The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, will be the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament will be hosted by South Africa and is scheduled between April 18 and May 24, 2009.IPL 2 is expected to be the second biggest cricket tournament in the world, after the Cricket World Cup, and will have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India alone.
Concerns were raised in India that the tournament was the prime target of Islamic terrorists. Because the second season of the IPL coincided with multi-phase 2009 Indian general elections, India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) refused to commit security by Indian paramilitary forces. As a result, the BCCI decided to host the second season of the league outside India. On March 24, 2009, the BCCI officially announced that the second season of the IPL will be held in South Africa.
Though India will not host the second season, the format of the tournament will remain unchanged from the 2008 season format.According to Lalit Modi, chairperson of IPL, all the 59 matches of the second season will take place per schedule and an IPL official said that England and South Africa were initially being considered the front-runners to host the league. South Africa was chosen as the venue primarily due to concerns over England's weather.
Relocating the tournament will pose extreme logistical challenges for the BCCI since more than 10,000 cricketers and other staff members will be flown from India to South Africa within a span of a few weeks. The IPL is expected to inject approximately US$100 million into South Africa's local economy.In addition, the BCCI signed a Rs. 8,200 crores contract with Multi Screen Media to broadcast matches live from South Africa to India.
Concerns were raised in India that the tournament was the prime target of Islamic terrorists. Because the second season of the IPL coincided with multi-phase 2009 Indian general elections, India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) refused to commit security by Indian paramilitary forces. As a result, the BCCI decided to host the second season of the league outside India. On March 24, 2009, the BCCI officially announced that the second season of the IPL will be held in South Africa.
Though India will not host the second season, the format of the tournament will remain unchanged from the 2008 season format.According to Lalit Modi, chairperson of IPL, all the 59 matches of the second season will take place per schedule and an IPL official said that England and South Africa were initially being considered the front-runners to host the league. South Africa was chosen as the venue primarily due to concerns over England's weather.
Relocating the tournament will pose extreme logistical challenges for the BCCI since more than 10,000 cricketers and other staff members will be flown from India to South Africa within a span of a few weeks. The IPL is expected to inject approximately US$100 million into South Africa's local economy.In addition, the BCCI signed a Rs. 8,200 crores contract with Multi Screen Media to broadcast matches live from South Africa to India.
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