Indian Premier League (IPL), a brainchild of BCCI or to be more precise its vice-president Lalit Modi, is a Twenty- league sanctioned by ICC. Eight franchise teams owned by business tycoons, Bollywood stars and media magnets feature in the league. IPL is setting a prominent travel trend in India. IPL matches are affecting the travel patterns in the cities where matches is being held.

DLF Indian Premier League (IPL), the billion-dollar first-of-its-kind in cricket, is loosely modeled after the mega sporting events English Premier League (EPL) a football league in UK and MLB (Baseball league in North America). However, the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question is Will the much-hyped T league match EPL and MLB in magnitude or is this a gigantic bubble waiting to burst.

Each of IPL teams will play seven others in the fray on home and away basis. Name of the IPL Teams are Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians.  The top four teams at the end of league stages will make it to semi-finals and bottom four will play classification ties. The inaugural event, involving ties, kicked-off on April, when Mallaya-owned Bangalore Royal Challengers take on Kolkata owned by Shahrukh Khan at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The franchise teams will battle it out for days for $m as the prize money.

The matches will be played in the most renowned grounds of Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mohali. There can be two or one match as per the schedule per day and this entertainment saga will run for nearly 45 days showcasing not only the war for honor of the states but also the battles between the best players in the world. The final will be played June end the semi finals May end. These matches will be in Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium). This was told by the IPL commissioner and Chairman Lalit Modi after a meeting with the eight franchise owners and representatives of the match staging associations.

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