Indian Premier League returns home bigger than ever
The Hindu
It will be the first time since 2011 that 10 teams be fighting it out for the most coveted T20 trophy in world cricket.
Indian cricket's crown jewel, the IPL, is back home: bigger, better and longer.
It will be the first time since 2011 that 10 teams be fighting it out for the most coveted T20 trophy in world cricket.
Two new entrants, Lucknow Supergiants and Gujarat Titans, fetching a combined price of approximately USD 1.7 billion shows that brand IPL keeps getting bigger.
It took 14 years but the league has now well and truly gone global.
The owners of the iconic Manchester Untied also wanted a slice of the IPL pie but lost to the RPSG Group and Britain-based CVC group on the bidding table.
With the COVID situation under control in the country, the board's top-brass can breathe easy and after a two year gap, IPL is set to be held in India in its entirety with at least 25 percent capacity of crowd allowed in stadiums this season.
The number of games have been increased to 74 from 60 with the addition of new teams, extending the IPL window to over two months.
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