| Twenty20 format of cricket has made a boom in | | | | own tournament namely the Indian Premier League |
| India. After the success in inaugural Twenty20 World | | | | (IPL) on the similar lines as the ICL. It has been |
| Cup Cricket Tournament in South Africa, T20 format | | | | started with big players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul |
| is promoted in India by ICL and IPL even more. | | | | Dravid, Murlitharan, Hayden, Symonds, Ponting and a |
| These two leagues have some similarities and | | | | lot of top international players. |
| differences and the hottest topic of discussion for | | | | The next important feature is that IPL had a limited |
| everyone is IPL Vs ICL. | | | | number of teams to start with their auction. This |
| Indian cricket league (ICL) has been launched by Kapil | | | | really brought in money for the league and for the |
| Dev to promote this newest and fastest version of | | | | players through the big names like Mukesh Ambani, |
| cricket. ICL did not get approval from Board of | | | | Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Vijay Mallya, etc. |
| Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and it was | | | | The ICL has proved to be a big success despite the |
| condemned as a 'revolutionary' affair. | | | | lack of support of the BCCI, but IPL has come up as |
| The other cricket boards were not in a position to | | | | a bigger blockbuster. This season of cricket turned |
| annoy BCCI and it seemed like the players | | | | out fantastic for the cricketers and for their |
| participating in the league would have to compromise | | | | supporters. IPL and ICL have been doing a fantastic |
| on their international careers. Then the promoters of | | | | job for the promotion of the game. |
| the ICL tried to convince the ICC to recognize their | | | | IPL Vs ICL had made the lovers of the game more |
| tournament but the governing body found itself in a | | | | passionate about the Twenty20 format. It does not |
| difficult situation. | | | | matter if it's the IPL or the ICL. |
| But only a few months later BCCI came out with its | | | | |