2008 Indian Premier League
cricket season
The 2008 Indian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, established by the BCCI in 2007. The season commenced on 18 April 2008 with the final match was held on 1 June 2008. The competition started with a double round robin league stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final.
In a match which went down to the last ball, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final to win the title, with Yusuf Pathan named the player of the match in the Finals and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament. Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was won by the CSK.
The inaugural season was the only season where players from Pakistan national team were a part of different IPL franchises. However, following the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, which was perpetrated by the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, geopolitical tensions led to exclusion of Pakistani players from subsequent IPL seasons.
Auctions and personnel signings
The auctions for team ownership was held on January 24, 2008. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over US$111.9 million.
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