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T10 tennis ball cricket league held in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) is a T10 tennis ball cricket league held in India. Founded in 2024, Salman Khan is a Brand Ambassador of ISPL from 2025. He also Owner of Delhi Team.the league aims to help uncover emerging cricketing talent, with matches played using tennis balls.
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History
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.[1] Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the core committee member of the tournament alongside BCCI treasurer Ashish Shelar, Amol Kale & Suraj Samat who is the League Commissioner and Core Committee Member of the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL)[2][3] Former India national cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri has been appointed as the chief mentor of the tournament.[4][5][6]
The first season was held in March 2024 at Dadoji Kondadev Stadium, Maharashtra.[7] It had an overall viewership of 11 million, and attendance of 500,000.[8] The winners of the first season were Tigers of Kolkata while the Season 2 in Year 2025 was won by Majhi Mumbai owned by Amitabh Bachchan.[9][10][11]
The ISPL has announced plans to start a 6-team Middle East edition in the future.[12]
The second season is to be held in January and February 2025.[13]
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Organisation
Player acquisition
The player auction for the 2024 season was held on 25 February 2024.[14] In which, 96 players were selected from a pool of 350 players. Each team had a total salary cap of ₹1 crore (US$120,000). A total of ₹4.91 crore (US$580,000) was spent on the players selected.[15][16][17]
Prize money
The inaugural ISPL season offered the champions with ₹1 crore (US$120,000), and the runners-up with ₹50 lakh (US$59,000).[citation needed]
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Rule variations
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The following rule modifications to the T10 format are in effect in ISPL matches:[18][19][20]
- Powerplay: There is a mandatory powerplay for the first two overs of each innings, and then the batting team may elect to take a one-over 'batting powerplay' between the third and ninth over. During the mandatory powerplay, only two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle, while three fielders are allowed outside of the circle in the batting powerplay.
- Tip-Top Toss: Instead of a coin toss, the following procedure is used: initially, the two team captains stand opposite each other, and then walk in a straight line towards each other, with each step required to be from heel-to-toe. The team captain who is able to step on top of the other team captain's foot wins the toss.[21][19]
- 9 Street Runs: If the ball is struck out of the field and lands among the spectating audience, nine runs are scored rather than six.
- 50-50 Over: The bowling team's captain has to pick a minimum of five bowlers from his playing XI, any one of whom can be challenged by the batting team to bowl one '50-50 Over'.[18] In the 50-50 over, the batting team states the minimum number of runs they believe they will score in the next over; the number chosen must be at least 16. If the batting team successfully scores this minimum number of runs, 150% of the runs that they scored in the 50-50 Over will be added to their final match score. (e.g. scoring 18 runs in the over results in a total of 27 runs being added to the final score of the batting team as a result of the over.) However, if the batting team fails, only 50% of the runs scored during the 50-50 Over are added to their final match score.[20][19]
- Tape-Ball Over: While the majority of the match is played with a tennis ball, two overs in each inning have to be bowled with a tape ball.[19]
- Playing XI: Each squad in the ISPL can have a maximum of 16 players, including at least one U-19 player and one player from each of the zones (North, South, East, West and Central).
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Teams
A bid of ₹1,165 crore (US$140 million) was made for the six teams,[22] with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar having the highest bid of ₹251 crore (US$30 million) for the Srinagar based team.[23]
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Seasons
Broadcasting
Star Sports is the broadcasting partner of the league, while JioHotstar is the digital streaming partner.
References
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