Finally, names of eight winners of IPL (Indian Premier League) teams are available in front of us. These names include big film stars to big industrial groups. Already, cricket is big market in India and this market is growing very fast both in money terms and reach. Due to this reason, most of big players in industry and films want to associate with cricket. IPL team rights are also given for huge amount ranging from 302 crore rupees to 480 crore rupees. IPL matches will start from 18 April, 2008 and there will be total 59 matches played in this series for 44 days. These matches will be available live on Set Max. Media rights are given to Sony+WSG combine for 10 years. BCCI has already earned Rs 7000 crore rupees by selling TV plus other rights. All these matches will be in 20-20 format and played under ICC rules. Now, winners are required to bid for 80 players, however, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh will play with their respective states and there will be no bid for them.
Details of bidders and money
1) Chandigarh Pretty Zinta for Rs 310 crore
2) Kolkata Shahrukh Khan+ Juhi Chawla (Red Chillies) for Rs 302 crore
3) Mumbai Mukesh Ambani (Reliance) for Rs 480 highest bid
4) Bengaluru Vijay Mallya (U B Group) for Rs 470 crore
5) Chennai India Cement for Rs 364 crore
6) Jaipur Banker consortium for Rs 268 crore
7) Hyderabad Deccan Chronicle for RS 470 crore
8) Delhi JMR Group for Rs 340 crore
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