Ganguly says:

“We have a good bowling attack for Twenty20. Shoaib Akhtar is one of cricket’s leading pace bowlers and Ishant has just come back from Australia where he proved his worth. Ajit Agarkar is another with ability to bowl fast”

VVS Laxman says: “Obviously IPL is an exciting format, It’s something which is being tried for the first time and I am sure it will succeed.”

Shreevats says:

“I am extremely anxious to catch up with Boucher. He’s a wicket-keeper of huge stature, and it will be a great thing for me to learn a few tricks of the trade from him. I can only imagine the amount of help that I will get from one of the most experienced wicket-keepers in world cricket in recent years”

“I want to ask Boucher how to handle things at the highest, on the mental front. International cricket is a different ball game altogether, and Boucher will be able to give me valuable advice on how to be mentally prepared for that level”

Dr Vijay Mallya says:

“Rahul asked me before the auction if I wanted to put together a glamorous team or a winning team”

“I said glamour can be created but we needed a team which is solid, has experience and the talent to win, keeping in the Royal Challengers’ mantra ‘winning will be a habit with us’”.

On February 20, 2008 the birth of a billion dollar baby occurred in form of Indian Premier League in India.This new venture of mixing business with sports is all set to rock and roll not only the existing players but also to the ones which have just started the cricketing classes.Never before in history of cricket such a huge amount had been spent or raised on a single day.On that day a total of $37.63 million was spent on 77 players by the big cash machines of Indian Industry including Vijay Mallya, Preity Zinta Shahrukh Khan , Juhi Chawla and many more.

Board of cricket control in India or the BCCI has again showed the whole world why are they considered to be the best managing boards when it comes to cricket.Out from no where, this unique idea has made not only the board richer but has also made the parents think seriously about this buddying prospect for there children.With that kind of money involved, now the parents will be more than happy to send children to play cricket.

BCCI:Earning Money From All Corners

The BCCI has earned more than $1.8 billion from mid January even before a single ball being balled.This money is from television rights and franchise auctions.The deal with Sony Entertainment Television and World Sports Group is expected to earn $ 1.026 billion over the next 10 years which is slightly less than $1.1 billion which the ICC ( International Cricket Counsel) will get in next 8 years from ESPN who own the rights covering Two World Cups, Champions Trophies and Twenty20 competitions.
This Billion Dollar Baby – IPL has made BCCI in the top 170 corporate entities in terms of revenues.

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

REVENUES

80% of TV revenues in years 1-5, and 60% in years 5-10

60% of sponsorship revenues through 10 years

Gate revenues

Franchisee shirt sponsorship

Local Sponsorship

Licensing programme

Uniform merchandising

IPL title sponsorship

4-6″official platforms

IPL team uniform supply

Apart from these, there are ample more opportunities to milk out the cash cow ie IPL