IPL Full Form

The full form of the IPL is the Indian Premier League. In the IPL season, India celebrates the game with a lot of pomp similar to the festive times. Every Indian whether being a fan of cricket or not is being affected in some way or the other in this IPL season. IPL is being actually celebrated in India. We celebrate, respect, and enjoy the game, cricket in our country. Thus, when the IPL is organized, it is with sheer grandeur. 

Now the question is ‘What is the Full form of IPL?’ This is a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was initiated by the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), in the year 2008. We will know in detail about this interesting topic of the IPL. 

IPL Full form

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“What is the full form of cricket tournament IPL?” and the” full form of IPL in Cricket” is already revealed, that is Indian Premier League. The first season of IPL commenced on the 18th of April in the year 2008. The winner of the first IPL which was conducted in the year 2008 was the team named Rajasthan Royals.

The cricket tournament IPL is not only for the Indian cricketers, it includes good foreign players as well. The format of IPL allows overseas players to participate in this tournament. Indian players and overseas players together form teams representing different cities of India like - Delhi Capitals represent Delhi, Mumbai Indians represent Mumbai, and Kolkata Knight Riders represent West Bengal, there are even more teams which we will see in the later section.

Each team plays against each other twice thus each team plays a total of 14 matches before the teams qualify for the semi-final. On the basis of points earned by each team and net run rate, a total of four teams qualify for playing in the semi-final.

A Grasp on IPL

The Indian Premier League (abbreviated as IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league. Here a total of eight teams participate, the teams are based out of eight different Indian cities. IPL was founded by BCCI, expanded as Board of Control for Cricket in India in the year 2007. The tournament is usually held between the months of March and May each year. 

Among the most-attended cricket leagues in the world, in the year 2014 IPL was ranked sixth by the average attendance among all other sports leagues. In the year 2010, IPL became the first sporting event in the whole world to be broadcasted live on the YouTube platform. The brand value earned by IPL in the year 2019 was ₹475 billion (which is US$6.7 billion), this is according to Duff and Phelps.  According to BCCI, in the year 2015, the IPL season contributed around ₹11.5 billion (which is US$160 million) to the GDP in the Indian economy.   

There are thirteen seasons in the IPL tournament. The current IPL title holders are Chennai Super Kings representing the state of Chennai, who won the title in the year 2020. The venue for the IPL season 2020 held in UAE in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, while in 2021 the tournament came to a halt as the country faced a second wave of Covid-19.  

Learn the Rules Like a Pro – IPL Rules

Below are a few rules which are issued while forming the team in the IPL. The rules are as follows:

• There should be at least 16 players playing in a team.

• There should be four overseas/foreign players in the playing XI squad.

• The Under-19 player who has already played First-class or List A cricket can play the tournament, IPL

• There is no minimum quota for the other local players. 

Match rules

IPL matches run according to the television timeouts, thus there is no time limit in which teams can compete against the opponent team in their innings. A penalty may be imposed if the umpires find the teams misusing their privilege. Each team is given a strategic time out for two-and-a-half-minute during each innings. One must be taken by the team which is bowling between the ends of the 6th and 9th overs while one by the batting team between the end of 13th and 16th over.   

Since the year 2018 season, the Umpire Decision Review System is in usage in all matches, this allows each team one chance to review the on-field umpire's decision per innings. 

The Amazing IPL Teams

IPL Victors till 2020

Prize Money

After each season, and after the winners win the game, the prize money is being distributed. In the 2019 IPL season, total prize money of ₹500 million (which is US$7.0 million) was offered. The winning team netted ₹200 million (which is US$2.8 million). While, the first and second runners-up received ₹125 million (which is US$1.8 million) and ₹87.5 million (which is US$1.2 million), respectively. Also, the fourth-placed team was also offered ₹87.5 million (which is US$1.2 million). The rest of the teams were not awarded any prize money. The IPL rules made it mandatory that half of the prize money is to be distributed among the players playing in the team.

Awards to the Deserving

There are many exciting awards that are being awarded to the players after the whole season of IPL. Apart from the prize money, these awards are given to the players to signify each of their strengths, their own specialities. We will discuss the various types of awards that are being awarded to the players. 

These are listed as below:

Orange Cap

The Orange Cap is being awarded to who scores the topmost run-scorer in the IPL, this is being calculated during a season. This is an ongoing competition where the leader wears the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, after which the winner gets to keep the cap for the season eventually. 

The latest winner of Orange Cap is KL Rahul (in the year 2020)

Purple Cap

The Purple Cap is being awarded by the top player who took the most wickets in the IPL during a single season. The Latest winner of Purple Cap is Kagiso Rabada (in the year 2020)

Most Valuable Player

The award was earlier called the "man of the tournament" until the 2012 season. This is based on a rating system. The latest winner in the IPL season 2020 is Jofra Archer.

Fair play Award

The Fair Play Award is given after each IPL season to the team that has the best record of fair play games. The winner is later decided on the basis of the points which the umpires award to the teams. The latest winner is Mumbai Indians (in the year 2020)

Emerging player Award

This award is being presented especially to the "best under-19 player" and "best under-23 player". In the years 2011 and 2012, the award was known as the "Rising Star of the Year", while, in 2013, this award was called "Best Young Player of the Season". Since 2014, the award has been called the Emerging Player of the Year. The latest winner- Devdutt Padikkal in the year 2020.

Most sixes award

The Maximum Sixes Award, which is currently known as the Unacademy Let's Crack It Sixes Award (due to sponsorship reasons) is presented to the batsman who hits the most sixes in an IPL season. The latest winner was Ishan Kishan who won the award in the year 2020.

Player of the match 

This award is given at the end of an IPL season. The latest winner is Trent Boult (2020)

Where do we watch IPL?

Originally to watch and enjoy the game of IPL, we needed to switch the channel known as Sony Pictures, there was a partnership held between Sony Pictures Networks and World Sport Group under a ten-year contract valued at US$1.03 billion. Afterwards, in March 2010, IPL decided not to go public, and then it listed its shares. As of the 2016 season, Sony MAX, Sony SIX, and Sony ESPN served as the domestic broadcasters to broadcast the IPL season. The channels MAX and SIX aired the broadcasts in the Hindi language, while SIX aired in other languages such as Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, and in Telugu languages. For the English watchers, Sony ESPN served their preference of language. Sony also produced an entertainment-oriented companion talk show called ‘Extraaa Innings T20’ ; the talk show featured celebrity guests as well.

IPL Foundation

In the words of Lalit Modi during the launch of IPL “The IPL has been designed to entice an entirely new generation of sports fans into the grounds throughout the country. The dynamic Twenty20 format has been designed to attract a young fan base, which also includes women and children”

The foundation of IPL can be traced back to the year 2007, on 13th September when India won the T20 World Cup, BCCI announced a franchise-based Twenty20 Cricket Competition known as the Indian Premier League. The first season was scheduled to start in April 2008 with a grand celebration in New Delhi. BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi took charge of the event and detailed out what the tournament is all about, the prize money to be distributed, the franchise revenue system, the squad competition rules and many other important factors.