IPL 2009 - The opening

The second version of the IPL is here … and to make it even more interesting .. we decided to have an interesting game called “The IPL Syndicate”. Here is how it works –
There are 4 owners taking part in “The IPL Syndicate” – Gopal, Kumz, Bips and Adi and each of them owning 2 teams each – a primary team and a secondary team. For every win, the owner stands to gain 50 points and for every loss he losses 50 points. At the start of the competition, everyone starts with 500 points to his credit.

The team selections happened on Friday (17th Apr) with Gopal choosing Delhi Daredevils, Bips opting for Kolkatta KnightRiders (more for Shahrukh than for the composition of the team), Kumz taking Chennai SuperKings and Adi going for Bangalore Royal Challengers (ever loyal to the RC and ‘Kumbls’) as their primary teams.

The secondary teams would be selected by the rest of the 3 owners and vested upon the 4th. So for Bips, the secondary team was Kings XI Punjab, Kumz was unanimously given Deccan Chargers, Adi got Rajasthan Royals and Gopal had to be content with Mumbai Indians.

After all the teams were selected, it is now for the games to begin and see who stands to gain from this tournament. Also, in order to level out the playing arena, after the first round of matches, each of the owners would have to drop one of their teams and choose a different one, basically a trading of teams between the owners.

May the best team win !!