Indian Premier League 2011

[al-Sagar]

Next three IPL seasons to comprise 74 matches each

Cricinfo staff
September 5, 2010

Two fundamental issues concerning the 2011 IPL season - the tournament format and player retention - have been finally resolved by the league's governing council, after months of uncertainty which followed the addition of new franchises. The next three seasons of the IPL will have 74 matches each, the format designed to reward the most consistent teams during the league phase of the tournament. The 2011season will begin five days after the World Cup, which ends on April 2.

Apart from changing the tournament's format at a meeting in Mumbai, the governing council also decided to allow franchises to retain four players in their squads, the rest going into the auction scheduled for November. The franchises' spending power for a squad of 30 players has been capped at $9 million.


Format

In each of the next three seasons, the IPL will comprise 70 league matches and four playoffs. The ten teams will be split into two groups of five each, but will be ranked together in one composite league table. The change was necessary due to the inclusion of two new teams, Pune and Kochi, from the next season. An extension of the current home-and-away format would have stretched the season to 94 matches, which had prompted concerns of player burn-out. Franchise owners were also reluctant to reduce the minimum number of matches their team would play each season. These constraints have led to a convoluted format.


League phase

Every team will play the same number of league games (14, 7 home and 7 away) as in previous seasons with the following break-up: Each team will play the other four in its group both home and away (eight matches), it will play four of the teams in the other group once (four matches, either home or away) and it will play the remaining team in the other group twice, both home and away. A random draw will decide the composition of the groups as well as who plays whom across the groups once and twice.


Playoffs

The teams that finish first and second in the league table will contest the first playoff, which is effectively a semi-final (Game A). The teams that finish third and fourth will play each other in a knockout that is effectively a quarter-final (Game B). The loser of Game A will play the winner of Game B in a match (Game C) that will decide the second finalist that will play the winner of Game A in the grand final.


Player retention

Each of the eight franchises that participated in 2010 can retain up to four players but a maximum of only three Indians. The retained players must have been part of the franchise's registered squads for the 2010 season and will not be part of November's auction.

The franchise and the player it wishes to retain must come to a mutual agreement regarding the retention and the fee for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. However, irrespective of the actual fee agreed upon by the franchise and the player, the franchise's salary cap will be reduced by the following amount for each player retained:

* $1.8 million per year for the first player retained
* $1.3 million per year for the second player retained
* $900,000 per year for the third player retained
* $500,000 per year for the fourth player retained

Therefore, if a franchise decides to retain four players, it will be charged $4.5 million per year and will have only $4.5 million to spend on other players, compared to the $9 million available to a franchise that retains no one. Also, the size of the squad is capped at 30 players.

Ahead of the auction in November, the two new franchises, Pune and Kochi, will also be allowed to sign up to four players from a list of players who were not part of any of the other eight franchises in the first three IPL seasons. However, if either Pune or Kochi sign players ahead of the auction, their salary cap will also be reduced by the same amount as the salary cap for existing franchises retaining players.

All the other international capped players, as well as other players who have played 75% of their team's matches in 2010, will be part of the auction.


Player regulation

A franchise can have up to ten overseas players in their squad but only four can be on the field during a game. The player contracts that will be signed ahead of the 2011 season will be valid for two years, with a right of extension for the third year.

All players who are part of a franchise's squad will come under the salary cap. The Indian cricketers who have not yet played an international game will have their salaries fixed as follows:

* Rupees 10,00,000 (around US$21,500) per year for players who have not played first-class or List A cricket between 2009-10 and 2010-11 and for those who made their debuts during this period.
* Rupees 20,00,000 (around US$43,000) per year for players who first played first-class or List A cricket in the 2006-07, 2007-08 or 2008-09 seasons.
* Rupees 30,00,000 (around US$64,500) per year for players who first played first-class or List A in the 2005-06 season or earlier.


Revised catchment areas

The IPL has changed the catchment areas for the existing franchises because of the addition of two new teams from the 2011 season. Teams have to include four players from their catchment area in the squad of 30.

* Mumbai Indians: Mumbai, Baroda
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: Karnataka, Goa
* Deccan Chargers: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa
* Chennai Super Kings: Tamil Nadu, Railways
* Delhi Daredevils: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal
* Kings XI Punjab: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir
* Kolkata Knight Riders: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur
* Rajasthan Royals: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Saurashtra
* Pune Warriors: Maharashtra, Vidarbha
* Kochi: Kerala, Services, Madhya Pradesh

[nakibahmed]

Man,if Shakib doesn't get bought this time around,iam not watching the 2011 IPL!

[Habib]

Originally Posted by nakibahmed
Man,if Shakib doesn't get bought this time around,iam not watching the 2011 IPL!

Why does he have to get bought by an IPL team? And why are you so excited about it? Didn't the previous treatment of Ash & Mash in IPL teach you anything? Be absolutely happy that Shakib is playing in County rather than IPL.

[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by Habib
Why does he have to get bought by an IPL team? And why are you so excited about it? Didn't the previous treatment of Ash & Mash in IPL teach you anything? Be absolutely happy that Shakib is playing in County rather than IPL.

absolutely, in county there is lot to learn and thus become a better player.

in IPL, there is nothing to learn, only money to earn, and then become a stupid frustrated benchwarmer.

[nakibahmed]

Originally Posted by Habib
Why does he have to get bought by an IPL team? And why are you so excited about it? Didn't the previous treatment of Ash & Mash in IPL teach you anything? Be absolutely happy that Shakib is playing in County rather than IPL.

yeah,i guess i gotta agree with you there,but then again,wouldn't you like seeing Shakib bowl a maiden or slog sweep a few sixes and hear the commentators go berserk about how gifted this boy from Bangladesh is,and how underrated his national team is.Well THEN AGAIN,i do like dreaming every now and then :P

Seriously,the IPL or the Champion's League are probably the two best ways to make an impression,or to get attention,the sort of attention players like Shakib deserve.But yeah,i'd rather watch him develop as a player rather than see him waste his career over money..

[Ajfar]

career dont get wasted over IPL or CLt20. Careers gets made through these tournaments. Look at kieron pollard who was he durng the last CLt20 and who is he now. Everybody seems to have 2 things mixed up, majority of the county season doesnt get mixed up with IPL. So if tamim gets selected by an ipl team and a county team he can do both based on his national duty

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[_Rafi_]

I watch IPL, I watch ICL, CLT20, KFC bigbash, Stanfordt20 or any type of cricket telecasting on my tv. Involvement of BD players will make these tournament more interesting for me. Thats why I want them to play IPL.
My preferred teams in IPL for BD players-
Kings 11- Dharmasala's wicket is very pacy and bouncy.
Royal Challengers
Indians

[deshifan]

dhurrrr

[revolver]

ipl is awsome......even if theres no bd player i still watch it because it is so liveeee...btw wish tamim gets signed up though espically for the new teams

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[godzilla]

Originally Posted by revolver
ipl is awsome......even if theres no bd player i still watch it because it is so liveeee...btw wish tamim gets signed up though espically for the new teams

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they are making new teams for ipl? dosent this mean that it will be longer -_-

[Rabz]

Tamim is a sure bet. It would be a travesty if he is not there this time.
Sakib should make it too.

[_Rafi_]

Dr.Harris, Klinger, Christian, Ferguson, D. Jacobs, A.Finch, Blizzard, A.Petersen, Botha...damn more Aussie and Saffers domination.

[Ajfar]

Finch is getting a contract for sure.

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[al-Sagar]

[Ajfar]

I think Jacobs, Finch, Harris made a good case for themselves during the CLT20. I can see them getting a contract this coming IPL auction.

[shakibrulz]

I'd be mighty pissed if hyped clowns like Mohd Irfan makes it to KKR and not Shakib. Plus Mortaza is crap in T20s god knows why they bought him.

Hope Tamim and more importantly Ice gets to play for KKR.

[Neel Here]

I'm counting on shak to get in to KKR. he would be the perfect buy.

[shakibrulz]

Originally Posted by Neel Here
I'm counting on shak to get in to KKR. he would be the perfect buy.

Hope so. KKR team sucks especially in bowling department, I can't believe they won matches with Ishanth 'i cant bowl to save my life' Sharma and Sir 'take me to the cleaners' Aggy.

[Habib]

^I'll puke if he is signed by KKR.

[sir john]

david jacobs on ipl teams radar.
hope kapali get a place in IPL.

[Abid_Khan]

Originally Posted by sir john
david jacobs on ipl teams radar.
hope kapali get a place in IPL.

doubt Kapali will get a place in IPL, simply not good enough and overrated

[Murad]

The IPL has terminated the franchise agreements with Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals and has issued a notice to the Kochi franchise, asking them to resolve their disputes and form a joint venture company to hold the rights The decisions were taken at an emergency meeting of the league's governing council in Mumbai on Sunday.

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/c...ry/480748.html

[MohammedC]

^^^ IPL is a joke. And I am loving it.

[brockley]

Doubt ashraful or mortaza will get a contract this time,maybe shakib and tamim.

[MohammedC]

I am waiting for headlines like.

"Lalit Modi joins with Dishe hara network to form T-10 cricket".

"Rajastan and Punjab have already showed their interest.$"

"Dishehara News Network:Shane Warne lost his plot, and told T10 is better than T20"

J/K