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The auction of the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League is going to take place on 19th December and before the Auction some controversial trades of IPL have already spread over the headlines. IPL is the second most popular sports league in the world after the NFL and the 16th edition of this league is going to start from March 2024. After the start of the league in 2008 IPL has come so far and successful. Efforts of Lalit Modi have been paid off if we see the 15 successful editions of IPL. Before the 2024 IPL starts let’s take a look at all 15 editions of IPL and their stories and in this Article, we’ll dwell into the pages of chapter one from the book of IPL. 2008 was the year when the first IPL season was announced and took place. Perpetually modifying the scene of cricket and charming fans overall with its special mix of sportsmanship and diversion. This debut season denoted the start of a cricketing upheaval, making way for a terrific competition that rose above the limits of customary cricket. The brainchild of Lalit Modi, the IPL was conceptualized as an establishment-based Twenty20 cricket association, uniting the world’s top players under the pennants of various urban communities. The essential point was to consolidate the excitement of T20 cricket with the marvelousness and allure of amusement, making it an uncommon donning exhibition.
Teams and Auction
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The first step of the ladder that goes to a successful tournament is team ownership. The team ownership bidding was held on 24 January 2008, eight teams were sold to different owners and Mumbai Indians became the most expensive team owned by the reliance group which cost 111.9 US million dollars. After the teams, there was a team Auction which was held on 20th February 2008 Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the race of the highest bid of 1.5 million US dollars and Andrew Symonds became the most expensive foreign player to be sold. Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, and Saurav Ganguly were the players who did not enter the auction and played for their home towns. There were eight teams in the first IPL-
The team and their Captain
| Teams | Captains |
| Chennai Super Kings | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| Mumbai Indians | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Rahul Dravid |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Saurav Ganguly |
| Deccan Chargers | VVS Laxman |
| Delhi Daredevils | Virendra Sehwag |
| Kings XI Punjab | Yuvraaj Singh |
| Rajasthan Royals | Shane Warne |
Opening game
The first game of Indian Premier League 2008 was played between Royal Challengers Banglurur and Kolkata Knight Riders on 18th April 2008 at M Chinnaswammy stadium Bengaluru. In the opening, RCB won the toss and decided to field first but the Kiwi batter Brandon McCullum proved Dravid’s decision wrong as he scored unbeaten 158 runs in just 73 balls with 13 skyscraper sixes and gave an explosive start to the tournament. Brendon’s century helped KKR to score a gigantic 222 runs in 20 overs. Jacques Kallis was the most expensive bowler from RCB to concede 48 runs in four overs with one wicket. In reply, RCB didn’t event score 100 runs and was all out at 82 in 15.1 overs. Praveen Kumar was the only batter with a double-digit score from RCB and Ajit Agarkar was the most successful bowler from KKR who took 3 wickets in his spell conceding 25 runs. KKR has won the opening game by 140 runs.
Points table
| Pos | Teams | Matches | Win | Loss | N. R. | Points |
| 1 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Royal Challengers Banglore | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Deccan Chargers | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings, and Delhi Daredevils were the top four teams which have qualified for the knockouts and the other four teams didn’t manage to do so in the first edition. Shockingly teams of the top three big Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Saurav Ganguly didn’t qualify for the playoffs.
Final
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s CSK and Shane Warne’s RR were the first finalists of the season. CSK won the game against Kings XI Punjab by 9 wickets to reach the finals and RR beat DD by 105 runs to become the finalist.
In the thrilling game of the final CSK was invited to bat first after losing the toss and scored 163 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 5 wickets. Suresh Raina was the highest run-scorer in the first inning and Yusuf Pathan with 3 wickets was the most successful bowler. In reply, RR won the game in the last ball of the inning with three wickets left. After delivering a magical spell Yusuf Pathan(56) has become a savior for RR by scoring a brilliant fifty. Albie Morkal and Muthiah Muralitharan has taken two wickets each. RR became the first Champion of the Indian Premier League after beating CSK by 3 wickets. Yusuf Pathan with his brilliant all-around performance became the player of the game and Shane Watson with 472 runs and 17 wickets became the player of the tournament.
Stats
Most Runs
| PS | Player | Matches | Runs |
| 1 | Shaun Marsh | 11 | 616 |
| 2 | Gautam Gambhir | 14 | 534 |
| 3 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 14 | 514 |
Most Wickets
| PS | Player | Matches | Wickets |
| 1 | Sohail Tanvir | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Shane Warne | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | S Sreesanth | 15 | 19 |
Top Stories of Indian Premier League 2008
- Brandon MacCallum was the first centurion of the IPL.
- Lakshipathy Balaji was the first bowler to take a hat trick in IPL.
- Three bowlers Lakshmipathy Balaji, Amit Mishra, and Makhaya Ntini were the bowlers to take a hatrick in the first edition of IPL.
