The Indian Premier League (IPL), officially called the Vivo Indian Premier League, is a glitzy and glamorous professional Twenty20 Cricket league in India which started in 2008. There are eight teams representing eight different Indian cities, namely Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and was a brainchild of Lalit Modi. The league, in its 10 years of existence, developed into the world's biggest and the richest T20 league. IPL also has an exclusive window in International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme. The format of the league is divided into two halves - Round Robin and Qualifiers. Each of the eight teams will play each other twice in a home and away round robin format in the league phase. After the end of the league phase, the top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in 1st Qualifier for a place in the final. However, the team which loses in the 1st Qualifier will get another chance for the IPL by playing the second qualifying match (Winner of the Eliminator match between third and fourth place teams). The winner of the second qualifier will play the final match against the winner of the first qualifier.
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The CoA, comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, also sought to bring all the matches played under the aegis of the BCCI to be brought within the jurisdiction of Anti-Corruption Unit of the cricket board.
The New Zealander will get to pick his support staff and it remains to be seen if Virender Sehwag, who was the team mentor till last season, stays on board.
In 270 international matches, Bravo has scored more than 6000 runs while taking 337 wickets proving to be a genuine all-rounder.
The past disputes between the players and the West Indies Cricket Board are well-documented and the IPL has contributed to the team's travails in the longest format, feels Hooper.
The Royal Bangalore Challengers' star brings 11 years of IPL experience, along with a season (2016) at the Caribbean Premier League for Barbados Tridents.
Ashish Nehra had joined RCB last season and will be part of the coaching leadership team along with Gary Kirsten in the 12th edition of Indian Premier League.
Gary, the former South Africa opener joined the RCB as batting coach in the 2018 edition of the league and brings to the team a wealth of experience.
The 2018 edition of BBL will see 56 group matches as CA announced a home-and-away format with each of the eight teams playing 14 matches before the knockout stage, a format on which IPL runs.
While everyone paid tributes to De Villiers on a stellar career, there was also a fear among his fans that he might not play in the domestic T20 leagues.
In a recent interview, the Race 3 star talked about dealing with limelight and his brother’s IPL case
The 30-year old pacer said it is heart-breaking that tragic incidents keep taking place in the war-torn nation but as professional cricketers, they have no option but to move on.
The penalty was issued for alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) during the second edition of the IPL that was held only once on a foreign soil in South Africa.
Let's take a look at the top five knocks of IPL 2018 that stood head and shoulders above the rest.
With 21 wickets in 17 matches at an average of 21.8, the 19-year-old Rashid Khan emerged as the second-highest wicket-taker behind Australia's Andrew Tye (24) in the just-concluded IPL.
CSK played thrice at Wankhede and emerged victorious in all the three matches.
CSK's post-match celebrations were epic but the sweetest moment of the night was when the little Ziva ran into her father's arms and asked Dhoni to take a sip from her mango drink.
Team India head coach came to the captain's defence after he was ruled out from playing his maiden County stint with Surrey cricket club.
On Wednesday, the Indian captain has been ruled out from participating in English County Championship due to a neck injury, suffered during the 11th edition of IPL.
KKR beat RR in the eliminator match of play-offs by 25 runs.RR captain Ajinkya Rahane said that 170 was a chaseable target but their batsmen weren't able to hang on for long.
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