“Cricket” , The second most followed game after soccer has gone through lots of improvisation since its international evolution. The first international cricket was played between England and Australia in 1877. Earlier, It had been popular amongst British Commonwealth Nations but Now it is being played in More than 100 nations. The past Two decades Witnessed promising development in world cricket. Apart from international cricket tournaments ,many Franchise leagues have been initiated by the Respective nation cricket Board. In this Blog we will describe some details of popular cricket leagues of the world.
Indian premier league {IPL}
Indian Premier league is the most popular and lucrative T20 cricket franchise league of the world.BCCI has started IPL in 2007 just after the ICC T20 World Cup. The estimated Brand value of IPl is 475 billion rupees [USD6.7 billion] as per 2019 data. In 2010 IPL created history to become the first sporting event to live stream on youtube. The covid effected 2020 edition has another milestone of most live watched sports. As per BCCI data IPL contributed 11.5 billion rupees {$160 million} in 2015 GDP.
List Of IPL Teams And their owens
| Chennai Super King | India Cement |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Shahrukh Khan , Juhi Chawala |
| Delhi Capitals | JSW Group and GMR group |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Sun Tv Network |
| Punjab Kings | Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Mohit Burman, karan paul |
| Rajasthan Royals | Manoj Badale, Lachman Mundoch |
| Royal Challenger Bangalore | United Spirits limited |
| Mumbai indians | Reliance India group |
Top individual performers
| Most Runs | Most Wickets | Most sixes |
| Virat Kohli- 6076 runs | Lasith malinga-170 Wickets | Chris gayle-357 Sixes |
| Shikhar Dhawan-5577 Runs | Amit Mishra-166 Wickets | Ab de villiers-245 sixes |
| Suresh Raina-5491 Runs | Piyush chawala-156 Wickets | Rohit Sharma-224 Sixes |
| Rohit Sharma-5480 Runs | Dwayne Bravo-156 Wickets | MS Dhoni- 217 Sixes |
| David Warner-5447 Runs | H. Singh-150 Wickets | K. Pollard-211 Sixes |
IPL Winner lists
| Teams | No of Times | years |
| Mumbai Indians | 05 | 2013, 2015,2017,2019,2020 |
| Chennai Super kings | 03 | 2010,2011,2018 |
| Kolkata knight riders | 02 | 2012,2014 |
| Sunrisers hyderabad | 01 | 2016 |
| Rajasthan royals | 01 | 2008 |
| Hyderabad Deccan charges | 01 | 2009 |
Australian “Big Bash League”[ BBL]
The Australian big bash league is a professional franchise T20 cricket Tournament organised by cricket Australia. Australian has had dominance over world cricket for nearly two decades. They have won most ICC Trophy as compared to other cricket playing nations. Earlier, The Big bash T20 Tournament was played between six domestic provinces of Australia. In 2011, Cricket Australia started their own eight team professional T20 franchise cricket league. The immense Success of Indian premier league left a positive impression on Australian cricket ,so,They copied the eight team strategy based on Eight different cities of the nation from IPL and launched their own league.
In Short period of time BBL became the Second most popular cricket league of the World.
List Of BBL teams And Their captains
| Teams | captains |
| Adelaide Strikers | Travis Head |
| Brisbane Heat | Chris Lynn |
| Hobart Hurricanes | Matthew Wade |
| Melbourne Renegades | Aaron finch |
| Melbourne Stars | Glenn Maxwell |
| Perth Scorchers | Mitchell Marsh |
| Sydney Sixers | Moises Henriques |
| Sydney Thunders | Callum Fergusion |
Top Individual performers of BBL Cricket League
| TOP SCORER | TOP Wicket takers | TOP SIXERS |
| Chris Lynn-2790 Runs | Ben laughlin-11 Wickets | Chriss Lynn-172 sixes |
| Aaron finch-2431 Runs | Sean Abbott-106 Wickets | Glenn Maxwell-97 Sixes |
| Glenn maxwell-2205 Runs | K. Richardson-98 Wickets | Ben Cutting-88 Sixes |
| Shaun Marsh-2196 Runs | Andrew Tye-93 Wickets | Aaron Finch-86 Sixes |
| Marcus Stoinis-2137 Runs | Adam Zampa-88 Wickets | Dan Christian-86 Sixes |
List of Winners of BBL T20 League
| Teams | No of Times | Years |
| Sydney Sixers | 03 | 2020-21,2019-20,2011-2012 |
| Melbourne Renegades | 01 | 2018-2019 |
| Adelaide Strikers | 01 | 2017-18 |
| Perth Scorchers | 03 | 2013-14,2014-15, 2016-17 |
| Sydney Thunders | 01 | 2015-16 |
| Brisbane Heat | 01 | 2012-13 |
Caribbean premier League [ CPL T20]
One can not imagine a T20 franchise league without West Indies players. The West indian players are famous for their ball hitting ability, They Bring joy and fun moments with their unique act of celebrations and style. That is why, Each and Every Existing Popular cricket leagues of world Pick caribbean players as priority.
In 2013, West indies cricket board adopted the same path as BCCI and cricket Australia and became the third cricket board to host Their own T20 league.
The title Sponsor of CPL t20 is hero Moto corps.
List Of Six teams of CPL Cricket league .
| Teams | captains |
| Barbados Royals | Jason Holder |
| Guyana Amazon Warriors | Nocholas pooran |
| Jamaica tallawahs | Rovman powell |
| St kitts & nevis patriot | Rayad Emrit |
| Saint lucia kings | Faf Du plessis |
| Trinbago Knight Riders | Kieron pollard |
Lead performers Of CPLT20
| Lead Scores | Leading Wicket Takers | Most Sixes |
| L Simmons-2436 Runs | Dj Bravo -106 Wickets | Chris gayle-162 Sixes |
| C Gayle- 2354 Runs | RR Emrit-96 Wickets | Ewin lewis-113 Sixes |
| Ads fletcher-2081 Runs | K santokie -85 Wickets | Kieron pollard-107 Sixes |
| J charles-2056 Runs | Sunil Narine-78 Wickets | L simmons-105 Sixes |
| K pollard-1966 Runs | S Cottrell-74 Wickets | Darren bravo-95 Sixes |
List of Winning Team {2013-2020}
| Teams | No of times | Year |
| Tribago Knight Riders | 03 | 2020,2018,2017 |
| Barbados Tridents | 02 | 2019,2014 |
| Jamaica tallawahs | 02 | 2016,2013 |
| Trinidad and tobago, Red steel | 01 | 2015 |
Pakistan Super League.[PSL]
Pakistan cricket board joins the fray of t20 franchise Cricket league in Year 2015. After Two consecutive failed attempts , PCB managed to start a cricket league in UAE in 2016. Initially,the professional T20 league of Pakistan consists of 5 teams ,later, in the 2017 edition of PSL, the sixth Team named Multan Sultan Added to the tournament.
Two Renowned former pakistani players Wasim Akram And Ramiz Raza were agreed to promote PSL for three years.In less than 5 years of tenure Psl makes its presence in top popular cricket Leagues of the World.
List Of Teams In Pakistan T20 league
| Teams | Owners | captains |
| Islamabad united | Leonine Global Sports | Shadab khan |
| Karachi kings | ARY Group | Imad Wasim |
| Lahore Qalandars | Qatar Lubricant Company | Sohail Akhtar |
| Multan Sultan | Ali Khan tareen, Alamgir khan tareen | Mohammad Rizwan |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Haier pakistan | Wahab Riaz |
| Quetta Gladiators | Omar Associates | Sarfraz Ahmad |
Top Players of pakistan Super League
| Top Run Scores | Most Wickets | Sixer king |
| Babar Azam- 2070 Runs | Wahab riaz-94 Wickets | Kamran Akmal- 84 Sixes |
| Kamran Akmal-1820 Runs | Hasan Ali- 72 Wickets | S. watson- 81 Sixes |
| Shoiab malik-1481 Runs | Faheem Ashraf-55 Wickets | Asif Ali- 68 Sixes |
| S. Watson-1361 Runs | M. Nawaz-55 Wickets | Sharjil Khan- 58 Sixes |
| Fakhar Zaman-1351 Runs | M. Amir-54 Wickets | Shoaibb malik- 58 Sixes |
Winning Teams Of Pak T20 cricket league
| Teams | No of times | Years |
| Multan Sultan | 01 | 2021 |
| Karachi Kings | 01 | 2020 |
| Quetta Gladiators | 01 | 2019 |
| Islamabad united | 02 | 2018, 2016 |
| Peshawar Zalmi | 01 | 2017 |
Some others T20 Franchise Leagues
Bangladesh Premier League– Bangladesh premier league was established in 2011 as a professional t20 league of the Bangladesh cricket board. BPL consists of seven teams and it is the 16th most popular cricket league of the World. Dhaka Dynamites is the Most Successful Franchise of PSL with three title Wins.
Afghanistan Premier League- Afghanistan A new rising Cricket Board has announced their own T20 League In 2018 .In its first Edition there were more than 40 overseas players who participated. In Coming Years this % team League will Make their Presence amongst The top famous T20 leagues of World.
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