Indian Premier League - The Rules
To ensure that the richest teams don't always win out the tour has created five ways that a franchise can acquire a player.
First one is In the annual auction,
Second buying domestic players,
Third signing uncapped players
Fourth through trading and
Finally buying replacements.
There is a Trading Window where a player can be traded but only with his consent. The buying team will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one then the difference will be shared between the player and the team selling the player.
Team composition rules are:
* Minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physio and a coach.
* No more than 10 foreign players in the squad and at most 4 in the playing XI.
* A minimum of 8 local players must be included in each team.
* A minimum of 2 players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each team.
Some of the players are allocated ICON Status some of the players accorded "icon" status are: Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag .
In the next few years there are planned expansions of the IPL next season it is expected that four new franchises will join the IPL increasing the teams to 12 the confirmed teams are to be based in Ahmedabad and Kanpur other cities currently being linked are Patna-Ranchi and a possible team from the North East in an attempt to promote sport in that region also one from the North Western States of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachai Pradesh and Uttarkhand. 2012 and 2013 it is expected that one of the unselected teams from the previous year will be considered it is also expected that a second Mumbai or Delhi team will be proposed watch this space.
IPL Cricket News
CAPE TOWN: Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders took one point each from a game that was abandoned without a ball being bowled at Newlands because of intermittent rain on Saturday. This was the second game to be abandoned this year and the third overall in DLF IPL competition.
With three points and a Net Run Rate of + 1.067, Chennai Super Kings rose to the third place in the table behind the two undefeated sides in the competition, Deccan Chargers (six points) and Delhi Daredevils (four points).
Mumbai Indians, with three points and an NRR of +0.175, are in fourth place ahead of Kolkata Knight Riders (three points, NRR -0.887) and Rajasthan Royals (three points, -1.875). Kings XI Punjab (NRR -0.364) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (NRR -0.519) bring up the rear.
Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers
The turning point of the match came in the first over after the tactical time-out during the second innings. Tendulkar and Duminy were going great guns before the break. The duo added 72 runs in seven overs before the break, placing Mumbai on top. After the time-out, Tendulkar mis-hit an inside-out shot off Ojha straight to Gibbs in the 11th over, giving Deccan an opening.
Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore
DURBAN, Friday 24 April 2009 - Ravi Bopara led from the front with a fine 84 to lead the Kings XI Punjab to a seven-wicket victory over the Royal Challengers Bangaolore in Durban last night (Friday), lifting them off the bottom of the DLF IPL.
