The Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) is a T10 cricket league which had its first season take place from 6-15 March 2024. [1] It is meant to help uncover emerging cricketing talent, [2] with matches played using tennis balls. [3] [4] The entire competition was played at Dadoji Kondadev Stadium, Thane, Maharashtra. [5]
Dates | 6 – 15 March 2024 |
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Cricket format | T10 tennis ball cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | India |
Champions | Tigers of Kolkata |
Runners-up | Majhi Mumbai |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 18 |
Official website | https://ispl-t10.com/ |
The ISPL was inspired by a cricket talent hunt which took place in 2021 in the Dharavi slums, with the idea being to help poorer athletes have a chance to play professional cricket. [6]
Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the Core Committee member of the tournament alongside BCCI treasurer Ashish Shelar and Amol Kale. Former Indian team head coach Ravi Shastri has been appointed as the chief mentor of the tournament. [7]
The first season had an overall viewership of 11 million, and 500,000 fans attending the matches. [8] The ISPL has announced plans to start a 6-team Middle East edition in the future. [9]
A record bid of ₹1,165 crore (US$150 million) was made for six teams, [10] with Bollywood star Akshay Kumar's Srinagar Ke Veer fetching the highest bid of ₹251 crore (US$31 million) from Sanjay Gupta and Rohan Gupta’s SG Sports Pvt. Ltd. [11]
Teams [12] [13] | City | State | Owners |
Majhi Mumbai | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Amitabh Bachchan |
Srinagar Ke Veer | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | Akshay Kumar |
Falcon Risers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | Ram Charan |
Chennai Singams | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Suriya Sivakumar |
Bangalore Strikers | Bangalore | Karnataka | Hrithik Roshan |
Tigers of Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | Saif Ali Khan, |
The winning team of the inaugural ISPL season earns ₹1 crore (US$130,000), while the runner-up gets ₹50 lakh (US$63,000). [6]
The following rule modifications to the T10 format are in effect in ISPL matches: [14] [15] [16]
96 players were selected out of a pool of 350 players. [20] A total of ₹4.91 crore (US$610,000) was spent on the players selected. [12] [21]
The total salary cap of each team was ₹1 crore (US$130,000). Chennai Singams were the highest and Srinagar Ke Veer were the lowest spenders.
Chennai Singams - ₹96.4 lakh (US$120,000)
Falcon Risers Hyderabad - ₹93.65 lakh (US$120,000)
Tigers of Kolkata - ₹87.35 lakh (US$110,000)
Majhi Mumbai -₹84.3 lakh (US$110,000)
Bangalore Strikers - ₹77.3 lakh (US$97,000)
Srinagar Ke Veer - ₹52.4 lakh (US$66,000)
Bangalore Strikers [22] | Chennai Singams | Falcon Risers Hyderabad | Majhi Mumbai | Srinagar Ke Veer | Tigers of Kolkata |
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All matches were played in Dadoji Kondadev Stadium, Thane. [23]
The schedule for the group stages was published on 5 March 2024. [24]
Master XI 95/7 (10 overs) | v | Khiladi XI 89/6 (10 overs) |
Srinagar Ke Veer 103/7 (10 overs) | v | Majhi Mumbai 140/7 (10 overs) |
Chennai Singams 121/5 (10 overs) | v | Tigers of Kolkata 113/8 (10 overs) |
Falcon Risers Hyderabad 77/3 (7 overs) | v | Bangalore Strikers 66/10 (9.5 overs) |
Chennai Singams 99/7 (10 overs) | v | Bangalore Strikers 96/8 (10 overs) |
Tigers of Kolkata 71/6 (10 overs) | v | Majhi Mumbai 45/10 (8.2 overs) |
Falcon Risers Hyderabad 95/8 (10 overs) | v | Majhi Mumbai 128/4 (10 overs) |
Bangalore Strikers 81/8 (10 overs) | v | Srinagar Ke Veer 83/6 (8.2 overs) |
Majhi Mumbai 149/5 (10 overs) | v | Chennai Singams 128/9 (10 overs) |
Falcon Risers Hyderabad 74/7 (10 overs) | v | Tigers of Kolkata 75/9 (10 overs) |
Tigers of Kolkata 86/9 (10 overs) | v | Bangalore Strikers 86/7 (10 overs) |
Falcon Risers Hyderabad 81/10 (10 overs) | v | Srinagar Ke Veer 82/4 (7.3 overs) |
Srinagar Ke Veer 111/7 (9.5 overs) | v | Chennai Singams 109/7 (10 overs) |
Majhi Mumbai 100/5 (10 overs) | v | Bangalore Strikers 101/4 (9.5 overs) |
Srinagar Ke Veer 109/7 (10 overs) | v | Tigers of Kolkata 112/4 (9.4 overs) |
Falcon Risers Hyderabad 80/9 (10 overs) | v | Chennai Singams 93/6 (10 overs) |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
1 | Majhi Mumbai | ||||||||
4 | Chennai Singams | ||||||||
Majhi Mumbai | |||||||||
Tigers of Kolkata | |||||||||
3 | Tigers of Kolkata | ||||||||
2 | Srinagar Ke Veer |
Majhi Mumbai 145/6 (10 overs) | v | Chennai Singams 87/10 (9.4 overs) |
Tigers of Kolkata 78/5 (9 overs) | v | Srinagar Ke Veer 76/8 (10 overs) |
Majhi Mumbai 58/9 (10 overs) | v | Tigers of Kolkata 60/0 (7.4 overs) |
Sony Sports Network is the broadcasting partner of the league, while SonyLIV is the digital streaming partner. [25]
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