The Indian Premier League is the most-watched and most lucrative T20 cricket competition in the world. This hub covers season previews, team and player analysis, the auction and its strategy, and the economics that make the IPL a global sporting phenomenon.
SportsGuide
Why T20 captains do what they do — the fielding rules that define each phase, the match-up logic behind every bowling change, and how the IPL's Impact Player rule quietly turned eleven players into twelve.
SportsAnalysis
The IPL did not just invent a format — it proved a business model, then exported it. How Indian franchise owners came to hold teams in South Africa, the United States, the UAE and England, and what that has cost the international game.
SportsAnalysis
The IPL auction explained with real numbers: the ₹120 crore purse, retention slabs, right-to-match, record bids — and the strategy that decides seasons before a ball is bowled.
Franchises bid for players in an open auction within a fixed salary cap, balancing retained players, overseas slots, and team needs — making squad-building as strategic as the cricket itself.