Indian Premier League has been now extended to 10 franchise teams from 2011 onwards. This year total of 60 matches are going to be played but from next year the number of matches will be increased to 95. The length of the league will be increased.
The two new franchise teams introduced are Pune and Kochi. The cities in the fray were Pune, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Vizag, Rajkot, Cuttack, Baroda, Kochi, Indore and Gwalior.
The cities in the picture were Pune, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Vizag, Rajkot, Cuttack, Baroda, Kochi, Indore and Gwalior.
The Sahara Adventure Sports Group has won the Pune bid at USD 370 million while the Rendezvous Sports World Limited has landed the Kochi bid at USD 333.33 million.
Apart from the two successful bidders, other groups which took part in the bidding were Adani Groups, VC Digital Solution (Videocon) and a Pune consortium.
The Videocon group apparently had the backing of Bollywood superstars Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor but they failed to bag a team.
Minister of State for External Affairs Mr. Shashi Tharoor had also very good interest in the bid for Kochi franchise.
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