The IPL is getting bigger. But the real question is; is it getting better? We will the answer after 51 days of intense packed full cricket consisting of 74 matches. This year the format has caught everyone’s imagination.
The teams this year have been divided into two groups of 5 teams each. They will play 70 league matches plus 4 play off games.
Each team will play 14 league games. The other 4 team in its group twice – home and away as before; 4 of the 5 teams in the other group once – home or away, and the fifth team in the other group twice – home and away. The match will be decided by a random draw of lots.
The No 1 team at the end of the league will play No 2 in play off game A, which is effectively a semi final. Similarly the No. 3 side will play no.4 in play off game B which is the other semi final. The game A winner will automatically qualify for the final but the REAL TWIST is that the game B winner plays the game A loser to decide the second finalists.
Each of the eight franchises was allowed to retain four players each, three of whom could be Indians. If the franchise decides to retain 4 players then a sum of $4.5 million was deducted from their total purchasing power of $ 9 million.
So there is always hope against hope for the losers.
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