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Submitted 2010-01-16 04:28:46

If you are a Die-Hard fan of the modernized cricket and you enjoyed the glamour & excitement that came along with the Indian Premier League - Then you have a reason to cheer about. The most anticipated IPL is back to make the country go crazy in 2010.

There are 97 players who have registered for the IPL 2010 auction. The list of players includes a maximum of 26 players from Pakistan, 17 from Sri Lanka, 12 from South Africa, 9 from New Zealand, 9 from Australia, 8 from West Indies, 8 from England, 2 from Bangladesh, 2 from Zimbabwe, 2 from Canada, 1 Ireland and 1 from the Netherlands. The players will be listed in the January 19th auction if the franchises express interest in them. Last year in 2009, 100 registered & 50 were in auction out of those 100.

Several individuals and companies have shown a growing interest in owning IPL teams, such as actors Ajay Devgan, Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, and the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

Bidders will be will be allowed to bid for any number of cities & will be offered a choice of 8 to 10 cities that can be made their home team venues and they . The highest two bids will be chosen and companies will use the name of that city as their home base and sport their team brand.

The final schedule of IPL 2010 which is to be played in India has been announced. The first match will be held between the Kolkata Knight Riders & the defending champions Deccan Chargers. The IPL 2010 will begin on 12th March and the final match will be on 25th April, 2010. This time no new teams will be added but new players including the former ICL players will be available for auction for IPL 3. A few new venues - Vishakapatnam, Ahmedabad and Dharamsala have been added apart from the existing 8 home venues of each of the teams.

Initially, the craze started when Celebrities like Shah Rukh khan & top Industrialists like Mukesh Ambani participated in the auction and successfully won the bids for owning franchises in the Indian Premier League. The highest amount in this auction was for the Mumbai team. This team was successfully bid for an astonishing amount of $111.9 million or Rs. 503.5 Crores by Reliance Industries' Chairman Mukesh Ambani. The next highest was for the Bangalore team which was successfully bid for $111.6 million or Rs. 502.2 Crores by the liquor king Vijay Malaya.

This huge amount of money was never seen in the history of cricket. The prize money announced was three times the prize money of a cricket world cup. This is the main reason why the cricketers from all around the world are trying to make their place in the Indian Premier League. IPL has managed to squash everything in its way & create history in the world of cricket.

Cricket is considered to be more like a religion in India than just a sport. And the God of cricket is here. So it's going to be yet another season full of enthusiasm, excitement, glamour, & fun. The pre- IPL craze says it all. It is going to be a success story all over again. So gear yourself up and get ready for IPL 2010. You surely wouldn't want to miss it, would you?

Author Resource:- Want to know more about Shane Warne & Saurav Ganguly? Stay tuned for more acton & fun.

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