92-643: The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league that is annually held in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . It is organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and contested by eight city-based franchise teams. The inaugural season was held in 2016. It is usually played in July–August every year. Dindigul Dragons is the defending champion, having won their first title in 2024 . Chepauk Super Gillies
184-417: A Twenty20 franchise elsewhere in the world and make far more money. Under-17s and Under-19s are playing T20 games in national championships, and at the detriment of two-day games. Good state players these days are averaging 35; if you were averaging 35 when I was playing your dad would go and buy you a basketball or a footy and tell you to play that. Ricky Ponting , In June 2009, speaking at
276-507: A baseball dugout . The Laws of cricket apply to Twenty20, with major exceptions: Currently, if the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a one-over-per-side Eliminator or Super Over : Each team nominates three batsmen and one bowler to play a one-over-per-side "mini-match". The team which bats second in the match bats first in the Super Over. In turn, each side bats one over bowled by
368-593: A light-hearted manner – both sides turned out in kit similar to that worn in the 1980s, the New Zealand team's a direct copy of that worn by the Beige Brigade . Some of the players also sported moustaches or beards and hairstyles popular in the 1980s, taking part in a competition amongst themselves for "best retro look", at the request of the Beige Brigade. Australia won the game comprehensively, and as
460-512: A meeting was held in Delhi , which was attended by delegates from Patiala , Delhi, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh , Rajputana , Alwar , Bhopal , Gwalior , Baroda , Kathiawar , Central Provinces and Berar , Sindh and Punjab . The delegates agreed to create a board for control of cricket in India. On 10 December 1927, a unanimous decision to form a provisional board of control was taken, and
552-601: A net of ₹ 50 million (US$ 600,000) from the TNPL after meeting all expenses. However, some of the franchises were unsatisfied with the response and demanded an audit of the TNPL accounts. From 2016 to 2019, India Cements owned the title rights of the league. A tender for new title rights sponsor was released in March 2020 and was awarded to the Shriram Group . The winners of TNPL are awarded ₹ 10 million (US$ 120,000) with
644-501: A similar business model to that of the IPL. For the first five years, about 80 percent of the central rights (broadcast fees and sponsorship) after excluding match staging fees, were shared amongst the eight franchises and the rest went to the TNCA. About 65 per cent was divided equally between the franchises and the rest was given to the franchises as per their standing in the league. Contrary to
736-618: A single season, before it was renamed again as Trichy Grand Cholas ahead of the 2024 season. Present teams Former teams Three venues were used for the first the first four seasons. League matches were hosted at Indian Cement Company Ground in Tirunelveli and NPR College Ground at Dindigul with the playoffs held at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium at Chennai. From the 2020 season, matches were held at two new venues: Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium at Salem and SNR College Cricket Ground at Coimbatore . Team now defunct Final
828-399: A tie-breaking bowl-out 3–0; 126 runs were scored apiece in the game proper. The game was the last international match played by Chris Cairns . The ICC has declared that it sees T20 as the optimal format for globalizing the game, and in 2018, announced that it will give international status to all T20 cricket matches played between its member nations. This resulted in a significant leap in
920-412: Is a form of limited overs cricket in that it involves two teams, each with a single innings . The key feature is that each team bats for a maximum of 20 overs (120 legal balls). The batting team members do not arrive from and depart to traditional dressing rooms, but come and go from a bench (typically a row of chairs) visible in the playing arena, analogous to association football's technical area or
1012-612: Is an autonomous, private organization that does not fall under the purview of the National Sports Federation of India of Government of India and does not receive any grants from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports . The BCCI is influential in international cricket. The International Cricket Council shares the largest part of its revenue with the BCCI. IPL run by BCCI is one of the wealthiest sports leagues in
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#17327911075961104-424: Is an elected position, and is considered the most-powerful position in the BCCI administration. Due to the president's financial power and the popularity of cricket in India, it is considered as a highly prestigious position. The President of the BCCI presides over the meeting of the apex council and the general body. He signs audited annual accounts and financial statements. The full-member state boards can vote in
1196-428: Is completed in about three and a half hours, with each innings lasting around 90 minutes and an official 10-minute break between the innings. This is much shorter than previous forms of the game, and is closer to the timespan of other popular team sports. It was introduced to create a fast-paced game that would be attractive to spectators at the ground and viewers on television. The game has succeeded in spreading around
1288-749: Is governed by its constitution. The board has been prohibited by the Supreme Court of India from amending its own constitution without its approval. The BCCI's headquarters is located at the Cricket Centre within the premises of the Mumbai Cricket Association at Wankhede Stadium in Churchgate , Mumbai, where it occupies three floors of a four-floor building. BCCI is registered as a society in Tamil Nadu under
1380-489: Is led by chief national selector, selects players for these teams. As part of its duties, the BCCI organises and schedules matches to be played by each of these teams, and schedules, sanctions and organises domestic cricket in India. The first game of cricket was played in India by European sailors, who played the sport as a recreational activity in the first half of the 18th century. These sailors played cricket near their coastal settlements. The first recorded match in India
1472-668: Is the BCCI's incumbent ethics officer and ombudsman. He was appointed in June 2022. The board created this ethics officer post in 2017 due to increasing complaints of conflict of interest in the board's office holders, employees and associated people. The officer reviews complaints of conflict of interest. Dr. Abhijit Salvi is the head of BCCI's anti-doping unit. NADA sends qualified doctors to collect blood and urine sample of players and later analyse it in lab to find out performance-enhancing drugs or steroids in blood. After that BCCI takes appropriate actions if found doing violations. In 2012,
1564-535: Is the most successful team with four titles. In July 2015, the R M Lodha committee appointed by the Supreme Court , suspended the Chennai based Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings for a period of two years due to the association of their owners with illegal betting. As a result of the ban, there was no major competitive T20 cricket that was played in the state. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) introduced plans for T20 cricket league for
1656-558: Is the principal national governing body of the sport of cricket in India . Its headquarters are situated at the Cricket Centre in Churchgate , Mumbai . BCCI is the wealthiest governing body of cricket in the world. It is involved in talent development through grassroots programs and cricket academies. Its initiatives include infrastructure development, coaching, and player welfare programs designed to maintain and enhance India's competitive performance internationally. BCCI
1748-488: Is the skipper of the India cricket team. It has won the 1983, 2011 ODI, and 2007 and 2024 T20 world cups. The BCCI has a special anti-corruption unit that is responsible for preventing malpractice in cricket within India. This unit is responsible for investigating unlawful activities such as betting, spot-fixing, match-fixing and corrupt approaches to players. Shabir Hussein has been the head of this unit since April 2021 . Former Indian Supreme Court judge Vineet Saran
1840-619: The 1983 Cricket World Cup , defeating the defending champions the West Indies by 43 runs in the final at Lord's. India also won the World Championship of Cricket in 1985, defeating Pakistan by eight wickets in the final at Melbourne Cricket Ground . The BCCI hosted the 1987 World Cup ; it was the first time the event was organised outside England. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, BCCI paid ₹5 lakh per match to terrestrial television network Doordarshan to broadcast
1932-516: The 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One , a 50-over competition. In December 2007 it was decided to hold a qualifying tournament with a 20-over format to better prepare the teams. With six participants, two would qualify for the 2009 World Twenty20 and would each receive $ 250,000 in prize money. The second tournament was won by Pakistan , who beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in England on 21 June 2009. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament
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#17327911075962024-415: The 2024 season , teams were permitted a maximum of 20 players and were allowed to retain a set of players before the rest went into an auction. About 61 players were sold in the auction with the maximum bid at ₹ 2.2 million (US$ 26,000). The franchises were sold to the highest bidders for a period of ten years and The TNCA had earned ₹ 335.1 million (US$ 4.0 million) in franchise rights. TNPL followed
2116-489: The 2026 T20 World Cup , the 2029 Champions Trophy , the 2031 Cricket World Cup , and the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup . The BCCI manages four squads that represent India in international cricket; the men's national cricket team , the women's national cricket team , the men's national under-19 cricket team and women's national under-19 cricket team . It also governs developmental India A , India B and India A women's teams. Its national selection committee, which
2208-616: The Arjuna award but says it is not a national sports federation. Since its foundation, the BCCI has not been officially sanctioned by Government of India and after being started as a national governing body of cricket in India, it is the sole representative of India in International Cricket Council . The BCCI's logo is derived from the Star of India emblem. According to Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu ,
2300-692: The Hindu Gymkhana sports club. In 1912, an all-India cricket team visited England for the first time, and were sponsored and captained by the Maharaja of Patiala . In 1926, two representatives of Calcutta Cricket Club travelled to London to attend meetings of the Imperial Cricket Conference , the predecessor of the current International Cricket Council . Although technically not an official representative of Indian cricket, they were allowed to attend by Lord Harris , chairman of
2392-642: The Rose Bowl in Hampshire on 13 June 2005, which England won by a margin of 100 runs, a record victory which lasted until 2007. On 9 January 2006 Australia and South Africa met in the first international Twenty20 game in Australia. In a first, each player's nickname appeared on the back of his uniform, rather than his surname. The international match drew a crowd of 38,894 people at The Gabba . On 16 February 2006 New Zealand defeated West Indies in
2484-503: The South African cricket tour of India , South Africa's first official international tour after the 21-year boycott from international cricket. During this time, South Africa joined the "Asian bloc" of the BCCI and its South-Asian neighbours. In 1993, the BCCI signed a deal with TransWorld International (TWI), which would pay the BCCI to televise England's tour of India on satellite television and Doordarshan would pay TWI for
2576-405: The inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of twenty overs . Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as being played at the highest level, both internationally and domestically. A typical Twenty20 game
2668-499: The president of the ICC . With Dalmiya at the head of the ICC, the BCCI led a successful proposal to grant Test status to Bangladesh in 1999–2000. Since 2000, the BCCI has hosted and organised multiple ICC cricket World Cups competitions that is men's 2011 ODI world cup , the 2023 ODI world cup , the 2016 T20 world cup , the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy and 2021 T20 world cups ; 2013 , 2016 Women's Cricket world cups. In 2007,
2760-509: The 2018 season, the Madurai franchise was sold to Seichem Technologies and was renamed as Madurai Panthers . Thiruvallur Veerans was renamed as Kanchi Veerans ahead of the same season. In 2019, the BCCI said that action was initiated against the owners of two of the franchises for match fixing . In response, the TNCA asked the franchise Tuti Patriots to remove two of their co-owners. Tuti Patriots became solely owned by Selvakumar after two of
2852-477: The 2022 season, the digital rights were sold to Viacom18 and FanCode became the streaming partner since the 2023 season. Eight franchises are competing in the league. The franchises are named after a city it is representing in the state. Each team can have a maximum of 20 players that includes two outstation players. Ahead of the 2017 season, Kanchi Warriors moved its base to changed its name to Tiruchirappalli and changed its name to Trichy Warriors . Before
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2944-876: The BCCI established its own production house . The BCCI's broadcast service produces coverage of international matches of the Indian national cricket team those held in India; and matches of leading domestic tournaments including the IPL. Until 2012, the BCCI paid the production costs to the company who purchased the media rights from them. Nimbus Communications did production for the BCCI for many years. The BCCI's production house holds production rights and copyrights of Indian cricket's content. The BCCI broadcasts video highlights of domestic and bilateral cricket series in India on its website. Starting in July 2023, it will broadcast live, important domestic games form tournaments such as Duleep and Deodhar Trophy on its website. President
3036-484: The BCCI established the Indian Premier League (IPL), an annual, franchise-based, Twenty20 cricket league. In 2008, the BCCI sold the ownership rights of eight city-based franchises to corporate groups and Bollywood celebrities in a closed auction for a total of US$ 723.49 million; it also sold the tournament's global media rights for 10 years to World Sport Group for US$ 1.03 billion. The media deal
3128-605: The BCCI was formed in December 1928. R. E. Grant Govan was elected as its first president and Anthony de Mello was secretary. In 1926, the BCCI joined the Imperial Cricket Council, then the governing body for international cricket. In 1936, the BCCI started India's premier first-class cricket championship the Ranji Trophy , which was named after the first Indian person who played international cricket,
3220-413: The BCCI. Shah is also the present president of Asian Cricket Council . As per the eligibility criteria, the person who has at least 10 years of working experience in a ₹100 crore -or-more annual turnover company on management position can be a chief executive officer (CEO) of the BCCI. Hemang Amin is the incumbent CEO. Rahul Johari became the first CEO; the post was created after the recommendation of
3312-478: The BCCI. He succeeded Sourav Ganguly . Binny is a member of India's 1983 Cricket World Cup -winning team. He took charge in October 2022. 'BCCI secretary' is the second most powerful and important post after president. Secretary signs all the contracts and carries correspondence on behalf of BCCI. Jay Shah is the incumbent secretary. The secretary have power to take action or defend office bearers, employees of
3404-607: The Board of Control for Cricket in India is made up of full and associate members. The majority of full members are state cricket associations. Each state is permitted one representative, except for Gujarat and Maharashtra , which have three. There are additional representatives from Indian Railways , Services and Universities . Changes recommended by the Lodha Committee included restricting full membership to state associations and limiting states to one full member, with
3496-608: The Chennai first-division league teams to be played in May 2016. Following the same, the TNCA announced the inaugural edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). The league was aimed to make up for the absence of major T20 matches in the state that year and to serve as a platform for local players from the state. The TNPL was proposed as an eight team event contested by city-based franchise teams. On 1 May 2016,
3588-567: The English and Caribbean Twenty20 competitions, Middlesex and Trinidad and Tobago , and a Stanford Superstars team formed from West Indies domestic players. Trinidad and Tobago won the competition, securing $ 280,000 prize money. On 1 November, the Stanford Superstars played England in what was expected to be the first of five fixtures in as many years with the winner claiming $ 20 million in each match. The Stanford Superstars won
3680-943: The ICC's key committees to form the "Big Three". The foundation of the "Big Three" would result in a complete remodelling of world cricket, with India, England, and Australia now commanding most of cricket's revenue for the foreseeable future. In 2019, the BCCI recognised retired players' union the Indian Cricketers' Association (ICA), which was formed after the Supreme court appointed Lodha committee 's recommendation to form an independent organisation for welfare of nation's players. The board also includes this union's one person as "ICA representative" in BCCI and IPL's apex governing council. On 14 February 2022, it laid foundation stone for new National Cricket Academy (NCA) at Bangalore , which will replace old NCA located near M. Chinnaswamy Stadium , Banglore. Membership of
3772-490: The IPL, gate collections were not shared with the franchises. To attract sponsors, owners were advised to name their teams after the districts in the state. In May 2019, five of the franchises wrote to the TNCA regarding the financial difficulties faced by the franchises. The franchises expressed concerns regarding the lack of outstation players' participation, quality of umpiring, unavailability of players who represent India and matches being held in smaller venues, which affected
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3864-474: The Indian cricket team's matches. It hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup competitions in 1987 and 1996 . In 1991, BCCI proposed South Africa's readmission to international cricket at the International Cricket Council (ICC). After the proposal succeeded, the BCCI sold television broadcast rights for the first time; South African Broadcasting Corporation purchased the rights to broadcast
3956-437: The Indian fitness website Takath.com that Twenty20 had "raised the bar" in terms of fitness levels for all players, demanding higher levels of strength, speed, agility and reaction time from all players regardless of role in the team. Matthew Hayden credited retirement from international cricket with aiding his performance in general and fitness in particular in the Indian Premier League . Several commentators have noted that
4048-504: The King of Nawanagar state K.S. Ranjitsinhji , who played for England in international cricket. The Mumbai cricket team is the most-successful team, winning 42 titles. In 1932 , India played its maiden Test match under the captaincy of C. K. Nayudu against England at Lord's cricket ground in London. During England's 1933-34 tour of India , on 17 December 1933, Lala Amarnath became
4140-473: The Lodha Committee. The CEO of the BCCI handles its management duties and reports to the BCCI secretary. National selectors are responsible for selecting national men's senior team. It also select male junior teams India A and India B , which represent India in second-and-third tiers of international cricket. The selection committee is composed of five former cricketers from five different zones of
4232-518: The Super Over is also tied then a " countback " is used, with scores after the fifth ball for each team being used to determine the result. If it is still tied, then the countback goes to four balls, and so on. The latest Super Over to decide a match was between the United States and Pakistan on 6 June 2024, in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas, with
4324-668: The T20 format has been embraced by many Associate members of the ICC partly because it is more financially viable to play. T20's success has also inspired the invention of even shorter formats, such as T10 cricket and 100-ball cricket , and its impact on cricket has been compared to or served as inspiration for innovations in other sports, such as with the 3x3 variant of basketball or the Indian Pro Kabaddi League . Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting , on
4416-407: The TNCA invited bidders for the franchise rights with the base price set at ₹ 12.5 million (US$ 150,000). About 17 bidders participated in the bidding process and the eight franchises were unveiled later by the TNCA. The franchise rights for the eight team were sold for ₹ 335.1 million (US$ 4.0 million) with the highest bid at ₹ 52.1 million (US$ 620,000). In June 2016, the TNCA announced that
4508-422: The TNCA. During the inaugural season, the eight teams played every other team once and the top four qualified for the semifinals. Since the second season , a new system was introduced in which the eight teams played against each other in the league phase in round-robin format and the top four qualified for the playoffs . The playoffs consist of three matches – one eliminator and two qualifiers, followed by
4600-469: The United States winning 18/1 to 13/1 in the Super Over after tying on 159. Tied Twenty20 matches were previously decided by a bowl-out . Women's and men's Twenty20 Internationals have been played since 2004 and 2005 respectively. To date, 76 nations have played the format, including all Test-playing nations . In November 2011, the ICC released the first Twenty20 International rankings for
4692-493: The annual Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's , former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist pushed for Twenty20 to be made an Olympic sport . "It would," he said, "be difficult to see a better, quicker or cheaper way of spreading the game throughout the world." This became a reality starting with the 2028 Summer Olympics . T20 cricket has also been accepted into the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games . Twenty20 match format
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#17327911075964784-596: The broadcasting and digital rights for the next five years (2018–2022) of the IPL were sold to Star India for US$ 2.55 billion, making it one of the world's most lucrative sports league per match. The IPL has seen a spike in its brand valuation to US$ 5.3 billion after the 10th edition , according to global valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps. The Big Bash League , Bangladesh Premier League , Pakistan Super League , Caribbean Premier League , and Afghanistan Premier League started thereafter, following similar formulae, and remained popular with
4876-528: The conference. The outcome of the meeting was the MCC's decision to send a team that was led by Arthur Gilligan , who had captained England in The Ashes , to India. In a meeting with the Maharaja of Patiala and others, Gilligan promised to press for its inclusion in the ICC if all of the game's promoters in the country united to establish a single controlling body. An assurance was given and on 21 November 1927
4968-740: The country participated in Pakistan's inaugural competition in 2004, with the Faisalabad Wolves the first winners. On 12 January 2005 Australia's first Twenty20 game was played at the WACA Ground between the Western Warriors and the Victorian Bushrangers . It drew a sell-out crowd of 20,000, which was the first one in nearly 25 years. Starting on 11 July 2006, 19 West Indies regional teams competed in what
5060-533: The cricket world. On most international tours there is at least one Twenty20 match and all Test -playing nations have a domestic cup competition. When the Benson & Hedges Cup ended in 2002, the ECB sought another one-day competition to fill with the younger generation in response to dwindling crowds and reduced sponsorship. The Board wanted to deliver fast-paced, exciting cricket accessible to fans who were put off by
5152-720: The day to buy tickets, causing Gabba staff to throw open gates and grant many fans free entry. Attendance reached 27,653. For the February 2008 Twenty20 match between Australia and India, 85,824 people attended the match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , involving the Twenty20 World Champions against the ODI World Champions . The Stanford Super Series was held in October 2008 between the three teams. The respective winners of
5244-451: The districts represented by the franchise. Ahead of the 2020 season, the franchises were allowed to retain three players each from the last season and a new player draft was held. The salary caps for the categories were also raised with the maximum cap set at ₹ 0.6 million (US$ 7,200). Until 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India prevented TNCA from including outstation players in
5336-684: The fans. The Women's Big Bash League was started in 2015 by Cricket Australia, while the Kia Super League was started in England and Wales in 2016. The Mzansi Super League in South Africa was started in 2018. Several T20 leagues follow the general format of having a group stage followed by a Page playoff system among the top four teams where: In the Big Bash League, there is an additional match to determine which of
5428-420: The final. The top two teams from the league phase play against each other in the first qualifier match with the winner progressing to the final. The loser would play against the winner of an eliminator match between the third and fourth-place teams from the league phase play in the second qualifier. The winner of this match would play the winner of the first qualifier for the title. For the first season, each team
5520-631: The first Indian batsman to score a test century, scoring 118 on his debut, at Bombay Gymkhana . In 1967–68 , India won its first-ever Test cricket series outside Asia. Previously it had defeated Pakistan , New Zealand and England , and won series in India . In 1952, the England team toured India ; it was their first tour of India after its Independence . Nigel Howard was the captain of touring team. The former India captain Vijaya Ananda Gajapathi Raju, also known as Vizzy ,
5612-525: The first match, but no further fixtures were held as Allen Stanford was charged with fraud in 2009. Several T20 leagues started after the popularity of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 . The Board of Control for Cricket in India started the Indian Premier League popularly known as IPL , which is now the largest cricket league, in 2008, which utilizes the North American sports franchise system with ten teams in major Indian cities. In September 2017,
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#17327911075965704-512: The first season would consist of 27 matches to be played in August–September across three cities Chennai, Tirunelveli , and Dindigul with the player draft to be held in July. The player draft was held in Chennai on 30 July. On 16 August 2016, the first edition of the league was inaugurated by MS Dhoni and was played from 24 August to 18 September. The first edition featured international cricketers and other domestic cricketers registered with
5796-455: The fourth- or fifth-placed teams will qualify to be in the top four. The first Twenty20 International match was held on 5 August 2004 between the England and New Zealand women's teams, with New Zealand winning by nine runs. On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland . The game was played in
5888-483: The game. In October 2018, the ICC announced that the women's ranking would be split between ODIs and T20Is, and released both tables shortly thereafter. This is a list of the current Twenty20 domestic competitions in several of the leading cricket countries. Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India , also known as, Indian Cricket Board , (abbreviation BCCI )
5980-408: The league. For the fifth season, a maximum of two outstation players who were not part of the Indian Premier League , were permitted per team and a separate draft for the outstation players was held after the conclusion of the 2020 IPL season . Ahead of the 2023 season , the TNCA introduced a new player auction replacing the draft system. Each team was given a purse of ₹ 7 million (US$ 84,000). For
6072-724: The logo was designed by the Government of India in 1928. It is 90% similar to the Star of India . The BCCI was alleged to use old official government emblem without prior permission from Government of India and it is an offence under the Emblem and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950. The BCCI have ' India cricket team (men), Women national team , India men's and women's U19 teams which represents India in international level cricket while it also govern second-tier or junior teams: India A , B (men's), India A Women's. Rohit Sharma
6164-579: The longer versions of the game. Stuart Robertson, the marketing manager of the ECB, proposed a 20-over-per-innings game, invented by New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe , to county chairmen in 2001, and they voted 11–7 in favour of adopting the new format. The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup . The first season of Twenty20 in England
6256-576: The men's game, based on the same system as the Test and ODI rankings. The rankings cover a two- to three-year period, with matches since the most recent 1 August weighted fully, matches in the preceding 12 months weighted two-thirds, and matches in the 12 months preceding that weighted one-third. To qualify for the rankings, teams must have played at least eight Twenty20 Internationals in the ranking period. The ICC Women's Rankings were launched in October 2015, which aggregated performance over all three forms of
6348-488: The number of T20I matches played across the world. Every two years an ICC World Twenty20 tournament is to take place, except in the event of an ICC Cricket World Cup being scheduled in the same year, in which case it will be held the year before. The first tournament was in 2007 in South Africa where India defeated Pakistan in the final. Two Associate teams had played in the first tournament, selected through
6440-399: The one nominated opposition bowler, with their innings over if they lose two wickets before the over is completed. The side with the higher score from their Super Over wins. If the Super Over also ends up in a tie, it is repeated until the tie is broken. In the Australian domestic competition the Big Bash League , the Super Over is played slightly differently, with no two-wicket limit, and if
6532-691: The other hand, has criticised Twenty20 as being detrimental to Test cricket and for hampering batsmen's scoring skills and concentration. Former Australian captain Greg Chappell made similar complaints, fearing that young players would play too much T20 and not develop their batting skills fully, while former England player Alex Tudor feared the same for bowling skills. Former West Indies captains Clive Lloyd , Michael Holding and Garfield Sobers criticised Twenty20 for its role in discouraging players from representing their test cricket national side, with many West Indies players like Chris Gayle , Sunil Narine and Dwayne Bravo preferring instead to play in
6624-408: The others becoming associate members, but these have not been fully adopted by the BCCI, with existing members retaining full membership except for Cricket Club of India ( Mumbai ) and National Cricket Club ( Kolkata ). Associations not meeting the criteria for full members are classified as associate. The BCCI organise following State level tournaments: The BCCI
6716-506: The presidential election. Gujarat and Maharashtra have more than one full member but as per the Lodha Committee, supreme court guidelines state any state can have only one vote in the election at any time. Former India-and- Karnataka cricketer, national selector, India under-19 teams' coach and President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association Roger Binny is the incumbent President of
6808-539: The result became obvious towards the end of the NZ innings, the players and umpires took things less seriously: Glenn McGrath jokingly replayed the Trevor Chappell underarm incident from a 1981 ODI between the two sides, and Billy Bowden showed him a mock red card (red cards are not normally used in cricket) in response. The first Twenty20 international in England was played between England and Australia at
6900-458: The rights to televise the matches in India. The 1993 Hero Cup was broadcast on Star TV , which made it the first cricket series to be broadcast on satellite television in India and broke the monopoly of Doordarshan. A lengthy legal battle between Doordarshan and the BCCI—which was led by Jagmohan Dalmiya and president I. S. Bindra —ensued. In February 1995, the Supreme Court of India ruled
6992-521: The runners-up receiving ₹ 6 million (US$ 72,000). The two semi-finalists are awarded ₹ 4 million (US$ 48,000) each with the remaining four teams receiving ₹ 2.5 million (US$ 30,000) each. In 2016, Star India acquired the media rights for ₹ 71 million (US$ 850,000) for a minimum period of five years. The matches are telecast with commentaries in English and Tamil . Star also streamed the matches over its OTT platform, Disney+ Hotstar till 2021. For
7084-498: The societies registration act, is an autonomous body and does not receive any grants or funding from the Indian government. In 2004, in the Supreme Court of India, the BCCI stated that the Indian cricket team is the official team of BCCI and not the official team of India and it does not fly the national flag or uses any national emblem in the activities of the board. The BCCI recommends its players for prestigious awards such as
7176-432: The subsequent season, the franchises retained the players and a short player draft were conducted to fill the vacant positions. For the 2018 season , the teams were allowed to retain three players and a new player draft was held with similar rules as the first draft. For the 2019 season , the teams were allowed to retain players from the previous season and were permitted a maximum of 22 players with at least two players from
7268-482: The television rights of India's matches were a commodity belonging to the BCCI, for which the broadcaster must pay BCCI and not the other way around. BCCI, in a joint bid with Pakistan and Sri Lanka, won the rights to host the 1996 Cricket World Cup , defeating the England-and-Australia bloc. The tournament was a commercial success, yielding the ICC a profit of $ 50 million. In 1997, Dalmiya became
7360-526: The three owners moved out and was the team was renamed as Salem Spartans . Ahead of the 2020 season, Karaikudi Kaalai was also renamed as Tiruppur Tamizhans after moving to the city of Tiruppur . Kanchi Veerans franchise was also sold to Crown Forts and was known as Nellai Royal Kings after shifting its base to Tirunelveli. Ahead of the 2023 season, the Trichy Warriors franchise was bought by Drumstick productions and renamed to Ba11sy Trichy for
7452-427: The viewership for the league and the television rating points . The franchises reportedly suffered losses of up to ₹ 250 million (US$ 3.0 million) and suggested several changes including the inclusion of more outstation players and changes to the revenue-sharing model of the league. In response, the TNCA states that it already shares 80 per cent of the telecast and sponsorship fees with the franchises and gains only
7544-463: The world. In financial year 2023-2024, BCCI earned ₹ 18,700 crore (US$ 2.2 billion). BCCI paid ₹ 4,298 crore (US$ 510 million) in taxes for the financial year 2022-23. R. E. Grant Govan was the first BCCI president and Anthony De Mello was its first secretary. As of February 2023 , Roger Binny is the incumbent BCCI president and Jay Shah is the secretary. BCCI has hosted multiple Cricket World Cups , and will host
7636-436: Was a no-result and trophy shared Source: Source: Source: Source: Official website Twenty20 First-class cricket One Day International Limited overs (domestic) Twenty20 International Twenty20 (domestic) Other forms Twenty20 (abbreviated T20 ) is a shortened format of cricket . At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for
7728-534: Was a relative success, with the Surrey Lions defeating the Warwickshire Bears by nine wickets in the final to claim the title. The first Twenty20 match held at Lord's , on 15 July 2004 between Middlesex and Surrey , attracted a crowd of 27,509, the highest attendance for any county cricket game at the ground – other than a one-day final – since 1953. Thirteen teams from different parts of
7820-404: Was allowed a minimum of 17 players and a maximum of 19. There were 888 players classified into three price bands with the highest price was fixed at ₹ 0.5 million (US$ 6,000). The team with the highest bid during the franchise auction had the first right followed in order by the value of the bids and the process was repeated till the time a team exhausted its purse or refused to choose a player. For
7912-634: Was established on 1 December 1928 in Madras under Act XXI of 1860 of Madras and was subsequently reregistered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. It is a consortium of state cricket associations that select their own representatives who elect the BCCI president. It joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926 which later became the International Cricket Council. The BCCI
8004-676: Was held in Bangladesh. The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was won by West Indies. In July 2020, the ICC announced that both the 2020 and 2021 editions had been postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In June 2021, the ICC expanded the Twenty20 World Cup from 16 to 20 teams starting from the 2024 edition onwards. Twenty20 cricket is claimed to have resulted in a more athletic and explosive form of cricket. Indian fitness coach Ramji Srinivasan declared in an interview with
8096-463: Was held in the West Indies in May 2010, where England defeated Australia by seven wickets. The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was won by the West Indies, by defeating Sri Lanka at the finals. It was the first time in cricket history when a T20 World Cup tournament took place in an Asian country. The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was won by Sri Lanka, by defeating India at the finals, where the tournament
8188-677: Was named the Stanford 20/20 tournament. The event was financially backed by billionaire Allen Stanford , who gave at least $ 28 million in funding money. It was intended that the tournament would be an annual event. Guyana won the inaugural event, defeating Trinidad and Tobago by five wickets, securing $ 1 million in prize money. On 5 January 2007 the Queensland Bulls played the New South Wales Blues at The Gabba , Brisbane . An unexpected 16,000 fans turned up on
8280-639: Was played between the British army and British settlers in 1751. The world's second-oldest cricket club, Calcutta Cricket Club , was founded in 1792 in present-day Kolkata. The Parsis were the first civilian community to accept cricket as a sport and play it in India. In 1848, they set up the Oriental Cricket Club in present-day Mumbai. In 1850, they founded the Young Zoroastrian Cricket Club. In 1886, Hindus founded
8372-431: Was re-negotiated the following year to $ 1.6 billion. In 2010, the BCCI expanded the league to 10 teams, selling two new franchises for a total of US$ 703 million. Due to the IPL's commercial success, similarly styled Twenty20 leagues appeared around the world, as did franchise-based leagues in other sports in India. In 2014, the BCCI, Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board seized control of several of
8464-407: Was the BCCI president in the 1960s. In 1975, the BCCI paid ₹2,500 per match to the test cricketers. Banks, Indian railways and private enterprises would recruit players. The board appointed Ajit Wadekar captain in 1971 , the Indian team won their first test series against England on English soil, and against the West Indies , Sunil Gavaskar made his test debut in latter series. India won
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