The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to begin on March 22. This will be different in many sense. From this season the players will get a fee in each match, which will be different from the amount received at the auction.
Learn what will be new this time in Part-3 of IPL Story. Also, how much the teams have changed in the last one year. We will tell the answers to these questions in 5 issues. In this…
- What is new in the season?
- How many captain changed?
- How many new players?
- How much did the support staff change?
- Ownership rights
What is new in the IPL this time and what has changed?
1. What is new in the season
Players will get a match fee For the first time in the history of IPL, players will also get a match fee besides salary. In the 17 -year history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), BCCI will pay match fees to cricketers for the first time. Along with India, foreign players will also be paid fees for playing matches.
For example, Mumbai Indians bought Robin Mining for Rs 65 lakh. He will get Rs 7.50 lakh for playing a match, if he plays 14 matches, his match will be Rs 1.05 crore from the fee. That is, it will be given Rs 1.70 crore for a season.
2. How many captains changed
Captain of 5 teams changed, Gill is the youngest, Rahane largest 5 teams are playing with the new captains. 9 out of 10 captains are Indian. This is the first time since 2019 when only one team has a foreign captain. Australia's Pet Cummins is only captain of Hyderabad. The remaining 9 teams are Indian captain.
The average age of the captain of 10 teams is 30 years. Gujarat Titans captain Shubhman Gill (25 years) is the youngest captain, while Ajinkya Rahane (36 years) of Kolkata Knight Riders (36) is the oldest captain.
- Akshar Patel: Delhi retains Rs 16.50 crore: Left -handed spin bowling all -rounder has been associated with Delhi since 2019. The team retained it for Rs 16.50 crore. In January this year, it was made the Indian T20 team vice-captain. The 31 -year -old letter has led his state team Gujarat in 23 matches. His first Rishabh Pant was the captain of the team.
- Ajinkya Rahane: Captain in 25 IPL matches: Rahane has captained 25 IPL matches. He is the ninth captain of KKR. Shreyas Iyer was captain last season. Rahane has also led Team India and Mumbai in domestic cricket. Last year, he helped Mumbai to win the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. Rahane, 36, is also the oldest captain of the current season. The youngest captain is auspicious Gill (25 years) of Gujarat.
- Rishabh Pant: The most expensive captain of IPL history: Lucknow joined him for Rs 27 crore. He is the second captain of the team, before KL Rahul was captain. Pant is also the most expensive captain in the League history. He was captain of Delhi Capitals from 2021 to 2024. Under his captaincy, Delhi won 23 out of 43 matches.
- Shreyas Iyer: became Kolkata Champion last year: 30 -year -old Shreyas Iyer is the 17th captain of Punjab Kings. Shreyas, who helped KKR to win the title last year, bought Punjab for Rs 26.75 crore. Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Quran were the captain of the team. Shreyas has also been captain of Delhi and Kolkata. He captained in 70 IPL matches and won the team in 38 matches.
- Rajat Patidar: The first time in IPL will captain: The batsman will be seen captain in the IPL for the first time. Under his captaincy, he delivered Madhya Pradesh to the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. Rajat Patidar, a 31 -year -old, is the eighth captain of Bengaluru. Prior to them, the arch of the RCB was in the hands of Faf du Plessis.
3. How many new players
Punjab has the highest 21 new players, 8 new players in Kolkata At the mega auction, 10 franchisees bought 182 players at a cost of Rs 639.15 crore. 120 players from India were sold while 10 foreign players were added by 10 teams. Punjab bought the highest 21 new players, while Kolkata bought 8 new players.
4. How much changed in support staff
Delhi's support staff changed; Dravid joins Rajasthan, Ponting joins Punjab There have been many changes to the franchise support staff over the past season. Rajasthan Royals appointed Rahul Dravid as the main coach. When Vikram Rathore became a batting coach. Both were with the Indian team to win the T20 World Cup last year.
Delhi has appointed Kevin Peterson as mentor, while Venugopal Rao has been made a bowling coach to cricket director and Munaf Patel. In addition, KKR appointed Dwayne Bravo as a mentor. Zaheer Khan becomes Lucknow's mentor and Ricky Ponting became the main coach of Punjab.
5. Ownership rights
New owner of Torrent Group Gujarat Titans Torrent Group bought 67% stake in Gujarat Titans Group. The deal for the two was estimated at around Rs 5,000 crore, while the total cost of the team was estimated at Rs 7,453 crore. The CVC group will maintain 5% stake in the team. Torrent Group is a business of pharma, power and city gas distribution. Torrent Group bid Rs 4,653 crore for the franchise in 2021, but then the CVC group bought the team for Rs 5,625 crore.
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