Indian Premier League

1. Rahu Dravid - India - $1,035,000.
2. Anil Kumble - India - $500,000.
3. Zaheer Khan - India - $450,000.
4. Wasim Jaffer - India - $150,000.
5. Jacques Kallis - South Africa - $900,000.
6. Cameron White - Australia - $500,000.
7. Mark Boucher - South Africa - $450,000.
8. Nathan Bracken - Australia - $325,000.
9. Dale Steyn - South Africa - $325,000.
10. Shivnarine Chanderpaul - West Indies - $200,000.
11. Misbah-ul-Haq - Pakistan - $120,000.
12. Abdur Razzak - Pakistan - $50,000.
13. Praveen Kumar - India - $300,000.
14. Ross Taylor - New Zealand - $100,000.
15. Balachandra Akhil - India.
16. KP Appanna - India.
17. Jagadeesh Arunkumar - India.
18. Sunil Joshi - India.
19. Virat Kohli - India.
20. Devraj Patil -India.
21. Bharat Chipli -India.
22. Shreevats Goswami -India.

1. Bangalore Royal Challengers. Captain - Rahul Dravid. Coach - Venkatesh Prasad(Ind).
2. Chennai Super Kings. Captain - Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Coach - Kepler Wessels(SA).
3. Delhi DareDevils. Captain - Virender Sehwag. Coach - Greg Shipperd(Aus).
4. Deccan Chargers. Captain - V. V. S. Laxman. Coach - Robin Singh(Ind).
5. Rajasthan Royals. Captain - Shane Warne. Coach - Shane Warne(Aus).
6. Kolkata Knight Riders. Captain - Sourav Ganguly. Coach - John Buchanan(Aus).
7. IPL Mohali. Captain - Yuvraj Singh. Coach - Tom Moody(Aus).
8. Mumbai Indians. Captain - Sachin Tendulkar. Coach - Lalchand Rajput(Ind).

Indian Premier League was launched by The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sept 14, 2007. To capitalize the much debated excitement of the latest Twenty20 cricket, BCCI unveiled the new era of Indian cricket.

There will be 8 teams consisting of 16 players each which will play against each other, among them the top four will reach the semi-finals.  The prize money will be $5 million which is the highest offered in any type of cricket tournament.

The former Indian captain Rahul Dravid welcomed the decision, “Cricket has been crying out for something like this and I am sure this is just the beginning,” the Indian skipper said.