The History Of IPL T20 League

Story Of IPL

 September 13th, 2007, on the back of India's victory of T20 World Cup  in 2007 ,  the BCCI published a franchise-based T20 cricket League called the Indian Premier League (IPL). The first season was scheduled to launch in April 2008 at a "high-profile event" in New Delhi. BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi, who spearheaded the IPL effort, laid out the details, including the tournament format, prize money, franchise revenue arrangements and squad formation rules. It was also revealed that the IPL would be governed by a seven-member governing council comprising former Indian players and BCCI officials, and that the top two teams in the IPL would qualify for  Champions League T20. Modi also clarified that they have been working on it for  for two years and the IPL and the ICL. The format of the league was almost  similar to the Big Bash and the NBA in the United States.

To decide on the owners of the new league, an auction was held on January 24, 2008 with total bids of approximately $400 million. At the final stage of the auction, the winning bidders were announced, as well as the cities where the teams would be: Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur and Mohali. Ultimately, the franchises were sold for a total of $723.59 million. The Indian Cricket League was folded in 2008 by BCCI.

Pakistani players have not been allowed to participate in the league since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, due to Pakistan's involvement in the attacks. For this reason of the attack, 166 people died and 238 were seriously injured. The horrific attack angered many Indians, leading to a complete ban on Pakistani players in the IPL.

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was founded in 2007 with funding from G Entertainment Entertainment Enterprise. The ICL was not recognized by Board of India (BCCI)  or the International Cricket Council (ICC).  Indian Cricket Board  was not satisfied with its committee members joining the ICL Board. The BCCI has increased the prize money of their own tournaments and announced that those who join the ICL will be banned from cricket for life, thereby discouraging cricketers from playing in the ICL.

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