The world's most valuable cricket tournament, now in its 15th iteration, was a pioneer in Twenty20 league cricket. Its success and popularity has spawned copycat competitions in other countries and generated a fortune for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
New Delhi, India: The Indian Premier League has made millionaires out of young players, generated invaluable publicity for team owners and made the national cricket board one of the richest governing bodies in global sport.