How many IPL matches did you watch live ?

A big fat Zero for me.

Will wait for the real stuff, T20 WC that is.

Based on this the teams will all make a profit this year though.

T20 seems to have been remarkable for attracting interest levels in Oz that approach






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despite hayden, world cup head, hodge, symonds (FCS) starring at various times and above all the mighty TGM still standing squat...there is negligible interest in this country

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but I did watch a couple of clips on youtube . . .

Caught the highlights some mornings on Sunrise etc.

I watched some of about 50% of the games ...some of the cricket was good ...some of it was shite ...and the commentary was completely farqued

Good to see the RCB with 3 Jaapanese in the team choke in the Final ...gave the tournament a real World Cup feel

Interseting to see Gerard Whailtey on Sunday morning say "If you were any other team at the t20 WC the last opening Oz pair you want to see is Gilchrist and Hayden".

Probably sums up the IPL.

Part of one. Can't remember the teams but Taypodge opened the bowling and has 22 taken off it. The batting side then contrived to scratch like old chooks for the next 19 overs to scrape up 101. I gave up and went to bed but chuckled when i heard the chase went to the 3rd last ball.

FFS - this is cricket?

None. Because there was no broadcast in my area.

Probably would've taken a peek fttt, but the commentary I heard on the highlights (using the word loosely) was execrable, so it would've been a minimal amount.

Gilly and Hayden were our openers at the last T20 World Thingo ...we did farquing nuthin

The retired Ozzie stars in the IPL have all basically said they are enjoying the stress free nature of retirement and knowing that the IPL is the only cricket they have to play so it's helped their form ...whacking them back in the Ozzie Gold is no guarantee of anything at a T20 Gilly

Maybe so mb, but it'd still be fun to watch!

Phurt . . . it'd all end in tears . . . hammies, groins, whatever . . .

And Watson, Lee, et al won't?

Isn't that what I just said?

They've at least got their eyes in. But I digress. The fact the question is being asked says alot about the IPL, but maybe a little bit less about T20 as a format when players are playing for their country.

Zat wrote:Maybe so mb, but it'd still be fun to watch!

That'd be the only benefit I'd see from it ...

CA to give TGM the captaincy and to sort it out with Gilly , Pidge Haydos etc and some young talent ...give Punter Paris Jonno etc a total rest before the Ashes ...maybe give Watto and Dung some games in the hope they can injure themselves

Zero.

bits of 20-25 matches. fully saw maybe 20 matches

It's like Kentucky Fried Chicken without the taste

Probably saw 75% of the matches either completely or in part.

also seems to be quite a success in south africa, despite what some saffie forumers said before it started. have to say even i was surprised by the level of support. obviously its a format which seems to sell, even outside india

Exactly. Even the day matches were well attended.

All 8 teams make moolah this year

Prabhakar Sinha | TNN

If the IPL has turned all you thought you knew about cricket on its head, its done the same with finances too. In a year when franchisees were complaining that shifting to South Africa would make a mess of their budgets, every single one of them will end up with a profit.
If that’s not strange, try this: the two finalists, Royal Challengers and Team Hyderabad, will make a fraction of the profits that bottom-of-table Knight Riders will even if you take prize money into account.
The main reason behind the healthier bottomlines is a huge jump in the share of revenues from broadcasting. Last year, each franchisee got Rs 25 crore from IPL as its slice from the central broadcasting revenue pie. This year, that has more than doubled to Rs 67.50 crore each.
The franchisees won’t be the only ones partying. The BCCI’s profit too, according to one estimate, jumped substantially to Rs 477 crore from Rs 350 crore last year. For good measure, broadcaster Sony Max is also likely to be in the black this year.
Had the matches been in India, it’s likely the profits of the teams would have been more because of higher receipts from ticket and merchandise sales, which have averaged Rs 8 crore and Rs 50 lakh respectively in South Africa.

Team Jaipur makes most profit

All eight IPL franchisees, which were complaining about shifting of the matches to South Africa, will make profit this year due to a huge jump in the share of revenues from broadcasting. And if the matches were played in India, profit should have been high because of higher receipts from ticket sale. In 2008, teams like Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Team Delhi earned around Rs 20 crore from ticket sales alone as the capacity of their home stadiums was large enough to accommodate over 70,000 and the crowds just poured in.
According to a report by equity research firm IIFL, Team Jaipur will make the highest profit of Rs 35.1 crore in the group matches of the second edition of the tournament. Jaipur had made the second highest profit of Rs 14.5 crore in 2008, including the Rs 4.5 crore ($1 million) prize money.
Knight Riders, which finished at the bottom in the league table in South Africa, will nevertheless end up with the third highest profit of Rs 25.8 crore in IPL 2. Team Mohali, which also did not make it to the semis, will just beat Kolkata to second spot with a profit of Rs 26.1 crore, according to the report. In fact, the only semifinalist which also stands to make over Rs 20 crore in profits is Delhi. This is despite the fact that prize money in the IPL is a sizeable amount, with Rs 4.8 crore for the winner, Rs 2.4 crore for the runners-up and 1.2 crore each for the losing semi-finalists. For those who didn’t get past the league stage, the sums are smaller—Rs 80 lakh for the team that finished fifth (Mohali), Rs 70 lakh for the sixth-placed (Jaipur), Rs 50 lakh for the seventh (Mumbai Indians) and Rs 40 lakh for the lowest one.
The healthy bottomlines are a happy change from last year when besides Knight Riders and Jaipur, Team Chennai just scraped into the black due to its Rs 2.25 crore prize money for the runners-up position, said a top IPL source. What helped IPL and franchisees is essentially the reawarding of the broadcasting rights. TV rights were sold to WSG Sony last year for $918 million (Rs 4,200 crore at the then exchange rate) for 10 years. The broadcasting fees had to be paid in instalments—Rs 280 crore each year for the first five years and Rs 540 crore per year for the next five.
However, following differences on the inclusion of Big DTH as a partner to show the matches, the BCCI decided to terminate the contract. The renegotiated contract was for $1.64 billion (Rs 8,200 crore) for nine years—a jump of 90% from the original figure. According to the new formula, Sony has to pay Rs 670 crore per year for the first four years and Rs 1,100 crore per year for the next five years.
Sony, you might think, must be bleeding with such a massive jump in the fees it has to pay. Not true. With the IPL now a proven commercial success, Sony was able to hike its tariff from the Rs 2-3 lakh per 10-second slot it charged last year to Rs 4-5 lakh per 10 second in the second edition.

Has the IPL started yet?

The Chargers will earn lots in the next edition, like Jaipur have done this year.

The KKR bubble will burst if they perform the same next year.