Kochi Tuskers Kerala
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| League: | Indian Premier League |
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| Captain: | Mahela Jayawardene |
| Coach: | Geoff Lawson |
| Overseas player(s): | Brad Hodge Michael Klinger Owais Shah Brendon McCullum Mahela Jayawardene Thisara Perera Muttiah Muralitharan |
| City: | Kochi, Kerala, India |
| Owner: | Lulu Group International |
| Founded: | 2010 |
| Last match: | 18 May 2011 |
| Home ground: | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi |
| Capacity: | 60,000 |
| Secondary home ground(s) | Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore |
| Secondary ground capacity: | 30,000 |
| No. of titles | 0 |
| Indian Premier League wins: | 7 matches |
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Kochi Tuskers Kerala was a franchise cricket team that played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) representing the city of Kochi, Kerala. The team was one of two new franchisees added to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2011 season, alongside the Pune Warriors India. The team franchise was owned by Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd., which was a consortium of multiple companies. Their first IPL match was against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 9 April 2011 and their first win was against Mumbai Indians on 15 April 2011. Their last match, before being terminated, was on 18 May 2011 against the Chennai Super Kings.
On 19 September 2011, the BCCI announced that the Kochi Tuskers Kerala IPL franchise was terminated for breaching its terms of agreement. This meant that the 2011 IPL season was the only season in which the Kochi team participated.
On 8 July 2015, the former Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti-led justice panel ruled in favor of the Kochi franchise after an arbitration regarding BCCI's decision to encash the bank guarantee given by Kochi Tuskers in 2011. As a result, the BCCI was ordered to pay a Rs. 550 crore Penalty and failing to do so would mean an 18 percent annual penalty. However the franchise owners instead of the money wants their franchise to be reinstated for the next season. The BCCI also informed that majority of their members were of the opinion that the BCCI should appeal against this decision and a final decision was taken to challenge the decision in the Bombay High Court.
The auction for expanding the initial eight franchises for the Indian Premier League was held on 22 March 2010. The cities involved in the auction were Pune, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Cuttack, Vadodara, Indore and Gwalior. Two new teams were selected out of 12 teams, which bid for 2011 IPL matches. Sahara Group made the highest bid in the auction and chose to base its team in Pune, at the cost of U$370m (₹1702 crore). Rendezvous Sports World made the second highest bid of ₹15.33 billion, and elected to base its team in Kochi. The two new franchises were sold for a combined sum of money, which was greater than the combined purchase price of all the original eight IPL franchises. With the Kochi team and Pune team participating in the 2011 IPL tournament, all four southern states in India had an IPL franchise, while Maharashtra has two IPL franchises.
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