With little more than two weeks left for the start of the Indian Premier League, the eight franchises will meet the IPL governing council on April 2 in Mumbai to discuss key issues like security and ticketing. The franchises will also seek clarity and help from the BCCI-backed IPL council on gaining exemption from paying entertainment tax to local governments on the matches they host.

Charu Sharma, the CEO of the Bangalore franchise, said that IPL is a tournament run by the BCCI and if the board usually gets exemption from the tax while staging matches, the franchises also should get a similar treatment. “We don’t own the stadium or even the players for that matter,” Sharma told Cricinfo. “We have them in for a team activity, which is run by BCCI, and I think we should get exemption. We will raise the issue in the meeting.”

An new Lee in Indian Premier League and this time he is even better than the earlier Lee’s Hoog Lee is neither Bruce Lee nor Bret Lee.This was the Mascot for the King Khan and Prince of Kolkata ‘s team Kolkata Knight Riders.

SRK also released the anthem of the team, “Karbo, Larbo, Jeetbo Re” in a glittering ceremony which was witnessed by former India skipper Saurav Gangaly, Cricket Association of Bengal, Prasun Mukherjee, team coach John Buchanan and Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla.

Following Mascot was chosen for Rajasthan Royals.The Rajasthan Royals team has also choosen a Lion named Moochu Singh as their mascot.

‘Kings XI Punjab’ – Team Mohali of the Indian Premier League was officially launched at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 31st March 2008.On this occasion, actor and co-promoter of the team, Preity Zinta presented the First Golden Ticket to Vinay Sanjta and his family , winners of the BIG FM contest that was exclusively promoted over the last few days.

Positioning itself as a people driven and community lead team, Team Mohali will create and promote community centric activites like the Golden Ticket initiative, Scholarships, Cricket Clinics, Academies, which will be announced shortly. The promoters believe in nurturing talent at the grassroots level and are committed to developing the game of cricket especially in the Punjab region.It was also decided to price the tickets starting at Rs 50 so that its not out of the reach of any cricket lover.

On the occasion Teams Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Neil Maxwell, said ”We want to be recognized as the most significant, progressive and valuable Franchisee in the IPL – a brand who’s social, sporting and entertainment values create loyalty and embraces the community at every level. We are a people’s team. Our vision is to promote cricket sincerely and provide global exposure to local talent.” Commenting on the Team, coach, Tom Moody, said ”I am very excited about my team as we have some of the best players with us.

The country’s one of the leading financial service institution – Religare will be the associate partner of Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Delhi Daredevils team.
“This association with IPL will give high quality exposure to the Religare brand. And we believe it is a good property to be associated with from a media standpoint. Going forward we shall continue to look for more such innovations as we have consistently been doing in the past,” said NAC Advertising MD Roshan N Chowdhry.