The History of IPL: The Story Till 2020

 

THE HISTORY OF IPL: THE STORY TILL 2020

Indian Premier League (IPL) is held recently. This is one of the most difficult yet most loved leagues all over the world. It is no wonder that the brand value of IPL is Rs. 475 billion. This league gives players a chance to showcase their talent. It is a professional t- twenty League organized in India every year. Many players from all over the world and India compete against each other and play for 8 teams who represent eight cities/states of India. These teams are named Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB), Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

The first-ever IPL match was played on 18th April 2008. In the first season, 59 matches were played. Brendon McCullum scored the first-ever IPL century. Rajasthan Royals became the winner in the captaincy of legendary spinner Shane Warne. Shaun Marsh with 616 runs won the orange cap (an honor for scoring most runs in a season) and Sohail Tanvir won the first purple cap (an honor for taking most wickets in a season) with twenty-two wickets in eleven matches. The t- twenty league ownership auction took place on 24th January 2008 and the player auction on 20th February 2008. M.S. Dhoni became the most expensive player and bought in 1.5 million (value in US$)  and  Andrew Straus was the most expensive foreign player.

CONTROVERSIES IN IPL

As IPL became famous among the people, controversies also entered IPL. Some famous controversies are Spot Fixing,  Shahrukh Khan's fight in Wankhede Stadium, Wayne Parnell and Rahul Sharma seen at a party in 2012, slap gate incident.   

In 2013 it was revealed that in some matches spot-fixing was done Delhi police arrested  3 players the players were Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were jailed for spot-fixing and after some time while investigation Gurunath Meiyappan a CSK owner was arrested by Mumbai police.

In 2012 IPL after a match at Wankhede Stadium there was a mix-up between a security guard and Shah Rukh Khan and it is said that he abused the security guard and after that, he was banned for 5 years from stepping in the Wankhede Stadium by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA)

Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnll who played for Pune Warriors India (participated in IPL from 2011-13) were seen at a party consuming drugs in 2012held in Mumbai and they were kept in custody by Mumbai police.

MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER IN IPL HISTORY

The most expensive player in IPL history is Yuvraj Singh. He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2014 and his performance was average that's why he was released by RCB in the 2015 auction and bought by Delhi Daredevils for 16 crores.

WINNERS TILL DATE

All the teams have been very competitive in every season and surprised the audience with their performances. Here is the list of winning teams till date.

RAJASTHAN ROYALS (2008)

DECCAN CHARGERS (2009)

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (2010)

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (2011)

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (2012)

MUMBAI INDIANS (2013)

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (2014)

MUMBAI INDIANS (2015)

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (2016)

MUMBAI INDIANS (2017)

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (2018)

MUMBAI INDIANS (2019)

MUMBAI INDIANS (2020)

IPL 2020

 Because of COVID-19, this year IPL could not take place in March. It started on 19th September and ended on 10th November in the United Arab emirates. Chennai did not qualified for the playoffs and Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore made it in the quarter-finals. Out of all these teams, Delhi Capitals made it to the finals for the first time in the history of 13 years of IPL but was not able to win it. Mumbai Indians became winner for the 5th time.