How Jain Premier League became a Rs 30-crore property with ambitions to touch Rs 300 crore

Apr 17, 2026 | 21:05 IST

From a tournament that was played once in two years and had only eight teams, JPL this year has 12 teams, will be played in 11 cities, and the winning team will walk away with Rs 5 crore

Cricket has often been called a religion in India, elevating it above the status of just a wildly popular sport. But did anybody ever imagine that a religion would make the cricketing arena its own?

The Jain Premier League (JPL), launched a year after the Indian Premier League was launched in 2007, has now become so big that the organisers are planning to hold this year’s final game in Colombo.

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How Jain Premier League became a Rs 30-crore property with ambitions to touch Rs 300 crore

From a tournament that was played once in two years and had only eight teams, JPL this year has 12 teams, will be played in 11 cities, and the winning team will walk away with Rs 5 crore

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How Jain Premier League became a Rs 30-crore property with ambitions to touch Rs 300 crore

From a tournament that was played once in two years and had only eight teams, JPL this year has 12 teams, will be played in 11 cities, and the winning team will walk away with Rs 5 crore

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