The Indian Premier League （IPL） is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during March or April and May of every year by eight teams representing eight different cities in India. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India （BCCI） in 2007.
IPL has an exclusive window in ICC Future Tours Programme and is one of the most-attended cricket league in the world. The brand value of IPL in 2019 was US$6.3 billion, according to Duff & Phelps.
Each season of the tournament consists of double round-robin league stage, followed by playoffs. The tournament uses a draft system for player acquisition similar to that in American professional sports leagues. |
