IPL// Come the summer of 2016, and the familiar sunny yellow of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and royal blue of the Rajasthan Royals (RR) will no longer take the field (play) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016. That’s because the two teams have been banned as their owners placed bets on the results of matches in 2013 IPL tournament. In their place two new teams will play. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which manages cricket in the country, has issued advertisements inviting bids for the two new teams. Under the “bid” system the two parties that ask for the lowest share of revenue earned by the organisers of the IPL tournament will be given the chance to form the new teams.

The two new teams will also be allowed to pick five players each from the CSK and RR squads. The remaining players will have to be selected through a player auction where different teams will compete with each other to bid for players, and those offering the most money will ultimately get the cricketer.