IPL A MEGA EVENT

INTRODUCTION
SOURCE:https://static.indiatvnews.com/

South American breathes football, Indians breathe cricket. From a small child to a very aged person everyone sees with great enthusiasm, excitement, and passion. Indians worship cricket as a god.

Talking regarding Indian Premier League (IPL) It is a 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 2008. The IPL has an exclusive window in ICC Future Tours Programme.






IPL BACKGROUND
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Indian Premier League's origin is quite interesting. It all started when Lalit Modi, the Vice President of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) envisioned the Indian Premier League. It is created along the lines of club football in Europe, specifically the English Premier League. IPL has been launched in response to the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) launched by Zee Group.




BENEFITS OF IPL

  • PLATFORM TO ENHANCE NEW CRICKETERS
The IPL comprises all kinds of cricketers, the retired ones, the newly became ones, the currently-popular ones, and the currently unpopular ones. Here, the new cricketers get an opportunity to work with the experienced cricketers and improve the quality of their game. They get a chance to learn well and shape well.


  • ENTERTAINMENT MEDIUM FOR MASSES
The cricket match provides an adrenaline rush in the body and one cannot move his/her eyes from the TV. box especially in the last two-overs. The twenty20 leagues are short and thus the excitement further increases. In IPL, teams are divided on the name of Indian states which makes people watch it, as a way of showing support and cheering for their own state.



  • ADDS REVENUE TO THE ECONOMY
IPL league provides immense employment opportunities such as the job of cricket columnist, umpires, costume designers for all teams, police guards to protect the players, etc. The money received by selling the tickets is also a large sum.

IPL 2020 POSTPONED DUE TO DEADLY CORONAVIRUS

https://www.prfire.co.uk/coronavirus-could-affect-ipl-2020-in-india/
The 13th edition of ipl was going to start on 15th April 2020 but due to CORONAVIRUS(COVID-19), it is postponed "for now" after lockdown extension. BCCI is saying that they will examine if a window is available later in the year around September - October if there is any change of dates of the World T20.


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