IPL has converted old school cricket into a brand new avatar. It has given name and fame to many unknown faces of Indian cricket.

1. Indian Premier League
(IPL)
The New Age Sports Extravaganza

2. History
❖IPL is a professional Twenty-20 cricket league
played in India.
❖It was founded in 2007 by Mr. Lalit Modi, who
was a member of the BCCI.
❖The main reason for IPL was the victory of Indian
Cricket team in the inaugural ICC World T-20
tournament.

3. Success
❖Since the commencement of IPL it has enjoyed a
tremendous commercial and economical.
❖IPL is responsible for elevating cricket into a
multi-billion dollar sport.
❖IPL contributes around $182 million to India’s
GDP.
❖The revenue generated by IPL helped cricket
expand to the grass root level.

4. Glamour Quotient
❖IPL is contested in franchise teams representing
Indian cities.
❖The teams are not only owned by industrialists
and entrepreneurs but also by bollywood
celebrities.
❖They bring the required glamour quotient to IPL.
❖Celebrities like Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta,
Shilpa Shetty, Juhi Chawla etc partly own some
of the teams.

5. The Cons
❖Since the inauguration of IPL, it had its fair share
of controversies.
❖The Spot fixing Saga, the sacking of Lalit Modi
as the Commissioner of IPL, Sreesanth-
Harbhajan Slapgate, Shahrukh Khan’s fight at the
Wankhede Stadium, Saurav Ganguly shown the
door at Kolkata Knight Riders, Kochi, Hyderabad
and Pune franchise ousted for contract breaches,
etc.

6. ❖The controversies did not result in negative
publicity.
❖The negative publicity resulted in the growth of
IPL to a great extent.
❖The players at grass root level also got an
opportunity to share the dressing room with the
legends and learn from them directly.
The Pros