IPL HISTORY

First season
Main article:2008 Indian Premier League.
The inaugural season of the tournment started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 46 days with 59 matches scheduled, out of which 58 took  place and 1 was washed out due to rain.
The final was played in DY Patil Stadium, Nerul,Navi Mumbai.Every team played each other both at home and away in a round robin system.
The top four ranking sides progressed to the Knockout
stage of semi-finals followed by a final. Rajasthan Royals
defeated  Chennai Super Kings in a last ball thriller and
emerged as the imaugural IPL champions.


Second season
main article:2009 Indian premierleague.
The 2009  season coincided with the general election in india.
Owing to concerns regarding players' security, the venue was
shifted to South Africa.The format of the tournament remained
same as the inaugural one. Deccan Chargers, who finished last
in the first season, were big underdogs,but came out as  eventual
winners defeating the ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE 
in the final
    Third Season
          Main articles:2010 Indian premier
           league and 2010 IPL Player Auction
    The third season opened in January 2010 with the auction
for players. 66 players were on offer but  only 11 players were 
sold. In this season ,Deccan Chargers did not play at their
perferred home location of Hyderabad, India due to the ongoing
political crisis in the Telangana region . the new bases for the champions 
this season were Nagapur, Navi  Mumbai and Cuttack.four
teams qualified for the semi- finals was won by