matthew Hayden (572)
Most wickets: RP Singh (23)
Third IPL
The third season opened in January 2010.The tournament was won by the Chennai Super Kings, who defeated the Mumbai Indians in the final played at Navi Mumbai. The purple cap went to Pragyan Ojha of Deccan, while the orange cap and the player of the tournament award was awarded to Sachin Tendulkar of the Mumbai Indians.
Man of the Series: Sachin Tendulkar
Most runs: Sachin Tendulkar (618)
Most wickets: Pragyan Ojha (21)
And the next season begins…..
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