Published on: May 30, 2022

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

NEWS : Gujarat Titans won 15th edition of  Indian Premier League

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

  • Officially known as TATA IPL
  • Professional men’s Twenty20 cricket league
  • Contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states
  • Founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007
  • Usually held between March and May of every year
  • Has an exclusive window in the ICC Future Tours Programme
  • Most-attended cricket league in the world
  • First sporting event in the world to be broadcast live on YouTube
  • According to BCCI, the 2015 IPL season contributed ₹1,150 crore (US$150 million) to the GDP of the Indian economy
  • The top four teams receive cash prizes at the end of the tournament