Re: [nukkad] cricket

Here is all the FAQs about new buzz IPL in my blog.....

http://lordstimes.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-is-indian-premier-league.html

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On 2/21/08, Dinesh Kaulgud  wrote:
> GOT FROM A MAIL
>
> FAQs: the Indian Premier League
>
> Everything you wanted to know about the Indian Premier League
> Cricinfo Staff
>
> What is the Indian Premier League?
> The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a franchise-based Twenty20
> competition organised by the BCCI, and it has official sanction since it
> has the backing of the ICC. It features the world's best cricketers
> playing - their affiliation decided by open auction - for eight
> city-based franchises, owned by a host of businessmen and celebrity
> consortiums. The inaugural edition of the tournament will run from April
> 18 to June 1.
>
> What are the logistics of the IPL?
> The tournament will begin on April 18, when Bangalore take on Kolkata at
> the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The tournament will feature 59
> matches in total, the teams playing each other on a home-and-away basis.
> Click here for the full list of fixtures.
>
> Why is the IPL generating such a buzz?
> Two main reasons why. One the football-club concept of the IPL, which is
> unlike anything cricket has known. The best players from across the
> world playing not according to nationality but according to market
> forces. Second, the sheer financial scale of the IPL is unprecedented at
> this level of cricket. The BCCI has already made close to US$ 1.75
> billion solely from the sale of TV rights ($908 million), promotion
> ($108 million) and franchises (approximately $700 million). Players are
> expected to earn close to US$1 million for a three-year contract. It's
> an entire cricket economy out there.
>
> Who are the top cricketers involved?
> There are 77 names in the fray, the top current players: Dhoni, Ponting,
> Gilchrist, Shoaib Akhtar, Jayawardene, Jayasuriya, Yuvraj, Hayden...The
> notable absentees are from England, because the IPL will clash with
> their domestic season, and Australia's Michael Clarke, who opted to
> focus on his regular cricket.
>
> Who are the franchise owners - celebrities and others?
> Mukesh Ambani, the Reliance Industries chairman, acquired the Mumbai
> franchise for $111.9 million over a 10-year period; beer and airline
> baron Vijay Mallya, who also owns a Formula 1 team, won the Bangalore
> franchise for $111.6 million; Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red
> Chillies Entertainment won the Kolkata franchise for $75 million; the
> biggest surprise was the Chandigarh franchise, which went to Preity
> Zinta, another Bollywood star, and Ness Wadia, together with two other
> industrialists, for $75 million. The winning team will get richer by $3
> million if they win the first edition of the tournament.
>
> How are the players paired with teams?
> The BCCI will conduct a player auction on February 20, in which the
> respective franchises can bid for a maximum of eight international
> players from pool of 89 players who have been contracted to the board.
> But Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and Yuvraj Singh are
> not up for auction as they have been given 'iconic' status by the BCCI -
> which means that they have to represent the city in which they are
> based. Another exception to the bidding process is with regard to the
> Australian players - a clause in the rules of Cricket Australia has
> meant that each team can select a maximum of two Australians.
>
> Whose idea is the IPL?
> The IPL is the brainchild of Lalit Modi, the vice-president of the BCCI,
> and is modeled along the lines of club football in Europe, specifically
> the English Premier League. Though there is a school of thought that the
> idea came about in the 1990s, the announcement that such a tournament
> would happen, and which it would be a precursor to Twenty20 Champions
> League, cricket's version of the European Champions League, came only
> after Subhash Chandra, the owner of Zee Televison said, in April last
> year, that he was intending to start an unofficial league called the
> Indian Cricket League, fuelling speculation that is was a reactive idea
> rather than a proactive one.
>
> How different are the IPL and ICL to each other?
> The IPL is an official sanctioned Twenty20 tournament, and unlike the
> ICL, which is not recognised by any of the national boards or the ICC,
> it will have a better status, international reach, players, and the
> requisite infrastructure by default. Since the IPL is sanctioned by the
> ICC, players don't have the danger of bringing their
> international/first-class careers to a halt - as is the case with the
> ICL - whose players have been banned by the various boards. Another
> major difference is with regard to franchises - the ownership of the
> team rests with the individual owners and not one single entity.
>
> REGARDS,
>
> DINESH KAULGUD.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pmwalunjkar@aol.in
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:42 AM
> To: nukkad-list@mumbai-central.com
> Subject: [nukkad] cricket
>
> though i read in the papers about the ongoing auctions in the cricket
> world, i have not really understood the idea.
> what is this new trend?
> who is going to benefit from these deals?
> why are eminent personalities like shahrukh khan, ambanis, priety zinta
> investing crores of rupees in this?
> why are the moral police silent?
> leaving everything aside, is it really going to benefit CRICKET?
>
> please enlighten.
>
> - pravin
>
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