In the Indian Premier League, an icon player is a player who can only play for his home city in the competition. The Indian Premier League (also known as the " DLF Indian Premier League" and often abbreviated as IPL) is a Twenty20 Cricket competition Each team is assigned at most one icon player. Unlike all the other players initially recruited by teams, the icon players were not bid for in the player auction of 20 February 2008. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The salary of each icon player is 15% more than the next highest earner in their team. [1]
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Initially there were four Icon Players designated by the Indian Premier League organizing committee. Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai Indians, Sourav Ganguly for Kolkata Knight Riders, Rahul Dravid for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Yuvraj Singh for Kings XI Punjab. Mumbai Indians' is a Cricket team in the Indian Premier League. Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (সৌরভ গাঙ্গুলী ( (born 8 July 1972 is an Indian Cricketer and former former captain of the Indian national Kolkata Knight Riders (also referred to as KKR) is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket Rahul Sharad Dravid ( Kannada:ರಾಹುಲ್ ಶರದ್ ದ್ರಾವಿಡ Marathi:राहुल शरद द्रविड) (b Royal Challengers Bangalore (also referred to as RCB) is the team representing the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the inaugural Yuvraj Singh (ਯੁਵਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ born 12 December 1981 in Chandigarh, India is a Cricketer from India and the son of former Indian fast bowler Kings XI Punjab is a sports franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. Later, on the request of Delhi Daredevils, Virender Sehwag's name was added to the list. Delhi Daredevils Home Ground The Daredevils play their home matches in the Feroz Shah Kotla ground located in New Delhi, under the newly installed Deccan Chargers also asked for Icon Player status to be given to VVS Laxman, but he declined the offer in order to allow the franchise to spend more money on other players and still not breach the US$5 million salary cap. Deccan Chargers is the franchise that represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman (born November 1 1974 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) better known as VVS Laxman, is an Indian cricketer The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been [2] The purpose behind designating the Icon Players is to ensure that top draw players will represent their respective city sides, which is important for the league to increase fan support and interest among the locals.
It has been reported that all the franchises with icon players felt that having the icon player was a handicap in the player auction, as the money spent on the icon resulted in less room under the salary cap to purchase other players. [3] For example, the presence of Sachin Tendulkar as an icon was cited as the main reason why Mumbai Indians could not compete with Chennai Super Kings for Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Mumbai Indians' is a Cricket team in the Indian Premier League. Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai based franchise of the Indian Premier League. Mahendra Singh Dhoni or MS Dhoni ( Hindi:महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी (born July 7 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian
List of icon players
- Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai Indians
- Rahul Dravid for Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Sourav Ganguly for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Yuvraj Singh for Kings XI Punjab
- Virender Sehwag for Delhi Daredevils
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