IPL-INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2009-NEW SCHEDULE

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NO GANGULY,NO KNIGHT RIDERS

 

Fans from across the country have expressed their solidarity with Sourav Ganguly after the Kolkata Knight Riders Wednesday announced that they will have multiple captains for this edition of the Indian Premier League.

The CricketNext mailbox was flooded with reactions with most calling it a "ridiculous" move and demanding for reinstating Ganguly as the "permanent captain" of the team.

CAPTAINCY CHANGES IN THE IPL

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IPL signs Rs. 8200-cr deal with MSM

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) promoted Indian Premier League on Wednesday signed a whopping Rs. 8,200-crore Official Broadcast Partner agreement for nine years (up to 2017) with Multi Screen Media (MSM, formerly Sony) and World Sport Group (WSG).

MSM will now bring the 59 matches live from South Africa on SET Max with the DLF-IPL Season II set to start in South Africa on April 18, a day after the fifth and final One-Day International between South Africa and Australia.

Last year IPL had signed a contract with WSG-Sony for $1.026 billion for 10 years which included a sum of $108 million for marketing and promotion.

After announcing that the DLF-IPL would hold the second edition in South Africa, the IPL has achieved a major breakthrough, managing to renew the contract with MSM for a sum that can be regarded as a windfall because last year the agreement for a 10-year period was for a sum close to Rs. 4,700 crore.

Under the agreement between the IPL and franchises, the latter would share 80 per cent of the revenue from the media rights in the first five years and 60 per cent from sixth to 10th year.

The increased revenue from the media rights should mitigate the assumed fall in revenue for the IPL in the second year because the event was being moved overseas.

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WILL NOW BECOME SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI

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ICC surprised at IPL shift

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IPL OR NRIPL? MASTER BLASTER IS ALSO NOT HAPPY WITH IPL SHIFT

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DRESS CODES OF THE TEAMS

1.Bangalore Royal Challengers

2.Chennai SuperKings :

3.Delhi Daredevils:

4.Deccan Chargers: (NEW)

5. Mumbai Indians:

6.Kolkata Knight Riders:

7.Kings XI Punjab:

 

8.Rajasthan Royals:(NEW)

PLAYERS WERE SWAPPED BY THE FRANCHISES

In the 2008-2009 transfer window, Mumbai Indians conducted two straight swap deals, with no money exchanged. Ashish Nehra was swapped with Shikhar Dhawan of Delhi Daredevils and on the last day of the transfer window, Robin Uthappa was swapped with Zaheer Khan of Royal Challengers Bangalore, who plays for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy.

AUCTION,TRANSFER AND RELEASE OF PLAYERS BY FRANCHISES

Jaydev Shah and Shikhar Dhawan were also added to the roster and Dwayne Smith, Dominic Thornely and Ashwell Prince were released from their contracts. Shaun Pollock decided not to return for the second season of IPL, however he kept an association with the franchise (most likely taking on a coaching or consultant role). At the player auction on February 6, 2009, the Mumbai Indians purchased J P Duminy for $950,000, Kyle Mills for $150,000 and Mohammad Ashraful for $75,000.Batsman Gaurav Dhiman of the Mumbai Indians will turn out for the Bangalore Royal Challengers and lanky Rajasthan Ranji Trophy team pacer Pankaj Singh, of the Rajasthan Royals, will don the colours of the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the coming IPL season.

IPL AUCTION 2009-RESULTS

DLF Indian Premier League - Player Auction Set A
Sr. NO Player Name Nationality Speciality Reserve Price US$ Winning Bid US$ Winning Franchise
1 Shaun Tait Australia/SA Bowler 250,000 375,000 Rajasthan Royals
2 Kevin Pieterson England Batsman 1,350,000 1,550,000 Royal Challengers
3 Andrew Flintoff England All rounder 950,000 1,550,000 Super Kings
4 J P Duminy South Africa Batsman 300,000 950,000 Mumbai Indians

DLF Indian Premier League - Player Auction Set B
Sr. NO Player Name Nationality Speciality Reserve Price US$ Winning Bid US$ Winning Franchise
1 Paul Collingwood England All rounder 250,000 275,000 Delhi Daredevils
2 Owais Shah England Batsman 150,000 275,000 Delhi Daredevils
3 Fidel Edwards West Indies Bowler 150,000 150,000 Deccan Chargers
4 C Kapugedera Sri Lanka Batsman 150,000 UNSOLD -
5 Stuart Clark Australia / NSW Bowler 250,000 UNSOLD -
6 Brad Haddin Australia / NSW Wicketkeeper 250,000 UNSOLD -

DLF Indian Premier League - Player Auction Set C
Sr. NO Player Name Nationality Speciality Reserve Price US$ Winning Bid US$ Winning Franchise
1 Thilan Thushara Sri Lanka All rounder 125,000 140,000 Super Kings
2 Phil Jaques Australia / NSW Batsman 100,000 UNSOLD -
3 Jesse Ryder New Zealand Batsman 100,000 160,000 Royal Challengers
4 Ravi Bopara England All Rounder 150,000 450,000 Kings XI Punjab
5 Luke Wright England All rounder 150,000 UNSOLD -
6 Kyle Mills New Zealand Bowler 150,000 150,000 Mumbai Indians
7 Tyron Henderson South Africa All rounder 100,000 650,000 Rajasthan Royals
8 Nuwan Kulasekera Sri Lanka Batsman 150,000 UNSOLD -
9 Ashwell Prince South Africa Batsman 150,000 UNSOLD -
10 Andre Nel South Africa Bowler 120,000 UNSOLD -

DLF Indian Premier League - Player Auction Set D
  Sr. NO Player Name Nationality Speciality Reserve Price US$ Winning Bid US$ Winning Franchise
1 Samit Patel England All Rounder 100,000 UNSOLD -
2 Morne Van Wyk South Africa Wicketkeeper 100,000 UNSOLD -
3 Gulam Bodi South Africa Batsman 100,000 UNSOLD -
4 Dwayne Smith West Indies All rounder 100,000 100,000 Deccan Chargers
5 Jerome Taylor West Indies Bowler 150,000 150,000 Kings XI Punjab
6 Steven Smith NSW All rounder 75,000 UNSOLD -
7 M. Ashraful Bangladesh Batsman 75,000 75,000 Mumbai Indians
8 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh All rounder 75,000 UNSOLD -
9 Ashley Noffke Australia Bowler 100,000 UNSOLD -
10 Daren Powell West Indies Bowler 150,000 UNSOLD -

DLF Indian Premier League - Player Auction Set E
Sr. NO Player Name Nationality Speciality Reserve Price US$ Winning Bid US$ Winning Franchise
1 Bryce McGain Victoria Bowler 50,000 UNSOLD -
2 James Franklin New Zealand Bowler 50,000 UNSOLD -
3 K. Weeraratne Sri Lanka All Rounder 50,000 UNSOLD -
4 R. N. Sarwan West Indies Batsman 100,000 UNSOLD -
5 Jonathan Moss Victoria All Rounder 50,000 UNSOLD -
6 Dominic Thornely NSW All Rounder 50,000 UNSOLD -
7 Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh Batsman 50,000 UNSOLD -
8 Michael Klinger South Australia Batsman 75,000 UNSOLD -
9 P. Jayawardene Sri Lanka Wicketkeeper 50,000 UNSOLD -
10 Aiden Blizzard Victoria Batsman 75,000 UNSOLD -

DLF Indian Premier League - Player Auction Set F
Sr. NO Player Name Nationality Speciality Reserve Price US$ Winning Bid US$ Winning Franchise
1 Kemar Roach West Indies Bowler 50,000 UNSOLD -
2 Michael Dighton Tasmania Batsman 50,000 UNSOLD -
3 Aaron Bird NSW Bowler 45,000 UNSOLD -
4 Brett Geeves Tasmania Bowler 45,000 UNSOLD -
5 M. B. Mortaza Bangladesh Bowler 50,000 600,000 Knight Riders
6 Daniel Harris South Australia Batsman 50,000 UNSOLD -
7 George Bailey Tasmania Batsman 50,000 50,000 Super Kings
8 Michael Hill Victoria Batsman 50,000 UNSOLD -
9 Yusuf Abdulla South Africa Bowler 25,000 UNSOLD

The official rules for IPL

There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player. In the annual auction, buying domestic players, signing uncapped players through trading and buying replacements.In the trading window the player can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one then the difference will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.

Some of the Team composition rules are:

• Minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physio and a coach.
• No more than 8 foreign players in the squad and at most 4 in the playing XI.For the 2009 edition franchises are allowed 10 foreign players in the squad. The number allowed in the playing XI remains unchanged at 4.
• A minimum of 8 local players must be included in each team.
• A minimum of 2 players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each team.

The players accorded "icon" status are: Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag . The total spending cap for a franchisee in the first player auction was US $5m. Under-22 players are to be remunerated with a minimum annual salary of US $20,000 while for others it is US $50,000. Icon players are to be paid 15% more than the highest paid player in their respective teams.

IPL 2009-SCHEDULE

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IPL TO BE PLAYED OUTSIDE INDIA

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2008 IPL Season:Performance of Chennai SuperKings

A Chennai vs Kolkata match in progress at the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium
The Super Kings had a solid start to their 2008 IPL Season, winning their first 4 matches. However, their top order and bowling attack took a hit after Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram left the team for international duty. The team's performance reflected this, as they proceeded to lose their next 3 matches. The batting, although inconsistent, eventually adjusted to the losses of Hayden and Hussey with contributions from Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel. The gap in the team’s bowling left by Oram’s departure was eventually filled by the arrival of Makhaya Ntini and Morkel (both of whom were playing the Pro20 domestic tournament in South Africa during the start of the tournament) and the emergence of Manpreet Gony. A win in the final league match against the Deccan Chargers ensured their progress into the semi-finals.
The team defeated the Kings XI Punjab in the semifinal by 9 wickets. They lost the final to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets off the last ball.

Cheer Leaders of Bangalore Royal Challengers

2008 IPL Season:Performance of Bangalore Royal Challengers

The team won only 4 matches in this season, losing 10 matches and managed to secure only the last but one position in the points table. Only one of their batsman, Rahul Dravid managed to score more than 300 runs in the tournament and they had to even bench their costliest foreign player, Jacques Kallis for few of the matches due to his poor form. The string of failures mid-way through the season led to the sacking of the CEO, Charu Sharma who was replaced with Brijesh Patel.Even coach Venkatesh Prasad was about to be sacked, but he saved his job by publicly apologising for the team's failure.

Vijay Mallya went on to publicly criticise Dravid and Sharma for the failures by saying that they had not selected the right team. He regretted that he had made a mistake by not getting involved in the selection of the team.They were the only team in the IPL to try out 11 opening combinations in 14 games. Eventually the chief cricketing officer, Martin Crowe resigned. From 2009 IPL session onwards the team will be coached by former South Africa Coach Ray Jennings and Venkatesh Prasad will assist him as team's Bowling Coach.

Bangalore Royal Challengers Team:Players

International players:
Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Roelof van der Merwe and Dillon du Preez (South Africa), Cameroon White and Nathan Bracken (Australia), Kevin Pietersen (England), Ross Taylor and Jesse Ryder (New Zealand)

Indian players:
Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami, Suteesh R, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvanesh Kumar, Karan Sharma, Saurav Bandekar, Tinu Yohanan, Bharat Chipli, B Akhil, Devraj Patil, J Arun Kumar, KP Appana, Sunil Joshi, Gauvar Dhiman, Jitendra Patil, Udit Patel, Mithun A. Aravind, S. Kedar Jadhav, Gautam CM, Raju Bhatkal, Rajesh Bishnoi, Ishank Jaggi and Rohit Sabharwal

Most Expensive Player of Bangalore Royal Challengers

Kevin Pietersen made his way into RCB as one of the costliest players in IPL history. Kevin Pietersen was valued at $1.55m over a base price of $1.35m.

Captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers:Kevin Peterson

Full name Kevin Peter Pietersen
Born 27 June 1980 (1980-06-27) (age 28)
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Nickname KP, Kapes, KP nuts, Kapers
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Middle order batsman, occasional off spinner
International information
National side England
Test debut (cap 626) 21 July 2005 v Australia
Last Test 6 March 2009 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 185) 28 November 2004 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 20 March 2009 v West Indies

Team of IPL:Bangalore Royal Challengers

Franchises of Bangalore Royal Challengers

Bangalore team was won by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team in the IPL.
Administration
Owner - Vijay Mallya UB Group
CEO - Brijesh Patel
Ambassadors -Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Ramya, Upendra

Bangalore Royal Challengers:Introduction

Royal Challengers Bangalore (also referred to as RCB) is the team representing the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. The team is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group. Ray Jennings, the former South African coach, is the coach of the team and Venkatesh Prasad is the bowling coach. Red and golden yellow are the team colours.

Cheer Leaders of Kings XI Punjab

Most Expensive Player of Kings XI Punjab

Most expensive player: Yuvraj Singh - $1,063,750

Captain of Kings XI Punjab:Yuvraj Singh

Full name: Yuvraj Singh
Born : December 12, 1981, Chandigarh, India
Current age: 27 years
Test Debut: October 16, 2003 v New Zealand at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh
ODI Debut: October 3, 2000 v Kenya at Nairobi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Team: Kings XI Punjab
Country: India
Batting style: Left Handed
Bowling style: Left Arm Medium, Slow Left Arm Orthodox

Player Statistics
Batting

Avg 23

SR 162.5

Bowling

Wickets 3

Econ 9.22

Kings XI Punjab Team:Players

International players:

Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich and Burt Cockely (Australia), Jerome Taylor (West Indies), Ravi Bopara (England) and Mahela Jayawardene and Kumara Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Indian players:

Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, S Sreesanth, Romesh Powar, VRV Singh, Karen Goel, Uday Kaul, Ryan Ninan, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Agral, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal and Yash Gandhi.

2008 IPL Season:Performance of Kings XI Punjab

 

The 2008 season started on a disatrous note for the Kings XI team as it lost its opening matches two matches, but then it recovered lost ground and went on to play the semi finals against Chennai Super Kings.

The tournament got off to a slow start for the Kings XI, with the team losing their first two games. However, despite losing Australians Brett Lee and Simon Katich (who were committed to tour the West Indies with Australia), the team found its groove. Powered by their balanced bowling lineup and effective top order, the team won 9 of its next 10 matches, clinching a birth in the semi-final. In the semi-final, their run in the tournament came to an end with a comprehensive 9 wicket loss to the Chennai Super Kings.

 

Many credit the team for unearthing arguably the biggest find of the tournament in Shaun Marsh.The opener from Western Australia was looked over in both IPL player auctions and was signed by the franchise on 9 April. He finished the tournament the highest run scorer with an average of 68.44 and a strike rate of 139.68 in 11 innings. His innings included 1 century and 5 half-centuries

Franchises of Kings XI Punjab:

The owners of the franchise include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.

Owners - Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul & Mohit Burman

CEO - Neil Maxwell ^[10]

President -

Ambassador - Daler Mehndi

Kings XI Punjab:Introduction

Kings XI Punjab is a cricket franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team is led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player. The team is coached by Tom Moody, the former Australian all rounder.Lion-hearted, spirited, passionate, hospitable, entertaining and brave - these are the words that the Kings XI Punjab team use to describe themselves. The team has made its mission clear "To be the most successful and entertaining franchise in the league".

2008 IPL Season:Performance of Delhi Daredevils:

The Daredevils were well poised from the onset of the first IPL season, having most of their core players—with the exception of Daniel Vettori—available for the whole tournament. The team built their batting lineup around Delhi openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir and used the majority of their foreign player quota on their bowling attack lead by Glenn McGrath and Mohammed Asif.

The team started the tournament well, winning 4 of their first 5 games. However, they were unable to sustain this and finished the round-robin portion of the tournament with a record of 7-6. Their performance was good enough to make the semi-finals, where they lost by 105 runs against the Rajasthan Royals. Royals, who had lost to the Daredevils in their first encounter, went on to win the title

Most expensive player of Delhi Daredevils:

Most expensive player: Virender Sehwag - $833,750

Captain of Delhi Daredevils:Virender Sehwag

 

• Full name: Virender Sehwag
• Born : October 20, 1978, Delhi, India
• Current age: 30 years
• Test Debut: November 3, 2001 v South Africa at Goodyear Park (Springbok), Bloemfontein
• ODI Debut: April 1, 1999 v Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh
• Team: Delhi Daredevils
• Country: India
• Batting style: Right Handed
• Bowling style: Right arm off break

Player Statistics

• Batting Avg 33.83
  SR 184.55
• Bowling Wickets 3
  Econ 12.09

Delhi Daredevils Team:Players

International players:

Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood (England), David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes and Glen McGrath (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Farvez Mahroof and Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) and Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)

Indian players:

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Avishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Yo Mahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar and Tejashwi Yadav

Franchises of Delhi Daredevils:

During the franchise auction for the Indian Premier League teams, the GMR group acquired the rights for the Delhi franchise for $84 million.

Owners - GMR group

Vice President - Amrit Mathur

Vice President - T. A. Sekhar

Selector - Adhishwar

Delhi Daredevils-Introduction

Delhi Daredevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group. The team is captained by Virender Sehwag, who is also the designated Icon Player for the franchise.

Its home ground is the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium at Delhi. Greg Shipperd will don the mantle of the coach while Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador of the Daredevils.

Cheerleaders of Delhi Daredevils:

Cheerleaders of Deccan Chargers:

 

Captain of Deccan Chargers:Adam Gilchrist

• Full name: Adam Gilchrist
• Born : November 14, 1971, Bellingen, Australia
• Current age: 37 years
• Test Debut: November 5, 1999 v Pakistan at Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane - Queensland
• ODI Debut: October 25, 1996 v South Africa at Nahar Singh Stadium (Mayur Stadium), Faridabad
• Team: Deccan Chargers
• Country: Australia
• Batting style: Left Handed
• Bowling style: Right Arm Off Break Bowler

Player Statistics

• Batting Avg 33.54
  SR 136.68
• Bowling Wickets
  Econ

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Most expensive player of Deccan Chargers:

Most expensive player: Andrew Symonds - $1,350,000