IPL Betting 2011

The Indian Premier League 2011 is the fourth season of the Indian Premier League. Played over a Twenty20 format and often referred to as the IPL it is the richest league in world cricket and attracts the best players in world cricket due to a combination of money and the vibrant Indian crowds.

The season will run from April 08 to May 28 2011 and incorporates a total of 70 group stages matches. The top two in the table will then play off against one another with the winner going into the final and the second placed team being given a second chance to qualify for the final when they play the winner of a match between the third and fourth place finishers. 

IPL Betting 2011 is one of the most popular Sports Betting events of the summer as the notoriously keen punters of India, as well as those on British shores, get their teeth stuck into this festival of big-hitting cricket. Following India's success in the ICC World Cup this year's IPL is certain to be played amid a carnival atmosphere.

IPL Outright Winner Betting 2011

The IPL Betting 2011 has two new teams, the Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala, taking the number of teams in this year’s league up to 10. Last season’s beaten finalists, the Mumbai Indians, began the tournament as favourites priced at generally available odds of 9/2, defending champions, the Chennai Super Kings, were 5/1 second favourites.

The Kolkata Knight Riders were the big spenders in the IPL 2011 auction splashing out on the two most expensive players and acquiring the services of Gautam Gambhir for USD 2,400,000 and Yusuf Pathan for USD 2,100,000. They can be backed at odds of 7/1 in the IPL Betting 2011.

Of the new teams, Kochi Tuskers Kerala opted for two Sri Lankan stars and paid big money for Mahela Jayawardene and Muttiah Muralitharan while Pune Warriors have India’s player of the World Cup Yuvraj Singh and big-hitting New Zealander Jesse Ryder in their ranks. The new additions to the IPL can both be backed at odds of 8/1 to win the IPL in their debut season.

IPL 2011 Betting Markets

IPL Betting 2011 will be one of the most popular Cricket Betting events of the summer largely due to the sheer size and volume of betting markets that are made available.

The IPL Betting 2011 winners market will, as ever, be the most popular of markets. However, you can also bet on the winner of the group, who will finish bottom of the group, which teams will qualify for the semi-finals, top tournament batsman, top tournament bowler and much more.

There is also the opportunity to bet on every one of the 74 individual matches from match betting markets to top team run scorers, top team wicket takers and even which team will win the toss prior to the match start.