The Indian premiere league has set in a new pitch altogether for the recently introduced format, comprising of twenty overs each and named as Twenty 20 cricket. The IPL rules are more or less based on the standard Twenty20 format rules; however the IPL rules introduce some of the interesting rules too. The teams in this series have been created by bidding for the players by the people or franchisee who are supposed to own the team. However even the creation of teams are governed by standard IPL team rules.
Following are the set of rules laid down by IPL for choosing teams, conducting IPL matches and the revenue sharing.
1. Total strength of team can be no more than 16 players, a physio and a coach.
2. No team can have more than 4 foreign players in the playing 11 and no more than 8 foreign players in the squad.
3. Each team needs to have a minimum of 4 domestic players and not less than 4 players from the BCCI under 22 pool.
4. Each region will have an Icon player who has been established as a legend in Indian cricket. There was a fixed price for Icon players, i.e. INR 4 crores or 1 million dollars.
5. The rest of the 77 players will be up for bidding, which has been divided into eight categories. Categories A-D will have of top seed players. E comprises wicketkeepers, F will have all-rounders with G consisting of specialist batsmen and H having specialist bowlers.
6. The maximum amount each franchisee can spend is $5 million
7. All the players will be compensated with a base annual salary, which is the price on which players have been bought on the day of bidding.
8. Icons are paid 15% more than the highest paid player in the auction.
9. The BCCI pool of under-22 players should be compensated with a minimum annual salary of US$20,000. The other domestic players will have a minimum base salary of US$50,000.
10. The time appointed for trading/swapping of players for the coming three years will be February.
11. No foreign players may be bought prior to the auction
12. There are also certain restrictions imposed by Cricket Australia on the number of players playing for each side. The demand by Cricket Australia is that no team should buy more than 2 Cricket Australia centrally contracted players or more than 2 players from the same state association of Cricket Australia.
Of all the above rules, some of the interesting IPL rules are:
1. Each team will have to bowl a minimum of seven bowlers. With each of the six bowlers bowling three bowlers each and the seventh bowler can bowl 2 overs
2. The batting team can call off their extra players to bat till the end of 20 overs. However , only 11 players are allowed to bowl or field
3. The batting team can continue to bat till the end of 20 overs even if it has completed the target on posed by the other team.
4. A match can be declared complete if and only if all the 40 overs have been played.
Revenue Sharing model of IPL
Till 2017:
54% - franchisee and the team management
40% - IPL
6%- Prize money
After 2017:
45% for franchisee
50% for IPL
5% for prize money
Well now before you ask me why have I listed all the IPL rules... Let me tell you that in the crunch moments, that invariably all IPL matches have... Your knowledge of rules may help you remain on the top of all heated up discussion!!! What say?
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