IPL Players - Rajasthan Royals - Team Members

Shane Warne* (Coach)
Aditya Angle
Swapnil Asnodkar
Ravindra Jadeja
Mohammad Kaif
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Sumit Khatri
Taruwar Kohli
Mahesh Rawat
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Parag More
Morne Morkel
Pankaj Singh
Munaf Patel
Niraj Patel
Yusuf Pathan
Anup Revandkar
Jaydev Shah
Graeme Smith
Sohail Tanvir
Siddharth Trivedi
Shane Watson
Younis Khan
Justin Langer
Dinesh Salunke

IPL Players - Mumbai Indians

Sachin Tendulkar
Loots Bosman
Ankeet Chavan
Siddharth Chitnis
Gaurav Dhiman
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Sanath Jayasuriya
Dominic Thornely
Lalchand Rajput (Coach)
Musavir Khote
Dhawal Kulkarni
Lasith Malinga
Abhishek Nayar
Ashish Nehra
Manish Pandey
Rajesh Pawar
Shaun Pollock
Saurabh Tiwary
Ashwell Prince
Ajinkya Rahane
Rohan Raje
Luke Ronchi
Pinal Shah (wk)
Swapnil Singh
Y Vijay Takawale (wk)
Robin Uthappa
Vikrant Yeligati

IPL Players - Knight Riders - Kolkata (calcutta)

Sourav Ganguly (C)
Aakash Chopra
Ajit Agarkar
Ashok Dinda
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Cheteshwar Pujara
Chris Gayle
David Hussey
Debabrata Das
Iqbal Abdulla
Ishant Sharma
Laxmi Shukla
Mohammad Hafeez
Murali Kartik
Rohan Banerjee
Ricky Ponting
Salman Butt
Saurasish Lahiri
Siddarth Kaul
Shoaib Akhtar
Tatenda Taibu (wk)
Umar Gul
Yashpal Singh
Wriddhiman Prasanta Saha
John Buchanan (Coach)

IPL Players - Deccan Chargers

VVS Laxman
Sanjay Bangar
Halhadar Das (wk)
Herschelle Gibbs
Scott Styris
D Kalyankrishna
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Pragyan Ojha
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
PM Sarvesh Kumar
Shahid Afridi
Rohit Sharma
RP Singh
Chamara Silva
Andrew Symonds
Chaminda Vaas
Venugopal Rao
Paidikalva Vijaykumar
Arjun Yadav
Nuwan Zoysa
Robin Singh (Coach)

IPL Players - Delhi Daredevils

Virender Sehwag
Rajat Bhatia
AB de Villiers
Shikhar Dhawan
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Pradeep Sangwan
Daniel Vettori
Greg Shipperd (Coach)
Gautam Gambhir
Brett Geeves
Dinesh Karthik
Glenn McGrath
Farveez Maharoof
Shoaib Malik
Tejashwi Yadav
Yo Mahesh
Mithun Manhas
Amit Mishra
Mohammad Asif
Yogesh Nagar
Manoj Tiwary
Mayank Tehlan

Chennai Super Kings

Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Viraj Vilas Kadbe
Palani Amarnath
Manpreet Gony
Srikkanth Anirudha
R Ashwin
Napoleon Einstein
Stephen Fleming
Kepler Wessels (Coach)
Subramaniam Badrinath
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Matthew Hayden
Michael Hussey
Shadab Jakati
Joginder Sharma
Arun Karthik
Suresh Kumar
Albie Morkel
Abhinav Mukund
Makhaya Ntini
Jacob Oram
Parthiv Patel (wk)
Suresh Raina
Muttiah Muralitharan
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan

IPL - Royal Challengers - Bangalore

Rahul Dravid
Abdur Razzak
Balachandra Akhil
KP Appanna
Jagadeesh Arunkumar
Praveen Kumar
Devraj Patil
Vinay Kumar
Mark Boucher (wk)
Nathan Bracken
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Bharat Chipli
Shreevats Goswami (wk)
Anil Kumble
Dale Steyn
Cameron White
Wasim Jaffer
Sunil Joshi
Jacques Kallis
Zaheer Khan
Virat Kohli
Misbah-ul-Haq
Ross Taylor
Venkatesh Prasad (Coach)

IPL Players - Punjab Kings

Yuvraj Singh
Ajitesh Argal
Piyush Chawla
Pankaj Dharmani
Rishi Dhawan
Irfan Pathan
Nitin Saini
VRV Singh
Tanmay Srivastava
Karan Goel
James Hopes
Mahela Jayawardene
Simon Katich
Uday Kaul
Luke Pomersbach
Kumar Sangakkara
Sunny Sohal
Tom Moody (Coach)
Sahil Kukreja
Brett Lee
Shaun Marsh
Kyle Mills
Wilkin Mota
Ramesh Powar
Ramnaresh Sarwan
S Sreesanth

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Shoaib Akhtar in trouble : PCB, IPL, ICL, Lawsuits !

Shoaib Akhtar is in real trouble. After the Pakistan board banned him for 5 years, IPL chief Lalit Modi announced that till the PCB lifts the ban, he cannot play in the IPL.

The Superstars new ball bowlers after a few nervous wides, soon settled into a disciplined line and were rewarded in the 4th over, when Vignesh castled the mainstay of the Heroes batting line Maher, for only 2, reducing the Heroes to 16/1 in the 4th over. The run out of the dangerous Razzaq on 14 had the heroes in a bit of a bother at 23/2.

At the end of the 5th over the Heroes were delicately placed at 24/2. At the half way mark of their innings the Heroes were held back to a modest 57/2 by some great bowling from the superstars. Two big sixes from the bat of Rayudu, off Arnold in the 11th over helped the Heroes break the shackles to a little extent. However the Superstars spin spearhead, Syed got into the act right away getting Rayudu's wicket for 25 & ending the dangerous partnership developing between Rayudu and Boje.

At the end of the 15th over the Heroes were placed at 107/4 with Boje holding the key from the Heroes' perspective. Boje's however was done in by a slower one from (the Bald Assassin) Thiru kumaran, for a well made 47 in the 17th over. A top class effort in the field from the defending champions prevented any major onslaught from the Heroes in the last 5 overs and they were finally restricted to 147/6 in their allotted 20overs.

In reply the Superstars came in with their tested explosive combination of Harvey and Vignesh. However the combination did not get off to a good start with Vignesh sent back by Razzaq without troubling the scorers. Kemp castled Harvey in the 2nd over to put the defending champions in deep trouble at 4/2. At the end of the 4th over the Superstars were placed at 22/2 with Law and Arnold stuck in the repair act. However with Arnold's wicket in the very next over the Superstars were on the back foot at 23/3. By the 9th over the Superstars were placed at 48/4 needing another 100 off 66balls at a challenging rate of 9 runs per over & 6 wickets in hand.

So if IPL is out and international cricket is out, Shoaib had a great option in the ICL. Around 20 ex-international Pakistani cricketers are playing in the ICL already and Shoaib could join that. But now after Kapil Dev ’s statement that ICL would like to avoid any clash with any board, well the ICL option also looks dim.

Shoib Akhtar after being banned, came up with some serious allegations against the PCB. He claimed that the PCB chief Dr Nasim Ashraf tried to “extort” payments from him. So now the PCB wants Rs.20 crore for the damages. The ICC anti corruption will now interview Shoaib on his claims that he was offered money to throw off matches.

Shahrukh Khan , the owner of Kolkata IPL team will be requesting the IPL chief Lalit Modi to allow Shoaib to play the IPL. Well Shahrukh Khan is believed to be a close friend of Lalit, and Modi surely would have notified SRK on this before announcing this. So BCCI / IPL is now trying to appease the Pakistan board for sure. Why would you ban Shoaib from IPL when his team owner wants him. PCB has also allowed Shoaib to play the IPL, why would BCCI decide to ban ?

It has been pretty harsh on Shoaib. Banning him for 5 years is almost like a life ban. PCB atleast kept the option of Shoaib playing in the IPL or the county cricket but IPL and BCCI are moving one step extra to ensure that the Rawalpindi express is not seen performing in any cricket. With IPL starting in 2 weeks, and Lalit Modi and SRK ’s different opinions, make us believe that in the next 2 weeks, we will surely have some developments. Watch this space !

Source : http://www.newsline365.com/

IPL Match Fixtures, Schedules 2008

4/18/2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders
19:00 (IST) Match 1

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka
4/19/2008
Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings 15:00 (IST)
Match 2

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh
4/19/2008
Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals
20:00 (IST)
Match 3

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
4/20/2008
Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers 15:00 (IST)
Match 4

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay)
4/20/2008
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers
20:00 (IST)
Match 5

Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta)
4/21/2008
Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab
19:00 (IST)
Match 6

Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Chogan Stadium), Jaipur
4/22/2008
Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils
19:00 (IST)
Match 7

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
4/23/2008
Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians
19:00 (IST)
Match 8

MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras)
4/24/2008
Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals
19:00 (IST)
Match 9

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
4/25/2008
Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians
19:00 (IST)
Match 10
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium,

Mohali - Chandigarh
4/26/2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals
15:00 (IST)
Match 11

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka
4/26/2008
Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
20:00 (IST)
Match 12

MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras)
4/27/2008
Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers
15:00 (IST)
Match 13

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
4/27/2008
Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 (IST)
Match 14

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh
4/28/2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings
19:00 (IST)
Match 15

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka
4/29/2008
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
19:00 (IST)
Match 16

Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta)
4/30/2008
Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers
19:00 (IST)
Match 17

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
5/1/2008
Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab
15:00 (IST)
Match 18

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
5/1/2008
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
20:00 (IST)
Match 19

Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Chogan Stadium), Jaipur
5/2/2008
Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils
19:00 (IST)
Match 20

MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras)
5/3/2008
Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers
15:00 (IST)
Match 21

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
5/3/2008
Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
20:00 (IST)
Match 22

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh
5/4/2008
Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils
15:00 (IST)
Match 23

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
5/4/2008
Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings
20:00 (IST)
Match 24

Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Chogan Stadium), Jaipur
5/5/2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab
19:00 (IST)
Match 25

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka
5/6/2008
Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers
19:00 (IST)
Match 26

MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras)
5/7/2008
Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals
19:00 (IST)
Match 27

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
5/8/2008
Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings
15:00 (IST)
Match 28

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
5/8/2008
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers
20:00 (IST)
Match 29

Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta)
5/9/2008
Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers
19:00 (IST)
Match 30

Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Chogan Stadium), Jaipur
5/10/2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians
15:00 (IST)
Match 31

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka
5/10/2008
Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab
20:00 (IST)
Match 32

MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras)
5/11/2008
Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders
15:00 (IST)
Match 33

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
5/11/2008
Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils
20:00 (IST)
Match 34

Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Chogan Stadium), Jaipur
5/12/2008
Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers
19:00 (IST)
Match 35

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh
5/13/2008
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils
19:00 (IST)
Match 36

Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta)
5/14/2008
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
15:00 (IST)
Match 37

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
5/14/2008
Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals
20:00 (IST)
Match 38

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium,
Mohali - Chandigarh
5/15/2008
Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers
19:00 (IST)
Match 39

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
5/16/2008
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
19:00 (IST)
Match 40

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
5/17/2008
Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab
15:00 (IST)
Match 41

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
5/17/2008
Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers
20:00 (IST)
Match 42

Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Chogan Stadium), Jaipur
5/18/2008
Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians
15:00 (IST)
Match 43

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
5/18/2008
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings
20:00 (IST)
Match 44

Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta)
5/19/2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils
19:00 (IST)
Match 45

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka
5/20/2008
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
19:00 (IST)
Match 46

Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta)
5/21/2008
Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab
15:00 (IST)
Match 47

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
5/21/2008
Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers
20:00 (IST)
Match 48

MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras)
5/22/2008
Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders
19:00 (IST)
Match 49

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
5/23/2008
Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers
19:00 (IST)
Match 50

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh
5/24/2008 Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians 15:00 (IST) Match 51 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
5/24/2008 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 (IST) Match 52 MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras)
5/25/2008 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers 15:00 (IST) Match 53 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka
5/25/2008 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab 20:00 (IST) Match 54 Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta)
5/26/2008 Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians 19:00 (IST) Match 55 Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Chogan Stadium), Jaipur
5/27/2008 Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings 19:00 (IST) Match 56 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
5/30/2008 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. 19:00 (IST) Semi Final Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay)
5/31/2008 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. 19:00 (IST) Semi Final Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay)
6/1/2008 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. 19:00 (IST) Final Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay)

Indian Premier League - IPL Team Names

Following are the IPL team names :

Kings XI Punjabi,
Mumbai Indians Deccan Chargers,
Kolkata Knight Riders,
Banglore Royal Challengers ,
Chennai Super Kings ,
Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals.

IPL Results

IPL match results does not depend upon the stars the IPL team possess, but by the last minute performance of the players. A good spinner can get all the players out.

1st match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore - Apr 18, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders 222/3 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 82 (15.1/20 ov)

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2nd match: Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings at Mohali - Apr 19, 2008
Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs
Chennai Super Kings 240/5 (20/20 ov); Kings XI Punjab 207/4 (20/20 ov)

Scorecard | Commentary | Bulletin | Articles

3rd match: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals at Delhi - Apr 19, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)
Rajasthan Royals 129/8 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 132/1 (15.1/20 ov)

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4th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers at Kolkata - Apr 20, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Deccan Chargers 110 (18.4/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 112/5 (19/20 ov)

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5th match: Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Mumbai - Apr 20, 2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Mumbai Indians 165/6 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 166/5 (19.4/20 ov)

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6th match: Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab at Jaipur - Apr 21, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
Kings XI Punjab 166/8 (20/20 ov); Rajasthan Royals 168/4 (18.1/20 ov)

Scorecard | Commentary | Bulletin | Articles

7th match: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils at Hyderabad (Decc) - Apr 22, 2008
Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT)

Scorecard

8th match: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians at Chennai - Apr 23, 2008

9th match: Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad (Decc) - Apr 24, 2008

10th match: Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians at Mohali - Apr 25, 2008

11th match: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai - Apr 26, 2008

12th match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals at Bangalore - Apr 26, 2008

13th match: Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils at Mohali - Apr 27, 2008

14th match: Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers at Mumbai - Apr 27, 2008

15th match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings at Bangalore - Apr 28, 2008

16th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians at Kolkata - Apr 29, 2008

17th match: Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Delhi - Apr 30, 2008

18th match: Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders at Jaipur - May 1, 2008

19th match: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 1, 2008

20th match: Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils at Chennai - May 2, 2008

21st match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers at Bangalore - May 3, 2008

22nd match: Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mohali - May 3, 2008

23rd match: Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils at Mumbai - May 4, 2008

24th match: Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings at Jaipur - May 4, 2008

25th match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore - May 5, 2008

26th match: Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers at Chennai - May 6, 2008

27th match: Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai - May 7, 2008

28th match: Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings at Delhi - May 8, 2008

29th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Kolkata - May 8, 2008

30th match: Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers at Jaipur - May 9, 2008

31st match: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab at Chennai - May 10, 2008

32nd match: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 11, 2008

33rd match: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur - May 11, 2008

34th match: Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Mohali - May 12, 2008

35th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils at Kolkata - May 13, 2008

36th match: Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai - May 14, 2008

37th match: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers at Delhi - May 15, 2008

38th match: Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai - May 16, 2008

39th match: Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Jaipur - May 17, 2008

40th match: Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab at Delhi - May 17, 2008

41st match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings at Kolkata - May 18, 2008

42nd match: Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 18, 2008

43rd match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils at Bangalore - May 19, 2008

44th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata - May 20, 2008

45th match: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai - May 21, 2008

46th match: Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Chennai - May 21, 2008

47th match: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi - May 22, 2008

48th match: Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers at Mohali - May 23, 2008

49th match: Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Chennai - May 24, 2008

50th match: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians at Delhi - May 24, 2008

52nd match: Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 25, 2008

51st match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata - May 25, 2008

53rd match: Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians at Jaipur - May 26, 2008

54th match: Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 27, 2008

55th match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians at Bangalore - May 28, 2008

56th match: Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals at Mohali - May 28, 2008

1st Semi-Final: at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - May 30, 2008

2nd Semi-Final: at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - May 31, 2008

Final: at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - Jun 1, 2008

Dimitri Mascarenhas can be a big hit in the IPL

Source : Times Online

Rod Bransgrove, the Hampshire chairman, believes that the domestic Twenty20 game must be “sexed up” to match the rise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after Dimitri Mascarenhas became the first England player to sign up for the competition yesterday.

Mascarenhas, 30, the leading performer in the 20-over internationals in New Zealand last month, became available only three hours before the deadline to go into the second IPL auction. He will join Shane Warne, his Hampshire colleague, at the Rajasthan Royals, having attracted a bid of $100,000 (about £50,000) from the Jaipur-based franchise.

Sony has paid $1billion over ten years for television rights to the IPL, but Bransgrove believes that English cricket can match the event by deregulating the Twenty20 Cup. “The IPL is a wake-up call to us,” he said. “They have recognised that crowds want to see big-name players and left us behind the eight-ball.

“This is something we might have considered two years ago given our early success with the format we invented. No one will persuade me that the interest in India will be any greater than it is over here, or would be with the same players. We just need to make our league more attractive, funkier and sexier.

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“I am not saying have unlimited numbers of overseas players, but the product needs to be reviewed. Twenty20 is not a breeding ground for England players in the same way as the championship, so why not bring in the stars, the showmen and the England players?”

Mascarenhas was finally given the permission required by his county to join the IPL as late as 2am yesterday when he agreed a mutually acceptable deal with Bransgrove. In return for his clearance, he has extended his Hampshire contract for two more seasons.

“We agreed a two-week window for 2008, then he will be 100 per cent available for the IPL in 2009 and 2010,” Bransgrove said. “He could not have entered the auction without a 'no objection' certificate from us, but we would then have had a player who was not motivated and would probably leave at the end of the season.

“To deny him the chance to play would have been an ostrich reaction to something that everybody has to acknowledge has changed the landscape of world cricket.”

Mascarenhas was approached via David Ligertwood, his agent, after interest from the Royals sparked by Warne. Lalit Modi, an architect of the competition as vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said that he had spoken to Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, to make sure that a deal was acceptable.

The competition runs from April 18 until June 1 and Mascarenhas will miss a single championship match and three or four in the Friends Provident Trophy. Hampshire will receive compensation. Bransgrove denied that Mascarenhas will be flying between England and India through the first six weeks of the season.

James Hopes, the Australia one-day all-rounder, proved the most lucrative earner with a $300,000 bid from Mohali. That was more than twice as much as Jaipur paid for Shane Watson, his Australia team-mate, but Mascarenhas could be one of the bargain buys if he reproduces the big hitting that has decorated his England career. His status with the national side should not be affected as the ECB and ICC have given full backing to the format and the IPL is likely to benefit again after Australia yesterday pulled out of the tour of Pakistan next month on safety grounds, removing one bar to the appearances of Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds.

Cricket Australia will decide for how long its contracted players will be allowed to feature before a tour to West Indies in mid-May. Its decision not to travel to Pakistan, on Government advice, may build momentum for the ICC Champions Trophy to be switched to South Africa or Sri Lanka in the autumn.

Misbah exceeded our budget: Sourav

Indo Asian News Service

Kolkata, March 11: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly Tuesday said they couldn't include Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq in their team due to budgetary constraints.
'We wanted Misbah initially, but then our pockets did not permit us,' Ganguly told reporters at the launch of the team here.

'We have six international stars and we will find it difficult to field all of them. We are happy with our team and hope it will come off well,' he added.

The Kolkata team boasts of Ricky Ponting, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Tatenda Taibu, Umar Gul and David Hussey.

Sourav also reposed his faith in the domestic cricketers like Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Sourashis Lahiri, Wriddhiman Saha and Rohan Banerjee.

'We have a fine breed of domestic players. And we think we will have a fine team if it plays to its potential,' he said.

Asked if the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) stalemate would be addressed, he said, 'Sure it will be and sorted out amicably. We will sit in a day or two and sort out the matter.'

The rival faction in the CAB has cornered the ruling group demanding 70 percent of the share of tickets in Eden and the matter remains unresolved till date.

Asked, who was the strongest opponent among the seven other teams, Ganguly said, 'The game can be scrutinised more when it is longer. All the eight teams in the competition are dangerous and competitive and we must play good strong cricket to win.'

'But I still feel, Twenty20 is about the fitness, skill and form for those 20 overs on that given day. So it will be hard to predict,' he added.

About his combination with Shah Rukh Khan and John Buchanan, he said, 'I have known Shah Rukh for a long time now and he is a good friend and John is one of the best coaches and hope we will do well as a team.'

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IPL: Under-19 captain Virat Kohli goes to Bangalore

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Mumbai, March 11: The Under-19 World Cup winning captain, Virat Kohli, has been bought by Bangalore, as a number of members of the Indian youth team that won the title in Malaysia went under the hammer in the second round of Indian Premier League auction here Tuesday.
Other Under-19 players who were picked by various franchises included left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan by Delhi, wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami by Bangalore, Taruwar Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja by Jaipur, Sidharth Kaul and Iqbal Abdulla by Kolkata and Tanmay Srivastava and Ajitesh Argal by Mohali.

Among the foreigners the most prominent name was Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan batsman, who was picked up by Bangalore Royal Challengers, who will also have Bangladesh left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak in the team.

The first England player to be auctioned, all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas, was bought by Jaipur's Rajasthan Royals, who have also signed up South African fast bowler Morne Morkel, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson and Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir.

Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders bought Pakistanis Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez, while Mohali picked up Australians James Hopes and Luke Pomersbach.

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IPL: Who went where in second auction

Source : Indo Asian News Service

Mumbai, March 11: Following is the list of players picked up Tuesday in the second auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) teams (City/Team/Player):
Delhi Daredevils: Pradeep Sangwan (India), Brett Geeves (Tasmania, Australia)

Kolkata Knight Riders: Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan), Siddarth Kaul and Iqbal Abdulla (India)

Mohali: James Hopes and Luke Pomersbach (Australia), Tanmay Srivastava and Ajitesh Argal (India), Kyle Mills (New Zealand)

Rajasthan Royals: Dimitri Mascarenhas (England), Morne Morkel (South Africa), Shane Watson (Australia), Sohail Tanveer (Pakistan), Taruwar Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja (India)

Royal Challengers (Bangalore): Misbah ul Haq (Pakistan), Abbur Razzak (Bangladesh), Virat Kohli and Srivatsa Goswami (India), Ross Taylor (New Zealand)

Mumbai Indians: Ashwell Prince (South Africa), Saurabh Tiwary and Manish Pandey (India)

Chennai: Napoleon Einstein, Abhinav Mukund and Viraj Kadbe (India)

Hyderabad did not pick any player in the second auction.

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Bangalore: The Bangalore Royal Challengers team was launched amidst flashing lights and a resurgent party spirit at the Taj West End Hotel lawns here

Bangalore: The Bangalore Royal Challengers team was launched amidst flashing lights and a resurgent party spirit at the Taj West End Hotel lawns here on Wednesday night.

Mr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman, UB Group, who owns the Bangalore franchise, said: “We have a solid, dependable and high-performance team which can play well under pressure. I am confident my team will win.”

The team colours, a mix of red with a yellow tinge, was also unveiled.

Prior to the launch, the team’s newly-appointed Chief Cricket Officer Martin Crowe emphatically said: “We want to be the inaugural winners of the Indian Premier League. Our team, hand picked by Rahul (Dravid) and Vijay Mallya, has people with integrity, humility and we have also balanced it with youth. Our bowling is good and we look to play intelligent cricket. Twenty20 is not just thrash and bash,” the former New Zealand skipper said.

Meanwhile, skipper Dravid emphasised that the IPL’s success will depend on the quality of cricket on display. “It is a new concept and whether we succeed will be known in time. It also brings international players in to a domestic tournament and it will be interesting to see how the fans react to the city concept. I hope we get good crowd support as that would be a motivating factor for the players. And if the cricket is good, the crowds will come back,” Dravid said.

About his team, Dravid said: “Excited to share a dressing room with players like Jacques Kallis and Nathan Bracken. We wanted people who believe in the concept of a team and we interacted with some of the players we picked and they are all excited.”

Meanwhile Venkatesh Prasad, the team’s coach, said that though the team has players more famous for their skills in the Test arena, he was confident about their success. “Our key players have plenty of experience and can adapt to different forms of the game,” Prasad said.

For the team’s CEO Charu Sharma, the team’s priorities were based on “solid plans.” “We surely aren’t here on a wing and a prayer. Martin and Prasad have solid plans for our team,” Sharma said.

The team: Batsmen: Rahul Dravid (captain), S. Chanderpaul, Misbah-ul-Haq, Ross Taylor, Wasim Jaffer, V. Kohli, J. Arun Kumar and B. Chipli.

Bowlers: D. Steyn, Zaheer Khan, N. Bracken, B. Akhil, Anil Kumble, S. Joshi, A. Razzak, K.P. Appanna and Praveen Kumar.

All-rounders: J. Kallis, Cameron White and Vinay Kumar.

Wicketkeepers: M. Boucher, S. Goswami and Devraj Patil.

Shah Rukh Khan unveils Kolkata Knight Riders

KHAN’S KNIGHTS: Shah Rukh Khan, team owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, unveils the team T-shirt. Also seen are coach John Buchanan (left) and captain Sourav Ganguly.

KOLKATA: One of the eight Indian Premier League teams, Kolkata Knight Riders, was unveiled by actor Shah Rukh Khan along with the team coach John Buchanan and captain Sourav Ganguly at an impressive function on Tuesday.

Part owners Jay Mehta, his wife and actress Juhi Chawla and the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Prasun Mukherjee were also present.

Shah Rukh said, “we are here to play to win.” Explaining the name of the team he said it was chosen keeping the youth in mind. “It should be appealing to kids,” and added “you have to play cricket like football in Kolkata.”

Rationale


Shah Rukh explained the rationale behind the team’s attire in black and gold. He said black symbolised Goddess Kali while gold symbolised the team’s belief, “we are hear to win the battle of life.” Shah Rukh added, “we will try to bring a lot of happiness and entertainment to all in Kolkata.” Buchanan said, “we are all trying to do our best to put up a good show.” Ganguly said it was a pleasure and honour to be part of the team and to guide its fortunes.

Four home grown players, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddiman Saha, Sourasish Lahiri and under-22 player Rohan Banerjee, were also present. Everyone who is part of the side was presented with a golden helmet each.

Contentious issues


On the contentious issues of complimentary tickets, Shah Rukh said, “I have come to Kolkata to set things right. Like the players, the CAB is also part of us. We are going to sit down and sort out all the outstanding issues amicably.”

The matinee idol said the team anthem was composed and sung by Vishal Shekar; Reebok designed the team’s kit and Manish Malhotra designed the formal clothes.

“Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo” (will do, will fight, will win) is the team’s slogan while ‘Hoog Lee’ a Royal Bengal tiger is the mascot.

While taking questions from the media, Shah Rukh said any extra money earned from this venture would be diverted to develop soccer in the state.

India Premier League Schedules

2008 April 18: Bangalore v Kolkata at Bangalore
2008 April 19: Mohali v Chennai at Mohali
2008 April 19: Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi
2008 April 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai
2008 April 20: Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata
2008 April 21: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur
2008 April 22: Hyderabad v Delhi at Hyderabad
2008 April 23: Chennai v Mumbai at Chennai
2008 April 24: Hyderabad v Jaipur at Hyderabad
2008 April 25: Mohali v Mumbai at Mohali
2008 April 26: Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore
2008 April 26: Chennai v Kolkata at Chennai
2008 April 27: Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai
2008 April 27: Mohali v Delhi at Mohali
2008 April 28: Bangalore v Chennai at Bangalore
2008 April 29: Kolkata v Mumbai at Kolkata
2008 April 30: Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi.
2008 May 1: Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad
2008 May 1: Jaipur v Kolkata at Jaipur
2008 May 2: Chennai v Delhi at Chennai.
2008 May 3: Hyderabad v Bangalore at Hyderabad
2008 May 3: Mohali v Kolkata at Mohali
2008 May 4: Mumbai v Delhi at Mumbai
2008 May 4: Jaipur v Chennai at Jaipur
2008 May 5: Bangalore v Mohali at Bangalore
2008 May 6: Chennai v Hyderabad at Chennai
2008 May 7: Mumbai v Jaipur at Mumbai
2008 May 8: Delhi v Chennai at Delhi
2008 May 8: Kolkata v Bangalore at Kolkata
2008 May 9: Jaipur v Hyderabad at Jaipur
2008 May 10: Bangalore v Mumbai at Bangalore
2008 May 10: Chennai v Mohali at Chennai
2008 May 11: Hyderabad v Kolkata at Hyderabad
2008 May 11: Jaipur v Delhi at Jaipur
2008 May 12: Mohali v Bangalore at Mohali
2008 May 13: Kolkata v Delhi at Kolkata
2008 May 14: Mumbai v Chennai at Mumbai
2008 May 14: Mohali v Jaipur at Mohali
2008 May 15: Delhi v Hyderabad at Delhi
2008 May 16: Mumbai v Kolkata at Mumbai
2008 May 17: Delhi v Mohali at Delhi
2008 May 17: Jaipur v Bangalore at Jaipur
2008 May 18: Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad
2008 May 18: Kolkata v Chennai at Kolkata
2008 May 19: Bangalore v Delhi at Bangalore
2008 May 20: Kolkata v Jaipur at Kolkata
2008 May 21: Mumbai v Mohali at Mumbai
2008 May 21: Chennai v Bangalore at Chennai
2008 May 22: Delhi v Kolkata at Delhi
2008 May 23: Mohali v Hyderabad at Mohali.
2008 May 24: Delhi v Mumbai at Delhi
2008 May 24: Chennai v Jaipur at Chennai
2008 May 25: Bangalore v Hyderabad at Bangalore
2008 May 25: Kolkata v Mohali at Kolkata
2008 May 26: Jaipur v Mumbai at Jaipur
2008 May 27: Hyderabad v Chennai at Hyderabad
2008 May 30: First semi-final at Mumbai
2008 May 31: Second semi-final at Mumbai
2008 June 1: Final at Mumbai

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IPL Bids

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced its much-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) bid winners for the respective teams. GMR group has won the bid for Delhi team whereas UB group’s Vijay Mallya bagged the contract for Bangalore team. Ness Wadia takes control of Chandigarh team and Mukesh Ambani has been declared the bid winner for Mumbai team. Bollywood king, Shah Rukh Khan has been given charge for Kolkata team.

India cements hold the rights for Chennai team and Deccan Chronicle has Hyderabad. ‘Investors’ in cricket have been given rights for Jaipur team.

The following are the bid amounts and winners for various teams in the Indian Premier League:

Vijay Mallya won the bid for the Bangalore team for $111.6 million.

Shah Rukh Khan won the bid for the Kolkata team for $75.09 million.

GMR Holdings won the bid for the Delhi team for $84 million.

Mukesh Ambani won the bid for the Mumbai team for $111.9 million.

India Cements won the bid for the Chennai team for $91 million.

Deccan Chronicle won the bid for the Hyderabad team for $107.01 million.

Emerging Media won the bid for the Jaipur team for $67 million.

Ness Wadia won the bid for the Mohali team for $76 million, reportedly.

The auction includes players’ contracts and team franchisee.

According to the IPL tender document, the franchisee revenue is divided into two sections. The first is centralised revenue under which falls the title sponsorship, media right and official umpires’ sponsorships.

The second is franchisee revenue which primarily deals with team naming rights, team shirt sponsorship and ticketing revenues. Based on the calculations of the media rights, some of the bidders have reached the conclusion on Wednesday evening that earnings from the sale of different rights are not going to exceed more than $8 million (Rs 320 crore).

“It is natural for any business to break even in a couple of years. IPL is a big venture and it’s certainly going to do wonder to the world of cricket,” a top IPL official told TOI on Wednesday. If that happens, Indian cricket will surely benefit from the 10-year event on and off the field.

In the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) which starts from April 18, BCCI has decided to pay them and some other senior cricketers 10-15% more money than the highest auctioned player of the Twenty20 event.

Sources said BCCI has shortlisted five cricketers - Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh - who will be called “icon players” and will be the highest paid players in the league. They will not be auctioned if they have a city team.

IPL chairman Lalit Modi confirmed, “This is one of the BCCI suggestions and it awaits the nod of the IPL board. The player bids will take place next month.”

A top BCCI official added that regular members of the Indian team will probably make Rs 1.2 crore to Rs 2 crore from the 44-day event, with the icon players getting the highest amount.

The Future Group too made a late entry. And other bidders included DLF, Private Equity Fund and Videocon.

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