| type="text/javascript"> | | | | where matches are being held. Each of IPL teams will |
| Indian Premier League (IPL), a brainchild of BCCI or to | | | | play seven others in the fray on home and away |
| be more precise its vice-president Lalit Modi, is a | | | | basis. Name of the IPL Teams are Kings XI Punjab, |
| Twenty- league sanctioned by ICC. Eight franchise | | | | Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan |
| teams owned by business tycoons, Bollywood stars | | | | Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils, |
| and media magnets feature in the league. DLF Indian | | | | Bangalore Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians. The |
| Premier League (IPL), the billion-dollar first-of-its-kind | | | | top four teams at the end of league stages will |
| in cricket, is loosely modeled after the mega sporting | | | | make it to semi-finals and bottom four will play |
| events English Premier League (EPL) a football league | | | | classification ties. The inaugural event, involving ties, |
| in UK and MLB (Baseball league in North America). | | | | kicked-off on April, when Mallaya-owned Bangalore |
| However, the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question is | | | | Royal Challengers take on Kolkata owned by |
| Will the much-hyped T league match EPL and MLB in | | | | Shahrukh Khan at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in |
| magnitude or is this a gigantic bubble waiting to burst. | | | | Bangalore. The franchise teams will battle it out for |
| IPL is setting a prominent travel trend in India. IPL | | | | days for $m as the prize money. |
| matches are affecting the travel patterns in the cities | | | | |