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Get comprehensive information on Indian Premier
League / IPL Teams, owners and their logos.
IPL Teams
There are eight teams contesting in IPL Twenty20
tournament currently, owned by their respective IPL franchises
distributed evenly throughout India. In January 2008, the eight IPL
franchises were awarded to the highest bidders that involved big wigs of
industries ranging from aviation to entertainment.
According to the latest rules framed, each IPL team is to be
constituted meeting certain guidelines such as:
- Minimum squad strength- 16 players plus one physio and a coach
- Foreign players allowed in each squad - 10 (Maximum 4 in the
playing XI)
- Minimum number of local players to be included in each team - 8
- Minimum number of players from the BCCI under-22 pool to be
included in each team - 2
IPL currently has eight playing teams which are:
After the grand success of IPL's inaugural season,
there have been reports of a possible expansion during 2010-11 season
taking the total to twelve with addition of four new teams. Further
induction of new teams is also anticipated during 2012-13 IPL season.
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