02.23.08
IPL Mania – The Cricket Sudoku
Finally the much awaited bidding took place and of the 77 contracted players, 75 were signed by the teams. All that is left is only the sheer action-packed summer weekends.Can’t hold on till April 18th.Each team went through this entire process just like playing Sudoku – had to pick the best possible combination of the lot for the right spot.
All that is on offer for us fans is a star studded Indian Domestic Tournament with World’s top players- Ah!!!Had been dreaming of this for quite sometime now (Inspired by the English county). The 44 day event has loads on offer for the Cricket frenzy nation.
The sheer magnitude of money being dished out has its own good. This attracts all the top players to try out their hand for this event. This also ensures that there is proper infrastructure and standards for the game to take place in the best of the entertaining ways.
All that we have to do is sit back and be treated. Talks are on that another 8 teams are in line for the coming year.I’m still wondering whether they’ll have enough players to fit in.For now there are a total of 8 teams. To sum it up, I will list out the teams and its proud owners :
- Mumbai team for USD 111.9 million – Mukesh Ambani (Reliance India Limited)
- Bangalore team for USD 111.6 million – Dr.Vijay Mallya (United Breweries)
- Kolkata team for USD 75.09 million – Actor Shah Rukh Khan/Juhi Chawla/Jay Mehta (The Bollywood Fire Power)
- Mohali team for USD 76 million – Ness Wadia/Preity Zinta (The Wadia Group)
- Delhi team for USD 84 million – GMR Holdings (Currently incharge of Delhi Airport Renovation)
- Chennai team for USD 91 million – Mr.Srinivasan (India Cements)
- Hyderabad for USD 107.01 million – Deccan Chronicle (The Media Group)
- Jaipur team for USD 67 million – Emerging Media Group (UK based)
Quite a huge money has been invested for the teams.The initial bidding price was set at USD 50 million.
IPL Blogger said,
February 26, 2008 at 10:36 am
IPL is going to be a big success in a country like india. It wuld gradually be interesting for other countries as their top batsmen can play in IPL. important is the money flowing over IPL.
Sensation said,
March 12, 2008 at 9:19 am
u sure the poster for Mumbai is Mukesh ????????
Ananth said,
April 23, 2008 at 5:59 am
Please change the photograph of Anil Ambani as the Mumbai team is owned by Mukesh Ambani and not by Anil.
Vishal said,
May 4, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Hi, I jave the same concern as the people below. Please change the photo from Anil Ambani to Mukesh Ambani before you get a legal notice from RIL
techtwist said,
May 5, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Thanks for the reminder people. Actually just now I’ve come to know who’s who of the Ambani Brothers..
Senthil Kumar L said,
May 13, 2008 at 9:35 pm
its very cute bcoz it shows the pictures and logo.
Richa said,
December 20, 2008 at 11:36 pm
he he he used ur blog to prepare for GK for an exam..he he
Thanks dude