Template:Infobox cricket tournament The 2008 Indian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, established by the BCCI in 2007. The season commenced on 18 April 2008 with the final match held on 1 June 2008 and The competition started with a double round robin group stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final.[1]
In a match which went down to the last ball, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final to win the title,[2] with Yusuf Pathan named the player of the match and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament.[3] Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was won by the Chennai Super Kings. Template:TOC limit
Auctions and Personnel signings
Template:Main The auctions for team ownership was held on January 24, 2008. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over Template:USD111.9 million.[4] For the inaugural IPL season, each team had a salary cap of US$5 million (Rs. 20 crore approx.). Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were classified as icon players. They played for the franchises representing their home towns and hence did not enter the auction. Few players were classified as marquee players and the teams which lost out on icon players were allowed one extra marquee player to be selected in the auction.[5] The first auction was conducted on 20 February 2008 with Mahendra Singh Dhoni winning the highest bid of US$1.5 million. Andrew Symonds was the most costly foreign player.[6] A further second auction was held for few foreign players signed. Teams also signed players on individual basis.[7]
Venues
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| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Capacity: 50,000 |
Wankhede Stadium Capacity: 45,000 |
PCA Stadium Capacity: 30,000 |
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| Kolkata | Bangalore | Navi Mumbai |
| Eden Gardens Capacity:100,000 |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Capacity:55,000 |
DY Patil Stadium Capacity: 55,000 |
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| Hyderabad | Delhi | Jaipur |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Capacity:55,000 |
Feroz Shah Kotla Capacity:48,000 |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Capacity:30,000 |
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Rules and regulations
Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:
| Results | Points |
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| Win | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a bowl-out will determine the winner, even in the group stage.[8]
In the group stage, teams will be ranked on the following criteria:[9]
- Higher number of points
- If equal, higher number of wins
- If still equal, net run rate
- If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
- If still equal, result of head to head meeting.
Teams and standings
Points table
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- (C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.
Match summary
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Matches
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- Mumbai Indians 5 run outs in their innings is a record in the IPL[10]
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Playoff
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Final
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Statistics
Batting
Most runs
| Player | Team | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Runs | Balls | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip |
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| Template:Flagicon Shaun Marsh | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 11 | 616 | 441 | 139.68 | 51.44 | 115 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 26 |
| Template:Flagicon Gautam Gambhir | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 14 | 534 | 379 | 140.89 | 41.07 | 86 | 0 | 5 | 68 | |
| Template:Flagicon Sanath Jayasuriya | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 14 | 514 | 309 | 166.34 | 42.83 | 114* | 1 | 2 | 57 | 31 |
| Template:Flagicon Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 15 | 472 | 311 | 151.76 | 47.20 | 76* | 0 | 4 | 46 | 19 |
| Template:Flagicon Graeme Smith | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 11 | 441 | 362 | 121.82 | 49.00 | 91 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 8 |
Template:Color box Tournament's leading scorer wore an orange cap when fielding.[11]
Bowling
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip |
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| Template:Flagicon Sohail Tanvir | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 41.1 | 22 | 6.46 | 12.09 | 11.2 | 6/14 |
| Template:Flagicon Sreesanth | Kings XI Punjab | 15 | 52.0 | 19 | 7.76 | 21.26 | 16.4 | 3/19 |
| Template:Flagicon Shane Warne | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 51.1 | 18 | 8.63 | 23.26 | 16.1 | |
| Template:Flagicon Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 54.1 | 17 | 7.07 | 22.52 | 19.1 | 3/10 |
| Template:Flagicon Manpreet Gony | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 60.0 | 17 | 7.38 | 26.05 | 21.1 | 3/25 |
Template:Color box Tournament's leading wicket taker wore a purple cap when fielding.[12]
- Note: Economy rate acts as a tie-breaker if players are level for most wickets.
Controversies
Cheerleaders
The IPL has been criticised by a few politicians and feminists for bringing in foreign cheerleaders, which is seen by many to not be in the traditional spirit of the game, as well as being against some Indian sensibilities.[13] Two cheerleaders from London were asked to leave the ground at Mohali "because of the colour of their skin" by Wizcraft International Entertainment, which handles the team Kings XI Punjab. Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson, both from London and of African ancestry were allegedly barred from entering the stadium by employees of Wizcraft International Entertainment on the pretext that "people don’t like dark girls here".[14] Both the girls also allege that an employee referred to them with the racial slur ″nigger″.[15]
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said a probe would be initiated by the IPL only if the two women officially complain to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
BCCI and IPL officials are surprised that the two cheerleaders did not complain about the alleged racist behaviour while they were in India and spoke about it only after they returned to London.
"We have not received any complaint from any cheerleaders that they were asked to leave by the Mohali-based Kings XI Punjab franchise recently because of the colour of their skin," BCCI joint secretary M.P. Pandove said in Mohali.[16]
Sreesanth – Harbhajan Singh altercation
On 25 April 2008, following the Kings XI Punjab's victory over the Mumbai Indians at Mohali, Punjab player Sreesanth was slapped under his eye by Harbhajan Singh, the in-stand captain of Mumbai. The incident came to light as Sreesanth was caught by TV cameras sobbing inconsolably on the field before the presentation ceremony. Sreesanth had since downplayed the incident saying he had no complaints against Harbhajan who was "like an elder brother" to him. Harbhajan's team had lost their third consecutive match when he apparently reacted violently to Sreesanth's approaching him and reportedly saying "hard luck". The footage of the slap has not yet been released for public viewing. The BCCI launched an investigation into the incident and decided to ban Harbhajan for the remainder 11 matches of the Twenty20 tournament.[17][18][19][20]
References
- ↑ Indian Premier League 2007/08 Fixtures. Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
- ↑ Rajasthan Royals are IPL champions. The Times of India(2 June 2008). Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ↑ Congratulate Rajasthan Royals. The Times of India(2 June 2008). Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ↑ Big business and Bollywood grab stakes in IPL. Cricinfo(24 January 2008). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ IPL auctions to be held.
- ↑ IPL Auction: Players' worth(20 February 2008). Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ↑ Rajasthan best placed for second auction. ESPNcricinfo(10 March 2008). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ Playing conditions Template:Webarchive, from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 12 September 2007
- ↑ Final WorldTwenty20 Playing conditions Template:Webarchive, from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 12 September 2007
- ↑ Best fielding in the IPL. T20 Head to Head(2021-03-07). Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ Orange Cap to separate best from the rest. The Times of India(24 April 2008). Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ↑ After Orange, IPL now introduces Purple Cap. The Times of India(12 May 2008). Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ↑ IPL cheergirls face ban in Maharashtra. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ↑ 'Colour of skin' comes into play 'Dark' girls told to leave. The Telegraph(20 May 2008). Retrieved 20 May 2008.
- ↑ Cheerleaders called 'niggers' – Details of racial abuse at Mohali match out in the open. The Telegraph(21 May 2008). Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ↑ Cheerleader claims racist slur at IPL match. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
- ↑ Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians(24 April 2008). Retrieved 25 April 2008.
- ↑ Bhajji slaps, Sree sobs. The Telegraph(24 April 2008). Retrieved 25 April 2008.
- ↑ Bhajji 'slaps' Sreesanth, makes him cry. The Times of India(24 April 2008). Retrieved 25 April 2008.
- ↑ Match results – Indian Premier League, 2007/08(24 April 2008). Retrieved 25 April 2008.