TEAM 7 Draft: Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League:

Introduction:

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a Twenty20 cricket championship league in India. It was initiated by Lalit Modi and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The league is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra and is currently supervised by BCCI Vice-President ranjib biswal, who serves as the league's chairman and Commissioner. It is contested by nine teams as of 2013, consisting of players from around the cricketing world.

The Premier League is generally considered to be the highest-profile showcase in the world for Twenty20 (T20) cricket, the shortest form of professional cricket with just 20 overs per innings, but the IPL is perhaps as well known for its commercial success as for the cricket played – during the sixth IPL season, in 2013, its brand value was estimated to be US $3 billion.

Live rights to the event are syndicated around the globe, and in 2010, the IPL became the first sporting event to be broadcast live on YouTube. In 2012 the naming rights for the series was awarded to Pepsi. Two eligible bids were received, with Pepsi winning over Airtel with a bid of 3968 million. However, the league has been the subject of several controversies where allegations of cricket betting, money laundering and spot fixing were witnessed.

League organisation:

1.      Franchises: The winning bidders for the eight franchises namely Delhi Daredevils, Chennai Super kings, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Banglore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers( now Sun Risers Hyderabad)  were announced on 24 January 2008. While the total base price for auction was US$400 million, the auction fetched US$723.59 million.

On 21 March 2010, teams from Pune and Kochi were unveiled as the two new franchises for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League. The base price was $225 million. While Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370 million, the Kochi franchise was bought by Rendezvous Sports World Limited for $333.3 million. The process was to have been completed on 7 March but was postponed by two weeks after many bidders and the BCCI objected to stiff financial clauses. The second franchise auction fetched total $703 million.

The rights to the Hyderabad franchise were awarded to the Sun TV Network in October 2012.

2. Tournament Rules:  There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player: In the annual auction, signing domestic players, signing uncapped players, through trading, and signing replacements In the trading window, the player can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one, then the difference will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.

Some of the team composition rules are:

·         A minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physiotherapist and a coach.

·         No more than 11 foreign players in the squad and maximum of four foreign players should be in the playing eleven.

·         A minimum of 14 Indian players must be included in each squad.

·         A minimum of six players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each squad.

IPL games utilise television timeouts, hence there is no time limit for teams to complete their innings. However, there may be a penalty if the umpires find teams misusing this privilege at their own choice. Additionally, each team is given a two-and-a-half-minute "strategic timeout" during each innings; one must be taken by the bowling team between the 6th to 10th overs, and the batting team between the 11th to 16th overs.

The total spending cap for a franchisee in the first player auction was US$5 million. Under-22 players are to be remunerated with a minimum annual salary of US$20,000 while for others it is US$50,000.

3.Format of the auction: The Auction will be an open auction with each player being individually put up for bidding by the franchises. The highest bid that is accepted by the auctioneer shall be the buyer at that price. There are around 78 players in the Auction – a combination of Indian national team and foreign cricketers. Each player has an annual "base player fee". The base player fee will be the fee at which the bidding for that player starts. This base player fee assumes that the player is available for the entire season of the DLF Indian Premier League season, including if applicable the Champions Tournament. This fee will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis, depending on the players availability for the DLF IPL season in the first year.

Each Franchise has a total "purse" of up to $5m that it can spend on the Auction for players for 2008. Franchises will not be able to make a bid for a player that would take them beyond this total purse.

Bidding increments will be as follows:

bids up to $100,000 – increments of $5,000

bids from $100,000 to $250,000 – increments of $10,000

bids from $250,000 to $500,000 – increments of $25,000

bids in excess of $500,000 – increments at the auctioneer's discretion.

As each player is sold, the Franchise will be required to sign a form confirming the terms of the agreement (name of player, player fee agreed). The player fee will be deemed to include any fee that may be payable to the player's agent.

Players for whom no bids are received when they are initially presented for auction will be placed in a final set and will be re-presented for auction once all of the initial sets have been concluded. Franchises may not buy foreign players in advance of the Auction (whether such players are amongst the list of players to be auctioned or otherwise).

Teams:

1.    Chennai super kings:

The Chennai Super Kings   are a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached byStephen Fleming, a former New Zealand cricketer. The team's home ground is the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, located at Chepauk, in Chennai.

The Super Kings are the most successful team in the IPL having won the title twice in succession (2010 and 2011) and reached the play-offs every season. They hold the joint record for the longest winning streak in IPL (7), set during the 2013 season. They were the first Indian team to have won the Champions League Twenty20. The leading run-scorer of the side is Suresh Raina, while the leading wicket-taker is Dwayne Bravo. The brand value of the Super Kings in 2012 was estimated at US$75.13 million, making them the most valuable franchise in the IPL.

On 24 May 2013, the team principal, Gurunath Meiyappan, was arrested on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating after he was questioned by the Mumbai Crime Branch. However, the BCCI ruled out speculations of scrapping the team from the IPL

Players: Nuwan Kulasekara,  Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni(captain), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Subramaniam Badrinath, Ben Hilfenhaus,  Anirudha Srikkanth, Wriddhiman Saha, Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Dirk Nannes, Ben Laughlin, Jason Holder, Imtiaz Ahmed, Faf du Plessis, Chris Morris, Baba Aparajith, Ronit More, Vijay Shankar,  Akila Dananjaya, Mohit Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot, R Karthikeyan.

2.                              Delhi Daredevils: Delhi Daredevils  is a cricket franchise representing the city of Delhi in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group. Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by David Warner and coached by former South African bowler Eric Simons. Their home ground is the historic Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi. In 2013, they included Raipur International Cricket Stadium as their secondary home venue. The leading run-scorer of the side is Virender Sehwag, while the leading wicket-taker is Irfan Pathan.

Team: Ajit Agarkar, Andre Russell, Arisht Singhvi, Ashish Nehra,CM Gautam,David Warner,Gulam Bodi, Irfan Pathan, Jeevan Mendis, Jesse Ryder, Johan Botha, Kedar Jadhav,Kevin Pietersen,Mahela Jayawardene, Manpreet Juneja, Morne Morkel, Naman Ojha, Pawan Negi, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Royston Dias,Siddarth Kaul,Sujit Nayak, Shahbaz Nadeem, Umesh Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Varun Aaron,Venugopal Rao, Virender Sehwag,Yogesh Nagar.

Kings XI Punjab is a cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab in the Indian Premier League. It is currently coached by former Australian batsman Darren Lehmann. The team plays its home matches at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. Since 2010 IPL, they have been playing some of their home games at Dharamsala.

Kolkata Knight Riders is a cricket franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League and owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta from the Mehta Group. The team is currently captained by Gautam Gambhir and coached by Trevor Bayliss, a former Australian cricketer. The bowling legend, Wasim Akram is the team's bowling consultant and mentor. Sourav Ganguly, who was the team's Icon Player for the first three seasons, captained the side in the first and third seasons of the tournament while Brendon McCullum led the team in the intervening period. The team won its first title in 2012 by defeating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets at their home ground in Chennai.

The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (We will do, We will Fight, We will Win) and the official colors are purple and gold. The brand value of the Kolkata Knight Riders was estimated at $57.5 million in 2011, ranking third amongst all ten teams. Although the team has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, it was surrounded with controversy and poor on-field performance through the first three years of the tournament.^[2] The team's performance, however, improved from the fourth season as it qualified for the IPL playoffs and made it to the Champions League Twenty20. They eventually became the IPL champions for the first time in 2012.

The leading run-scorer of the side is Gautam Gambhir, while the leading wicket-taker is Lakshmipathy Balaji. The home of the Kolkata Knight Riders is Eden Gardens, the largest cricket stadium in India. It is also one of the largest stadiums in Asia, together with Salt Lake Stadium which is also in Kolkata and May Day Stadium in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The Mumbai Indians are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. They are one of the main teams in the city, together with clubs like the Mumbai cricket teamand football club Mumbai FC. The franchise is owned by India's biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries, through its 100% subsidiary IndiaWin Sports. The primary home ground of the Mumbai Indians is the Wankhede Stadium.

The Mumbai Indians are currently captained by Rohit Sharma, and coached by John Wright. They won the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 after beating IPL rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore by 31 runs in the final. The team won its first IPL title, in 2013, by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs in the finals played at Kolkata, and then bowled out the Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs to win its second Champions League Twenty20 title. Rohit Sharma is the leading run-getter of the team while Lasith Malinga is the leading wicket-taker.

Rajasthan Royals is an Indian Premier League franchise representing Jaipur. It is currently captained by former Indian captainRahul Dravid. They won first edition of IPL under the captaincy of former Australian spinner Shane Warne.

Royal Challengers Bangalore  is a cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnatakathat plays in the Indian Premier League. The team is currently led by Virat Kohli, a legend in the making and coached by South African Ray Jennings. The team is owned by Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group.The director of the team is Sidhartha Mallya. RCB plays its home matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The franchise has been one of the most successful and consistent in the IPL having reached the semis/play-off's every season apart from 2008,2012 and 2013. They hold the joint record for most consecutive victories in the IPL having won 7 matches on the trot in the 2011 edition. The team has also qualified and played in all the seasons of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament except 2012.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad is a cricket franchise based in Hyderabad by the IPL Governing Council. The team is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the Sun TV channel Network. Shikhar Dhawan is the captain, Tom Moody is the head coach and Simon Helmot is the assistant coach of the team. Krish Srikkanth and VVS Laxman are the mentors of the team while Waqar Younis is the bowling coach of the team.

The team jersey was unveiled on March 8, 2013, and team anthem composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar was released on March 12, 2013. Their logo was unveiled on December 20, 2012, along with the announcement that the team's management would be led by Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Tom Moody and VVS Laxman.

In their inaugural season (IPL 2013) the team reached the playoffs but were eliminated after losing the Eliminator Match against Rajasthan Royals by 4 Wickets at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on May 22, 2013.

As recommended by Cricinfo, Sunrisers Hyderabad should retain Dale Steyn and Shikhar Dhawan for the 2014 IPL Auctions.

team members:

nikhil dalmia

yash agarwal

rohit choudhary

lalit sharma

rajat patel