Owners
Indian Premier League teams are owned on a franchise basis. The following list shows the owners of each team at the start of the 2008 competition:
- Bangalore Royal Challengers is owned by Dr Vijay Mallya, Chairman of United Breweries Group.
- Chennai Super Kings is owned by Indian Cements.
- Delhi DareDevils is owned by the GMR Group.
- Hyderabad is owned by the Deccan Chronicle.
- Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by Red Chillies Entertainment, Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Mehta.
- Mohali is owned by a group including Indian film actress Preity Zinta and Bombay Dyeing company heir Ness Wadia.
- Mumbai Indians is owned by Reliance Industries Limited.
- Rajasathan Royals is owned by the Emerging Media group.
