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  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is mulling to add two more teams to the Indian Premier League (IPL). Going by the agenda of the board's AGM, which take place on December 24, the official announcement regarding it would be made later this month. Should two teams be added to the league, it will be for the first time since 2011 that IPL will be a 10-team competition. IPL had started as an 8-team competition. In 2011, 10 teams took part in the tournament. The number reduced to 9 for the next two years. IPL has remained 8-team tournament since 2014. As the fans wait for an official word regarding the new teams, we revisit past IPL seasons and have a look at how 'new' IPL teams fared in previous IPL seasons - Rising Pune Supergiant The star-studded side had the likes of MS Dhoni, Steven Smith, Ajinkya Rahane and number of other international players in its ranks. And it was Dhoni who was named as Rising Pune Supergiant's (RPS) inaugural captain. As the lead...

  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already begun the preparations for organizing the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) in India in the month of April and May. It is speculated that the Indian board is planning to add two more teams to expand the  cash-rich league  and make it a tournament of 10 teams instead of 8. Though there has been no official announcement by any concerned authorities, reports suggest that in the list of shortlisted cities, Ahmedabad tops the charts and the new team can be from the city of Ahmedabad. BCCI wishes to make the newly-built Motera Stadium, also known as Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad as the home ground of the ninth team while one franchise can also be added from Lucknow or Kanpur. The Indian board will be hosting its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on December 24th and will be taking a final call on whether to expand the tournament or not. Also, the state associations and members have reportedly also ...

  The Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) has called for Annual General Meeting on December 24th. The proposal to increase two teams for the Indian Premier League 2021 (IPL 2021) will be formally floated for the approval of the house. An approval will be taken from the representatives of all the state associations for the inclusion of two new teams in the said meeting on Dec. 24th. According to the information available with InsideSport, one thing is certain now that Ahmedabad city will be included in the IPL roaster before anyone else. The names of Lucknow / Kanpur, Pune will come for discussion if the BCCI AGM decides to increase more than 1 team for IPL 2021 or IPL 2022. According to reports doing the rounds, Adani Group owned by Gautam Adani and RPSG owned by Sanjeev Goenka will be the biggest contenders for the 9th IPL team. Adani’s in past have openly declared their interest in owning the IPL team. With Ahmedabad now boasting of the biggest cricket stadium in the country...

  Almost half of the Indian television viewers watched the recently concluded 13th edition of the  Indian Premier League  (IPL). As per  BARC India viewership data , the tournament clocked a cumulative reach of 405 million viewers —out of a total TV universe of 836 million—across 21 channels that Star & Disney India aired the matches on. In terms of overall viewing time,  IPL 2020  has shattered all previous records held by any broadcasting property in India. With a total of 400 billion viewing minutes on TV, IPL 2020 clocked a 23% jump in total consumption over IPL 2019 (326 billion minutes), and a 12.4% increase over ICC World Cup 2019 (356 billion minutes). With the rise in total time spent, the average per match impression also went up to 31.57 million. BARC defines reach as the total number of individuals who viewed the event for at least one minute, while impressions denotes the number of individuals of a target audience, averaged across minutes. ...

  As the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) contemplates expansion of IPL 2021, one thing is certain now that Ahmedabad city will be included in the IPL roaster before anyone else. The names of Lucknow / Kanpur, Pune will only come for discussion if the BCCI decides to increase more than 1 team for IPL 2021 or IPL 2022. The BCCI will call for Annual General Meeting (AGM) in December to finalize and ratify the way forward on the IPL expansion. According to reports doing the rounds, Adani Group owned by Gautam Adani and RPSG owned by Sanjeev Goenka will be the biggest contenders for the 9th IPL team. Adani’s in past have openly declared their interest in owning the IPL team. With Ahmedabad now boasting of the biggest cricket stadium in the country, their interest will grow manifolds. On the other hand, Goenka had owned IPL team in the past as an owner of Rising Pune Supergiants for two years and will surely throw their hat in the ring when BCCI comes out with tender. Other than...

  As expected, the Indian Premier League (IPL), now in its 13th season, is enjoying a good run on its home turf. What comes as a surprise, however, is the interest it has drawn in the UK. Indeed, in an encouraging sign of its growing international appeal, the cricket tournament has even surpassed the viewership of the English Premier League (EPL), perhaps the most popular sporting event in the country. According to data by Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB), the organisation that compiles audience measurement and television ratings in the UK, the IPL is gaining in popularity in that country. Sky Sports Cricket, a UK pay-TV broadcaster that has the rights to air IPL matches, recorded 17 lakh live viewers between October 12-18 for IPL matches. In addition, the cricketing league is being watched by over two lakh viewers every day in the UK. As many as 30 lakh viewers in the country watched the IPL in October. Winning the numbers game The highest watched EPL mat...

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League  (IPL 2020)   in   UAE   has got another official sponsorship partner on board. After Unacademy, now Credit Card payment company CRED has been signed as official partner for the   IPL 2020 .    InsideSport on Tuesday had informed its readers that  BCCI  has completed the official partnership deal with Unacademy. Now with CRED coming on board as official partner,  IPL 2020  has filled up all three partnership slots which were there in  IPL  2019.    As per  InsideSport  estimates,  BCCI  will earn 120 Cr from three partnership slots filled by Tata Motors, Unacademy and CRED.    “We are extremely pleased that we have filled 2 official partnership slots. This clearly shows the inherent strength of brand IPL. Our only deficit this year will be on account of Title Sponsorship which we lost out due to unfortunate and unprecedented cir...