New Delhi: Big money and star power have already made the BCCI's Indian Premier League a big hit even before it starts this April. The players participating in the tournament are also going to make huge financial gain.
So, who all are going to feature in the inaugural version of IPL?
Here is the first list of players that the BCCI has already roped in to play in the big-ticker event. Many more big names are likely to join in at a later stage.
Players already roped in by IPL:
India (29): Ajit Agarkar, S Badrinath, Piyush Chawla, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Wasim Jaffer, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Ramesh Powar, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Joginder Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, Yuvraj Singh, S Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar and Robin Uthappa.
Australia (16): Shane Warne, Glen McGrath, Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Brett Lee, Matthew Hayden, Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Jason Gillespie and Cameron White.
Pakistan (6): Shoaib Malik, Mohammed Yousuf, Shoaib Akthar, Younis Khan, Mohammed Asif and Shahid Afridi.
Sri Lanka (9): Mahela Jayawardene, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Zoysa, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakara, Farveez Maharoof and Dilhara Fernando.
South Africa (9): Graeme Smith, Ashwell Prince, Herschelle Gibbs, Albie Morkel, AB de Villiers, Shaun Pollock, Loots Bosman, Jacqes Kallis and Makhaya Ntini.
New Zealand (5): Stephen Fleming, Brendan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori and Scott Styris.
West Indies (3): Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle.
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The IPL Council, headed by BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi, announced that the IPL Twenty20 tournament will have 59 matches which will be played over 44 days. While weekdays will see only one match, there will be two matches each on Saturday and Sunday.
Modi also announced that International Cricket Council approved umpires would officiate the matches.
All matches would be telecast live on Sony SETMAX. The telecast rights for the initial 10 years of the Twenty20 tournament have been sold to Sony Entertainment and Wold Sports Group for $1.03 billion.
"The franchise team owners will be entitled to a share of the IPL's revenue that includes media rights and sponsorship fees," Modi said
He also said the teams would also retain all receipts from ticket sales, local sponsorships and venue merchandising.
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