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.

he dates for the third edition of the Indian Premier League have been announced by the IPL working committee along with four new venues which will host a few of the games. The tournament will be a 60-match series which will begin from the 12th of March and will be continue till the 25th of April in 2010. Also, the four new venues will be Dharamsala, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam and Ahmedabad, that will share some of the matches for Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals respectively.

There was also an announcement made for the fourth season of the IPL to be played in 2011. The number of teams for the fourth season will be increased by two to ten, and the auction for the same will happen in January 2010 itself to allow the new teams to gel together. This also means that the ten teams will play each other twice, making it 90 league games to be followed by two semi-finals, a game for the third place and then the finals; a whopping total of 94 games!

• Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
• Chennai Super Kings
• Delhi Daredevils
• Kings XI Punjab
• Kolkata Knight Riders
• Mumbai Indians
• Rajasthan Royals

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