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The 2024 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 17 and branded as TATA IPL 2024) was the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League. The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 26 May 2024. It was held across 13 cities in India, with Chennai hosting the opening ceremony and the final as the defending champions.
The name itself was derived from its first and flagship franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK), which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). As of 2023, the major share holders include India Cements Shareholders Trust (30%), Saradha Logistics (6.9%) and Life Insurance Corporation of India (6%). The company took over the ownership of CSK in 2014.
Several IPL franchise owners have expanded their business by acquiring teams in other franchise leagues, such as the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), South Africa's SA20, the UAE's International League T20 (ILT) and the USA's Major League Cricket (MLC). In addition to these acquisitions, Delhi Capitals also bought a stake in MLC's Seattle Orcas ...
Lists of Franchise cricket leagues in various countries of the World. In 2003, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) introduced the oldest running professional cricket league, T20 Blast . [ 1 ] However In 2008, inspired by Premier League , the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) launched a cricket league, the Indian Premier League ...
The Super Kings is the joint-most successful IPL franchise, having won five IPL titles (along with Mumbai Indians). In the IPL, it has appeared in a 10 finals and qualified for the playoff stages 12 times, the most amongst the IPL teams. The franchise has also won the Champions League Twenty20 twice in 2010 and 2014.
As of 2024, RCB was valued at $117 million [4] [5], making them one of the most valuable IPL franchises. Royal Challengers Bengaluru also holds two IPL records, for the lowest total score made in an innings (49, against Kolkata Knight Riders) and for the highest total score conceded in an innings (287, against Sunrisers Hyderabad). [6]
Their anthem for the 2016 season of IPL, titled "Dhuandaar Dilli", was released on YouTube, sung by Sukhwinder Singh. [40] In 2018, they released yet another theme song, titled "Dil Dilli hai, ab Dhadkega". The theme song for the 2019 season for the rechristened franchise, the Delhi Capitals, was "Roar Machaa" sung by Amit Trivedi. [41]
IPL was established in 2008 [6] and currently consists of ten teams in ten cities across India. The inaugural IPL season was won by Rajasthan Royals . [ 10 ] As of 2024 [update] , there have been seventeen seasons of the IPL tournament.