Cricket is immensely popular in India, with people scheduling their work and lives around matches. The Indian Premier League (IPL) brought major changes to cricket by attracting large sponsorships from Bollywood stars and businesses. Some famous sponsors include Shah Rukh Khan for Kolkata Knight Riders, Shilpa Shetty for Rajasthan Royals, Preity Zinta for Punjab Kings Eleven, and Vijay Mallya for Royal Challengers. The IPL has promoted both cricket and sports tourism in India.

1. Cricket is liked by almost every Indian across all the age groups, it’s like running in the blood of every
Indian. It is so much loved, that people like play, watch on TV, talk, gossip, postpone the important work,
schedule the work timing, business meetings, and dealings to eliminate any possibility of missing even a
single ball in the cricket matches.
Here come in the picture – IPL. The Indian Premier League has brought many changes to the world of
cricket. It has caught attention of a lot of sponsors to invest in Twenty-Twenty cricket matches in
Millions of dollars. Bollywood actors, actress and business tycoons, all have come up with a lot of
interest to sponsor these teams.
Talking about the most famous sponsors, we have Shahrukh Khan (sponsoring Kolkata Knight riders)
Than we have Shilpa Shetty (In her first attempt of sponsoring Rajasthan Royals, the team became the
champions of IPL.
Coming to Preety Zinta(She has been sponsoring Punjab kings eleven)
A well known name Vijay Mallya (He has been sponsoring Royal Challengers)
Tina Ambani, formerly Tina Munim (She has been sponsoring Mumbai Indians. The star batsman Sachin
Tendulkar, being a captain of the team, they have created much hope. But, they could not become
champions.)
The contributions of these people are remarkable.
IPL in itself has promoted sports tourism.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket championship in India. It
was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), headquartered in Mumbai, and is
supervised by BCCI Vice President, who also serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner. It is
contested by various teams, consisting of players from around the world.
Starting in 2008, currently it’s the fifth season of IPL
Some of the team composition rules are:
Minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physio and a coach.
No more than 11 foreign players in the squad and maximum 4 foreign players should be in the playing
eleven.
Minimum of 14 Indian players must be included in each squad.
A minimum of 6 players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each squad.