The inaugural Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) started on March 6 and concluded on March 15 in Thane, Maharashtra.
Featuring six teams, a total of 18 T10 tennis ball cricket matches were played in the ISPL 2024.
Bangalore Strikers, Chennai Singhams, Falcon Risers Hyderabad, Majhi Mumbai, Srinagar Ke Veer, and Tiigers of Kolkata were the teams that will compete for the ISPL 2024 title.
As per the ISPL 2024 schedule, each team played the other five sides once in a round-robin format. The top four teams in the standings after all 15 league matches qualified for the semi-finals.
The winners of the two semi-finals clashed in the ISPL 2024 final on March 15.
All matches of the tennis ball cricket tournament were hosted at the Dadoji Kondadev Stadium in Thane.
Some of the legendary Indian cricketers and inspirational film stars were involved with ISPL.
Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been named a core Committee Member of ISPL while former India player and coach Ravi Shastri will serve as a Chief Mentor of the T10 league.
Amitabh Bachchan (Mumbai), Akshay Kumar (Srinagar), Hrithik Roshan (Bengaluru), Ram Charan (Hyderabad), Suriya Sivakumar (Chennai), Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan (Kolkata) are some of the Indian film superstars have been announced as co-owners of the ISPL teams.
The first-ever ISPL auction was held on February 25 where as many as 96 players were signed up by the teams out of a pool of 350 players. A total of INR 4.91 crore (US$610,000) was spent on the players selected.
Abhishek Kumar Dalhor became the most expensive player in the ISPL after Majhi Mumbai bought him for INR 27 lakh. Uzair Shaikh was the costliest player in the U19 category as Tiigers of Kolkata acquired his services for INR 5.8 lakh.
The ISPL 2024 followed a double round-robin format during the league phase. Get the latest ISPL 2024 points table and standings.
ISPL 2024 points table: Get Indian Street Premier League standings
|
Pos |
Team |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
No Result |
Points |
NRR |
|
1 |
Majhi Mumbai |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
+1.247 |
|
2 |
Tiigers of Kolkata |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
+0.335 |
|
3 |
Srinagar Ke Veer |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
+0.156 |
|
4 |
Chennai Singams |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
-0.022 |
|
5 |
Bangalore Strikers |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
-1.013 |
|
6 |
Falcon Risers Hyderabad |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
-0.692 |
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