Indian Street Premier League

Indian Street Premier League

Countries	India
Format	T10 cricket
First edition	2024
Tournament format	Round-robin and knockout
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Tigers of Kolkata (1st title)
Most successful	Tigers of Kolkata (1 title)
TV	Sony Sports Network (TV) SonyLIV (Internet)
Website	ispl-t10.com

The Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) is a T10 tennis ball cricket league held in India. Founded in 2024, the league aims to help uncover emerging cricketing talent, with matches played using tennis balls.

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 and Amol Kale. Former India national cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri has been appointed as the chief mentor of the tournament.^[2][3][4]

The first season was held in March 2024 at Dadoji Kondadev Stadium, Maharashtra.^[5] It had an overall viewership of 11 million, and atendance of 500,000.^[6]

The ISPL has announced plans to start a 6-team Middle East edition in the future.^[7]

The second season is to be held in January and February 2025.^[8]

Organisation

Player acquisition

The player auction for the 2024 season was held on 25 February 2024.^[9] 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$570,000) was spent on the players selected.^[10][11][12]

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]}

Rule variations

The following rule modifications to the T10 format are in effect in ISPL matches:^[13][14][15]

• Powerplay rules: 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.^[16][17]
• 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.^[19][17]
• Tape-Ball Over: While the majority of the match is played with a tennis ball, two overs in each innings have to be bowled with a tape ball.^[17] However, a tape ball cannot be used for a 50-50 Over.
• Playing XI: All players are divided into one of five zones that they were sold from: North, South, East, West and Central. Every squad in the ISPL can have a maximum of 16 players, with the playing XI having to include one player from each of the North, South, East, West and Central zones, as well as at least one U-19 player.
• Substitutions: Each team can pick two substitutes during a match; an injured player can only be replaced by a player who went unsold from the same zone.

Teams

Mumbai

Kolkata

Bengaluru

Hyderabad

Chennai

Srinagar

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The 6 ISPL teams in the cities they are based in

A bid of ₹1,165 crore (US$140 million) was made for the six teams,^[20] with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar having the highest bid of ₹251 crore (US$29 million) for the Srinagar based team.^[21]

Team	City	State	Owner(s)[22]
Bangalore Strikers	Bengaluru	Karnataka	Hrithik Roshan
Chennai Singams	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Suriya
Falcon Risers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	Ram Charan
Tigers of Kolkata	Kolkata	West Bengal	Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor Khan[23]
Majhi Mumbai	Mumbai	Maharashtra	Amitabh Bachchan
Srinagar Ke Veer	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	Akshay Kumar

Seasons

Season	Venue	Final
		Winners	Result	Runners-up
2024	Dadoji Kondadev Stadium, Maharashtra	Tigers of Kolkata 60/0 (7.4 overs)	Won by 10 wickets^[citation needed]	Majhi Mumbai 58/9 (10 overs)

Broadcasting

Sony Sports Network is the broadcasting partner of the league, while SonyLIV is the digital streaming partner.^[24]

References

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