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Indian Premier League 2010: Full Schedule


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So from 2011 we are going to have 100 matches in 6 weeks(Modi said the duration would stay the same)! I am glad Modi is killing IPL on his own. Where are they going to find 30 more quality cricketers in India for the two new teams given the restriction on foreign players will stay the same. Just feel for the cricketers who will be taken out on stretchers after the 6 weeks having played 20 matches in 40 days!

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Global viewership dip in IPL II The IPL II held in South Africa was a "fantastic commercial and sporting success" but the global television viewership had dropped. More... Wednesday 19th August 2009 Global viewership dip in IPL II The IPL II held in South Africa was a "fantastic commercial and sporting success" but global television viewership had dropped. The viewership of the cash-rich event dropped in the second season as compared to the inaugural year, a report by an independent global sports consultancy firm said. IPL made inroads into British market "Barring South Africa, there was an average 20 per cent fall in viewership across four other major cricket playing nations - India, Australia, New Zealand and Britain," the Viewertrack report published by Futures Sport+Entertainment said. "In South Africa the audiences grew by more than 80 per cent on account of the country hosting the tournament. "Major opportunities existed in markets outside India to tap into Twenty20 television audiences, with the implicit suggestion that if the IPL did not move in, there are other potential rivals waiting in the wings," it said. According to the report, four reasons for the decline in viewership were hosting the event outside India, Australian market switching from free-to-air Network Ten channel in 2008 to the One HD channel in 2009, potential audience fatigue after the novelty of the first season and difficulty in sustaining the interest in all 59 matches. The report said the IPL managed to make inroads into British market with the help of factors such as, the choice of a better TV channel, creating awareness among fans, giving fans reasons to support a franchise and highlighting local heroes - Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen.

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