Eight franchises sold for $723.59 million before a ball was bowled: how the IPL began at auction.
January 2008: eight city franchises sold for a combined $723.59 million.
Top price: MS Dhoni, $1.5 million, to Chennai. 18 April 2008, Bengaluru: Brendon McCullum, 158* off 73 balls with 13 sixes; Bangalore all out for 82.
2022: five seasons of IPL media rights sold for 48,390 crore rupees, about $6.2 billion at the time. Then the Big Bash, CPL, PSL, SA20 and The Hundred.
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