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Can you tell me in detail about the Big Bash League, an Australian professional Twenty20 cricket league, which is sponsored by KFC?

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The Big Bash League (BBL, also known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons) is an Australian professional Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia.

The Big Bash League replaced the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, and features eight city-based franchises instead of the six state teams which had participated previously.

The competition has been sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC since its inception. BBL matches are played in Australia during the summer in the months of December and January.

Current Teams

The competition features 8 city-based franchises. Each state's capital city features one team, with Sydney and Melbourne featuring two.

The team names and colours for all teams were officially announced on 6 April 2011. The Melbourne Derby and Sydney Derby matches are some of the most heavily attended matches during the league and are widely anticipated by the fans.

The Scorchers and Sixers have also developed a rivalry between them over the years and their matches attract good crowds and TV ratings.

As of now, a single city-based franchise can have a maximum of 18 contracted players for a season. Each team should have a minimum of two rookie contracts and a maximum of 2 overseas players in the squad.

Each team can also have a maximum of 2 overseas replacement players, in case the original overseas players get injured or withdraw due to particular reason.

Tournament Format

Since the inception of the BBL in 2011, the tournament has followed the same format every year except the inaugural season. The first BBL season had 28 group stage matches, before expanding to 32 in the following season.

Currently in 8 team format, each team plays every other team at least once during a season. However, each team is also assigned a particular "rival" with whom they play for the second time in the same season.

The assigned 'rival' for a team does not change generally in different seasons. Cross-town teams such as Melbourne Renegades and Melbourne Stars have been assigned as "rivals" to each other. This allows BBL to have 2 Melbourne derbies and 2 Sydney derbies within a single season.

The group stage matches are divided into 8 rounds, with 4 matches played in each round. Each team plays 8 group stage matches, 4 at home and 4 away, before the top 4 ranked teams progress to the Semi Finals.

The Final of the tournament is played at the home ground of the highest-ranked team.
Thus, the total number of matches during a season tally up to 35, with 32 group stage matches and 3 knock out matches.