Indian Premier League

he recent Twenty20 cricket tournament started by BCCI started on 18th April..
This brand new concept takes the gentleman's game head-on into the Glitzy and the Glamorous Entertainment world. The 3 hrs game offers the instant live wire entertainment with lots of boundaries and lots of action.

Format:
There are 8 teams taking part. Teams play each other twice in a round robin system, with the top four ranking sides progressing to the semi-finals.

The tournament started on 18th April,2008 and the final will be played on 1st June 2008. There are total 56 matches scheduled.

Teams:
1. Mumbai Indians (Captain- Sachin Tendulkar)
Owned by Mr. Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries Limited
Team Value: $111.9 million

2. Bangalore Royal Challengers (Captain- Rahul Dravid)
Owned By Dr. Vijay Mallya and UB group
Team Value: $111.6 million

3. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (Captain- VVS Laxman)
Owned By Deccan Chronicle
Team Value: $107 million

4. Chennai Super Kings (Captain- MS Dhoni)
Owned By India Cements and N Srinivasan
Team Value: $91 million

5. Delhi DareDevils (Captain- Virender Sehwag)
Owned By GMR Holdings
Team Value: $84 million

6. Kings XI Punjab (Captain- Yuvraj Singh)
Owned By Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur)
Team Value: $76 million

7. Kolkata Knight Riders (Captain- Saurav Ganguly)
Owned By Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Mehta and Jai Mehta (Red Chillies Entertainment)
Team Value: $75.09 million

8. Rajasthan Royals (Captain- Shane Warne)
Owned By Royals Emerging Media: (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram)
Team Value: $67 million