IPL8 - How is IPL fair play points awarded

IPL8 – How is IPL fair play points awarded: Since the inception of IPL, fair play award has been something going around and Chennai Super Kings have won it five times in the seven editions. Fans might be pulling out their hairs on how Chennai Super Kings is winning the award consistently in spite of their team principle Gurunath Meiyappan got caught for his involvement in betting when the IPL spot-fixing by three Rajasthan Royals players (S. Sreesanth, Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandela) was busted in 2013 by the Delhi Police.

The reason why Chennai are winning the award too often is because the IPL Fair Play Award is purely awarded on the basis of the character shown by the players on the field and not off it. Chennai Super Kings led by Indian skipper MS Dhoni plays their game on the right spirit.

Here is the detailed split up of the points awarded by the umpires is mentioned in the following table.

• Playing under the spirit of the game- 4 points
• Showing respect towards the opposition- 2 points
• Respecting the laws of cricket- 2 points
• Respect towards the umpires- 2 points

In total, these constitutes 10 points. The on-field umpires and the third umpire will report their fair play points to the match referee after the end of each of each match. The points for a team per match is obtained as an average of the points awarded by all the three umpires. At the end of the league stage, the average points for all the teams are calculated and the team with the most points is declared as the winner of IPL fair play award.