INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE - SEASON2

Squad:
http://www.iplt20.com/iplt20/pdf/IPL_Player_Register_2009.pdf

Rajasthan Royals (RR):
Shane Warne, Graeme Smith, Shane Watson, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Morne Morkel, Kamran Akmal (unavailable in 2009), Sohail Tanveer (unavailable in 2009), Robert Quinney, Shaun Tait, Tyron Henderson, Mohammad Kaif, Munaf Patel, Yousuf Pathan, Siddharth Trivedi, Swapnil Asnodkar, Neeraj Patel, Mahesh Rawat, Ravindra Jadeja, Sumeet Khatri, Anup Revandkar, Dinesh Salunkhe

Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
Local players (11): Napoleon Einsteen, Suresh Kumar, Arun Karthik, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Murali Vijay, Ramachandran Ashwin, Palani Amarnath, Subramaniam Badrinath and Lakshmipathi Balaji.
Outstation players (6) � MS Dhoni (captain), Sudeep Tyagi, Parthiv Patel, Joginder Sharma, Suresh Raina and Manpreet Singh Gony.
Foreign players (10): George Bailey, Matthew Hayden, Mike Hussey (all Australia); Stephen Fleming (coach-cum-player), Jacob Oram (both New Zealand); Thilan Thushara, Muttiah Muralitharan (both Sri Lanka); Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) and Andrew Flintoff (England).

Delhi Daredevils (DD):
A B de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Glenn McGrath, Farveez Maharoof, T. Dilshan, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Avishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Yomahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Tejashwi Yadav, Amit Mishra.

Kings XI Punjab:
Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, K. Sangakkara, M. Jayawardene, Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara, Jerome Taylor, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, S. Sreesanth, R. Powar, V.R.V. Singh, Piyush Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, T. Srivastava, Sonny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Yash Gandhi.

Mumbai Indians (MI):
Lasith Malinga, Jean-Paul Duminy, Graham Napier, Ryan McLaren, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Dwayne Bravo, Mohammad Ashraful, Kyle Mills, Luke Ronchi, Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Shikar Dhawan, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jude Singh, Jaydev Shah, Rahil Shaikh, Yoghesh Takawale, Pinal Shah, Ajinkya Rahane, Chetanya Nanda, Rohan Raje, Saurab Tiwary.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
International Players (10): Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, David Hussey, Ricky Ponting, Umar Gul, Ajantha Mendis, Brad Hodge, Moises Henriques, Angelo Mathews, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
Indian Players (14): Sourav Ganguly, Ishant Sharma, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Aakash Chopra, Iqbal Abdulla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yashpal Singh, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Sourasish Lahri, Rohan Banerjee, Debabrata Das, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashoke Dinda.

Royal Challengers, Bangalore (RSB):
Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, Jesse Ryder, Roelof van der Merwe, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Srivats Goswami, R. Sutheesh, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvanesh Kumar, Karan Sharma, Saurav Bandekar, Tinu Yohannan, Bharat Chipli, B. Akhil, Devraj Patil, J. Arun Kumar, K.P. Appanna, Sunil Joshi, Gaurav Dhiman, Jitendra Patil, Udit Patel, A. Mithun, S. Arvind, Kedar Jadhav, C.M. Gautam, Raju Bhatkal, Rajesh Bishnoi, Ishank Jaggi, Rohit Sabharwal.

Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad (DCH):
Adam Gilchrist, Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris, Andrew Symonds, Ryan Harris, Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith, Chamara Silva, C. Vaas, N. Zoysa, V.V.S. Laxman, Rohit Sharma, R.P. Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Venugopala Rao, D. Ravi Teja, T. Suman, Arjun Yadav, D. Kalyankrishna, P. Vijay Kumar, Abhinav Kumar, Manvinder Bisla, Jaskaran Deep Singh, Harmeet Singh, Sarvesh Kumar, Halhadar Das, Syed Mohammad, Shoaib Ahmed.

From: sgokulprathap on Fri Feb 6 4:46:38 2009.

IPL 2009 Records

As on April 27, 2009

Team Records:
Highest total: Delhi Daredevils 189/5 (20 ov) v CSK (Apr 23, 2009)
Largest victories:
Chennai Super Kings beat RCB by 92 runs (Apr 20, 2009)
Mumbai Indians beat KKR by 92 runs (Apr 27, 2009)

Batting Records
Most runs: Hayden (CSK) - 215 runs
Highest score: AB De Villiers (DD) - 105 runs v CSK (Apr 23, 2009)
Highest partnership: Tendulkar / Jayasurya (MI) - 127 runs vs KKR (Apr 27, 2009)

Bowling Records
Most wickets: RP Singh (DC), Malinga (MI)- 9 wickets
Best bowling figure: Kumble (RCB) - 5/5 (3.1 ov) v RR (Apr 18, 2009)

Fielding Records
Most dismissals (by WK): Gilchrist (DC) - 8 (ct-5, st-3)
Most catches: Flintoff (CSK), Kohli (RCB), Rohit Sharma (DC), Gayle (KKR) - 4 catches

From: sgokulprathap on Fri Feb 6 4:48:17 2009.

From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 0:55:56 2009.

who are backing each teams? Rolling Eyes

enakku therinja varaikkum

MI
AF
Nerd
RK
LM
Vasanth2006
Sourav
VR
Villain007
Arulprakash

DC
Sridhar
wrap07
Anban

CSK
Kalyasi
Directhit
SGP
Honestraj
Ajaybaskar
crajkumar_be
CEDYBLUE
Arulprakash

KKR
Austin
Dinesh13284
Nass

DD
mgb

Deposit izhandhavargal - BRC/Punjab/RR

From: sgokulprathap on Fri Feb 6 4:49:34 2009.

Kingfisher Fair Play Standings

-------- Team -------- Spirit of the Game ---- Respect for the Opposition ---- Respect for the laws of the Game ---- Respect for Match Officials ---- Total
Bangalore (4 Matches) ------- 12 ----------------------- 7 -------------------------------- 6 --------------------------------- 6 ----------------- 31
Punjab (3 Matches) ---------- 12 ----------------------- 6 -------------------------------- 6 --------------------------------- 6 ----------------- 30
Kolkata (4 Matches) ---------- 12 ----------------------- 6 -------------------------------- 6 --------------------------------- 6 ----------------- 30
Deccan (3 Matches) ---------- 12 ----------------------- 6 -------------------------------- 6 --------------------------------- 6 ----------------- 30
Chennai (4 Matches) ---------- 10 ----------------------- 6 -------------------------------- 6 --------------------------------- 6 ----------------- 28
Mumbai (3 Match) ------------- 8 ----------------------- 4 -------------------------------- 4 --------------------------------- 4 ----------------- 20
Delhi (2 Match) ---------------- 7 ----------------------- 4 -------------------------------- 4 --------------------------------- 4 ----------------- 19
Rajasthan (3 Match) ----------- 8 ----------------------- 4 -------------------------------- 4 --------------------------------- 3 ----------------- 19
From: ajithfederer on Fri Feb 6 16:22:48 2009.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Indians#2009_IPL_season

Zaheer Khan, Jaydev Shah and Shikhar Dhawan will be part of the team for the coming season. Dwayne Smith, Dominic Thornely and Ashwell Prince have been released from their contracts. Shaun Pollock has decided not to return for the second season of IPL. At the player auction on 6th February, the Mumbai Indians purchased J P Duminy for $950,000, Kyle Mills for $150,000 and Mohammad Ashraful for $75,000.
From: steveaustin on Sat Feb 7 0:07:15 2009.

Indian Panam Leak

IPL auction 2009

List of players sold

February 6, 2009

Seventeen slots were filled in over two hours of the 2009 IPL auction in Goa. Here is a list of the players who have been bought at the auction (base price in brackets; all numbers in US$):

Pool A
Shaun Tait to Rajasthan Royals 375,000 (250,000)
JP Duminy to Mumbai Indians 950,000 (300,000)
Andrew Flintoff to Chennai Super Kings 1.55 million (950,000)
Kevin Pietersen to Bangalore Royal Challengers 1.55 million (1.35 million)

Pool B
Fidel Edwards to Deccan Chargers 150,000 (150,000)
Owais Shah to Delhi Daredevils 275,000 (150,000)
Paul Collingwood to Delhi 275,000 (250,000)

Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin and Chamara Kapugedara were unsold.

Pool C
Tyron Henderson to Rajasthan 650,000 (100,000)
Ravi Bopara to Kings XI Punjab 450,000 (150,000)
Thilan Thushara to Chennai 140,000 (125,000)
Jesse Ryder to Bangalore 160,000 (100,000)
Kyle Mills to Mumbai 150,000 (150,000).

Pool D
Dwayne Smith to Deccan Chargers 100,000 (100,000)
Jerome Taylor to Punjab 150,000 (150,000)
Mohammad Ashraful to Mumbai 75,000 (75,000)

Samit Patel, Shakib-al-Hassan, Morne Van Wyk, Stephen Smith, Ashley Noffke, Gulam Bodi and Daren Powell were unsold.

Ashwell Prince, Phil Jaques, Andre Nel, Luke Wright and Nuwan Kulasekara were unsold.

Pool E
Tamim Iqbal, Jon Moss, Bryce McGain, James Franklin, Aiden Blizzard, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Michael Klinger, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Prasanna Jayawardene and Dominic Thornley were unsold.

Pool F
Mashrafe Mortaza to Kolkata Knight Riders 600,000 (50,000)
George Bailey to Chennai 50,000 (50,000)

Yusuf Abdulla, Daniel Harris, Kemar Roach, Aaron Bird, Michael Dighton, Michael Hill and Brett Geeves were unsold.

IPL auction 2009

'I really did not expect it' - Duminy

February 6, 2009

JP Duminy, the South African batsman, has admitted his initial reaction to being bought for US$ 950,000, which is more than thrice his base price, was one of utter shock. Duminy, who was picked up by the Mumbai Indians after a fierce bout of bidding in Goa on Friday morning, said he did not know what to expect in the build-up to the auction.

"It is still difficult to believe. To be honest, my expectations were just to get a contract," he told reporters in South Africa. "The pressure is going to be there, after they paid that amount of money. But I back myself to perform under that pressure. I put myself under quite a lot of pressure to perform in Australia, especially in the one day series. I had an iffish one day series in England and wanted to show what I could do at this level."

Duminy made a mark on his Test debut in December, hitting an unbeaten half-century to help AB de Villiers take South Africa to a record win in Perth. The 24-year-old left-hander followed that up with a 166 in Melbourne to give his team the series. He also scored 78 and an unbeaten 69 in the two Twenty20 internationals that followed, and averaged 58.33 in South Africa's 4-1 ODI series win.

Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, has admitted that he is "absolutely over the moon" for his team's new middle-order star. Duminy "deserves every dollar" because of the hard work he has put into his game over the last year, Arthur said.

"JP is a three-in-one player who has the ability to score very quickly, is a brilliant fielder and a useful bowler," Arthur told Cricinfo. "He is also a level-headed and intelligent young cricketer. On top of that, he has just come off a great tour in Australia to put himself up on the shop window."

Arthur also attributed Duminy's price tag to the fact that South African cricketers would be available for almost the entire duration of this IPL, unlike players from England and Australia. "JP had been identified quite early by the South African team management as a player for the future," Arthur said. "We always had a plan for him, and that's why we took him into the team and kept him there. Now, he is getting the fruits of all the hard labour."

Arthur admitted that there was also an element of luck involved in Duminy's rise - he got to play against Australia only because Ashwell Prince got injured. "But he grabbed the opportunity with both hands," he said.

Interestingly, Arthur has also coached Tyron Henderson - the other South African surprise with a winning bid of US$ 600,000 - during his stint with the Warriors and said the allrounder would be a "valuable player for such a tournament".

"Henderson is an unbelievably good death bowler," Arthur said. "He is also a batter who likes to get on with the game. I would say he is an enforcer with the bat." Henderson, however, cannot play for South Africa as he has opted for a Kolpak contract with Middlesex, and Arthur said that the team has "moved on without him".

"Its like winning the lottery," was Henderson's initial reaction. "I was just astonished, considering my base price was $100 000."

February 5, 2009

There are 50 hopefuls, but only 17 will be smiling come Friday evening. Six Pakistanis - Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt and Mohammed Hafeez - already have a reason to feel aggrieved, after their franchises opted to terminate their contracts. With players from across the border being denied permission to play in the IPL, four other contracts - Umar Gul, (Kolkata), Misbah-ul-Haq (Bangalore), Kamran Akmal and Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan) - have been "suspended", with the affected teams allowed to sign replacements outside of the auction.

Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, set the stage for the auction at the Fort Aguada resort, and also spoke of the possibility of games eventually being staged outside the franchise's home city, in imitation of America's National Football League and Major League Baseball.

There were 43 names on the list, but with the Pakistan players unavailable, the franchisees got together and extended the wish-list to 51. With Michael Clarke pulling out, the number is now an even 50. Australia has the greatest representation, with 18 players, though no dates are yet available for how long the national team members - with games against South Africa and Pakistan pencilled in - will be able to play the second season.

"A player can pull out only if he is injured or has an FTP [Future Tours Programme] commitment," Modi said. "Regarding the Pakistan players, franchisees have the option of either terminating their contract or suspending it. If they terminate the contract, the player becomes a free agent and the team gets a slot [in the auction]."

The Kolkata Knight Riders' well-documented problems with the Cricket Association of Bengal may also result in some or all of their games being staged at another venue in the catchment area, possibly Cuttack. The Rajasthan Royals have also expressed an interest in playing some of their games in Ahmedabad, though it remains to be seen if either move will happen this season.

The eventual plan is to extend the concept beyond the national border too. "We are also trying to expand the catchment territory to the neighbouring countries, subject to approval from other boards," Modi said. "For instance, the Knight Riders can have some matches in Bangladesh, the Chennai Super Kings in Sri Lanka and the King's XI Punjab in Pakistan. Whether it's possible or not is a million-dollar question but this is our long-term plan to expand the base."

IPL terminates contracts of six Pakistan players RedJump

Clarke pulls out of IPL auction

February 5, 2009

Michael Clarke has pulled out of the IPL auction - where he had a base value of US$1 million - citing Australia's busy international schedule for his decision. Clarke was set to be among the top three picks and Chennai Super Kings, last year's finalists, were expected to lead the bidding for him in Goa on Friday.

Clarke, who joins Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Broad in deciding to stay away from the IPL, made the announcement at the MCG, where Australia were preparing for Friday's game against New Zealand. "Speaking with my management, my family, my fiancee and the hierarchy of the IPL and for me this year, I won't be going to the IPL," he said.

"There's probably a number of reasons but the most important thing for me is we've only got a couple of weeks off, we've got a really busy schedule, and I just think for where I'm at with my body and that time at home it's valuable for me. I'd love to take part in it one day. It's just about finding the right time for me to be a part of it."

Clarke chose not to go last year and said it was a tough decision this time. "There's obviously a lot of great things about the IPL and that's why I say I certainly want to be a part of it at some stage," he said. "Every player is in a different position as well but for me - mentally, physically where I am - I just think those two weeks at home will be great for my to come home and see family and friends."

Asked whether he was surprised, given the constraints, that so many Australian players had signed up, Clarke spoke of the positive spin-offs from the tournament. "I think it's a wonderful thing for cricket," he said. "It's definitely improved Twenty20 cricket, certainly played a part in improving one-day cricket and the lead-up to the Twenty20 World Championship is the IPL, so it's pretty good preparation. It doesn't surprise me so many guys are going there. It's just a personal choice at this stage."

Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, believed Clarke opted out to avoid an embarrassment at the auction. "I don't think anybody is ready to pay that kind of price [$1m]," Modi told the news channel NDTV. "The reality is in front of him. He didn't want to be unsold in the auction and so decided to pull out. We asked him to reduce the price but he was unwilling.

"Unfortunately, he pulled out earlier and there was penalty in the first year but this year we have waived off the penalty and I don't think we will be able to move forward like this. We will discuss the matter in our governing council and have the answer by this evening."

Deccan Chargers CEO claims he is no longer with team

February 5, 2009

Hyderabad's Deccan Chargers, the IPL team that finished last in the league's inaugural season, is facing an unexpected problem with its chief executive Tim Wright claiming that he is no longer with the franchise. However, a top official from DC Holdings Ltd, which owns the franchise, maintained that Wright is "very much a part" of the team.

Cricinfo received an SMS this evening from Wright, who was appointed CEO of the Deccan Chargers after the first IPL edition, which said, "I am writing to inform you I am no longer chief executive of Deccan Chargers. I do not propose to comment further at this time." When contacted in Sussex, Wright, a British national who is based in London, confirmed the text message but declined to comment further.

Meanwhile, PK Iyer, managing director of DC Holdings, told Cricinfo that "the news is wrong". "Tim Wright is very much a part of the team; we have not sacked him nor sought his removal," he said. However, Iyer confirmed Wright would not be present at the IPL auction in Goa on Friday.

According to DC officials, Wright is facing a visa problem that prevented him from coming to India but this has been vehemently denied by the chief executive himself. Clearly the Deccan Chargers and its chief executive are not on the same page and, apparently, differences have emerged between the two sides regarding Wright's role in the franchise.

Wright is a former IMG official who was involved with the IPL before moving to the Hyderabad franchise.

Rajasthan Royals sell minority stake

February 3, 2009

Rajasthan Royals, the reigning IPL champions, have sold a 11.7% stake in their franchise for approximately US$15.4 million to Shilpa Shetty, the Bollywood actress, and her partner Raj Kundra, a UK-based businessman. That puts the valuation of the franchise at around $140 million, more than double the $67 million the owners, Emerging Media, paid for it a little over a year ago.

Shetty, winner of the UK TV show Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, is the fourth Bollywood personality to be associated with the IPL, after Preity Zinta (Kings XI Punjab), Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla (Kolkata Knight Riders).

Manoj Badale, representing Emerging Media, described the new deal - the first known instance of a franchise selling part of its stake - as "a strategic alliance".The focus last year, he said, was to make Rajasthan Royals a well-known brand in India; this year the strategy is to globalise it.

"We want to make Rajasthan Royals into more than a cricket franchise, want to make it into a global brand. It was the second-most popular team in all of India last year," he said.

Coming as it does in the middle of a global economic recession, the news will further hearten the game's administrators. On Monday, the IPL released the base prices for Friday's auction, with two players - Kevin Pietersen and Michael Clarke - valued at a million dollars or more and Andrew Flintoff at $950,000.

Rajasthan - the franchise with the lowest value when the rights were sold before the inaugural season - had bucked the trend in the first player auction too, opting for a unit of low-profile players in sharp contrast to other franchises who spent millions on cricketers with heavyweight reputations. The strategy paid off under the astute leadership of Shane Warne, who later said that winning the inaugural IPL title was one of the proudest moments of his life.

From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 0:57:54 2009.

Chennai Super Kings
Imposing is the word that best describes Chennai's squad after the second auction. A team modelled around Mahendra Singh Dhoni now has the inspirational Andrew Flintoff - commanding a higher salary than Dhoni - and Matthew Hayden is also available for the full tournament. Hard-hitting allrounder Albie Morkel, Man of the Series in Australia recently, is another of the team's key players, and the embarrassing wealth of talent shows in the fact that Michael Hussey, Muttiah Muralitharan and Jacob Oram have been overshadowed. Flintoff bolsters the bowling while Sri Lankan left-armer Thilan Thushara could be the dark horse among the foreign recruits. Chennai's third signing at the auction was Tasmanian batsman George Bailey, but he is unlikely to feature given the team has consistent performers in Suresh Raina and S Badrinath. Another big plus is that barring Flintoff and Hussey, all their foreign recruits are available for most of the season.

Probable XI: 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Michael Hussey/S Vidyut, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 5 S Badrinath 6 Albie Morkel, 7 Andrew Flintoff/ Jacob Oram/ Joginder Sharma, 8 Manpreet Gony, 9 L Balaji 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 Makhaya Ntini/ P Amarnath.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 0:58:38 2009.

Rajasthan Royals
The inaugural champions managed to work out a winning formula under the guidance of Shane Warne, and expect more of the same this year too. Their Indian players were not the best of the lot, but Warne turned them into a formidable unit, and found two highly successful foreign recruits in Sohail Tanvir and Shane Watson. Tanvir is unavailable and Watson doubtful due to Australia's schedule and fitness worries, but Rajasthan have found adequate replacements at the auction. Shaun Tait is tailor-made for Twenty20, capable of short bursts of quick bowling, and Tyron Henderson, one of the surprise picks at US$650,000, has been highly successful for Middlesex. It will be a tall order to match Watson's heroics from last season, but Henderson is an impact player in this format. The team will also be boosted by the availability of Morne Morkel and Justin Langer. Both missed the inaugural edition due to their commitments with English counties. Dimitri Mascarenhas could also fill in as an allrounder but Rajasthan's main worry would be Graeme Smith. His might undergo surgery on his elbow after Australia's visit to South Africa, which could put his IPL participation in doubt. Nonetheless, the champions have proven themselves with lesser-known names.

Probable XI: 1 Graeme Smith/Niraj Patel/ Justin Langer 2 Swapnil Asnodkar, 3 Mohammad Kaif,, 4 Shane Watson/ Tyron Henderson/ Dimitri Mascarenhas 5, Yusuf Pathan, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Mahesh Rawat, 8 Shane Warne, 9 Shaun Tait/ Morne Morkel, 10 Siddarth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 1:01:15 2009.

Delhi Daredevils
Delhi no longer have Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Asif, but their line-up is even more dangerous this season because of David Warner and the England duo of Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood. Delhi have reason to be pleased with their homework before the Goa auction; their scouts had been lurking around Australia and they have brought in potential impact players. Warner's sensational Twenty20 international debut against South Africa whet the appetite and there are other hopefuls from Australia in allrounder Andrew McDonald, who too debuted for Australia after joining Delhi, and left-arm fast bowler Dirk Nannes, an out-and-out Twenty20 specialist.Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are undoubtedly the most potent opening combination in the tournament, while Glenn McGrath and Daniel Vettori bring the experience to the bowling. The likes of Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers and Dinesh Karthik have been in good touch so far this year. With most of their foreign players free for tournament, the only headache for Delhi could be getting their XI right.

Probable XI: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 4 Manoj Tiwary/ David Warner, 5 AB de Villiers / Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Rajat Bhatia, 7 Daniel Vettori 8 Amit Mishra/ Ashish Nehra, 9 Farveez Maharoof/ Yo Mahesh, 10 Dirk Nannes/ Pradeep Sangwan, 11 Glenn McGrath.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 1:02:34 2009.

Kings XI Punjab
Punjab, semi-finalists last season, are largely sticking to the line-up that helped them succeed last year. Their only signings this season are West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor and England allrounder Ravi Bopara. Opener Shaun Marsh could be away on duty for Australia and that would be a concern for Punjab, with Brett Lee and James Hopes also set to miss out. They bid frantically for Mortaza, perhaps to ensure having a bowler available for the entire season. A surprising fact that emerged at the auction was that Ramnaresh Sarwan was not on a three-year contract with Punjab - he remained unsold at this auction. What could be worrying, though, is the form of Sreesanth, whose fortunes too have been on the wane since he picked up an injury during the tournament last season. Punjab's Indian bowlers had done the trick last season, and their team could suffer if that is not the case this time.

Probable XI: 1 Shaun Marsh/ Luke Pomersbach 2 James Hopes/ Sunny Sohal, 3 Kumar Sangakkara/ Uday Kaul (wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Ravi Bopara/ Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Tanmay Srivastava/ Sohal 7 Karan Goel 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh/ Brett Lee.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 1:03:23 2009.

Mumbai Indians
Mumbai made three buys in the auction. JP Duminy was snapped up for a whopping $950,000, while Mohammad Ashraful could be a steal for the Twenty20 format at $75,000; in between, fast bowler Kyle Mills, who will help compensate for the missing Shaun Pollock. Zaheer Khan, on current form, is a vital addition to cover up for the South African's bowling skills. In another swap, Mumbai sold Ashish Nehra and brought in Delhi's Shikhar Dhawan, a move to compensate for Uthappa's departure. Dwayne Bravo, a successful replacement player for the team last year, was given a permanent deal. Two other key signings also came before the auction. They are limited-over specialists from the English county circuit, allrounders Graham Napier and Ryan McLaren - a Kolpak player South Africa wanted to get back after their ODI losses in England last year. The team has three Sri Lankans in Sanath Jayasuriya, Lasith Malinga and Dilhara Fernando, all of whom are available for the entire tournament. Mumbai were unlucky last time to miss Sachin Tendulkar, who was injured, and Harbhajan Singh - banned for his infamous slap - for the bulk of the tournament. If they manage to get it right, they would perhaps be able to do justice to Mumbai's tag of domestic giants.

Probable XI: 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 & 5 Dwayne Bravo/ Ryan McLaren/ JP Duminy/ Graham Napier, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Dhawal Kulkarni, 11 Lasith Malinga/ Dilhara Fernando/ Kyle Mills.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 1:04:30 2009.

Kolkata Knight Riders
The big boost for Kolkata is the availability of explosive New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum - who scored the most famous Twenty20 century in last year's tournament opener - for the whole season. Chris Gayle was unfit last time around and Kolkata will bank on his all-round abilities to help them build early momentum before he leaves for national duty. Mashrafe Mortaza, a popular signing at the auction, could find it hard to fill Umar Gul's shoes but Ajantha Mendis could be their ace. Ishant Sharma flopped last season but he has vastly improved his skills for the limited-overs game in the past year. Also in the mix are local lad Ashok Dinda, who impressed last season, and former India internationals Ajit Agarkar and Murali Kartik, one of the key bowlers in Middlesex's successful Twenty20 campaign. While Ricky Ponting and allrounder David Hussey may be called on for national duty, fellow Australians Brad Hodge and Moises Henriques, the young New South Wales allrounder, will fill the breach. Cheteshwar Pujara, considered by many to be an India prospect, could well be a value addition.

Probable XI: 1 Brendon McCullum (wk), 2 Chris Gayle/Brad Hodge, 3 Sourav Ganguly, 4 David Hussey/ Moises Henriques, 5 Cheteshwar Pujara, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7 Laxmi Shukla, 8 Murali Kartik, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 Ashok Dinda, 11 Ajantha Mendis.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 1:05:47 2009.

Bangalore Royal Challengers
When the team rosters were fixed last season, many commented on how the Bangalore squad was in stark contrast to the flamboyant image of its owner Vijay Mallya. A 'Test batting line-up' comprising Rahul Dravid, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Jacques Kallis and Wasim Jaffer now has a limited-overs sheen with the induction of Kevin Pietersen, New Zealand's Jesse Ryder and local boy Robin Uthappa. Although Bangalore sold Zaheer Khan, they are boosted by the availability of Nathan Bracken, injured through the first season. However, like Pietersen, he might be available only for a limited period. Though the attack will be led by Dale Steyn, there are a few doubts over Bangalore's ability with the ball. Anil Kumble is unlikely to play and Praveen Kumar is their only current India international on the flat tracks of the subcontinent.

Probable XI: 1 Jesse Ryder, 2 Robin Uthappa, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Kevin Pietersen/ Ross Taylor 5 Virat Kohli, 6 B Akhil/ Jacques Kallis, 7 Mark Boucher/ Shreevats Goswami (wk), 8 Praveen Kumar, 9, 10 Nathan Bracken/Vinay Kumar, 11 Dale Steyn.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 1:06:24 2009.

Deccan Chargers
They finished bottom last season but their moves this time don't inspire much optimism. Deccan's batting woes were well documented - Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs and Scott Styris failed to make an impact - but their bowling was the weakest in the competition. RP Singh was unable to repeat his ICC World Twenty20 heroics, while Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa posed little threat. This time, Deccan brought Fidel Edwards and another West Indian, the allrounder Dwayne Smith, having signed Australian allrounder Ryan Harris before the auction. Edwards is quick but he can be an expensive gamble in the Twenty20 format. Good news for Deccan will be left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha's impressive tour of Sri Lanka with India. In the batting department, only Adam Gilchrist, Rohit Sharma and Venugopal Rao performed well last season. Deccan will be keeping close tabs on Andrew Symonds. If his exclusion from the Australian side is prolonged, Symonds could be available for the entire season, a much-needed boost for the side. Whether VVS Laxman, who was replaced as captain, will be a regular in the team this year remains to be seen.

Probable XI: Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 D Ravi Teja, 3 Andrew Symonds/Herschelle Gibbs, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Venugopal Rao 6 Dwayne Smith/ Scott Styris, 7 Sanjay Bangar, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Chaminda Vaas/Nuwan Zoysa/Fidel Edwards, 10 RP Singh, 11 D Kalyankrishna.
From: ajithfederer on Sat Feb 7 3:24:47 2009.

JP Duminy

Zaheer

Lasitha Malingan

Abisheih Nayar

Shaun Pollock

Thalaivan and Suriyan Opening pair. . Andha 48 Ball 100 innum kannulayae irukku .

Thank god they threw away Nehra and Robin Gundappa. Last year Singam didn't play Initial 10 matches. I am hoping for a better MI Season. Camaaan ya Mumbai Yindiaans
From: MADDY on Sat Feb 7 3:28:31 2009.

"Eldams road" freddy flintoff namakku nalla pakka balama iruppaaru chennai super kings-a minja indhiya-la innoru ooru kandupidichha dhaan undooo
From: crajkumar_be on Sat Feb 7 4:06:44 2009.

MADDY wrote:

"Eldams road" freddy flintoff namakku nalla pakka balama iruppaaru chennai super kings-a minja indhiya-la innoru ooru kandupidichha dhaan undooo

Bowling a konjam tight panta podhum

From: sgokulprathap on Sat Feb 7 4:23:19 2009.

"Eldams road" freddy flintoff namakku nalla pakka balama iruppaaru Smile

MADDY wrote:

chennai super kings-a minja indhiya-la innoru ooru kandupidichha dhaan undooo Smile

Bowling a konjam tight panta podhum

our Mr. Cool captain can guide even Scotland to a Worldcup win.
innum solla pOna kathukutty Australia va kooda jeika veika Dhoni naala mudiyum.

From: ajithfederer on Sat Feb 7 12:21:51 2009.

Bala/Maddy/Gokul
Ungalai ellam paatha enaku paavama irukku
From: directhit on Sat Feb 7 12:25:07 2009.

Maddy
AF - ennayum pathu pavapadunga
From: ajithfederer on Sat Feb 7 12:44:23 2009.

Anoops.

We will meeeeet meeet meet meet in IPL.
From: Sourav on Sat Feb 7 13:05:10 2009.

KKR-ku innum koshti serala...
From: ajithfederer on Sat Feb 7 13:06:37 2009.

I yaam veliyil irundhu aadharavu to Dada/KKR after Mumbai ofcourse.

sourav wrote:

KKR-ku innum koshti serala...
From: Sourav on Sat Feb 7 13:13:38 2009.

//

Veliyil irunthu aatharavu perugugirathu....DH,AF,Kalyan....
//
From: Sourav on Sat Feb 7 13:20:41 2009.

Dunno y KKR didnt buy any top rated players...Only mortaza....
Gul, akthar illama bowling semma weak ippo...batting sollave venam...middle orderla yaarum strong-ka illa...no all rounders...paapom...
From: Kalyasi on Sat Feb 7 22:02:29 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Anoops.

We will meeeeet meeet meet meet in IPL.

ennayum paathu paava padunga!!

Bala anna Flintoff vanthathukku apparom Bowling Tight a thaan irukum!!

From: ajithfederer on Sun Feb 8 13:18:00 2009.

Yo. Naane edho bit-ae pottein. Ellarum que-la laddu thara madhiri lineaa vareenga Laughing

Kalyasi wrote:

Anoops.

We will meeeeet meeet meet meet in IPL.

ennayum paathu paava padunga!!

Bala anna Flintoff vanthathukku apparom Bowling Tight a thaan irukum!!

From: sgokulprathap on Mon Feb 9 0:12:35 2009.

sourav wrote:

Dunno y KKR didnt buy any top rated players...Only mortaza....
Mortaza Top rated player ra?
From: Sourav on Mon Feb 9 0:27:40 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

sourav wrote:

Dunno y KKR didnt buy any top rated players...Only mortaza....
Mortaza Top rated player ra?
Illa... Mortaza mattum than eduthurukkanga....top rated players like pieterson freddie ellam vittanganu sonnen...
Gul illa... Yorker specialist...
Akthar, Gul, Butt, Hafeez...ellam outtu.
From: ajithfederer on Thu Feb 12 13:03:13 2009.

http://cricketmasterblasters.blogspot.com/2009/02/graham-napier-mumbhai-indians-century.html

Thambi Graham Napier (who will play for Mumbai Indians this season) smashing 16 sixes in an Innings.

Camaan yaa Mumbai Indians

From: Sourav on Thu Feb 12 21:06:32 2009.

http://cricketmasterblasters.blogspot.com/2009/02/graham-napier-mumbhai-indians-century.html

Thambi Graham Napier (who will play for Mumbai Indians this season) smashing 16 sixes in an Innings.

Camaan yaa Mumbai Indians Smoke Smirk

Avan T20-la adichathu antha orey match thannu nenaikiren...35 matches-la oru 50 kooda illayae....

From: ajithfederer on Thu Feb 12 22:20:51 2009.

Inimael velayaduvan.

Avan T20-la adichathu antha orey match thannu nenaikiren...35 matches-la oru 50 kooda illayae.... Yes Sir

From: sgokulprathap on Mon Feb 23 4:51:45 2009.

Injury may put Flintoff in doubt for IPL

February 22, 2009

There is a possibility Andrew Flintoff may not play for the Chennai Super Kings in the 2009 season of the IPL if it will endanger his chances of turning out for England during the summer. ECB chief executive David Collier said the board would be "concerned if any player was carrying an injury that may affect his participation in the Ashes series".

"There are medical clauses. The IPL are very responsible in that area and we have very, very strong relationships with Chennai," Collier said. "Andrew's own team will also be looking at the injury prognosis. We would need to review it, obviously this has only just happened. But there are injury provisions in both sides of the contracts."

Flintoff, who was bought for a record $1.55 million by the Chennai Super Kings at the IPL auction, is currently suffering from a hip injury and is set to miss England's fourth Test against West Indies beginning in Barbados on February 26. His progress is being monitored in the hope that he will be fit for the final Test in Trinidad, which starts on March 6, and the five ODIs that follow.

England's tour of West Indies ends on April 3 and Flintoff will be available to play in the IPL, which begins on April 10, for three weeks before the home series against West Indies from May 6. That series is followed by the World Twenty20 in England and the Ashes.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Feb 23 4:57:01 2009.

Good news for KKR fans.

Ponting decides to give IPL a miss

February 19, 2009

Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, has decided to skip the 2009 season of the IPL because of his country's packed international schedule. Ponting felt he wouldn't be able to give his all for his country if he used his two-week break from national duty to play for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

"My country comes first and there was no way I could give my all for Australia if I used the only two-week break we have to go and play in India," Ponting wrote in his column in the Australian. "I have been talking with my team, the Kolkata Knight Riders, for a month or two now and in the end my only choice was to withdraw from the 2009 competition, but I will most certainly be back for 2010 when I hope to be able to make a much greater contribution. The franchise has been fantastic about the whole thing and I want to thank them for their understanding."

Australia are currently in South Africa where they are scheduled to play three Tests, two Twenty20 internationals and five ODIs. This series comes soon after the end of the Australian summer, during which the team played home Test and ODI series against South Africa and New Zealand. The Australian selectors wanted Ponting to take a break during the five-ODI series against New Zealand but he returned to the squad after Australia conceded a 2-0 lead to the visitors.

"As everybody is aware, I could not really take a break through the Australian summer," Ponting wrote. "However, I have to say that I had been talking with my manager about not playing the IPL well before any issues came up about me having a break, or, as it turned out, not having a break, during the one-day series against New Zealand.

"Part of the reason I decided to withdraw from the IPL is that Twenty20 is such a physically demanding game and you have to be at your best to play the game and I want to be at my best for the [Twenty20] World Cup. "

After the tour of South Africa ends in April, Australia are scheduled to play an ODI series against Pakistan, following which is the two-week gap when Australia's players are expected to be available for the IPL. However, the itinerary is packed after the break with the ICC World Twenty20 in England followed by the Ashes, ODIs in England, a bilateral series in India, a Test series against Pakistan and the Australian summer.

Joy Bhattacharya, Kolkata's team director, confirmed the franchise will seek a replacement. "We are looking for a replacement and are bargaining hard with two or three players already. We are looking for a batsman who will be an able replacement," he told Cricinfo. "The rules for a replacement says that if for any reason a player is unavailable for the entire season, only then a player from the auction list [the original auction list of 110-odd] can be picked."

Ponting is the third high-profile Australian to miss the 2009 season of the IPL after fast bowler Mitchell Johnson and vice-captain Michael Clarke, both of whom did not take part in the inaugural season either.
From: Sourav on Fri Feb 27 22:37:22 2009.

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From: sgokulprathap on Fri Feb 27 23:39:28 2009.

IPL Schedule 2009

Apr 10, 2009 Friday Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 11, 2009 Saturday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 11, 2009 Saturday Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 12, 2009 Sunday Delhi Daredevils Vs Punjab Kings 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 12, 2009 Sunday Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 13, 2009 Monday Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 14, 2009 Tuesday Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 15, 2009 Wednesday Punjab Kings Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 16, 2009 Thursday Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 16, 2009 Thursday Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 17, 2009 Friday Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 18, 2009 Saturday Punjab Kings Vs Deccan Chargers 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 18, 2009 Saturday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 19, 2009 Sunday Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 19, 2009 Sunday Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 20, 2009 Monday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Punjab Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 21, 2009 Tuesday Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 22, 2009 Wednesday Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 23, 2009 Thursday Royal Challengers Vs Punjab Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 24, 2009 Friday Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 25, 2009 Saturday Delhi Daredevils Vs Royal Challengers 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 25, 2009 Saturday Chennai Super Kings Vs Punjab Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 26, 2009 Sunday Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 26, 2009 Sunday Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 27, 2009 Monday Punjab Kings Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 28, 2009 Tuesday Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 29, 2009 Wednesday Punjab Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 29, 2009 Wednesday Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 30, 2009 Thursday Deccan Chargers Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
May 01, 2009 Friday Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
May 02, 2009 Saturday Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers 16:00 - 19:00
May 02, 2009 Saturday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
May 03, 2009 Sunday Punjab Kings Vs Chennai Super Kings 16:00 - 19:00
May 03, 2009 Sunday Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
May 04, 2009 Monday Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
May 05, 2009 Tuesday Delhi Daredevils Vs Chennai Super Kings 20:00 - 23:00
May 06, 2009 Wednesday Rajasthan Royals Vs Punjab Kings 16:00 - 19:00
May 06, 2009 Wednesday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
May 07, 2009 Thursday Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers 20:00 - 23:00
May 08, 2009 Friday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings 20:00 - 23:00
May 09, 2009 Saturday Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians 16:00 - 19:00
May 09, 2009 Saturday Punjab Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
May 10, 2009 Sunday Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
May 11, 2009 Monday Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
May 12, 2009 Tuesday Mumbai Indians Vs Punjab Kings 16:00 - 19:00
May 12, 2009 Tuesday Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers 20:00 - 23:00
May 13, 2009 Wednesday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
May 14, 2009 Thursday Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings 16:00 - 19:00
May 14, 2009 Thursday Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers 20:00 - 23:00
May 15, 2009 Friday Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
May 16, 2009 Saturday Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00 - 19:00
May 16, 2009 Saturday Deccan Chargers Vs Punjab Kings 20:00 - 23:00
May 17, 2009 Sunday Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Challengers 16:00 - 19:00
May 17, 2009 Sunday Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
May 18, 2009 Monday Punjab Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
May 19, 2009 Tuesday Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings 20:00 - 23:00

Semi Finals
May 21, 2009 Thursday Semi Final at Chennai 20:00 - 23:00
May 22, 2009 Friday Semi Final at Chennai 20:00 - 23:00

Final
May 24, 2009 Sunday Final at Mumbai 20:00 - 23:00
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Feb 27 23:46:00 2009.

I can see all almost all Chennai matches. Only 4 matches start at 4pm, In that 3 matches on Sunday.
From: Sourav on Sat Feb 28 1:20:32 2009.

IPL fever has started....Time to start a thread for the most profited team in IPL...
From: viraajan on Sat Feb 28 3:38:07 2009.

Another one with Venue details:

IPL Season 2 Schedule with date, time and venue given bellow
Date : April 10, 2009
Time : 08.00 PM
Teams: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils
Venue: Jaipur

Date : April 11, 2009
Time : 4.00 PM
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Charger
Venue: Kolkata

Date : April 11, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers
Venue: Chennai

Date : April 12, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab
Venue: Delhi

Date : April 12, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Mumbai

Date : April 13, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings
Venue: Hyderabad

Date : April 14, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Bangalore

Date : April 15, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians
Venue: Mohali

Date : April 16, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils
Venue: Hyderabad

Date : April 16, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Chennai

Date : April 17, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers
Venue: Mumbai

Date : April 18, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers
Venue: Mohali

Date : April 18, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Darevils
Venue: Kolkata

Date : April 19, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Super Kings
Venue: Mumbai

Date : April 19, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Bangalore

Date : April 20, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab
Venue: Kolkata

Date : April 21, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians
Venue: Delhi

Date : April 22, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers
Venue: Jaipur

Date : April 23, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab
Venue: Bangalore

Date : April 24, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Mumbai

Date : April 25, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers
Venue: Delhi

Date : April 25, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab
Venue: Chennai

Date : April 26, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Jaipur

Date : April 26, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians
Venue: Vizag

Date : April 27, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers
Venue: Mohali

Date : April 28, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils
Venue: Mumbai

Date : April 29, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Mohali

Date : April 29, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Chennai

Date : April 30, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers
Venue: Vizag

Date : May 1, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils
Venue: Chennai

Date : May 2, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers
Venue: Mumbai

Date : May 2, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Kolkata

Date : May 3, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Challengers
Venue: Mohali

Date : May 3, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils
Venue: Bangalore

Date : May 4, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Hyderabad

Date : May 5, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings
Venue: Delhi

Date : May 6, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab
Venue: Jaipur

Date : May 6, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
Venue: Kolkata

Date : May 7, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers
Venue: Bangalore

Date : May 8, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings
Venue: Kolkata

Date : May 9, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians
Venue: Jaipur

Date : May 9, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils
Venue: Mohali

Date : May 10, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Hyderabad

Date : May 11, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Delhi

Date : May 12, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab
Venue: Mumbai

Date : May 12, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers
Venue: Chennai

Date : May 13, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers
Venue: Kolkata

Date : May 14, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings
Venue: Jaipur

Date : May 14, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers
Venue: Delhi

Date : May 15, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians Challengers
Venue: Bangalore

Date : May 16, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Delhi

Date : May 16, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab
Venue: Hyderabad

Date : May 17, 2009
Time : 4:00 PM
Teams: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers
Venue: Jaipur

Date : May 17, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians
Venue: Chennai

Date : May 18, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Mohali

Date : May 19, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings
Venue: Bangalore

So long schedule...Rest for a days

Date : May 21, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: First Semi-Final
Venue: Chennai

Date : May 22, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Second Semi-Final
Venue: Chennai

Date : May 24, 2009
Time : 8:00 PM
Teams: Finals
Venue: Mumbai

http://click4masti.blogspot.com/2009/02/ipl-season-2-match-schedule-2009-dates.html
From: Sourav on Sun Mar 1 0:00:50 2009.

http://www.iplt20.com/iplt20/pdf/IPL_Player_Register_2009.pdf

http://www.indianpremiercricketleague.com/team.htm
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Mar 4 6:08:05 2009.

Unease growing over IPL

March 4, 2009

There is growing anxiety in world cricket over the security situation in India for the IPL next month with Indian government officials suggesting that the tournament be postponed, the franchises admitting to inquiries from players over their safety and the international players association asking for an independent security assessment.

Officials from three franchises told Cricinfo that they had received anxious inquiries from some of the international players in their squads after Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankan team in neighbouring Pakistan. Tim May, the chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), has admitted to concerns over security for players in the tournament. And a senior government official based in New Delhi told Cricinfo that conducting the IPL during the country's general elections presented a "near impossible situation" for security forces.

In fact, hours after Tuesday's attack in Lahore, India's home minister P Chidambaram admitted that "it would be better" if the IPL, scheduled to be held from April 10-May 24, was staged after the general elections during the same period.

However, Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, and Sundar Raman, the IPL chief executive, said there was no question of the IPL being postponed. Modi said the IPL was aware of government sensibilities and added the matches would be rescheduled within the present window in such a manner that they would not be held within 24-48 hours of election days in the nine venues across India.

"We will be working closely with the Indian government and we are gearing up to put in place foolproof arrangements," Modi told Cricinfo. Raman said it would help that security would be high in any case for the elections.

Crucially Sharad Pawar, the former BCCI president who still has the final say in India's cricketing affairs, is a powerful union minister and a significant voice in the central government.

However, it appears that the government, especially its home ministry, is not fully convinced - Chidambaram has deputed the country's home secretary to meet IPL officials for further discussions, possibly this week. "It is a far from ideal situation for us," a home ministry official said. "Most of the security cover for the elections will be done by central forces while security for the IPL is to be handled largely by local police. But even then, the role of local police is crucial for a smooth election." Apparently, nearly 97,000 security personnel would be employed for the elections that will be held in five stages across April and May.

The Indian government's concerns are being echoed by players from abroad, too. In a clear reference to the IPL, FICA's May said the players' concerns are not only limited to ICC events and bilateral tours, but also to the staging of domestic events involving international players in "high-risk countries".

"We have written to the IPL on behalf of our members requesting an ability for player representatives to be involved in the evaluation and construction of security for the event - an increasing number of players have expressed a desire for an independent level of comfort surrounding security arrangements regarding this event," May said.

Similar concerns are being voiced by the IPL franchises who don't want the event to be postponed -- that would mean financial disaster, they admit -- but are worried that some of their foreign players may pull out. "I fear the foreign players could now be reluctant to play in the IPL," Vijay Mallya, the owner of the Bangalore Royal Challengers, said in Spain. "The tournament is just about a month away and I really fear the repercussions. It (the Lahore attack) is sad and shocking."

Mallya's team purchased Kevin Pietersen last month for a record US$ 1.55 million at the IPL auction but the England batting star is now said to among those who have expressed fears about the prevailing security situation.

"If I were one of the England guys who signed up for the Indian Premier League, I would be concerned," Duncan Fletcher, the former England coach, wrote in the Guardian. "The traffic is often so bad in the big cities where a lot of the cricket is played that the coach can move along only slowly at times, which turns it into a sitting duck for terrorists... I would be very nervous because that kind of attack is much easier to carry out in India - and these guys can attack when they like."

The eight IPL franchises have signed up almost all the top international cricketers -- England's cricketers will make their debuts this year -- and the entire Indian team. The hugely successful BCCI tournament survived a terror attack last year when a series of blasts in Jaipur briefly threatened to derail the inaugural edition last May. However, last November's terror strikes in Mumbai forced the postponement of the BCCI-backed Champions Twenty20 League.

According to Modi, IPL security will be centrally monitored from this year by Nicholls Steyn, the ICC's security consultants. "They had handled the security for some teams during the last IPL but now they are on board fulltime as our central agency," Modi said. Some of the enhanced measures that will be seen at this IPL include CCTV cameras to cover every corner of the match venue and at the gates to monitor the entry and exit of spectators. But Modi and Raman refused to discuss the enhanced security cover in detail as they "would compromise various plans".

Other franchise officials are reluctant to speak on record about the IPL's security scenario but have privately admitted that there is a need for effective co-ordination between the local state association and local police officials. "There were complaints from several venues last time about the level of co-operation extended by local police," a franchise official said. "There was a lot of heartburn over distribution of free passes to senior police officials and over protocol issues. This time, the communication and co-operation with local police has to be 100% foolproof. You can't expect Nicholls Steyn personally to cover the entire stadium in each venue."

The franchises agree though that postponing the tournament would be disastrous. "Really, postponing the IPL is as good as cancelling it for this year because there is simply no other window," another franchise official said. "Any such move would a massive blow for us and the players, especially in the current economic climate."

Raman insists the tournament will go on as scheduled and said the administration was fully geared up. "Every such incident such as this one on Lahore will only reinforce our commitment and responsibility to security," Raman said. "The very fact that England returned to play their Test series here after the Mumbai attacks last November, and did so without any problem, is proof of how safe things are in the Indian context."
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From: dinesh13284 on Wed Mar 4 8:28:11 2009.

Lahore casts IPL shadow in New Zealand

Tuesday's terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore has led to a heightened anxiety among the New Zealand players over touring India for next month's IPL, with eight players expected to feature in the tournament which runs from April 10-May 24. Their concerns over playing in India existed, it turns out, even before last night's incident.

New Zealand allrounder Jacob Oram said the events in Pakistan have only worsened the state. "Definitely after what happened in Mumbai late last year, and what happened last night, it keeps raising questions," said Oram, who is part of the Chennai Super Kings squad in the IPL along with Stephen Fleming.

"Before that I wouldn't have had any worries. Now, though, questions have got to be asked. Heath Mills [the New Zealand Cricket Players' Association chief] and the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations [FICA] are looking into security measures. Last year the IPL was amazing, with all the fanfare, but now reality has hit hard."

Heath Mills told Cricinfo that the New Zealand players were more concerned about the security measures and that he had received calls from a couple of them even before the Lahore attack, enquiring about the security arrangements in the IPL.

"Our players don't have any direct dealings with the BCCI or the IPL," Mills said. "The most important thing right now would be for the BCCI and IPL to deal with players directly, and also with FICA. That will give them a reassurance about the security situation."

FICA and the NZCPA are likely to play an important role in any decision regarding the IPL. Although the NZCPA and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) can only make recommendations, it is unlikely the players will take individual calls.

"We back our player association and NZC to make the decision," Oram said. "NZC have been great so far whenever we have toured dicey countries. They have left it up to players. That decision is made with friends and family and wives in mind. Until a tour like that comes around, I wouldn't be sticking my neck out. But I will be thinking twice."

He said it was a relief, though, that NZC was looking into the Pakistan tour - scheduled for later this year. "That takes a decision out of a player's hand," he said. "That's always tough when an individual has to take his decision. So you can see which individual has said yes or no, and it can isolate guys and set them aside from others. For NZC to say no straightaway, with the backing of NZCPA, puts us out of focus.

"The IPL has definitely opened financial doors that you can only dream of. But I am married now. It would take a lot for me to turn a blind eye to what's going on. I know the player associations around the world are looking into the security arrangement. I read that Lalit Modi had got the security beefed up. If that's the case, and if I am assured about the security, I won't say no just yet. If it gets worse, you have got to take a look at it."

Aaron Klee, Jesse Ryder's manager, said though touring India was not quite the same as touring Pakistan, there were a few concerns about the batsman turning out for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

"I haven't spoken to Jesse as yet, but for me personally, I am pretty relaxed at this moment," Klee said. "But I wouldn't be just jumping on the plane to India since I will be sitting with the players' association people and the New Zealand Cricket officials to understand the scene better."

http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/story/393394.html
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Mar 4 23:36:34 2009.

Fletcher warns against playing in India

Duncan Fletcher has cautioned England's players against playing the IPL, saying some types of terrorist attacks can be carried out more easily in India than Pakistan.

"The traffic is often so bad in the big [Indian] cities where a lot of the cricket is played that the coach can move along only slowly at times, which turns it into a sitting duck for terrorists," he wrote in his Guardian column. "There's nothing stopping a tuk-tuk pulling up alongside and detonating a bomb.

"If I were one of the England guys who signed up for the IPL, I would be concerned." Several leading England players, including Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, have signed lucrative contracts to play in this season's IPL, which is scheduled to start next month.
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Mar 4 23:38:25 2009.

Lahore casts IPL shadow in New Zealand

March 4, 2009

Tuesday's terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore has led to a heightened anxiety among the New Zealand players over touring India for next month's IPL, with eight players expected to feature in the tournament which runs from April 10-May 24. Their concerns over playing in India existed, it turns out, even before last night's incident.

New Zealand allrounder Jacob Oram said the events in Pakistan have only worsened the state. "Definitely after what happened in Mumbai late last year, and what happened last night, it keeps raising questions," said Oram, who is part of the Chennai Super Kings squad in the IPL along with Stephen Fleming.

"Before that I wouldn't have had any worries. Now, though, questions have got to be asked. Heath Mills [the New Zealand Cricket Players' Association chief] and the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations [FICA] are looking into security measures. Last year the IPL was amazing, with all the fanfare, but now reality has hit hard."

Heath Mills told Cricinfo that the New Zealand players were more concerned about the security measures and that he had received calls from a couple of them even before the Lahore attack, enquiring about the security arrangements in the IPL.

"Our players don't have any direct dealings with the BCCI or the IPL," Mills said. "The most important thing right now would be for the BCCI and IPL to deal with players directly, and also with FICA. That will give them a reassurance about the security situation."

FICA and the NZCPA are likely to play an important role in any decision regarding the IPL. Although the NZCPA and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) can only make recommendations, it is unlikely the players will take individual calls.

"We back our player association and NZC to make the decision," Oram said. "NZC have been great so far whenever we have toured dicey countries. They have left it up to players. That decision is made with friends and family and wives in mind. Until a tour like that comes around, I wouldn't be sticking my neck out. But I will be thinking twice."

He said it was a relief, though, that NZC was looking into the Pakistan tour - scheduled for later this year. "That takes a decision out of a player's hand," he said. "That's always tough when an individual has to take his decision. So you can see which individual has said yes or no, and it can isolate guys and set them aside from others. For NZC to say no straightaway, with the backing of NZCPA, puts us out of focus.

"The IPL has definitely opened financial doors that you can only dream of. But I am married now. It would take a lot for me to turn a blind eye to what's going on. I know the player associations around the world are looking into the security arrangement. I read that Lalit Modi had got the security beefed up. If that's the case, and if I am assured about the security, I won't say no just yet. If it gets worse, you have got to take a look at it."

Aaron Klee, Jesse Ryder's manager, said though touring India was not quite the same as touring Pakistan, there were a few concerns about the batsman turning out for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

"I haven't spoken to Jesse as yet, but for me personally, I am pretty relaxed at this moment," Klee said. "But I wouldn't be just jumping on the plane to India since I will be sitting with the players' association people and the New Zealand Cricket officials to understand the scene better."
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Mar 4 23:39:14 2009.

Australian players jittery over IPL

March 4, 2009

Australia's players are considering their involvement in the IPL this year following the attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. The captain Ricky Ponting had already decided not to play this season because of his Australian commitments but he said his team-mates would be thinking about whether they wanted to travel to the region so soon after the Lahore shootout and the Mumbai terrorist attack.

"I think there would have been enough concerns from the guys anyway after Mumbai," Ponting said. "That was still pretty fresh in everyone's minds I think and this one on top again. I'm not going to the IPL, a decision that was made a few weeks ago. Some of the other guys that potentially could be going there will have all those things now that they've got to think about as well, more so than they did before."

Australia were on Wednesday practising in Durban ahead of the second Test against South Africa and Ponting said his men would be kept abreast of the security situation in Asia by the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA). Ponting said he was not aware of any players who had already decided not to take part in the IPL because of the Lahore attack.

"I'm sure once we get around the guys a bit more today that might even be something that comes up in our meeting this morning as well, see what the guys are thinking about there," Ponting said. "[ACA chief executive] Paul Marsh will keep the guys up to date with what's happening as far as security is concerned in the IPL."

A more pressing concern for Australia is the one-day series they were scheduled to play against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates immediately following the tour of South Africa. Cricket Australia is keen to go ahead with the series, while England has loomed as a possible venue for a Test series between Australia and Pakistan next year.

"I'm not against playing in neutral venues," Ponting said. "We've done it in the past, we played [Tests against Pakistan] in Sri Lanka and Sharjah a few years ago now. There's every possibility that neutral venues could come up."

The Lahore attack dominated discussions among Australia's players on Tuesday, when they had intended to refocus on the second Test following their 162-run win in Johannesburg. The Australian team physio Alex Kountouris, who previously worked with the Sri Lanka side, had been in touch with the Sri Lanka players while the coach Tim Nielsen had spoken to his fellow South Australian, the umpire Steve Davis, who was travelling in a van behind the team bus when the attack took place.

"From having a good win and having a bit of a celebration and waking up yesterday morning and seeing what was happening in our game on the other side of the world was very saddening for all of us," Ponting said. "Alex has made contact with them yesterday and I told him last night to send a message on behalf of the players to the guys over there that have been affected by it all.

"Obviously what happened was well planned and they were made targets. It was the main discussion point around the whole group yesterday from the morning when we woke up until we went to bed last night. That's what everyone was talking about, what they were seeing on the news coverage and what Alex was hearing coming back from their players."

Security has been increased for the South Africa and Australia teams in the wake of the Lahore attack. The second Test begins at Kingsmead on Friday.
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Mar 4 23:39:56 2009.

ECB to monitor security ahead of IPL

March 4, 2009

The ECB will monitor the security situation in India ahead of the IPL following yesterday's attack on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore. Centrally contracted England players are due to take part for a three-week period following the tour of West Indies.

Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, has already had conversations with the Professional Cricketers' Association chief executive Sean Morris and said the recent events have changed the security situation worldwide.

"Clearly the players' association and ourselves are looking very closely at the security situation around the world," Morris said. "It's good to see Lalit Modi saying that everything will be done to make sure security around all the franchises will be in place but it's something we will monitor."

The ECB have granted No Obligation Certificates to the centrally contracted players taking part, including Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, and while stopping short of saying they could be withdrawn, Morris emphasised how important security had now become.

"As far as centrally contracted players clearly we need to make sure that safety and security provisions are in place," he said. "We've agreed a no obligation certificate and...safety and security is the No. 1 priority of our board."

Morris added that the impact of the attack on Sri Lanka's team coach, as it approached the ground in Lahore, will be felt for a long time to come. England's next scheduled visit to the subcontinent is a tour of Pakistan in 2010, but that must now be in serious doubt.

"Yesterday was a complete and utter tragedy," Morris said. "It was a shocking event and I think the ramifications of it all we are going to have to consider in the weeks and months to come. We are not due to go back for some time but we take every tour individually and will monitor the situation as and when it arises."

England have Reg Dickason, an independent security advisor, with them on tour and he is also used by Cricket Australia, but Morris added that even with all possible protection no one can ever be completely safe.

"Anybody is vulnerable around the world now," he said. "No one can ever guarantee 100% safety anywhere in the world. The safety and security situation of the last 24 hours is clearly a major issue and we will be monitoring that."

Alastair Cook, the England opening batsman, said the significance of what happened in Pakistan moved beyond cricket. "It's a tragedy and it puts cricket into perspective when you talk about drawn Tests and things like that. It does hit home how quickly life can change when you are driving to a Test and stuff like that happens. Hopefully it won't ever happen again."
From: directhit on Thu Mar 5 0:46:23 2009.

I seriously wish they postpone IPL now with elections and all nonsense happening if something bad is to happen its gonna affect India in a very very huge way! IPL is the least important

From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Mar 5 0:53:31 2009.

I seriously wish they postpone IPL now Sad

with elections and all nonsense happening if something bad is to happen its gonna affect India in a very very huge way! IPL is the least important

But Lalit Modi seems to be thinking otherwise

From: ajithfederer on Thu Mar 5 0:56:00 2009.

true.

I seriously wish they postpone IPL now Sad

with elections and all nonsense happening if something bad is to happen its gonna affect India in a very very huge way! IPL is the least important

From: Kalyasi on Thu Mar 5 2:12:50 2009.

Cancel this years edition of IPL.... We can see if it is possible next year.... More than the Players the Public who gather in huge numbers could also be targetted.... Ppl's Life and Country's Pride is More Important...

From: sgokulprathap on Thu Mar 5 2:38:54 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

Cancel this years edition of IPL.... We can see if it is possible next year.... More than the Players the Public who gather in huge numbers could also be targetted.... Ppl's Life and Country's Pride is More Important...

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Mar 5 2:47:29 2009.

Avanunga [Terrorist], edhuvum plan pannlanaalum, innime yosikka aarambichirupaanunga!
From: Kalyasi on Thu Mar 5 2:54:37 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Avanunga [Terrorist], edhuvum plan pannlanaalum, innime yosikka aarambichirupaanunga!

Fletcher vera plan ellam kudukaraaru Terrorists ku....

But when you think about hard reality anything is Possible...

Ippo Chennai Airport Flyover lendu paatha Airport ulla ellame clean a theriyuthu... Jolly ya ethavathu terrorist vanthu rocket launcher vechu adichaana avvalothaan....
From: sgokulprathap on Thu Mar 5 3:01:43 2009.

With players from many conutries participating, security should be very high which is not possible as almost all security force will be used for election safety.
Against majority's wishes, should this IPL happen just for Lalit Modi?
From: sgokulprathap on Thu Mar 5 3:04:44 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

Ippo Chennai Airport Flyover lendu paatha Airport ulla ellame clean a theriyuthu... Jolly ya ethavathu terrorist vanthu rocket launcher vechu adichaana avvalothaan....

Cricket tE velayaada vEnaam. yellOrum computer layE Cricket velayaadikattum.
From: sgokulprathap on Thu Mar 5 3:09:46 2009.

Rescheduling IPL is impossible - Bindra

March 5, 2009

IS Bindra, a member of the IPL governing council, has ruled out the possibility of moving this year's Twenty20 extravaganza so it does not clash with India's general elections in April. Bindra said the IPL would work with the government to find a way to host the tournament, but if that was not possible it would have to be cancelled.

"If the state administrations tell us they cannot handle the security, there is no way we can go ahead," Bindra, who is also the ICC's principal adviser, told the Hindustan Times. "But I'm sure it won't come to that."

The Indian government has expressed concerns over providing adequate security for the IPL since forces will have to be mobilised for the elections as well. A senior government official told Cricinfo that conducting the IPL during the country's general elections presented a "near impossible situation" for security forces.

Bindra said the IPL would be advised on security matters by South African security consultants Nicholls, Steyn & Associates, who were brought in after the Jaipur blasts during last summer's tournament. "We implemented their suggestion that control rooms, normally located in basements in Indian stadiums, were moved to places from where security supervisors could have a complete view of the grounds. It's a detail that makes matters more foolproof.

"What they do is advise us on formulations and the overall security plan. Like whether a particular hotel is secure, how to best protect the teams etc."

Bindra said the governing council had felt the security template for the Chennai and Mohali Tests between England and India, following the Mumbai terror attack, was very good. However those who have to provide the security aren't too confident about it.

Kolkata police commissioner Gautam Chakraborty said he had requested the city's IPL franchise to change the dates of matches during the polls. "All political parties will be doing their poll campaigning during that time," Chakraborty said in the Kolkata-based Telegraph. "Then the Knight Riders match on May 13 clashes with Kolkata polling day. Also, there are two matches in between April 30 and May 7. It doesn't matter that polls on these days will be conducted outside Kolkata. City police personnel are also deployed in the districts during polls.

"After the Lahore incident, we cannot take any chances. There will be multi-layered security checks. We are also trying to convince the concerned authority to sell match tickets online to avoid scuffles outside the ticket counters."

Ardhendu Sen, the state's home secretary, said holding IPL matches on the days of the polls was out of the question. "As far as security arrangements for matches on other days, it would be up to the police commissioner to decide," Sen said.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Mar 5 3:38:06 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

Ippo Chennai Airport Flyover lendu paatha Airport ulla ellame clean a theriyuthu... Jolly ya ethavathu terrorist vanthu rocket launcher vechu adichaana avvalothaan....

Yeah, naan airport-a cross pannumpodhellam adha thaan nenaipen. Left side Airport, Right side Trisulam Railway station, in between busy GST road.

Btw, Andha over bridge open panninadhum, bayangara traffic jam. Every one started to halt in the bridge [Including buses] as it provided a complete view of the airport!
From: directhit on Thu Mar 5 21:38:28 2009.

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2009/mar/05govt-to-take-final-decision-on-ipl.htm

Govt to take final decision on IPL

A decision on whether the Indian Premier League (IPL) can go ahead with a revised schedule would be taken after the central government discusses the matter with the host states and the Election Commission.
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Mar 6 8:22:58 2009.

'The speculations about IPL are untrue' : Modi

March 06, 2009

The upcoming general elections, coupled with the bleak security situation following the attack on Sri Lankan players in Pakistan, had led to various speculations as regards the second edition of the Indian Premier League.

There were even talks that the IPL, which were scheduled during the same time as the elections, might as well be moved abroad to avoid security concerns.

However, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, on Friday, refuted all the statements that are probably still making the rounds.

"IPL is on not moving abroad," said Modi. "These are just speculations which are completely untrue.

"We are in discussing the various issues involved and will come out with a new schedule by next week." Modi also expressed his gratitude to home minister P Chidambaram.

"I am thankful to him for his clarifications," he said.

"The IPL dates won't be shifted but there won't be be any matches held on days when counting of votes takes place." The commissioner also refuted claims that some state governments have expressed their inability to provide the required security cover.

"The new schedule will be worked out in consultation with the various teams and state governments," he said. "We have 14 cities available and of them, eight will be shortlisted.

"The number of days remain the same."
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 10 0:18:50 2009.

IPL keeps players' body out of security arrangements

March 9, 2009

The IPL appears to be headed for a showdown with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), the influential players' lobby group, after rejecting its proposal to involve FICA representatives in fixing the tournament's security cover. The IPL has instead suggested that overseas players address their concerns through the league, its franchises or their respective home boards.

Tim May, FICA's chief executive, has warned that the umbrella body will now find it difficult to provide a "positive report" for players who seek its advice on their safety during the tournament in April following the Lahore attack on the Sri Lankan team last week. The IPL's decision was conveyed to May over phone late last week by Sundar Raman, the league's chief executive.

The tussle between the IPL and FICA is bound to cloud the decision-making process of overseas players some of whom, like England's Kevin Pietersen and New Zealand's Jacob Oram, have said they would play in the tournament only after seeking an independent security assessment. FICA has on its membership rolls players' representatives from all Test-playing countries, except India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

"If players are not able to review the security procedures, then FICA will only be able to provide advice on the 'threat assessment' of the event," May told Cricinfo. "FICA will be unable to provide any comfort regarding 'security measures' that may mitigate these risks/threats due to the lack of disclosure of IPL. It will certainly make it more difficult for us to provide a positive report for the players."

IPL's Raman told Cricinfo the league was following the Chennai template of last year, under which England agreed to return to India in December for the two-Test series two weeks after the Mumbai attacks and played the first Test in Chennai under a security cover that included 1,500 local policemen and 150 central security personnel.

Sources in the BCCI, which runs the IPL, say the league told FICA it would address all players' concerns of but only if they directed their queries to the IPL, its franchises or their home boards.

However, May was categorical in rejecting the IPL's view. "The problem with the IPL approach is that, one, some governing bodies do not want to be involved in determining the security risk and have publicly stated this and, two, players are not experts in security matters," May said. "The IPL 'solution' does not allow the players to review these measures and to be able to appoint the representative that they want to perform this function."

Meanwhile, FICA's request for involvement in the IPL's security plan has received strong backing from two of its key constituents: the players' associations from Sri Lanka, which is still reeling from the Lahore attack, and England, whose players will be making their IPL debut next month.

While the Sri Lanka Cricketers Association (SLCA) said it hoped the IPL would sort out matters with FICA, England's Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) said there would be a "significantly higher level of reluctance" among players to play in the IPL without FICA's involvement in its security.

"Yes, we would like to have FICA involved as an independent body that can act on behalf of all player associations," Sean Morris, the PCA chief executive, said. "The players have confidence in FICA. International players are used to player representatives working with governing bodies in reviewing security arrangements for bilateral tours and ICC events; they derive a significant amount of comfort from the involvement and advice of the player association. Without such comfort, there would undoubtedly be a significantly higher level of reluctance to participate in such tours."

"We are sure that the IPL will sort out all issues with FICA," Graeme Labrooy, the SLCA chief executive, said. "Sri Lankan players are still recovering psychologically from the Lahore attack but they are very positive on travelling to India for the IPL. However, we are also looking at external security advice and we have some specific questions to ask regarding security."

Morris said he had spoken briefly to several England players about the security situation for the IPL. "They are concerned but want to wait for the security reports to be conducted before committing either way," he said. Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff are the top draws at this IPL starting on April 10 and will lead a contingent of six England players including Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Ravi Bopara and Dimitri Mascarenhas.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 10 0:23:36 2009.

IPL Teams Heaving Sigh of Relief

Monday, 09 March 2009

By all accounts it now seems that international cricket’s biggest spectacle the Indian Premier League (IPL), is all set for Showtime. With the reassurances of the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram that the IPL will be held and that it would be held in India, and with IPL Chairman giving every reassurance that a via media will be found, an alternative schedule for IPL2 is expected to be disclosed today or early tomorrow.

Lalit Modi, IPL chairman is ever the Mr. Everything’s – All – Right of the cricket news, however this time his words of reassurance must be causing the individual IPL franchisees to be heave a sigh of relief. According to a team official, “We were very tense when the home minister expressed concerns over the IPL schedule. But Lalit Modi and his team have done a good job at a trying time by coming up with the names of additional venues.” This is especially due to the Union Home Minister’s emphatically asserting subsequently that the IPL will be held in India; implying that this was one international cricket spectacle that belonged to India.

Modi who has suggested the names of six new venues in the wake of security concerns after the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, has put forward a concrete alternative to the problem of elections clashing with the IPL fixtures. “We were always aware of the upcoming general elections and the importance of the same for a vibrant democracy such as ours. And so were prepared to work around the polling dates to ensure that there was no clash of IPL matches with the election dates. So there is no question of any nightmares” he was reported as having said in the cricket news.

Modi also spoke about security being a top priority for the IPL organisers ever since the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. According to him, “Immediately after the Mumbai attacks last year the BCCI undertook a comprehensive security review and has worked towards creating a security template in conjunction with an external agency that is widely known as the best in the field.”

He referred to the Chennai template for security that would be followed for the IPL and said, “The security for the entire tournament has been handed over to South African firm Nicholls Steyn and Associates. We will also work closely with the Union, State and local authorities to ensure the smooth and successful conduct of the tournament.”

In light of Modi having lost the Rajasthan cricket association elections and because of the security situation, it is now indicated that the IPL inaugural fixtures will not be held in Jaipur, but will be shifted to Mumbai.

Reportedly the Rajasthan government has requested IPL to bring back the inaugural ceremony to the Pink City and assured every co-operation including adequate security arrangement for the matches. The Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has even written a letter to ICC vice president Sharad Pawar and cricket board (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar to pave the way for holding all seven matches of defending champions Rajasthan Royals team in the state.

The situation about this and a number of other issues will be clear by this evening or tomorrow morning hopefully.
From: directhit on Tue Mar 10 1:19:08 2009.

ennamo 8 state commissioner ellam edhirppu therivichadha news paathen
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 10 2:08:39 2009.

And itseems as per new schedule the defending champion Rajasthan Royals may not play even a single game in their home ground.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 10 2:10:41 2009.

directhit wrote:

ennamo 8 state commissioner ellam edhirppu therivichadha news paathen
that is immaterial.
Lalit Modi and P.Chidambaram nenachA Kashmir la kooda cricket velayaada veppAnga.
From: directhit on Tue Mar 10 2:32:34 2009.

true!! well naama pesi ennaga pogudhu - pesaama apr 10th lerundhu vootukku daily 6:30 pm vaakula reach aagarapla escape aaga paakanum
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 10 4:00:18 2009.

IPL Season 2 officially launched with new logo

Mumbai, March 10

The second season of the extravagant and lucrative Indian Premier League was officially launched by the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi here on Tuesday. The new logo was also unveiled.

The anticipated tournament will kick off on April 10 with both the opening and closing ceremonies to be held in DY Patil Stadium. Modi also said that the ceremonies will be a 30 minute visual extravaganza, something that will be seen for the first time in India.

He had started off with the achievements in the first edition of the T20 tournament and moved on to reveal that the second season would see two new venues – Ahmedabad and Vishakapatnam. He said that the schedule was under the process of being fine tuned and that they were also looking at Dharamshala as a possible venue for the tournament games.

Regarding security, the biggest concern of the cricket playing nations, and the reason for the speculations of IPL being called off, the IPL commissioner said that the security provided will be top class and better than last year. He said that there will be no stones left unturned to provide the best possible security to the players.

“We have gone venue by venue this time. The security arrangement will be handled centrally. From the minute the players land at the airport to the minute they leave the country, we would take the responsibility for the players entirely,” he said.

He added that there will be matches on all days of the IPL window except on May 16, the date of vote counting of the elections.

He went on to state that contingency plans had been made and shared with state governments, security agencies and boards of other countries. He stressed on the fact that the security for the players will entirely be IPL’s.

He emphasised that the security budget for the year 2009 had gone up by 10 times as compared to the inaugural edition of the profligate tournament. He also cleared that no contracted player had expressed concerns personally regarding the security as earlier reported by some media organisations.

“The itinerary of the tournament was discussed with every state government and their conditions were taken into account before coming to a final decision. The schedule, however, is still not concrete and is being fine tuned.”

The tickets will be on sale starting next week. Modi said that the seating positions had also been upgraded technologically and that the audience will be able to know where exactly their seats are located in the stadium from the comfort of their homes.

The venues for the tournament are Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Vizag.

The stadiums have been superficially upgraded too. All the stadiums would have the colors of the home team all around the ground and stands.

Chennai will not host all the seven games allotted to every home team due to the blackouts that had halted a game last season. “A few of Chennai’s games will be shifted to another city,” Modi said.

A new addition to the entertainment factor of the Indian Premier League is the proposal to screen the matches in multiplexes across the country with a slight catch in the clause. The host city will not be allowed to screen the matches of the home team.
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Mar 11 0:55:32 2009.

Well, itseems 5 of the 8 states including TN, WB, Rajasthan have not yet given clearance to the IPL dates. Thats why Modi is delaying the announcement of new schedule.
From: Sourav on Wed Mar 11 0:58:29 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

Well, itseems 5 of the 8 states including TN, WB, Rajasthan have not yet given clearance to the IPL dates. Thats why Modi is delaying the announcement of new schedule.
2 of the ipl matches have been shifted from chennai...only 5 matches in chennai.
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Mar 11 1:00:46 2009.

idhukku pEsaama yellA matches um yEdhO onnu rendu city la vekkalAm.
Defending Champions R.Royals and CSK are not going to get all their home games.
From: Kalyasi on Fri Mar 13 2:51:40 2009.

Pietersen attributes India's one-day success to IPL

Cricinfo staff

March 13, 2009

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said the IPL contributed in a big way to India's recent success as a one-day team. He said greater participation by England players in the annual Twenty20 tournament would help improve their consistency in one-day internationals.

"I think the reason why India have gone through the roof is because of the Indian Premier League," Pietersen told BBC Sport. "After missing out last year, there is no way we can get up there if we don't play."

Pietersen is among five England players - Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah and Ravi Bopara are the others - who will play in the IPL which is scheduled to begin on April 10. The inaugural season in 2008 featured only one England player, Dimitri Mascarenhas, that too for one game, because it clashed with the start of the county season. However, the ECB eased the restrictions by clearing its players to play in the 2009 IPL for three weeks.

Pietersen was the England captain when they lost 5-0 in India last year. India continued their good form in Sri Lanka, winning the series 4-1, and now in New Zealand, where they have won the five-ODI series with a match in hand. All three ODI victories in New Zealand were set up by the top order, with Virender Sehwag leading the way with a blazing hundred in Hamilton, and Sachin Tendulkar smashing an unbeaten 163 in Christchurch.

"India are taking one-day cricket to a different level," Pietersen said. "Have you seen the way they are playing in New Zealand? Then compare that to what we did out there last year - India are on a different level.

"It's important for our players to learn how to hit fours and sixes. You can do that in Twenty20 cricket and you can practise it. You must practise it in order to play it. In the middle, when you try to play like that you have to know you've practised it, and Twenty20 is a boundary fest. I'm afraid to say it but they have taken the game to a new level because of the IPL and I think the players recognise that."

England are scheduled to play a Twenty20 international against West Indies in Trinidad on March 15.

Kaasu venumna kettu vanngittu po raasa, adhukaaga ippadi anthar balti adikaratha?
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Mar 13 9:55:31 2009.

Home Ministry seeks fresh schedule for IPL

March 13, 2009

The high-profile Indian Premier League [Images] (IPL) ran into rough weather on Friday with the Home Ministry saying that it may not be feasible to hold matches as per the existing schedule and asked the organisers to re-work the dates.

The organisers have been advised to accommodate the concerns of various state governments and draw a revised schedule and submit it to the Home Ministry.

After weeks of suspense on the fate of the cash-rich Twenty20 [Images] event, the latest directive from the Home Ministry has put a question mark on the tournament although IPL commissioner Lalit Modi [Images] said that it is willing to submit a new schedule.

Following a video conference between senior officials of the seven states holding IPL matches and Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, the Home Ministry came out with a statement saying that it may not be feasible to hold matches as per the revised schedule submitted by the IPL on March 7.

"IPL organisers have been advised to accommodate the concerns of various state governments and draw up a revised schedule and submit the same to the MHA," the statement said.

According to the statement, two states -- Andhra Pradesh and Delhi [Images] -- have expressed their inability to provide security during the election period.

Karnataka, on the other hand, has expressed its inability to provide security on two match days even though it was okay with four other match days of the league starting on April 10.

There, however, was no problem with matches in Chennai as the games there are scheduled after the election.

"It is not possible to exempt any state from its promise to release state police personnel for election duties because these have been taken into account in arriving at the overall availability of security personnel," the statement read.

Concerned over the availability of central paramilitary forces in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections and simultaneous assembly polls in three states, the Home Ministry had earlier sent a revised IPL schedule to the states concerned on March 7 avoiding the polling dates.

The Ministry sent a reminder to these states on March 10 seeking their early response.

The five-phased Lok Sabha poll begins on April 16 and ends on May 13. The counting will take place on May 19 whereas the IPL tournament concludes on May 24.
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Mar 13 9:57:56 2009.

'We will reschedule it' - BCCI secretary

March 13, 2009

The Indian government has asked the IPL organisers to reconsider segments of the revised schedule that had been sent to them for approval. The home ministry wants some of the dates to be changed in order to avoid a clash with the general elections.

A home ministry official told Cricinfo Delhi, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab are the states that have either asked for a rescheduling of the IPL dates or demanded more central forces to cover the elections and the IPL. Andhra Pradesh, which will host the home matches of the Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam, heads for polls on April 16 and 23. Delhi goes to elections on May 7, Bengal, with a three-phase schedule, on April 30, May 7 and 13 and Punjab on May 7 and 13.

"We had submitted a reworked schedule on March 7. Andhra Pradesh only raised their doubts yesterday. But rationally we would be looking at reworking a new schedule", Dhiraj Malhotra, IPL tournament director, said.

N Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary who also owns IPL's Chennai franchise, said he believed the governement had not rejected the revised schedule. "But we will be rescheduling it, Srinivasan told Cricinfo.

Under the revised schedule, there was a minimum gap of up to 48 hours - six to seven days in some cases - before and after the election at any specific venue. This was to ensure the matches would still take place inside the original April 10-May 24 window but not clash with the election dates.

Indian news channel CNN-IBN quoted Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, as saying that he was ready with the fresh dates which would be released soon.
From: ajithfederer on Fri Mar 13 11:24:10 2009.

World War 3 ae nadandhalum nammoorula IPL nadandhaaganum

From: Sourav on Fri Mar 13 22:05:38 2009.

Quote:

263 players for IPL 2; KKR to have a jumbo squad

Mumbai, Mar 13 (PTI) The 45-day second season of the IPL, to be held from April 10-May 24, would see a total of 263 players, including 80 foreigners, in action, the organisers said today while releasing the players' list today.
Barring players from Pakistan, who have not been allowed to take part in the cash-rich Twenty20 league by their government, the other eight Test playing nations as well as ICC's full member Zimbabwe would be represented in the event, a media release said here.

Apart from the centrally contracted international players from the country, a host of additional Indian first class cricketers as well as under-22 and 19 players have been drafted into the different teams as per the statutory guidelines drawn up by the IPL.

King's XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians will have only 14 and 15 Indian players, respectively, on their roster, while Kolkata Knight Riders have as many as 46 which makes theirs a jumbo squad of 56, including 10 overseas players, it said.

Royal Challengers of Bangalore have 32 Indians in their ranks (squad strength 42), while last year's champions Rajasthan Royals and runners-up Chennai Super Kings have 25 and 19 Indian players in their respective rosters.

Commending the franchisees for investing in young Indian talent, IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi said all the eight teams "seem to have struck a fine balance". PTI

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/7B3A6F8066F81C04652575780054896F?OpenDocument

From: Sourav on Sun Mar 15 23:41:06 2009.

All the Franchises Finalize the Players� Line Up
While the future of Indian Premier League, IPL in the second season, is still hanging in balance, the franchises are doing there job of finalizing the composition of the team so that the practice could be started in the right earnest. Now a final list of the composition of all the eight franchises has been released by the management of IPL. The list has burgeoned from the last time and the total players who would be hoping that they get an opportunity to play stands at 263, which is 73 more than the players that were picked up to play during the first season.

When IPL had debuted in the first season, the franchises still were coming to grip with the things and hence the players who were selected to play were not searched all across the world for the composition of the team. However, the first IPL ended, the think teams of the teams must have sat together and pooled their resources together and would have spent time watching players from the entire world to pick up the best composition. It is manifest in the players list submitted to IPL authority. It stands at 263, which is 73 more than the number of players that played in the first season. The time of one year has facilitated the franchises to cast their net wide and select the players from the entire world.

During the opening season the selection of the players was a last minute exercise, while this time lot of thinking has gone into picking the team. Most of the teams have chosen around 25 players to be in the team but Kolkata Knight Riders is an exception. It has submitted an astonishing composition of 56 players. Is it reflective of the fact that the team administration does not want to leave anything to chance this time around and is having such a large composition that it can break its whole team into four different teams against one each other and play a mini-IPL on its own. May be, they would do it, and the winner team of Kolkata Knight Riders could be the team that may be vying against each other. Coach of the team, John Buchanan would indeed be having one hell of a job to pick the final playing eleven.

From the composition of the team it is also evident that the most confident team is Delhi Dare Devils as it has only 24 players and it could be on account of the form that its opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir is in.

IPL in the second season has attracted contracted revenues of more than Rs 10,000 crore - Rs 1725 crore more than last year � thereby cocking a nook at the recessionary trends across the globe. Franchises have also increased their expenditure and roped in more players from abroad as well as India - there are 80 overseas players compared to 66 in 2008 while there are 59 more Indians than the 124 who played last year.
The DLF-IPL on Friday Announced the Squads of the Eight Franchise Teams for the Season II:

Royal Challengers, Bangalore (RSB):
Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, Jesse Ryder, Roelof van der Merwe, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Srivats Goswami, R. Sutheesh, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvanesh Kumar, Karan Sharma, Saurav Bandekar, Tinu Yohannan, Bharat Chipli, B. Akhil, Devraj Patil, J. Arun Kumar, K.P. Appanna, Sunil Joshi, Gaurav Dhiman, Jitendra Patil, Udit Patel, A. Mithun, S. Arvind, Kedar Jadhav, C.M. Gautam, Raju Bhatkal, Rajesh Bishnoi, Ishank Jaggi, Rohit Sabharwal.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
Muttiah Muralitharan, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Stephen Fleming, Thilan Thushara, Andrew Flintoff, George Bailey, M.S. Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, S. Badrinath, L. Balaji, M. Vijay, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Singh Goni, Sudeep Tyagi, Viraj Kadbe, Shadab Jakati, R. Ashwin, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth, S. Vidyut, P. Amarnath, Arun Karthik, N. Einstein, Suresh Kumar.

Delhi Daredevils (DD):
A B de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Glenn McGrath, Farveez Maharoof, T. Dilshan, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Avishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Yomahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Tejashwi Yadav, Amit Mishra.

Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad (DCH):
Adam Gilchrist, Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris, Andrew Symonds, Ryan Harris, Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith, Chamara Silva, C. Vaas, N. Zoysa, V.V.S. Laxman, Rohit Sharma, R.P. Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Venugopala Rao, D. Ravi Teja, T. Suman, Arjun Yadav, D. Kalyankrishna, P. Vijay Kumar, Abhinav Kumar, Manvinder Bisla, Jaskaran Deep Singh, Harmeet Singh, Sarvesh Kumar, Halhadar Das, Syed Mohammad, Shoaib Ahmed.

Mumbai Indians (MI):
Lasith Malinga, Jean-Paul Duminy, Graham Napier, Ryan McLaren, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Dwayne Bravo, Mohammad Ashraful, Kyle Mills, Luke Ronchi, Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Shikar Dhawan, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jude Singh, Jaydev Shah, Rahil Shaikh, Yoghesh Takawale, Pinal Shah, Ajinkya Rahane, Chetanya Nanda, Rohan Raje, Saurab Tiwary.

Rajasthan Royals (RR):
Shane Warne, Graeme Smith, Shane Watson, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Morne Morkel, Robert Quiney, Tyron Henderson, Shaun Tait, Shane Harwood, Lee Carseldine, Mohammad Kaif, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Siddharth Trivedi, Swapnil Asnodkar, Niraj Patel, Mahesh Rawat, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Salunkhe, Naman Ojha, Siddharth Chitnis, Paras Dogra, Amit Singh, Ahad Malek, Raphi Gomez, Kamran Khan, Ashraf Makda, Paul Valthaty, Srideep Mangela, Mohd. Arif, Gajendra Singh, Atul Sharma, Prathamesh Salunkhe, Pushkaraj Chavan, Abhishek Raut.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Angelo Mathews, Moises Henriques, Mark Cameron, Mashrafe Mortaza, Ajantha Mendis, Sourav Ganguly, Debabrata Das, L.R. Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar, Ishant Sharma, Murali Kartik, Iqbal Abdulla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yashpal Singh, Aakash Chopra, Anureet Singh, Rajesh Verma, Aditya Dole, S. Niyaz, Ishwar Chaudhury, Mohnish Parmar, M.E. Sanauth, Sheldon Jackson, Amit Das, Sanjib Sanyal, Avik Chowdhury, Sachin Rana, Gaurav Chabbra, Nataraj Behara, Shatrunjay Gaekwad, Rohan Prem, Sanjay Bangar, Gnaneshwar Rao, Bhavik Thaker, P. Prashant, Kshemal Waingankar, Murataz Hussain, Sourav Sarkar, Arindham Ghosh, Ameya Shrikande, Chetan Suryavanshi, Abhishek Banerjee, Anushtup Mazumdar, Dhiran Salvi, Sanju Samson, Vinit Indulkar.

Kings XI Punjab:
Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, K. Sangakkara, M. Jayawardene, Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara, Jerome Taylor, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, S. Sreesanth, R. Powar, V.R.V. Singh, Piyush Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, T. Srivastava, Sonny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Yash Gandhi.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Mar 16 4:50:05 2009.

Indian board and government in deadlock over IPL dates

March 16, 2009

The BCCI and the Indian government continued to be in a deadlock over the IPL dates for the second season in April-May 2009 after a meeting between senior officials from both sides in New Delhi on Monday.

N Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, said after the one-and-a-half hour meeting that home ministry officials had explained their concerns about the dates in detail. "We have also expressed our difficulties and our own concerns," Srinivasan said.

According to BCCI sources, some of the IPL's options are to have a packed schedule - with two or three matches in a day - and shorten the tournament, or to move a chunk of the tournament to smaller venues where security can be managed with a fewer policemen.

The IPL had submitted a revised schedule to the Indian government last week after P Chidambaram, India's home minister, said security would be provided for matches though the dates would have to be reworked to avoid a direct clash with general elections in the country. However, the revised dates were not accepted by various states where the IPL would be played in, including Delhi, West Bengal, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Karnataka's Bangalore police declined to provide security cover for the IPL until May 3 and advised the tournament organisers to not host games in the city until after May 4. "Bangalore city police will not be in a position to give security for IPL matches until May 3 in view of our commitments regarding Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka on April 23 and April 30," police commissioner Shankar Bidari said. Bidari said security could be provided if games were played on May 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 19 and 20.

The Andhra Pradesh police, meanwhile, agreed to provide security for matches after April 26, three days after polling ends in the state. "We have studied the revised schedule submitted by the IPL organisers and accordingly informed them that there is no objection to the conduct of matches after April 26," AK Khan, the state's director general of police (law and order), told PTI. "However, matches will not be possible for four days from May 14 when the police will be busy with duties for counting of votes on May 16."

The government, it appears, has now asked the BCCI to get these various states on board before deciding on the tournament dates.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Mar 16 8:40:43 2009.

Sony TV drags BCCI to court over IPL

March 16, 2009

A fresh row broke out over the issue of telecast rights of the Indian Premier League with Sony Entertainment dragging the Board of Control for Cricket in India to the Bombay High Court which restrained the Cricket Board from entering into any further agreement related to the Twenty20 tournament.

Sony moved the High Court against BCCI's move to enter into a contract with World Sports Group (WSG) after terminating its agreement with Sony on broadcasting rights in the country.

The court on Sunday granted the injunction to Sony restraining BCCI from entering into any further agreements related to the IPL.

When the petition came up for further hearing before Justice S J Kathawala on Monday, the BCCI lawyer sought time to take instructions and produce the relevant documents.

The court said till the matter is heard, BCCI shall not grant any approval to WSG under the newly entered contract.

According to the BCCI counsel, the agreement with Sony was terminated on the evening of March 14 and the new one with WSG was signed on the morning of March 15 and the court's injunction came only in the afternoon on that day.

Sony with Singapore-based sports marketing and management agency WSG had won the telecast rights of the IPL for ten years for approximately US $1 billion.

Sony has alleged that BCCI terminated the original contract and signed a new one with WSG without giving any notice to them.

According to the original agreement, WSG has the rights for broadcasting content related to the IPL abroad while Sony held them for India.

Earlier, the IPL governing council had sought clarifications from Sony over allegations by Reliance ADAG firm, Big TV, of not giving it first right to on-air sponsorship.

Big TV which had signed up with IPL for on-ground sponsorship of Rs 137 crore had pulled out from the Twenty20 tournament after Sony signed an exclusive Rs 30 crore deal with its rival Airtel Digital.
From: directhit on Mon Mar 16 9:55:42 2009.

nesstu year dhaan pola!
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Mar 21 3:09:53 2009.

We can reschedule the polls such that it doesnt clash with IPL.
From: ajithfederer on Sat Mar 21 3:16:54 2009.

The what??????

sgokulprathap wrote:

We can reschedule the polls such that it doesnt clash with IPL.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Mar 21 3:17:54 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

The what??????

sgokulprathap wrote:

We can reschedule the polls such that it doesnt clash with IPL.
From: ajithfederer on Sat Mar 21 3:18:47 2009.

Do you mean to shift the general elections to a later date so that it doesn't clash with IPL?.

sgokulprathap wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

The what??????

sgokulprathap wrote:

We can reschedule the polls such that it doesnt clash with IPL.

From: sgokulprathap on Sat Mar 21 3:30:32 2009.

Do you mean to shift the general elections to a later date so that it doesn't clash with IPL?.

The what??????

We can reschedule the polls such that it doesnt clash with IPL. Idea

polls naa election thaanE. idhula yenna doubtu?

BTW, adhu naa kaamedi ku sonnEn. idha serious sa yeduthuttu, Election is more important than cricket nu yaarum yenkitta sandaiku varadheenga.

From: ajithfederer on Sat Mar 21 3:31:55 2009.

Post subject la inimael attempted humor nnu ezhudhunga. I will try not to post more.

Do you mean to shift the general elections to a later date so that it doesn't clash with IPL?.

The what??????

We can reschedule the polls such that it doesnt clash with IPL. Idea

polls naa election thaanE. idhula yenna doubtu? Neutral

BTW, adhu naa kaamedi ku sonnEn. idha serious sa yeduthuttu, Election is more important than cricket nu yaarum yenkitta sandaiku varadheenga. Wink

From: Vivasaayi on Sat Mar 21 3:50:49 2009.

The mumbai commisioner has almost closed the curtain it seems.

this IPL nadandha - lalit modi ku
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Mar 21 4:35:31 2009.

BCCI calls for emergency meeting on IPL

March 21, 2009

The BCCI is likely to take a final decision on hosting the IPL during an emergency working committee meeting in Mumbai on Sunday. At an informal meeting held today in the city, Lalit Modi the IPL chairman, briefed various members of the board including former president Sharad Pawar, president Shashank Manohar and the secretary N Srinivasan.

"The working committee will be discussing the IPL schedule tomorrow," said Modi. He pointed out that the situation regarding the second edition would be assessed and a likely decision was expected by noon tomorrow.

The non-availabilty of central paramilitary forces in certain states for the IPL matches, due to the upcoming general elections in the country, has cast a cloud over staging the second season of the tournament. Some of the options for the IPL, beginning on April 10, are having a packed schedule - with up to three matches in a day - and shorten the tournament, and/or restrict the matches to states that are willing to provide security for them. IPL officials however, refused to comment on whether there would be a truncated version of the tournament.

The IPL schedule is likely to be finalised early next week with India's home minister P Chidambaram travelling to Chennai this weekend, even as the central government waits for written feedback from the states slated to host the IPL matches - only two have responded so far - to take a final call.
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Mar 21 12:16:40 2009.

Rahul Dravid is sacked from captaincy by Vijay Mallya. Kevin Pieterson is replacing him.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Mar 22 5:45:22 2009.

Breaking News

IPL to be played outside India

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/current/story/396319.html
From: ThalaNass on Sun Mar 22 8:05:53 2009.

Its not fair on Indian peoples who have supported IPL last year.. Pity them

Anyway, England should host the IPL this year, our T20 WC players will get used to the climate and will perform better in World Cup

KKR should be given Old Trafford as their home ground
From: Vivasaayi on Mon Mar 23 3:27:28 2009.

This year IPL is going to be held outside India.Its really a disgrace for a nation to be not able to conduct a sporting event in its country and shifting it to some other country.

The Govt - The reason they provide for asking to postpone the tournament was "General Elections".But this decission was taken as a repurcussion to the Pak terror attack.apparam than ivingalukku gnayodhayam vandhuchaa.

BCCI - The most disgraceful of all.When the Govt provide some valid reasons and asking to postpone the tournament,these guys are going to conduct it outside keeping India's self-respect at stake.They need money which they earned just because of playing under the Name - Indian team and they are ready to strip India nude and go and play in the other country.

SHAME!!!!!!
From: P_R on Mon Mar 23 3:45:26 2009.

I hate the format and I consider it shameful that self-respecting cricketers would play this farce (so in a way I am going into the future kicking an screaming). And the way BCCI has been dealing with ICL is disgusting.

But IMO this shifting out of India rather than waiting till security is available doesn't seem such a terrible decision.
From: Vivasaayi on Mon Mar 23 4:25:56 2009.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

I hate the format and I consider it shameful that self-respecting cricketers would play this farce (so in a way I am going into the future kicking an screaming).

does the football leagues also follow the same method for selecting players - sandhaila aadu vaangura maadhiri
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 23 4:44:28 2009.

This is utter nonsense and BCCI has again proved that they are junks. I dont know who gave this brilliant idea. But when thinking about elections, security, huge audience under threat this decision looks wiser than playing in India. So saying BCCI can drop this IPL idea and start WPL [ World PL] along with ICC.

What kind of crowd do they expect to watch these games? That too twice a day, On a weekday, as a D/N format?

Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals at Durban or Lords looks really funny.
From: Vivasaayi on Mon Mar 23 4:47:25 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals at Durban or Lords looks really funny.

"wuts this rujustaan?..an indian dessert?" apdimbainga..
From: P_R on Mon Mar 23 4:51:22 2009.

Yes. kai mEla thuNi pOttu kerayam pEsAdha kurai dhaan.

I think it is there in all other sports in the US : baseball, ice-hockey, basketball.

From: MADDY on Mon Mar 23 5:41:52 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

I hate the format and I consider it shameful that self-respecting cricketers would play this farce (so in a way I am going into the future kicking an screaming).

does the football leagues also follow the same method for selecting players - sandhaila aadu vaangura maadhiri

idha vida mosam - David Beckham was painfully thrown out of ManU during 2004(?) to Real Madrid for money - he didnt want to leave england and live in spain - avaru azhadha kora

idhula enna sentiment,self respect PR? avalavu self-respet irundha, avanga veettu garden-la velayadattum..........

but this shifting to England is a terrible damage to India's image..........nest filmfare award to be held in Southafrica, kumbakonam mahamaham to be held in malaysia.......en kalyanam kooda, brother mark kitta solli Dubai-la dhaan vekkanum pola

From: P_R on Mon Mar 23 5:50:43 2009.

MADDY wrote:

idhula enna sentiment,self respect PR?
jumpingi lowyingi maadhiri olymbic games-ellAm naan kaNdukkiradhE illai. Cricket mattum light-A innum emotion michcham irukku. Quite unnecessary I agree.

MADDY wrote:

en kalyanam kooda, brother mark kitta solli Dubai-la dhaan vekkanum pola
secoorty threat varra aLavukku unga mErEj-la EdhO vishayam irukkum pOla irukkE
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Mar 23 6:01:32 2009.

So India la Tsunami yE vandhaalum England la IPL nadakkum.
IPL - Sony legal war yendha levella irukku?
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Mar 23 6:02:35 2009.

indha discussions IPL2 thread layE pannalAmE?
why separate thread for this?

Merged - Prabhu

From: MADDY on Mon Mar 23 6:12:48 2009.

en kalyanam kooda, brother mark kitta solli Dubai-la dhaan vekkanum pola

MADDY wrote:

secoorty threat varra aLavukku unga mErEj-la EdhO vishayam irukkum pOla irukkE LOL

enna ippadi solreenga - pala "ayal naattu adhibargal" varra kalyanam illa adhu

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 23 6:53:18 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

So India la Tsunami yE vandhaalum England la IPL nadakkum.
IPL - Sony legal war yendha levella irukku?
From: Vivasaayi on Mon Mar 23 7:04:34 2009.

kootam illama nadakura ipl match... English county cricket maadhiri irukkum.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Mar 23 7:26:42 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

sgokulprathap wrote:

So India la Tsunami yE vandhaalum England la IPL nadakkum.
IPL - Sony legal war yendha levella irukku?

Initially BCCI put a contract with WSG and Sony had leased Indian telecast rights. BUT BCCI later terminated Sony from the contract and gave the full contract rights to WSG. For this reason Sony has moved to Mumbai Highcourt.
U weren't aware of those?

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/story/396020.html
From: P_R on Mon Mar 23 7:31:10 2009.

Viv, T20 was born in England. The tea drinking thAthAs clapping for cover drives have been replaced by face painting, six demanding fublic. This season I think the game will graduate to have a fan riot and then it will be official that cricket is competing to become the football.

There will be a decent turnout for matches. namma aaLunga niraiya pEr varuvaanga.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Mar 23 7:31:53 2009.

All matches to be played at 16.00 IST and 20.00 IST. As per England time, it will be at 10.30 and 14.30 local time. I think this is the first time T20 matches would be played in day time.

From: Vivasaayi on Mon Mar 23 9:49:17 2009.

All matches to be played at 16.00 IST and 20.00 IST. As per England time, it will be at 10.30 and 14.30 local time. I think this is the first time T20 matches would be played in day time.

namakku endha time?..adha vechuthan potrupainga

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 23 9:58:54 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

So India la Tsunami yE vandhaalum England la IPL nadakkum.
IPL - Sony legal war yendha levella irukku?

Initially BCCI put a contract with WSG and Sony had leased Indian telecast rights. BUT BCCI later terminated Sony from the contract and gave the full contract rights to WSG. For this reason Sony has moved to Mumbai Highcourt.
U weren't aware of those? Huh?!

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/story/396020.html

Ok thanks sgp!

Illanga enakku theriyadhu, naan indha season IPL follow pannala.

From: P_R on Mon Mar 23 10:02:39 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

naan indha season IPL follow pannala.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 23 10:03:36 2009.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

naan indha season IPL follow pannala.

series aarmbichona follow pannuven.
From: P_R on Mon Mar 23 10:05:51 2009.

ippidi thaan naan asingappaduradhu

vapus
From: Vivasaayi on Mon Mar 23 10:06:26 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

naan indha season IPL follow pannala.

series aarmbichona follow pannuven.
From: Sourav on Mon Mar 23 10:11:31 2009.
From: ajithfederer on Mon Mar 23 10:14:09 2009.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

ippidi thaan naan asingappaduradhu

vapus

From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 24 0:09:35 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

All matches to be played at 16.00 IST and 20.00 IST. As per England time, it will be at 10.30 and 14.30 local time. I think this is the first time T20 matches would be played in day time.

namakku endha time?..adha vechuthan potrupainga

namakku 4pm and 8pm. all matches to be played as per original schedule and timings. only the venues changed.

From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 24 5:28:29 2009.

South Africa emerges IPL frontrunner

March 23, 2009

In a swift turnaround, South Africa has overtaken England as the preferred venue to host the IPL next month. Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, was flying to South Africa on Monday night to meet with senior officials of the South African government and an announcement is expected on Tuesday.

Weather turned out to be the principal factor that swayed the BCCI officials, a bulk of whom had been in favour of England until Monday morning when the realisation occurred that rain could seriously affect "as many as 70% of the matches" in the Twenty20 tournament, which runs from April 10 to May 24.

In England, concerns have been voiced by senior police officers about the practicalities of arranging sufficient security for such a high-profile event. The IPL clashes with the London Marathon and the FA Cup semi-finals and final, among other events, while the G20 summit reaches a conclusion in the week before the tournament is due to start. "Frankly they've been getting a bit ahead of themselves," one senior figure told the Times.

Another reason for England's chances receding is the assurance from top officials within the South African government and Cricket South Africa that the IPL will receive the full red carpet treatment, well-placed sources told Cricinfo.

"The weather in South Africa seems to have become the deciding factor," the sources said. "Besides, South Africa is working out to be a much cheaper option. The South African government's interest in hosting the event is a major factor, too." However, Modi is also scheduled to visit London before a final decision is taken.

According to a report in the Guardian, the South African government has already responded positively to a query from CSA whether over a 1000 visas for the tournament can be processed well within the usual 10-day period.

South Africa is also considered a better option when it comes to TV timings in comparison to England. For instance, the IPL wants to start its first match of the day at 4 pm IST, which would mean a 11.30 am start in England. In South Africa it would be a 12.30 pm start. The TV rights scenario is also less complicated in South Africa as Supersport owns the rights both for the IPL and for international cricket played in the country. Additionally, the cost of running the tournament in South Africa would be substantially less than in England. And the fact that the South African domestic season concludes a day before the IPL's scheduled start date should lead to less logistical problems than in England, where the county season will be just underway.

Modi and Gerald Majola, the CSA chief executive, are known to have a strong personal relationship, especially since the two boards became founding partners of the Twenty20 Champions League last year. It is believed that such a rapport would prove crucial in organising a tournament of this magnitude at such short notice. "This gives both the boards a lot of room for negotiations, adjustments and quick decisions, something that may not be possible with the ECB, which has to go by its board for almost every decision," the sources said.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) summoned their provinces to a teleconference on Monday afternoon, where they were updated on the latest IPL developments. "We have been told to expect a decision by Wednesday morning," said a South African provincial official with knowledge of the conference call. "We have had some early discussions about what we might need to do to prepare for this, but as far as we are aware, no final decisions have been made."

Majola spoke cautiously on Monday evening when asked to assess South Africa's chances of hosting the IPL's second season. "Until I meet with Mr Modi and BCCI officials and know exactly what they want and how they think this should proceed, then I cannot say where we stand," Majola told Cricinfo. "It has been strangely quiet since we were first asked by officials from the BCCI and IPL whether we can assist them, and to the best of my knowledge we remain just one of the options out there. We are interested in assisting, but we have not heard anything further."

Manoj Badale, co-owner of IPL's Rajasthan Royals, said he considered South Africa a likely venue. "Certainly based on the conversations I've had, if it [IPL] goes outside India, you'd have to suggest South Africa is the likeliest venue," Badale told BBC Sport.

Shaun Pollock, the former South African captain and current advisor to the Mumbai Indians, said he would be open to serving as a conduit between his IPL franchise and the KwaZulu-Natal board if approached. Pollock is currently in Durban with eight members of the Mumbai squad for a pre-season training camp.

"I would love the Mumbai Indians to come to Durban," Pollock told Cricinfo. "But, having said that, I don't know who will decide which franchise goes where, or even if (the IPL) will come here. It's hard to know at the moment. One person tells you it's 60-40 in South Africa's favour and another tells you it's 60-40 to England. But if it were to come here, I would be happy to help Mumbai if they were interested in basing themselves in my home area and conditions."

As of Sunday evening, England had emerged as the preferred venue to host the tournament after a powerful lobby within the BCCI and the Indian team management felt that such a move would help in preparing for the World Twenty20 in June.

However, that decision was almost entirely dependent on the ECB overcoming considerable obstacles related to costs and logistics and the approval of its stakeholders, including the counties, many of whom fear that their domestic schedule will be affected by the IPL.

Apparently, there is also a certain amount of concern at the ICC level about the state of venues in England for the World Twenty20 starting on June 5. The IPL will run until May 24 alongside the English domestic season starting in April and the West Indies Test series in May. "It's the beginning of the season in England and Wales and there is a lot of Twenty20 cricket being played including the ICC World Twenty20," David Morgan, the ICC president, told BBC Radio 5 Live. "I do think there will be great difficulties in relocating it."
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 24 5:31:31 2009.

Flintoff disappointed at IPL switch

March 23, 2009

News about the IPL shifting from India this year due to its clash with the country's general elections has evoked mixed reactions from the players and officials involved. Andrew Flintoff, who was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for US$1.5 million in the second auction, expressed disappointment at not being able to play the tournament in India. Flintoff said one of the big attractions of the IPL for him was the chance to play in India.

"I love playing cricket in India, particularly one-day cricket," I've never played a Twenty20 match over there but I can imagine it will be an unbelievable experience because as a player you don't get a chance very often to play in front of big crowds of 40,000 to 50,000 people. It's unfortunate but if we don't do that this year then hopefully we can do it again next year."

Flintoff said he would prefer the tournament to be hosted in England rather than South Africa since it would be logistically easier for him. "It would be good to spend some more time at home so obviously I'd prefer England, but I'm sure South Africa would do a good job of staging it if it went there as well."

But Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman who plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders, said it was a sensible decision given the situation in India with the elections though he added it would be disappointing not play in front of Indian crowds. "If you can't guarantee the safety of the players involved in the tournament it makes it pretty hard to hold the tournament regardless of where it is," McCullum was quoted as saying to NZPA.

Heath Mills, New Zealand Players' Cricket Association chief, also welcomed the move and said the players had had concerns over the level of security that would be arranged while playing in India. "That was always going to be an issue and we were having difficulty engaging the IPL and the Indian board on those security issues. So to have it moved is a good thing," Mills said.

Mills said news of the move had surprised him for despite the clash with the elections he had expected the IPL to insist on staging the tournament in India. "Whether they get the same size crowds as they did in India remains to be seen. I'd question whether they would, given the significant population there and their obsession with cricket. But who knows, we'll just have to wait and see. From our point of view, we certainly hope it's as successful as last year."

Reports suggest a powerful lobby in the Indian board has backed England as a venue but the final decision is subject to the ECB overcoming considerable obstacles related to costs and logistics and the approval of its stakeholders.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 24 5:32:34 2009.

'It won't be the same' - Tendulkar

March 23, 2009

Sachin Tendulkar, the captain of the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, has said it is disappointing that the 2009 season of the Indian Premier League will be played outside India. The tournament is likely to be shifted to either England or South Africa and Tendulkar said "it won't be the same".

"It is disappointing that the IPL has been moved out of India," he said. "We will certainly miss playing in front of our supporters. It won't be the same. It was a good concept to play home and away matches. This is something that the teams will miss this time around. Wherever we play, we hope to have the same fervour that we had had last season."

Yuvraj Singh, the Kings XI Punjab captain, also said that this season was going to be different from last year. He also hoped that the Indian players would be allowed to take their families to the IPL because they would have just returned from a long tour of New Zealand.

"It is sad that the IPL won't be held in India. But we have to go ahead with it as it is the decision of the board," Yuvraj said. "As we would be returning home from New Zealand after a long tour, we hope we are allowed to take our families along.

"It's a mixed feeling because we were looking forward to play at home, now we have to play away so we feel sad for a lot of Indians who were looking forward to watch it. But due to certain conditions we have play overseas, which is also going to be fun. Anyway if we were playing in India, a lot of home games were shifted to other centres. So it was not actually a home game or away game."

The organisers of the IPL were forced to shift the tournament out of India after the government said it could not guarantee adequate security for the matches because the tournament would clash with general elections in the country in April-May. The decision to shift was taken after the IPL schedule was reworked several times and yet no solution could be found.
From: ajithfederer on Tue Mar 24 12:22:11 2009.

Dasant Motor .

sgokulprathap wrote:

[b]'It won't be the same' - Tendulkar

From: Vivasaayi on Tue Mar 24 13:02:41 2009.

MADDY wrote:

but this shifting to England is a terrible damage to India's image..........nest filmfare award to be held in Southafrica, kumbakonam mahamaham to be held in malaysia.......en kalyanam kooda, brother mark kitta solli Dubai-la dhaan vekkanum pola

good kostin!

when a guy could use ammunitions in a play ground,what stops him from using it on a marriage hall,shopping mall,theatres - which doesnt have any security as well.

Its not the question of the hundreds of policemen on the play ground.

if thats the idea,then in india every theatres and public places must be loaded with policemen

From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 24 23:33:09 2009.

South Africa to host IPL

March 24, 2009

South Africa has edged out England to be named host nation of the 2009 IPL. The decision was made after a meeting between the IPL commissioner, Lalit Modi, and the Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive, Gerald Majola, in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The IPL also announced that a final schedule for the 59 matches and the host venues for the eight franchises will be released shortly.

Cricinfo understands that the IPL's opening ceremony will be held in Cape Town, and that the defending champions Rajasthan Royals will play the first game. The tournament will commence on April 18, a week later than initially scheduled, and a day after the one-day series between South Africa and Australia ends. Sources said Johannesburg, Durban, Centurion, Port Elizabeth, East London and Cape Town would be the host venues.

However, it's understood that negotiations between the two boards were not as smooth as it was initially expected with England remaining in contention as an active alternative for hosting the IPL during most of Tuesday afternoon's meeting.

South Africa had been considered the favourite to host the IPL's second season after IPL officials voiced concerns over the effect England's springtime weather might have on the tournament. England also faced issues in the form of cost, scheduling and the likelihood of conflict between television rights holders. South Africa's chances were further boosted after the country's government got actively involved in wooing the IPL, throwing in assurances on security and speedy clearance of visas for players and officials.

"A lot of factors were considered by us while evaluating the final choice for the host venue," N Srinivasan, secretary of the Indian board, said. "However, in the final analysis I think it was the South African weather, which prevailed and tilted the balance in favour of the Rainbow Nation."

David Collier, the ECB chief executive, said he understood the hurdles that would have had to be cleared to stage the tournament in England. "We all recognised the difficulties and logistical issues involved in areas such as security when the G20 is meeting in the UK next week and the climatic challenges," he said.

In the event, the IPL's decision to move to South Africa has been greeted with relief by the league's franchises and players. Muttiah Muralitharan, who plays for Chennai Super Kings, said it was the right decision for the league because "the game must go on, else cricket would die".

Vijay Mallya, the owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore, said that though he would have preferred England, the weather had proved a decisive factor. "To be honest, I would have preferred England to South Africa," Mallya said. "You could have taken one good flight from 5-6 places in India to England and it would have been cheaper. Besides, an average Englishman loves his cricket. The stands there would have been full of crowd. I guess weather conditions clinched the issue for South Africa. In England, there were chances that matches would have been rained off. Both teams sharing the point affects the competitiveness of the event."

There had been much speculation as to where the IPL's second season would be based after Cricinfo identified South Africa as a possible destination last Friday. Senior officials from the IPL and CSA denied the report at the time, but had since been locked in intense discussions to finalise the unprecedented switch.

With the decision now made, the real work begins. Security arrangements - which forced the tournament out of India - will need to be arranged, and an estimated 400 players and officials will require visas and accommodation. In all, 59 matches will be held over a five-week period ending on May 24.

With time of the essence, logistical issues delayed the opportunity for a considered response from the ECB, whose chairman, Giles Clarke, and Collier, had been on opposite sides of the world in Australia and Guyana respectively, when contacted by IPL officials on Saturday. The pair reconvened for the first time at Lord's this morning, by which stage discussions with CSA were well underway.

"It is very important for world cricket that this tournament is staged, but ultimately it is a matter for the BCCI where it is staged," Clarke told Cricinfo hours before the IPL decided on South Africa. "We're happy to help, but if it's not staged here, we've got a great deal to do this season anyway. That is how we see it. It is not a competitive situation from our point of view, at all. It can be staged here, the government is keen support it, but the most important thing is that this tournament goes ahead, wherever it is staged."

England had initially emerged as the preferred venue to host the tournament after a powerful lobby within the BCCI and the Indian team management felt that such a move would help in preparing for the World Twenty20 in June.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Mar 24 23:33:40 2009.

Why South Africa got the nod

* The weather was the most important factor. The IPL realised that rain could seriously affect "as many as 70% of the matches" if the tournament was held in England.
* Top officials within the South African government and Cricket South Africa gave assurances that the IPL will receive the full red carpet treatment.
* Less logistical problems as South African domestic season concludes before the IPL's scheduled start while in England the county season will just get underway.
* The cost of running the tournament in South Africa would be substantially less than in England.
* Supersport owns the rights both for the IPL and for international cricket played in South Africa while there would have been a clash between Sky TV and Setanta in England.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Mar 25 1:06:07 2009.

IPL will benefit South Africa's economy - Modi

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/current/story/396651.html

Quote:

"At any given point of time, we have 10,000 people working on this tournament," Modi told reporters. "South Africa will be benefitted a lot. We will be consuming 30,000 rooms in hotels and 10,000 airline tickets for the purpose of this tournament. Irrespective of the cost, we are happy to go forward in incurring the cost because cricket is very important for us, and all our club owners are with us.

adengappa! LOL

From: Sourav on Wed Mar 25 1:08:13 2009.

Paper roast sappta kidney-ku remmba nallathu...
From: Vivasaayi on Wed Mar 25 2:23:35 2009.

I want south africa to tell "neenga aaaniye pudunga vendam..kelambunga"
From: ajithfederer on Wed Mar 25 17:10:49 2009.

Thanga muttai kodukura vaathai arukka solreengale .

Vivasaayi wrote:

I want south africa to tell "neenga aaaniye pudunga vendam..kelambunga"
From: sgokulprathap on Thu Mar 26 4:06:41 2009.

IPL sides with SA stars have the edge

March 25, 2009

IPL teams that have more South African players in their side, especially Bangalore, have a clear home advantage now that the tournament has been relocated to that country, coaches and players from the league have said.

Ray Jennings, the coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has five South Africans in the team, the maximum in this season's IPL, says his side has a definite tactical advantage - Jennings himself is a former South Africa coach. Darren Berry, the coach of Rajasthan Royals, the IPL champions who have three South Africans in their side, including Graeme Smith, the national captain, says the insights provided by these players would be an advantage. And Adam Gilchrist, who will lead Hershchelle Gibbs as captain of Deccan Chargers, says that local knowledge would add a new dimension to this IPL starting on April 18.

"Tactically, it must be an advantage," Jennings said. "The coaching staff is also from South Africa so the preparation would be done to perfection because we obviously know what we are doing. Our team may have more of a home base than anybody else because we have five South African players and six if you count Kevin Pietersen, the captain."

Shaun Pollock, who is coaching Mumbai Indians, admits that Bangalore has an advantage with players like Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn in the side. "Probably Bangalore have a slight advantage as they have five South African players," Pollock said.

But Mumbai Indians, who he coaches along with Jonty Rhodes are not far behind, having signed up JP Duminy, the star allrounder, for US$ 950,000 this year. "But it doesn't count for too much as people play in all kinds of conditions," Pollock said. "As for Mumbai, quite a few of our Indian guys are here and that works to our advantage as they are exposed to the local conditions and that will definitely help."

Berry says Rajasthan Royals would fancy their chances, too, having players of the calibre of Smith in the side. "It is good we have a got strong South African contingent (Graeme Smith, Morne Morkel, Tyron Henderson)," he said. "It is an advantage. We are lucky that Smith, the South African captain, whose insight will help into what the conditions we can expect."

Gilchirst, who has Gibbs to bank on for Deccan Chargers, admits that local knowledge provides a definite edge. "Obviously some local knowledge always helps," he said. "But it would be interesting to see various team make-ups coming under close scrutiny now that the venue has changed with different conditions and different circumstances to what everyone was planning for in India. It does add a new dimension."

However, the players and coaches admitted that adaptability would be a key factor on South African pitches, irrespective of whether teams have South African players or not.

"South African conditions will present a different set of circumstances than India and with that we have the flexibility in our squad to alter what type of player we will take," Berry said. "You must have players who can adapt to different conditions. We have that but there were some teams last year in the IPL that didn't have players who could adapt. Perhaps bowling will have a bigger impact in South Africa as they could benefit from the bounce and carry the pitches offer there."

Pollock agrees but adds that spinners may have a crucial role to play over the next two months. "Yes, definitely," he said. "If you look at the records during the Twenty20 World Cup guys like Harbhajan Singh and Daniel Vettori did well so I have no doubt spinners will have a role to play."

As for the South African players, they are just happy to be playing at home after almost 18 months on the road, including gruelling tours to England and Australia. "From a personal point of view, it's fantastic that we don't have to leave the country again," Dale Steyn said. "We have spent so much time on the road over the last two years, and to have the Champions Trophy and now the IPL at home will be great for all of us. It feels like we are forever going overseas, and it will be nice to spend more time with family and friends."
From: Sourav on Thu Mar 26 21:45:53 2009.

CSK to take on MI in opener

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings will kick off the new IPL season when they take on Mumbai Indians in the opening match in Capetown on April 18.
Meanwhile the defending champion Rajasthan Royals will clash with Royal Challengers, Bangalore in the other match scheduled for the opening day.
The final will be held at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24, while the semifinals will be held on May 22 and 23 in Pretoria and Johannesburg.
In all, the 59 matches will be held in eight cities: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, East London, Kimberly, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth.
Kingsmead in Durban, which has a large number of South Asians, has been alloted the lion�s share of 16 matches while the Centurion Park in Pretoria would host 12 ties.
The Wanderers in Johannesburg and Newlands in Cape Town come next best with eight matches each, with the latter playing host to four of these on the first two days of the cash-rich, highprofile competition.
Seven matches are to be held in St George�s Park in Port Elizabeth while Buffalo Park in East London has been allotted four matches.
Meanwhile, the relocation of the IPL has forced oficials to do away with the home and away format this year. According to IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah, there will be eight venues for the league and every team will get to play everywhere. �There will be no home and away matches this time,� Shah said.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Mar 26 23:36:43 2009.

IPL Schedule

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2009/mar/27/ipl-new-schedule-in-south-africa.htm

April 18: Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore (4 pm) at Cape Town; Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings (8 pm) at Cape Town.

April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders [Images] v Deccan Chargers (4 pm) at Cape Town; Delhi Daredevils [Images] v Kings XI Punjab [Images] (8 pm) at Cape Town.

April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth.

April 21: RR v MI (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v KXIP (8 pm) at Durban

April 22: DD v CSK (4 pm) at Durban; RCB v DC (8 pm) at Cape Town

April 23: KKR v RR (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

April 24: KXIP v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg

April 25: KKR v CSK (4 pm) at Cape Town; DC v MI (8 pm) at Durban.

April 26: RR v KXIP (4 pm) at Cape Town; RCB v DD (8 pm) Port Elizabeth

April 27: KKR v MI (4 pm) at Cape Town; CSK v DC (8 pm) at Durban.

April 28: DD v RR (4 pm) at Pretoria

April 29: MI v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v RCB (8 pm) at Durban

April 30: DD v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria; RR v CSK (8 pm) at Pretoria.

May 1: RCB v KXIP (4 pm) at East London; MI v KKR (8 pm) at Durban

May 2: RR v DC (4 pm) at Johannesburg; CSK v DD (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 3: MI v RCB (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v KKR (8 pm) at East London

May 4: DC v CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 5: DD v KKR (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v RR (8 pm) at Durban

May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria

May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) at Pretoria; RCB v RR (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 8: DD v MI (4 pm) at East London

May 9: DC v KXIP (4 pm) at Bloemfontein; CSK v RR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 10: KKR v DD (4 pm) at East London; RCB v MI (8 pm) at Johannesburg

May 11: DC v RR (4 pm) at Bloemfontein

May 12: RCB v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria; KXIP v MI (8 pm) at Pretoria.

May 13: DC v DD (4 pm) at Durban

May 14: MI v RR (4 pm) at Durban; CSK v RCB (8 pm) at Durban.

May 15: KXIP v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley

May 16: CSK v MI (4 pm) at Johannesburg; DC v KKR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 17: RR v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley; KXIP v DC (8 pm) at Johannesburg

May 18: CSK v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria

May 19: DD v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg

May 20: CSK v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; RR v KKR (8 pm) at Durban

May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) at Pretoria; MI v DD (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 22: Semi-final 1 at Pretoria

May 23: Semi-final 2 at Johannesburg

May 24: Final at Johannesburg.
From: Sourav on Sat Mar 28 6:36:55 2009.

SS, The schedule timings r wrong in rediff i think...

Check this one,...

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/series/374163.html?template=schedule
From: Sourav on Sat Mar 28 6:54:24 2009.

April 2009

Sat 18 (4 PM IST) 1st match - CSK v MI
Newlands, Cape Town

Sat 18 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 2nd match - BRC v RR
Newlands, Cape Town

Sun 19 (4 PM IST) 3rd match - DD v K-XI
Newlands, Cape Town

Sun 19 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 4th match - DC v KKR
Newlands, Cape Town

Mon 20 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 5th match - BRC v CSK
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Tue 21 (4 PM IST) 6th match - K-XI v KKR
Kingsmead, Durban

Tue 21 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 7th match - RR v MI
Kingsmead, Durban

Wed 22 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 8th match - BRC v DC
Newlands, Cape Town

Thu 23 (4 PM IST) 9th match - CSK v DD
Kingsmead, Durban

Thu 23 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 10th match - KKR v RR
Newlands, Cape Town

Fri 24 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 11th match - BRC v K-XI
Kingsmead, Durban

Sat 25 (4 PM IST) 12th match - DC v MI
Kingsmead, Durban

Sat 25 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 13th match - CSK v KKR
Newlands, Cape Town

Sun 26 (4 PM IST) 14th match - BRC v DD
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Sun 26 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 15th match - K-XI v RR
Newlands, Cape Town

Mon 27 (4 PM IST) 16th match - DC v CSK
Kingsmead, Durban

Mon 27 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 17th match - KKR v MI
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Tue 28 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 18th match - DD v RR
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Wed 29 (4 PM IST) 19th match - BRC v KKR
Kingsmead, Durban

Wed 29 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 20th match - K-XI v MI
Kingsmead, Durban

Thu 30 (4 PM IST) 21st match - DD v DC
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Thu 30 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 22nd match - CSK v RR
SuperSport Park, Centurion

May 2009

Fri 1 (4 PM IST) 23rd match - KKR v MI
Buffalo Park, East London

Fri 1 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 24th match - BRC v K-XI
Kingsmead, Durban

Sat 2 (4 PM IST) 25th match - DC v RR
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Sat 2 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 26th match - CSK v DD
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sun 3 (4 PM IST) 27th match - K-XI v KKR
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Sun 3 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 28th match - BRC v MI
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Mon 4 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 29th match - CSK v DC
Buffalo Park, East London

Tue 5 (4 PM IST) 30th match - K-XI v RR
Kingsmead, Durban

Tue 5 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 31st match - DD v KKR
Kingsmead, Durban

Wed 6 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 32nd match - DC v MI
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Thu 7 (4 PM IST) 33rd match - BRC v RR
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Thu 7 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 34th match - CSK v K-XI
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Fri 8 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 35th match - DD v MI
Buffalo Park, East London

Sat 9 (4 PM IST) 36th match - DC v K-XI
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

Sat 9 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 37th match - CSK v RR
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

Sun 10 (4 PM IST) 38th match - BRC v MI
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Sun 10 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 39th match - DD v KKR
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Mon 11 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 40th match - DC v RR
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

Tue 12 (4 PM IST) 41st match - BRC v KKR
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Tue 12 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 42nd match - K-XI v MI
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Wed 13 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 43rd match - DC v DD
Kingsmead, Durban

Thu 14 (4 PM IST) 44th match - BRC v CSK
Kingsmead, Durban

Thu 14 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 45th match - MI v RR
Kingsmead, Durban

Fri 15 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 46th match - DC v K-XI
OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Sat 16 (4 PM IST) 47th match - CSK v MI
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Sat 16 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 48th match - DC v KKR
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sun 17 (4 PM IST) 49th match - DC v K-XI
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sun 17 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 50th match - DD v RR
OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Mon 18 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 51st match - CSK v KKR
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Tue 19 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 52nd match - DD v BRC
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Wed 20 (4 PM IST) 53rd match - KKR v RR
Kingsmead, Durban

Wed 20 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 54th match - CSK v K-XI
Kingsmead, Durban

Thu 21 (4 PM IST) 55th match - DD v MI
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Thu 21 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 56th match - BRC v DC
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Fri 22 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Sat 23 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sun 24 Floodlit Match
(8 PM IST) Final - TBC v TBC
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

(GP Update it in the 1st page.. )
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Mar 28 8:55:46 2009.

sourav wrote:

SS, The schedule timings r wrong in rediff i think...

Check this one,...

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/series/374163.html?template=schedule
Rediff la pOtirukaradhu Indian time.
Cricinfo link la irukaradhu S.Africa time.
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Mar 28 9:00:25 2009.

sourav wrote:

(GP Update it in the 1st page.. )
already updated.

From: Sourav on Sun Mar 29 21:12:41 2009.

Check this one,...

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/series/374163.html?template=schedule

SS, The schedule timings r wrong in rediff i think... Confused

Rediff la pOtirukaradhu Indian time. Huh?!

Cricinfo link la irukaradhu S.Africa time.

SS wrote:

April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders [Images] v Deccan Chargers (4 pm) at Cape Town; Delhi Daredevils [Images] v Kings XI Punjab [Images] (8 pm) at Cape Town.

April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth.

April 21: RR v MI (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v KXIP (8 pm) at Durban

Sun 19 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 4th match - DC v KKR
Newlands, Cape Town

Mon 20 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 5th match - BRC v CSK
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Tue 21 (4 PM IST) 6th match - K-XI v KKR
Kingsmead, Durban

Ithukku mela yethuna mappu, graph ellam pottu vilakkanumaa?

From: sgokulprathap on Mon Mar 30 0:36:04 2009.

Sorry Sourav. teknikal fault.
Rediff schedule is wrong.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Mar 30 1:08:14 2009.

Actually there is variation between Schedule announced by Modi at press meet and the official one (which he later circulated).
Sites like Cricinfo have updated it.
Sites like rediff has not yet updated it.

From: directhit on Fri Apr 3 0:30:29 2009.

Rediff Message boards sometimes is damn funny!!

Quote:

'No one calls Royal Challengers a Test team anymore'

"Last year our team was called a Test team, but with players such as (Kevin) Pietersen, (Robin) Uthappa and (Jesse) Ryder in the squad now, no one calls it a Test team anymore," Mallya said in Mumbai

some comments on that :
test team : BANGALORE TEAM is still not a good T20. has Kevin played any significant T20 innings in his career. Answer is NO
Jessy ryder may or may not play well, but he is good
Robing uthappa: it is better for him to start an UDIPI RESTAURANT along with sreeshant as partner

Re: test team
an udipi restaurant where bajji makes a visit, doesn't like the idli and slaps sreeshant Laughing

From: Sourav on Mon Apr 6 3:36:28 2009.

IPL Teams fan base in Orkut.

Kolkata Knight Riders - (85,182)

Chennai Super Kings - (65,212)

Kings XI Punjab - (46,097)

Rajasthan Royals - (35,184)

Mumbai Indians - (31,497)

Delhi DareDevils - (29,385)

Hyderabad-Deccan Chargers (21,063)

Royal Challengers Bangalore (7,890)
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 6 4:59:02 2009.

sourav wrote:

IPL Teams fan base in Orkut.

Kolkata Knight Riders - (85,182)

Chennai Super Kings - (65,212)

Dada + Sharuk have 85182 fans.
Dhoni has 65212 fans

Dhoni, the Superking.
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 6 5:54:45 2009.

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Please choose your team name as in Hub ID so it will be easier to identify you

From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 6 6:03:32 2009.

IPL Teams fan base in Orkut.

Kolkata Knight Riders - (85,182)

Chennai Super Kings - (65,212)

Dada + Sharuk have 85182 fans.
Dhoni + Doctor + Letchumi Rai have 65212 fans

From: Sourav on Mon Apr 6 6:14:30 2009.

IPL Teams fan base in Orkut.

Kolkata Knight Riders - (85,182)

Chennai Super Kings - (65,212)

Dada + Sharuk have 85182 fans.
Dhoni has 65212 fans

Dhoni, the Superking. Bow

Chennai-ku vijay than brand ambassador...Avaru fans kooda than iruppanga...

Dhoni B'lore team pona entha team support pannuveenga?

From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 6 6:33:19 2009.

sourav wrote:

Dhoni B'lore team pona entha team support pannuveenga?
Hayden, the Supeking.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 6 6:35:16 2009.

sourav wrote:

Chennai-ku vijay than brand ambassador...Avaru fans kooda than iruppanga...
Dhoni B'lore team pona entha team support pannuveenga?
Still King Khan has much more fan following than ilaya thalapathy.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 6 6:37:54 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

Dada + Sharuk have 85182 fans.
Dhoni + Letchumi Rai have 65212 fans

Dhoni is the only fan for Letchumi Rai.

From: Sourav on Mon Apr 6 6:39:49 2009.

Chennai-ku vijay than brand ambassador...Avaru fans kooda than iruppanga... Wink

Dhoni B'lore team pona entha team support pannuveenga? Rolling Eyes

Still King Khan has much more fan following than ilaya thalapathy. Huh?!

Ada ennanga....Dravid-ku kooda than 1.5 Lks fans irukkanga orkut-la...Avaru team BRC-ku 2 yrs-a 10k kooda thanda mattuthu...

From: Sourav on Mon Apr 6 6:42:54 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

sourav wrote:

Dhoni B'lore team pona entha team support pannuveenga?
Hayden, the Supeking.

Ithey than DH-um sonnaru....dhoni irunthalum illainaalum chennai team than support pannuvaaram.....bcoz of lecchumi raai....
From: directhit on Mon Apr 6 7:43:22 2009.

--edited--
From: Sourav on Mon Apr 6 7:52:10 2009.

directhit wrote:

illa seriousaa dhan sonneengana, hub upper class group la sethu vidaren //
Yerkanave thozhilathibargal thollai thanga mudila.... ivar veraya....

CSK members kullave sandaiya? Narayana...narayana....
From: directhit on Mon Apr 6 21:50:57 2009.

How many captains to change a lightbulb?

Even by his own left-field standards, the concept of multiple captains leading by turns must rank as the most radical, and outrageous, idea John Buchanan has unleashed on cricket. His previous such notable one - the idea of training cricketers to be ambidextrous - never had the opportunity to take off because it relied on the willingness and ability of others; but this is a more implementable idea, and it is reasonable to assume that Buchanan has the support of his employer, Shah Rukh Khan. If nothing, Buchanan wins points for having the nerve to put his job and reputation on the line for an idea he believes in. He must be a brave man, too, to try it out with Kolkata Knight Riders.

There is a cynical way to look at it: as a clever ploy to ease out Sourav Ganguly, who in every way answers to the description of icon in the Knight Riders team. However, all the passion he generates in his hometown cannot hide the effects of advancing years and slowing reflexes. He is 37, no longer plays competitive cricket in any other form, and even at the best of times was never a fan of fitness routines. He has no particular love for this form of cricket, and he would not be the first man on the sheet for a Twenty20 team at most levels. It was his emotional hold over Kolkata that made him such a compelling proposition for the franchise.

This year there will be no matches at Eden Gardens. So crowd attendance, and consequently Ganguly's drawing power, aren't as big factors. He has one year left in his contract, but he will be 38 next year. If you want his loyal constituency to get used to the idea of life without him, South Africa presents the perfect opportunity.

But to think that Buchanan would conjure up plan so radical - and so outlandish - and risk his own reputation just to get rid of Ganguly would be stretching it. Yes, Ganguly's situation will have made it easier for Buchanan, but it is implausible that it is the reason.

So then, what's behind it? Why would he want to mess around with one of cricket's strongest and most sacrosanct institutions, and risk personal ridicule in the process? Opinion is divided in cricket circles about Buchanan's maverick ideas, but he is known as a man of method, not of whims.

He is a keen student of management practices, and the idea of collective leadership isn't new in corporate structures. It is known as a matrix, or horizontal, management system, as opposed to the traditional vertical system that is still favoured by most organisations.

The matrix format is considered as one of the most natural forms of leadership, based on influence and expertise rather than the power of position. It offers the chosen leaders the opportunity to work with a group of talented, but not necessarily similar-minded, peers to create goals, procedures and ways of taking the organisation forward. It is a process that focuses on the team, looks to build collective strengths, and relies more on a system than individuals.

I can see why the idea could have some appeal. Unlike national and state teams, an IPL team is an artificial coalition, bound not by geography, nationality, cultures or emotions, but by professional commitment. In that sense, it is closer to a corporate team than a cricket team as traditionally understood. Further, a lot of the players in a side are fierce rivals in the international arena, often in highly-charged circumstances. And lastly, there is no permanence to the teams: players can change sides, and not all of them are available to their team every year, or even through the duration of a season. All put together, it is a highly fluid and highly volatile environment, one where the coach can be a more permanent and more central figure than the captain.

Also, the creation of a collective leadership could be a tool to create a greater sense of belonging among the senior international players, who might not feel it otherwise. Of course, personal and professional pride is a factor, and the value of the players, which is the primary reason why most of them are part of the IPL anyway, is directly linked to performance. But loyalty and belonging are linked to emotions, and giving these players a sense of ownership could be an effective way of fostering these feelings.

In a sense, cricket already has a structure of collective leadership: the responsibility of managing a team is shared by the captain and the coach, and they work closely with the selectors. Increasingly, teams have specialised coaches, physios, fitness trainers and psychologists, who look after specific areas. But one aspect of leadership remains unchanged: once the team steps on to the field to do its business, there is only one boss. The coach might offer tactical inputs, but it's the captain who takes the decisions on the field.

And that marks out the cricket captain as distinctly different from a captain in any other sport. Cricket requires lots of decisions to be taken on the field, and ultimately these influence the course of the match. That's why the captain occupies a far more pivotal position than the coach. And it is on the field that I can see Buchanan's idea breaking down.

It can be argued that the short duration of Twenty20 reduces the scope of on-field strategy and decision-making, but at the same time it can be said that the decision-making needs to be far more precise because there are smaller margins for error. One bowling change, one good over or one bad one, one fielding lapse, one change in the batting order, can decide a match. The captain needs to be always alert, always sharp, and prepared to be flexible. And the team needs not only to know who is in charge, but to feel his presence. Not only does the cricket field require an unambiguous command structure, continuity is also paramount.

And not every man is cut out for the job. It was perhaps not a coincidence that the teams that made to the IPL final last year were led by two very singular men. I wonder if Buchanan would have mooted his idea if either Shane Warne or MS Dhoni were captaining Kolkata.

That said, Twenty20 itself presents the most persuasive argument why the game mustn't be shy of trying out new ideas. At the very least, Buchanan's idea must be given a chance to fail.

http://content.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397280.html
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 7 0:48:11 2009.

deleted by self.
From: directhit on Tue Apr 7 0:57:05 2009.

--edited--
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 7 5:23:51 2009.

i dint realise they are mentioning Vijay as doctor.
naa vEra doctor ra nenachuttEn.
sorry, all my misunderstanding. lets leave it.
From: Sourav on Tue Apr 7 5:31:31 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

i dint realise they are mentioning Vijay as doctor.
naa vEra doctor ra nenachuttEn.
sorry, all my misunderstanding. lets leave it.

Ithai ellam naanga nambanumaa?
Vera doctor-na மருத்துவர் ச.ராமதாசு vai-ya sonneenga>?

From: dinesh13284 on Tue Apr 7 6:15:01 2009.

i dint realise they are mentioning Vijay as doctor.
naa vEra doctor ra nenachuttEn.
sorry, all my misunderstanding. lets leave it.
Embarassed

Ithai ellam naanga nambanumaa? LOL

Vera doctor-na மருத்துவர் ச.ராமதாசு vai-ya sonneenga>? Rolling Eyes

Dr Prakash ah irukum..

From: directhit on Tue Apr 7 8:12:30 2009.

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From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 7 11:55:54 2009.

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From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 8 0:03:40 2009.

ippa naa yendha doctor nenachEnnu romba mukkiyamA?
naa sonnadhu CSK physiotherapist. pOdhumA.

END DIGN.//
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 8 1:20:41 2009.

News agencies to boycott IPL

April 7, 2009

Major international news agencies would not be covering this year's IPL because they are unhappy with the tournament's media guidelines. They had boycotted the previous year's IPL for the same reason.

The News Media Coalition, the umbrella body that comprises global news and photograph agencies Reuters, AP, AFP and Getty Images, has failed to get the tournament's organisers to amend the conditions.

Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, refused to change rules which barred the distribution of photographs and news to cricket-specific websites. The IPL has an exclusive agreement to supply news and photos about the Twenty20 tournament to one website.

"We can't allow the sponsor of a newsworthy event to specify where news gets distributed," Dave Tomlin, the AP's associate general counsel, said. "This is a case in which a sports association is now in the information business too and is trying to carve out an exclusive segment of the news market as its own to exploit. It's wrong."

Last year, besides agencies, news channels in India had also threatened a boycott over the constraints laid down by the IPL before agreeing to cover it after the tournament's organisers acceded to their main demands.
From: Sourav on Wed Apr 8 4:22:30 2009.

Friends pls fill this. Its just to know abt others likes/dislikes.

Quote:

Fav. Team(s):

Fav. Players (India):

Fav. Players (Foreign):

Fav. Players (Indian young talents):

Uninterested Team(s):

Final (? Vs. ?):

From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 8 4:44:52 2009.

Quote:

Fav. Team(s): CSK, MI, DD

Fav. Players (India): Dhoni, Sachin, Gauti, Viru

Fav. Players (Foreign): Hayden, Flintoff, KP, McGrath

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): Gony

Uninterested Team(s): KKR

Final (CSK Vs. MI):

From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 5:07:33 2009.

Rajashtanukku oru vote-a? Yaarandha black sheep?
From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 8 5:08:51 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Rajashtanukku oru vote-a? Yaarandha black sheep?

Yusuf Pathan fan yaaravathu iruppaanga
From: directhit on Wed Apr 8 5:11:11 2009.

7 votes me/CR/kalyan/sgp - maddy indha pakkam vandha madhiri therla. vera yaaru 3 peru?!

From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 5:11:12 2009.

Quote:

Fav. Team(s): CSK, MI, RC (soft corner)

Fav. Players (India): Sachin Tendulkar, Sachin Tendulkar, Lechumipadhi Balaji (Royal Bengal Tiger and Wall-ku dignified support)

Fav. Players (Foreign): Hayden, Shane Warne, McGrath, Shaun Marsh

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): Rogith Sarma, Gony

Team(s) i wish would lose: All except favorites, especially DD, Goldflake Kings

Final (CSK Vs. MI):

From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 8 5:12:19 2009.

Quote:

Fav. Team(s): CSK, MI, RR

Fav. Players (India): Sachin, Sehwag, Gambhir, Dravid

Fav. Players (Foreign): Albie Morkel, Shane Warne, Greame Smith

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): No idea Confused

Uninterested Team(s): KKR, DC, BRC

Final (? Vs. ?): CSK vs MI (Yaaru win pannalum OK)

From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 8 5:13:17 2009.

CR,

RR mela ungalukku enna kobam
From: directhit on Wed Apr 8 5:14:39 2009.

Fav. Team(s): CSK , RR, DD in that order

Fav. Players (India): MS/Viru/Raina/Gambhir/Yusuf

Fav. Players (Foreign): Marsh/Gayle/Albie Morkel

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): A Nayar/Dhawan/Dinda/R Jadeja

Uninterested Team(s): BRC irundhirukkanum - aaana avanga cheerleaders so no team
players dhaan - Venugopal Rao/Sunil Joshi
From: directhit on Wed Apr 8 5:15:19 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): No idea
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 8 5:15:59 2009.

Sourav, idhu varaikum reply panna moonu pErukkum KKR uninterested team.
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 8 5:17:01 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

CR,

RR mela ungalukku enna kobam
Hub admin mElayE kObamA?
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 8 5:17:30 2009.

directhit wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): No idea

Couldn't recollect anyone suddenly Appurama yosichu edit pandren.
From: Sourav on Wed Apr 8 5:18:15 2009.

Ty guys...Seems like many dont like KKR... hmmmm....
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 8 5:18:33 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

CR,

RR mela ungalukku enna kobam
Hub admin mElayE kObamA?

Gokul,

Neengaluma
From: Sourav on Wed Apr 8 5:20:49 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

Sourav, idhu varaikum reply panna moonu pErukkum KKR uninterested team.
ya...paathen... dada-va pudikkatha illa SRK-va illa team ferfamance-a nu therla... Anyway KKR-ku oru 5,6 per irukkom...no prob..
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 8 5:24:41 2009.

sourav wrote:

Anyway KKR-ku oru 5,6 per irukkom...no prob..
team ku 11 pEr vEnumE, Englishkaran la Sathyraj & Vadivel team select panna maadhiri meedhi 5 pEru select panna pOreengalA?
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 5:44:40 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

CR,

RR mela ungalukku enna kobam

The extreme bias against CSK in last year's final still hurts. RR dhaane beneficiary..Commentators, media, Thalaivar, everybody was supporting RR.
And Shane Warne-thavira vera yarayum andha team la pudikkadhu.. Asnodkar andha team dhaane? Irritating flow (fellow)...
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 5:46:16 2009.

directhit wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): No idea

Adhu seri, SRT favorite illayamaam, aana young indian players podalenna shock-a?
From: Sourav on Wed Apr 8 5:56:59 2009.

Fav. Team(s): KKR, CSK, MI, DD

Fav. Players (India): Sourav, Sachin, Viru, Zaheer

Fav. Players (Foreign): Gayle, Flintoff, Mccullum, A Morkel

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): Saha, Dinda, R Jadeja, Purjara (Like to see how he plays)

Uninterested Team(s): RR

Final (? Vs. ?): KKR Vs. CSK

From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 8 6:07:51 2009.

The extreme bias against CSK in last year's final still hurts. RR dhaane beneficiary..Commentators, media, Thalaivar, everybody was supporting RR.
And Shane Warne-thavira vera yarayum andha team la pudikkadhu.. Asnodkar andha team dhaane? Hammer

littlemaster1982 wrote:

CR,

RR mela ungalukku enna kobam Rolling Eyes

Irritating flow (fellow)...

Oh got it

The only reason I support that team is Shane Warne. May be everyone rooted for it last time because of its underdog tag

From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 6:14:47 2009.

LM,
Naama dhaan underdogs. RR were already riding a dream wave. We had a mixed run.
We had no hype, no respett.
Dhoni, please do a repeat this year
From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 8 6:17:06 2009.

Fav. Team(s): KKR............. MI, RR,DD,CSK

Fav. Players (India): Dada, Sachin, Viru,Gambhir,Yusuf,Yuvi
Fav. Players (Foreign): McCullum,Marsh,Flintoff,Graeme Smith

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): R.Jadeja,Virat Kohli,Taruvar Kohli

Uninterested Team(s): BRC,DC

Final (? Vs. ?): KKR Vs. MI
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 8 6:17:40 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

LM,
Naama dhaan underdogs. RR were already riding a dream wave. We had a mixed run.
We had no hype, no respett.
Dhoni, please do a repeat this year

I'm sure CSK would be in finals this time. MI vandhaa innum kalakkala irukkum. Let's hope for the best

P.S: If the final is between is CSK and MI, inga vettukutthey nadakkum
From: Sourav on Wed Apr 8 6:21:19 2009.

Last year IPL-ku hub-la bayangarama fights/arguments ellam nadanthatha kelvipatten...
Intha seasonku irukkathu-nu nambuvomaga...
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 8 6:24:22 2009.

Sourav,

Enna idhu chinnapullathanama
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 6:25:50 2009.

sourav,
Sandaila kizhiyadha sattaya? Sandaillama eppadi? ponga thambi
From: Sourav on Wed Apr 8 6:26:05 2009.

Oh...kandippa unda....
appo konjam distance vitte irukken...

From: Sourav on Wed Apr 8 7:52:33 2009.

Thanks anoop Smile

hope others will join soon..

Done!

From: directhit on Wed Apr 8 8:35:45 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

We had no hype, no respett.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Dhoni, please do a repeat this year
yeah, nothing less than finals

From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 8 9:17:24 2009.

Fav. Team(s): Mumbai Indians

Fav. Players (India): Annan and the list stops there.

Fav. Players (Foreign): Jayasuriya, Shaun Marsh, Sangakaaran, Warney and Mcgrath.

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): Rohith Sharma and Abisheikh Nayar.

Uninterested Team(s): Every other Team. Watching it only for the sake of Annan.

Final (? Vs. ?): MI vs any team.

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From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 9:22:50 2009.

RR will be the favourites ..

CSK will rock..

i think that Mumbai and hyderabad will struggle this season too.. bangalore has some hope..

KKR must do much better this season..

delhi and mohali will compete well against any team..

C
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 9:23:33 2009.

Updated my list on second thoughts

Feddy,

Final la sandhippom!
From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 9:23:38 2009.

losing shaun pollock is a huge blow to mumbai.. they are going to struggle again..
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 9:25:04 2009.

Anban wrote:

losing shaun pollock is a huge blow to mumbai.. they are going to struggle again..

ennadhu Lolaakku illaya? Why?

From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 9:26:14 2009.

[/quote] nenappu thaan polappa keduthuchaam..
mumbai

theiry only advantage is they have 3 strong indian players.. sachin, bajji and zaheer.. jayasuriya too.. but i dont see them reaching the semis..

i hope that sachin blazes and his team does well..

heart wants it .. but.. head says no..

From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 9:28:00 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Anban wrote:

losing shaun pollock is a huge blow to mumbai.. they are going to struggle again..

ennadhu Lolaakku illaya? Why?
he is not going to play.. retired-aam.. sachin and others are trying to convince him.. thats what i read.. may be he will be the coach..

CSK has the best coach .. fleming

RR too has warne..

RR , strong favourites, i say !!
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 8 9:31:47 2009.

Karthi,

MI didnt lose pollock, It is pollock who said that he didn't want to continue playing in IPL For personal reasons and actually i think he is still in the team as bowling consultant.

MI still has some good all round players like dwayne bravo, abisheikh Nayar and South african Duminy. Haven't seen the full team as of now.
From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 8 9:36:57 2009.

Fav. Team(s): MI only becos of Sachin

Fav. Players (India): Sachin tendulkar, Zaheer Khan

Fav. Players (Foreign): None
Fav. Players (Indian young talents): Rohith Sharma, Yusuf Pathan

Uninterested Team(s): None

Final (? Vs. ?): preferably MI vs any other team
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 8 9:40:33 2009.

Actually I am much eager to read PR's list (ie: if he has one and i will be surprised if he had one ).
From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 8 9:41:08 2009.

I don't think MI struggled in the inaugural version. Semis kku pogalainaa struggled nu arthamaa?
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 8 9:44:13 2009.

Karthi,

Edit your post. MI Didn't struggle last season. MI Had to win only one of the last 3 (actually 4 matches) but didnt win any one of 11th,12th and 13th but won the 14th match. Actually CSK entered only bcos of MI's losses.

From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 8 9:45:46 2009.

Karthi,

Edit your post. MI Didn't struggle last season. MI Had to win only one of the last 3 (actually 4 matches) but didnt win any one. Actually CSK entered only bcos of MI's losses.

And those were all closely fought matches and they lost mainly becos of some very silly mistakes made by some silly players.

From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 9:46:59 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Actually I am much eager to read PR's list (ie: if he has one and i will be surprised if he had one ).

Amaam amaam

DH,
Have you sent him a formal invitation (the world must stop using the verb form, 'invite', 'shoot' etc ) for CSK-seyarkuzhu uruppinarship?
From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 8 9:47:03 2009.

In the last one, CSK excluding Murali had a pretty average bowling line up. Ippovum athey bowlers thaana
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 9:47:59 2009.

Ramakrishna wrote:

And those were all closely fought matches and they lost mainly becos of some very silly mistakes made by some silly players.

Please name names.
Yes, they managed to get out from the brink of qualification.. two last ball finishes right?
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 9:48:27 2009.

Ramakrishna wrote:

In the last one, CSK excluding Murali had a pretty average bowling line up. Ippovum athey bowlers thaana

Actually Murali disappointed a bit
From: directhit on Wed Apr 8 9:49:54 2009.

Ramakrishna wrote:

In the last one, CSK excluding Murali had a pretty average bowling line up. Ippovum athey bowlers thaana
Tushara add ayirukkaaru bench strengthla Albert Einstein vera irukkaru
From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 8 9:51:01 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Ramakrishna wrote:

In the last one, CSK excluding Murali had a pretty average bowling line up. Ippovum athey bowlers thaana

Actually Murali disappointed a bit

hmm...yes, his strike rate wasn't good. But his economy rate was fine. I think thats what makes him an effective bowler in the shorter version of the game. Only our kaattu raja was able to hit him with some amount of ease.

From: directhit on Wed Apr 8 9:52:28 2009.

(ie: if he has one and i will be surprised if he had one LOL

Actually I am much eager to read PR's list ROTFL

Amaam amaam

DH,
Have you sent him a formal invitation (the world must stop using the verb form, 'invite', 'shoot' etc Evil or Very Mad

) for CSK-seyarkuzhu uruppinarship?

PR only support hong kong super sixes. avaru Lalit Modi Priety Zinta relasansip aala IPL ai verukkiraar

From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 8 10:00:40 2009.

And those were all closely fought matches and they lost mainly becos of some very silly mistakes made by some silly players.

Please name names.
Yes, they managed to get out from the brink of qualification.. two last ball finishes right?

Dilhara fernando, and one more Thavakkale

From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 8 10:27:39 2009.

Last year in U-19 world cup ivaru thaan players'ku water ellam supply pannaaru

In the last one, CSK excluding Murali had a pretty average bowling line up. Ippovum athey bowlers thaana Rolling Eyes

Tushara add ayirukkaaru LOL

bench strengthla Albert Einstein vera irukkaru Evil or Very Mad

From: Nerd on Wed Apr 8 10:39:12 2009.

Adhu seri, SRT favorite illayamaam, aana young indian players podalenna shock-a? Razz

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): No idea Confused

AdhaanE..list pOttavingaLLE, avaru mattum dhAn include pannalai

From: Nerd on Wed Apr 8 10:45:56 2009.

Fav. Team(s): MI only becos of Sachin

Fav. Players (India): Sachin tendulkar, Zaheer Khan

Fav. Players (Foreign): None
Fav. Players (Indian young talents): Rohith Sharma, Yusuf Pathan

Uninterested Team(s): None

Final (? Vs. ?): preferably MI vs any other team

BRC-kku yaarO oru maanasthan last season support panna mAthiri irukkE..

From: P_R on Wed Apr 8 10:47:38 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Actually I am much eager to read PR's list (ie: if he has one and i will be surprised if he had one ).

idhellAm oru eleksan
From: Nerd on Wed Apr 8 11:01:38 2009.

Fav. Team(s): MI

Fav. Players (India): Sachin, Balaji, Ganguly, Dravid

Fav. Players (Foreign): Haydos, McGrath, Gilchrist, Jeyasurya, Warne

Fav. Players (Indian young talents): N/A

Uninterested Team(s): ,

Final MI Vs. --
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 8 11:06:21 2009.

Annanukkavadhu velilerndhu aadharavu tharalame.

Illai thanneeril irukkum meen..... Kolgai dhan mukyam ngreengala

Prabhu Ram wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Actually I am much eager to read PR's list (ie: if he has one and i will be surprised if he had one ).

idhellAm oru eleksan
From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 8 11:06:31 2009.

Nerd,

andha smoke emoticon yendha team? CSK va?

From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 8 11:07:38 2009.

Main suspect dilhara fernando. Thambi bowled a no-ball when the opp team (RR? or DD) needed 3 runs off the last ball.

And those were all closely fought matches and they lost mainly becos of some very silly mistakes made by some silly players.

Please name names.
Yes, they managed to get out from the brink of qualification.. two last ball finishes right?

From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 8 11:10:16 2009.

Nerd wrote:

BRC-kku yaarO oru maanasthan last season support panna mAthiri irukkE.. LOL

apdiyaa

From: Nerd on Wed Apr 8 11:11:09 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

Nerd,

andha smoke emoticon yendha team? CSK va?

Kings! I m very interested in following CSK

From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 8 11:13:35 2009.

That was vs RR. Easy-a jeyichirukka vendiya match adhu Sigh2

Main suspect dilhara fernando. Thambi bowled a no-ball when the opp team (RR? or DD) needed 3 runs off the last ball.

And those were all closely fought matches and they lost mainly becos of some very silly mistakes made by some silly players.

Please name names.
Yes, they managed to get out from the brink of qualification.. two last ball finishes right?

From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 13:59:59 2009.

Karthi,

Edit your post. MI Didn't struggle last season. MI Had to win only one of the last 3 (actually 4 matches) but didnt win any one of 11th,12th and 13th but won the 14th match. Actually CSK entered only bcos of MI's losses.

enna feddy mirattureenga??

do u mean to say that RR won only due to other's losses??

struggle pannalayaam, but jeikka maattaangalaam..

without jayasuriya and pollock, they wudnt have anything last year.. under pollock's captaincy they had a good winning streak..sachin returned and they almost lost everything..

From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 14:02:07 2009.

Actually Murali disappointed a bit

In the last one, CSK excluding Murali had a pretty average bowling line up. Ippovum athey bowlers thaana Rolling Eyes

hmm...yes, his strike rate wasn't good. But his economy rate was fine. I think thats what makes him an effective bowler in the shorter version of the game. Only our kaattu raja was able to hit him with some amount of ease.

i was banking on murali to get yusuf out .. but murali-ya six adichu oda vittuttaan

From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 8 14:21:03 2009.

Aaama unnai meratitaalum.

I meant to say MI had better chances and they didnt win. Actually its only CSK which struggled last year after Hayden, Hussey left after the initial stages. 6 game winning streak isn't a joke. Forgot the CSK massacre at Mumbai??.

Sachin's captaincy has got nothing to do with the losses. Those three matches were close finishes. I mean it was MI's game until they fumbled it.

W/O Any key player no team can win anything.

Anban wrote:

From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 15:54:28 2009.

From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 14:30:45 2009.

what abt RR??

they had only warne, yusuf and watson.. atha vatchu avanga dominate pannalai??

as a TEAM, MI struggled
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 8 15:22:36 2009.

Dude,

I (Nobody) said anything about RR here. For the nth time i say MI didn't struggle they lost close matches. Struggling kku artham enna theriuma.

As a team DC struggled, BRC struggled last year to even give decent performances. MI had chances and lost. Terms purinjittu pesungappa

Dude,

I (Nobody) said anything about RR here. For the nth time i say MI didn't struggle they lost close matches. Struggling kku artham enna theriuma.

As a team DC struggled, BRC struggled last year to even give decent performances. MI had chances and lost. Terms purinjittu pesungappa Banging Head

ok.. let me put it better..

MI struggled to win matches in the crunch stage....

they were really struggling in the first 3 or 4 matches..

From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 16:07:13 2009.

Karthi,
Nalla kadhaya irukku

CSK struggled to reach the semis. Which team didn't struggle apart from RR?

From: Sourav on Thu Apr 9 22:17:16 2009.

Quote:

Australia squad 4 pak ODI series starts on april 22:

Michael Clarke (captain), Brad Haddin (vice captain), Nathan Bracken, Callum Ferguson, Brett Geeves, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, David Hussey, Ben Laughlin, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson

so, these players wil not availbale 4 IPL this year. Punter and M Hussey also.

From: sgokulprathap on Fri Apr 10 1:40:42 2009.

so, these players wil not availbale 4 IPL this year. Punter and M Hussey also.

Quote:

Ponting has already announced he is out of IPL. even if KKR reach semis, Ponting wont play, whereas Hussey wud play semis and finals if CSK reaches there.

From: sgokulprathap on Fri Apr 10 1:42:17 2009.

News agencies to cover IPL

April 9, 2009

The IPL has relaxed its stringent media guidelines for covering the tournament and the major news agencies including Reuters and AP are now preparing to cover the event.

The main sticking point, a clause that barred news organizations from distributing news and photos to specialised cricket websites such as Cricinfo, has been removed following negotiations.

The News Media Coalition (NMC), on behalf of media interests worldwide, had been in discussion with the IPL about media accreditation arrangements and Andrew Moger, executive director of the NMC told Cricinfo: "It will bring a resolution to the difficult conversations we have had."

He added in a statement: "The outcome allows us to provide coverage of what promises to be a news-worthy spectacle. We are grateful for the time that the IPL's officers have put into our successful dialogue."

Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, said: "We are pleased to have reached this agreement with the global news media industry. This will now allow IPL fans across the world to gain access to the festival of sport and entertainment that is set to unfold here in South Africa over the next few weeks. It was always our intention to give an event like the IPL its proper due by having it covered by the world's media. We are pleased to have reached this agreement."

"It's a great outcome," Dave Tomlin, the AP's associate general counsel, said. "Cricket is big news and we want to cover it. Now we can."

Last year's inaugural IPL was boycotted by major news agencies after they refused to follow the strict rulings laid down by Modi over the distribution of editorial material and images. The NMC had initially failed to get the tournament's organisers to amend the conditions for this year's event which has been shifted to South Africa.

Now, though, Modi has softened his stance and the change of countries could well have played a part in him have to concede ground to the news outlets. It is understood that the terms and conditions have been significantly amended, although not every issue has been completely agreed upon.

However, reporters of websites continue to be barred from the designated media enclosure at the grounds during match days. The IPL has an exclusive agreement to supply news and photos about the Twenty20 tournament to one website.

Last year, besides agencies, news channels in India had also threatened a boycott over the constraints laid down by the IPL before agreeing to cover it after the tournament's organisers acceded to their main demands.

From: Sourav on Fri Apr 10 1:48:22 2009.

so, these players wil not availbale 4 IPL this year. Punter and M Hussey also.

Quote:

Ponting has already announced he is out of IPL. even if KKR reach semis, Ponting wont play, whereas Hussey wud play semis and finals if CSK reaches there.

mm...both ponting and M hussey r rested for their upcoming Pak series. So, it wont be a prob 4 for M Hussey...But, David Hussey cant play in any ipl match i think...Wen wil the Pak series end? David Hussey aaduna middle order konjam strong-a irukkum.

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 10 5:35:12 2009.

Quote:

Fav. Team(s): CSK, MI, DD

Fav. Players (India): MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag

Fav. Players (Foreign): Andrew Flintoff, JP Duminy
Fav. Players (Indian young talents): Abishek Nayar, Anirudha Srikanth

Uninterested Team(s): KXIP

Final (? Vs. ?): CSK Vs MI

From: directhit on Fri Apr 10 5:41:26 2009.

]mm...both ponting and M hussey r rested for their upcoming Pak series. So, it wont be a prob 4 for M Hussey...But, David Hussey cant play in any ipl match i think...Wen wil the Pak series end? David Hussey aaduna middle order konjam strong-a irukkum.

M Hussey aint playin in IPL. he is taking rest!!!

From: Sourav on Fri Apr 10 20:54:26 2009.

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH%2F2009%2F04%2F11&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&PageLabel=17&EntityId=Ar01700&AppName=1
From: sgokulprathap on Sat Apr 11 1:29:32 2009.

http://content.cricinfo.com/iplpage2/content/site/iplpage2/fanvfan.html

cricinfo wrote:

RR fans will be hoping that they repeat last year's performance,
RCB fans will be hoping that they don't repeat last year's performance.
From: steveaustin on Sat Apr 11 11:15:22 2009.

Cape Cobras v Rajasthan Royals
Cape Cobras 43/4 (8.4/20 ov)

Is it a IPL Warmup match??
From: Sourav on Sat Apr 11 12:00:39 2009.

ya...Live in Sony max,..143 target 4 RR.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 11 12:01:18 2009.

sourav wrote:

ya...Live in Sony max,..143 target 4 RR.

Cape Cobras-na? Whozz that?
From: Sourav on Sat Apr 11 12:03:06 2009.

Cape town local club team-nu nenaikiren...
From: Kalyasi on Sat Apr 11 12:46:00 2009.

RR look so weak without the Pakistani Guns!!
From: Kalyasi on Sat Apr 11 12:57:38 2009.

RR 69/4 in 10.4 overs...
From: Sourav on Sat Apr 11 21:49:05 2009.

RR 115 all out...Team looks so weak without Watson, Tanvir, Akmal. Yusuf was rested i think. Smith?
From: Kalyasi on Sat Apr 11 21:58:10 2009.

sourav wrote:

RR 115 all out...Team looks so weak without Watson, Tanvir, Akmal. Yusuf was rested i think. Smith?

Smith will Join the Team on the 16th of April!!
From: dinesh13284 on Sun Apr 12 2:11:45 2009.

sourav wrote:

Cape town local club team-nu nenaikiren...

They are South Africa's Domestic Pro20 Champions..
From: Sourav on Mon Apr 13 7:25:31 2009.

IPL players missing in action
Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is less than a week away but without a handful of stand-out players. The league�s organisers pushed the dates back to 18th primarily to ensure the availability of South Africa and Australia�s players who finish their one-day series on the 12th, besides giving Indian players a deserved break after their victorious tour of New Zealand.

However these last minute changes have not helped the Twenty20 competition hold on to some of its star attractions. Fortunately for the IPL, players from South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will be able to participate in the entire four-week event.

The irony is that this year's IPL schedule clashes with negligible amount of international cricket. It clashes with five ODIs and a Twenty20 international between Australia and Pakistan in UAE, besides two Tests and ODIs between England West Indies midway through May.

Last year�s semi-finalists Kings XI Punjab take the biggest hit as far as absent overseas players are concerned, followed by Deccan Chargers, Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.

On the financial front, the biggest loser Symonds, who cost Deccan Chargers 1.35 million dollars. Both Symonds and Lee will earn considerably less since the duo are off to UAE to play Pakistan later this month.

Not available for whole event

Punjab
Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Hopes, Jerome Taylor and Ravi Bopara
Sreesanth due to an injury

Delhi
Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah and Brett Geeves

Mumbai
Dwayne Bravo

Kolkata
Chris Gayle, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey and more than a few Pakistan players

Bangalore
Cameron White, Kevin Pietersen, Dale Steyn and Nathan Bracken

Deccan
Andrew Symonds and Fidel Edwards

Chennai
Michael Hussey and Andrew Flintoff

Jaipur
Shane Watson, Sohail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal

http://www.cricketnirvana.com/news/international/2009/april/news-20090413-209.html
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 13 12:43:20 2009.

Me going to support Deccan Chargers....
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 13 13:54:34 2009.

A short re-cap on my other favorite IPL-ers:
Shaun Marsh
616 runs at 68.44 from 11 games; S/R 139.68; 441 balls faced: 171 dot balls, 59 fours, 26 sixes
In an IPL minute, a star is born. We knew him as Geoff Marsh's son, and by the end of the tournament Swampy was a pretty proud dad. Marsh junior kept things simple: no fancy paddle shots or walking across the stumps for him; instead, he would stay still on leg stump guard, make no premeditated movements, pick the length early, and ping them in the V perfectly. Five fifties and a hundred speak for his consistency.

Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
320 runs at 35.55 from 10 games; S/R 161.61; 198 balls faced: 69 dot balls, 41 fours, 8 sixes
There was tough competition for this spot from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, but with Shane Warne nominated captain, Sangakkara edges out the Indian ODI captain in the XI. He had a higher strike-rate than Dhoni and rarely failed in crunch situations. Sangakkara did not make dramatic changes to his approach or technique for the IPL. His Twenty20 mantra: "You try and plan exactly what areas are your strength, and you wait for suitable deliveries to come along. All the other deliveries you try to work for a single." Also in his favour is that he was the vice-captain by proxy, providing valuable inputs to Yuvraj Singh.

Shane Warne (captain)
19 wickets at 21.26 from 15 games; S/R 11.2, econ 7.76
They said he was the best captain Australia never had, and he proved it by marshalling a bunch of unknowns to stardom. Warne inspired Rajasthan's local Indian players, such as Swapnil Asnodkar, Yusuf, Dinesh Salunkhe, Niraj Patel and Ravindra Jadeja, to play well above their potential, and made sure the big guns like Graeme Smith - with whom he had an infamous past - and Shane Watson kept firing game after game. He constantly improvised - sent Tanvir in as a pinch-hitter, made Dimitri Mascarenhas open the bowling against Virender Sehwag, used Patel as an opener, sent Yusuf and Watson in according to the demands of the situation - and kept the opposition guessing. His bowling, unsurprisingly, was as good as ever and he finished with the second-highest wicket tally.

Glenn McGrath
12 wickets at 29.75 from 14 games; S/R 27, econ 6.61
It was a year since McGrath had played competitive cricket but nothing had changed. The balls leapt off the short-of-length zone around off stump as they had done for a decade. Yo Mahesh, his team-mate, said of him in awe, "He will say, 'Outside off, he'll leave the ball' and that's what the batsman does. Then he'll say, "Legcutter, middle and leg, batsman takes one.' And that's what happens!" McGrath's best was 4 for 29 against the Royal Challengers and the wickets included Rahul Dravid and Ross Taylor. He turned up for practice the day he landed in Delhi. "Do I look fit?'' he asked, reportedly. Plenty of batsmen now wish he hadn't been. And to think he only cost $315,000.

http://content.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/353461.html
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 13 14:03:56 2009.

No. Bravo is Indeed available

sourav wrote:

IPL players missing in action
Mumbai
Dwayne Bravo
From: directhit on Mon Apr 13 21:11:05 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Me going to support Deccan Chargers....
good decissan - BRC madhiriye avanga cheerleaders um dhool takkar
From: Sourav on Tue Apr 14 4:13:22 2009.

tonight 8pm last season 1st ipl match kkr vs brc poduraangappa set max-la...
sema match....mccullum...
From: directhit on Tue Apr 14 9:19:13 2009.

http://www.royalchallengers.com/2009/mischiefgirlsdiary.htm - sourav, BRC kku oru thread open pannu - austin aadharavu tharuvaaru, koodave naanum
From: mgb on Tue Apr 14 9:21:42 2009.

south africa'la namma hubbers yaaraanum irukkaangala ?
From: Sourav on Tue Apr 14 21:48:50 2009.

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From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 15 2:13:50 2009.

I have created a league for Hubbers in Cricinfo fantasy game.

PM me ur mail ID. I will send the invitation to join the league thru mail.

Note: This works only for Indian Hubbers.
Overseas hubbers can PM their mail ID to Thalanass and join his league for (overseas) hubbers.

From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 15 2:28:25 2009.

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CSK doesnt figure in much records, but still reached Finals. Team effort. much similar to India's performance in T20 WC.

From: Sourav on Wed Apr 15 21:21:46 2009.

Royals dump Kaif, 6 others
Indian PremierLeague defending champions Rajasthan Royals were the first team to trim their team � axing seven players from their final squad for IPL-2 starting on April 18.

Uttar Pradesh captain and discarded Indian batsman Mohammed Kaif was the biggest name among the Royals players sent back home.

Kaif was purchased for a $675,000 at the IPL auction last year, but didn�t have much of a role during their victorious 2008 campaign.

The middle-order batsman played all the matches, but managed 176 runs at an average of just 16.

The 28-year-old, who has played 13 Tests and 125 one-dayers for India till date, didn�t score a single half century.

�It has always been our target to pick a final squad of 17-18 players, and this year we have an even stronger squad than last year. It is disappointing to have to let go of any players, as they are all stars in our view,� Manoj Badale, chairman and coowner of Rajasthan Royals said.

�Much of the attention will focus on Mohammed Kaif, who has been a key part of our success to date � not just as a batsman, but as a role model for our younger Indian players. He has been extremely supportive of the decision, which says a lot about him as a person.

Injuries and new conditions mean that the player�s participation later in the tournament is not ruled out,� he added.

The others to be sent back home are Srideep Mangela, Dinesh Salunkhe, Ashraf Makra, Paras Dogra, Anup Rengnekar and Azhar Malik, a press
http://www.dc-epaper.com/DC/DCH/2009/04/16/ArticleHtmls/16_04_2009_017_007.shtml?Mode=0
From: Sourav on Wed Apr 15 21:23:08 2009.

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From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 16 0:26:39 2009.

Ramal, unga cricinfo team paarthEn.
batting strong thaan. 9 batsmen.
but bowling.

From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 16 5:03:17 2009.

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six centurions, adhula oruthar kooda Indian player illa.

Deccan Chargers had 2 centurions. No other team has more than one centurion.

From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 16 12:21:29 2009.

Indian Premier League 2009

IPL games to take 15 minutes more

Neil Manthorp

April 16, 2009

Games will now take longer with the introduction of a 'time out' but there will be no action at all during the added time � AFP

Fans who have become accustomed to Twenty20 matches lasting just three hours are in for a surprise during the second season of the IPL - they will now last three-and-a-quarter hours. Part of the appeal of the shortest form of the game is the non-stop action but IPL games will now take longer and there will be no action at all during the added time.

The IPL are planning to market the added time as an 'innovation' by calling it a tactical 'time out' but the fact that each innings will now come to a halt for seven-and-a-half minutes after exactly 10 overs makes it neither tactical nor, indeed, practical.

"It is a move that is driven completely and totally by commercial objectives," a senior production official told Cricinfo. "It is designed purely to make even more money by selling airtime. Nobody could argue that this adds any cricketing value to the tournament or that it can be in the viewers' interest, either in the stadium or watching at home," the official said.

The seven-and-a-half minute break will see the stadium crowd entertained by a live band while television audiences will watch three, separate two-and-a-half minute segments, two of which will be sold commercially. The third will show the teams taking drinks and discussing 'tactics' to add some validity to the argument for the 'time out.'

While one section will be compulsory, mainstream advertising, the other will be set aside for 'special projects'. Queen Rania of Jordan, well known for her agenda of social reform and progression, will lead the way with a series of short films aimed at African children expounding the importance of education.

The IPL can justifiably claim that the project is well intentioned and for a good cause. And at approximately $1million per episode, it's also very lucrative. There are 118 two-and-half minute slots for sale.

Production teams have also been told that they need to fit 2000 seconds (around 33 minutes) of advertising into every match, a task described by a different member of the production team as "virtually impossible."

"It means taking about 40 seconds of advertising between every over and close to a minute at the fall of every wicket. It's OK in theory but it hardly ever works like that. If a team only loses two or three wickets, or the match finishes in 15 overs, we are in trouble," the same production official said.

In March, the IPL signed a fresh US $1.8 billion broadcast-rights deal for 10 years with Multi Screen Media (MSM), which operates under the Sony umbrella, and World Sports Group (WSG). The matches are being telecast by Supersport, the South African broadcaster which holds the tournament rights in that country.

//Kaasu kaaga enna enna tactic ellam use panraainga //
From: crajkumar_be on Thu Apr 16 15:35:51 2009.

Rape, sodomy. The additctive end is well and truly under way
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Apr 17 0:23:31 2009.

Gala time for IPL stars in parade
Apr 17, 2009
Cape Town

Indian Premier League's stars soaked in the attention as the second season of the Indian Premier League kicked off with a spectacular parade on Thursday.

Bangalore Royal Challengers skipper Kevin Pietersen said: "I hope we will do better than last year. I am here for the first six games but Jacques Kallis will take over. The last two days have been amazing."

"It's a beautiful country and this is incredible. It would have been altogether different had it been in India but I think people will come in good numbers for one month of entertaining cricket," said Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly.

"I hope a lot of people turn up for the games as well," said Rahul Dravid.

Delhi Daredevils' new recruit David Warner was amazed by the reception and the explosive Australian said he could not wait to get going. "It's an amazing city with amazing people. This is completely unbelievable.

"For me, this is a golden opportunity to play with people I looked up to and I can't wait for it to start," he said.

Former South African Test player Jonty Rhodes, now a fielding coach with Mumbai Indians, said the entire country was looking forward to the event.

"As a South African, I'm really excited that IPL is taking place here. A great deal has been happening in the country and we all are looking forward to it," he said.

Mumbai Indian pacer Zaheer Khan too shared his enthusiasm and said, "I can sense there is a lot of excitement here and it's always great to play in a different country." Sourav Ganguly, who led Kolkata Knight Riders last year, said it would be difficult to match last year's frenzy but felt people would come in large numbers to watch the matches.

"It would have been altogether different had it been in India but I think people will come in good numbers for one month of entertaining cricket," said the former India captain.

Retired Australian Adam Gilchrist, who led Deccan Chargers for major part of last year's event, was also impressed by the huge response and promised a better display this time.

"I told the boys to laugh off and enjoy the moment. This may be a once in a lifetime opportunity," he said.

"South Africa has always been the perfect host and this is yet another opportunity for them to host a world class event," Gilchrist added.
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Apr 17 0:30:12 2009.

Teams face heavy fines for slow over-rates
April 16, 2009

The IPL has sought to minimise match-time delays by announcing unprecedented fines for teams who don't complete their overs within the stipulated time limit. The captain will be fined $20,000 for a first offence, the entire team will be penalised $220,000 for the second, and the third offence will result in a team fine of $360,000 and a one-match ban for the captain.

The announcement followed reports, confirmed by Modi, that the IPL was adding 15 minutes to each match - broken up into two mid-innings slots - as a "tactical time-out", though with the dual purpose of fitting in advertisement sections.

"Last year we found that 59 out of 59 games went overtime by as high as 45 to 50 minutes or an hour," Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman and commissioner, said. "Each game was being dragged further and further and further. The reasons were that players were going back and forth with messages and there was a lot of strategy being decided from time to time.

"So we decided that we're going to tighten those as far as overs are concerned, time of overs is concerned and time of play is concerned. The first penalty for the captain is $20,000 for a first offence. For the second offence the entire team gets penalised $20,000 - that's $220,000 [in total]. For the third offence the captain gets banned for a game and the team gets penalised $360,000."

Modi confirmed the tactical time-out, a seven-and-half-minute break after 10 overs designed to allow teams to discuss strategy instead of having to spend time on it during the course of the game. The breaks in each innings will lengthen the duration of a Twenty20 match from three hours to three hours and 15 minutes.

The seven-and-a-half minute break will see the stadium crowd entertained by a live band while television audiences will watch three, separate two-and-a-half minute segments, two of which will be sold commercially. The third will show the teams taking drinks and discussing tactics.[/b]
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Apr 17 0:31:07 2009.

timely games ku yevlO kashtapdaraanga.
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Apr 17 0:33:59 2009.

Teams with Indian captains: CSK, MI, DD, KXIP
Teams with overseas captains: KKR, RCB, DC, RR

Last season only Rajasthan Royals had fulltime overseas captain.
From: Sourav on Fri Apr 17 0:54:07 2009.

ithu ipl illa opl. overseas premier league...lol.
Kaif-i veettuku anuppitaangae performance sari illanu...some other indian players too....
From: sgokulprathap on Fri Apr 17 9:50:06 2009.

Dhoni and Tendulkar lead starcast in opener

Big Picture

On last year's form, Chennai Super Kings will be favoured to make a winning start to their IPL campaign on Saturday, but Mumbai Indians have a couple of key factors going in their favour which could well make all the difference. Sachin Tendulkar, who missed the first part of the tournament last year, is fit and available from the start this time. Shaun Pollock will be missed with the ball, but his presence as mentor and Jonty Rhodes' as fielding coach could be key, especially since both will be familiar with South African conditions.

The big addition in the Chennai ranks is Andrew Flintoff, who will be available for the first part of the tournament. His bowling, especially, could be hugely vital for a team which struggled occasionally in that area last year. MS Dhoni has gained plenty more leadership experience since last June, and he'll also have the vast tactical knowledge of Stephen Fleming, the coach, to tap into.

Unlike some of the other line-ups, both sides have been pretty low-key so far, keeping the frills out and concentrating on the cricket. Chennai arrived early in South Africa to acclimatise to the conditions, while Mumbai have been in the news mainly for the announcement of their South African coaches. For a tournament which has been in the news for so many non-cricketing reasons, it can't be a bad thing that it kicks off with teams high on talent but low on controversy.

Player form guide

Chennai: Suresh Raina sparkled in New Zealand, scoring an unbeaten 61 in a Twenty20 game and consistently getting the runs in the ODIs too. Dhoni has been consistent too, while Flintoff is coming off a superb matchwinning five-for in the last ODI against West Indies.

Mumbai: Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh were outstanding with the ball in New Zealand, while Tendulkar was prolific in the Tests and the ODIs. JP Duminy has had a quiet series against Australia, though he managed quick cameos in the third and fourth ODIs.

In from the cold

Matthew Hayden last played an international game in early January this year, and it remains to be seen if he can replicate the form he showed for Chennai last year, when he hammered 189 runs at an average of 63 and a strike rate of 144.

Watch out for

Harbhajan v Murali: Harbhajan had an excellent tour of New Zealand, and he loves to bowl in the short formats. Muralitharan didn't do the damage he was expected to in the last IPL, and this is an opportunity to make amends.

Flintoff v Mumbai openers: It remains to be seen if Flintoff gets the new ball, but the fans could be in for a treat if he gets an opportunity to bowl at two of the most prolific ODI batsmen, Tendulkar and Jayasuriya.

MS Dhoni v Sachin Tendulkar: They are easily the two biggest names in Indian cricket, but come Saturday, and they will walk out for the toss captaining rival teams to kick off a high-profile tournament. Knowing the respect they have for each other, though, there's little chance of anything more unsavoury than the odd friendly banter.

Team news

Chennai need to decide on the opening partner for Hayden. The contenders are Parthiv Patel, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan and M Vijay. The first two played last year, but neither was entirely convincing. The other issue is deciding on their four foreign players. Matthew Hayden, Andrew Flintoff and Albie Morkel are near certainties, but Muralitharan might pip home boy Makhaya Ntini for the fourth spot.

Chennai Super Kings (probable) 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Parthiv Patel, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 5 S Badrinath, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Albie Morkel, 8 L Balaji, 9 Joginder Sharma, 10 Manpreet Gony, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

Mumbai's batting appears fairly well settled, but at least one bowling spot is up for grabs. With Sanath Jayasuriya, Duminy and Dwayne Bravo almost sure to play, the fourth foreigner's spot will probably be a tussle among Dilhara Fernando, Lasith Malinga and Kyle Mills. Malinga could add firepower to the attack, but his inconsistency might tilt the scales in favour of Mills.

Mumbai Indians (probable) 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 JP Duminy, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Kyle Mills.

Head-to-head record

The two teams split the two games they played in 2008, with each team winning at home: Chennai squeaked through by six runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, but Mumbai took revenge in convincing fashion, winning by nine wickets at the Wankhede Stadium.

Quotes
"Whatever has happened is over and done with. We all make mistakes learn from them. I've moved on as a cricketer and I'm looking forward to doing well for the IPL for Mumbai Indians. Keeping my fingers crossed that I perform the way I have been."
Harbhajan Singh isn't looking back at what was a forgettable IPL 2008 for him

"The expectations have definitely increased this time after we finished runners-up last time. If you compare us to the other teams, I think our team is well-balanced and definitely one of the favourites to win the tournament."
Suresh Raina has high expectations from the Chennai team

From: directhit on Fri Apr 17 21:05:23 2009.

One of the most hilarious pieces i've read on cricket... http://greatbong.net/2009/04/17/the-curtain-rises/

Quote:

Finally there will be silken VVS Laxman, the sight of whom in a T20 game trying to blast his way out, is as tragic as seeing Michaelangelo being made to draw panels for Savita bhabi for a fistfull of dollars.

Quote:

The secret arsenal for the Challengers in 2009 however promises to be freshly-traded Robin Uthappa who, as we can see, is always on the lookout for gaps.

see the pic there for more explanation ROTFL2

Quote:

And if any proof be needed of the passion driving the man, what could be more sensual than his confession that he (SRK) will sleep with his men in order to get them to perform?

Quote:

Beat that passion Dr. Shilpa Shetty. And Ms. Priety Zinta. And Dr. Mallaya. Can you do that? You cannot do that.

Quote:

Shaun Marsh is coming off an injury. Sreesanth is not going to bowl. Jerome Taylor is hurt in a car crash. Irfan Pathan wishes he was injured if only to prevent a possible embarrassment. Piyush Chawla is�what Piyush who?
Of all the players, Mahela and Sangakkara are the fittest. And they are the ones who have been shot at a few weeks before.

From: sgokulprathap on Sat Apr 18 1:48:19 2009.

Read in some site that 7.5 minutes break after 10 overs is for the teams to discuss their tactics.
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Apr 18 6:44:02 2009.

Enna yaaraiyum kaanum
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Apr 18 7:00:27 2009.

Jayasurya

From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Apr 18 7:17:23 2009.

Cricinfo wrote:

A dog makes an appearance near square leg, that wasn't part of the plan. And it refuses to leave! Slow over rate? Blame it on the dog. Still refuses to go.One of the fielders (I think Gony) tries to distract the dog with the ball but does it care? Nope. Another security official hands out a sandwich. Everyone's in splits. It finally obliges with the food but stays put. I hope the match referee is counting the minutes. It's taking the whole evening! Baha Men's "Who let the dogs out" comes to mind. Finally, it leaves the field and in case we forgot we have a match on! What breed is it? I wish I knew.

From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 18 7:18:55 2009.

hmm
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 18 7:48:02 2009.

160 will be a good total. Thalaivar got to stay till the end.
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Apr 18 7:52:42 2009.

160-170 should be competitive. Let's see
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 18 8:01:51 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

160-170 should be competitive. Let's see

But its tough from now on.
From: Thirumaran on Sat Apr 18 8:13:12 2009.

anywhere live online
From: cuty2sweety on Sat Apr 18 8:27:29 2009.

Thirumaran wrote:

anywhere live online

http://ipl2livecricket.blogspot.com/2009/04/sopcast.html
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 18 8:33:26 2009.

Kalakkal Thalaivar
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 18 8:40:48 2009.

Sachin
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 18 8:47:05 2009.

Chennai
From: Anban on Sat Apr 18 9:11:06 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

Mumbai
enna sirrippu..

we are going to win ..
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 18 9:46:56 2009.

hayden out
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 9:56:41 2009.

Mandayan Malinga
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 18 12:42:44 2009.

Rahul Dravid 66 (48 balls)

//yaar vanthalum Royal team therathu pola irukku//
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 18 12:45:19 2009.

wrap07 wrote:

//yaar vanthalum Royal team therathu pola irukku//

ithu therinju thaan mallya inga varaama Shangai liye irukkaaru
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 18 12:47:35 2009.

oh. avar illaya.
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 18 12:47:53 2009.

Caught the last 6 overs of BRC innings. Warne, holy sh!t semma bowling, nobody had a freakin' clue except of course Dravid-ji. Look at the half-centurions today, Sachin, Dravid, supposedly non-tonty tonty guys
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 18 12:54:47 2009.

yes. warne was brilliant.
non 20/20
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 12:55:44 2009.

Non 20/20
From: crajkumar_be on Sat Apr 18 13:37:18 2009.

Feddy/Nerd and like-minded sagas,
Maybe i'm speaking early but shifting IPL to S.A seems to be a blessing. Bowlers-ayum sethukkaraanga pa match-la!

Superb atmosphere when Steyn steamed in to bowl to Smith. And Dravidan the look he had when he reached his 50... paavam .. enna vaattu vaatrainga.. i still maintain the big 4 need not play this...

P.S: One should not rush into a mindset of illusion. Innikki ennamo even contest. Matra venues/matches/conditions pakkanum... anyway, it can only be better than indian summer/wickets

BRC kamaan
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 13:42:56 2009.

Bala - Dittoooo on everythig you said. .

Raasasthan 28/5 - Kaatan Pathan-ae thookita, it is brc's game. Camaan dravid .
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 13:46:17 2009.

I want dravid to be the MOM today. What a slap it would be on mallya's face and on the tonty tonty senaresan. Two Leading so called Test cricketers bagging MOM's in IPL opening day. Way to go sachin and dravid
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 13:49:35 2009.

Kumble bowling
From: thamizhvaanan on Sat Apr 18 14:05:01 2009.

Kumble on hatrick!!!
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 14:06:39 2009.

47/7 -

Last year's Finalists
From: Thirumaran on Sat Apr 18 14:06:39 2009.

poana thadava finalists nilama
From: Thirumaran on Sat Apr 18 14:07:09 2009.

af

From: thamizhvaanan on Sat Apr 18 14:07:25 2009.

Feddy/Nerd and like-minded sagas,
Maybe i'm speaking early but shifting IPL to S.A seems to be a blessing. Bowlers-ayum sethukkaraanga pa match-la!

Superb atmosphere when Steyn steamed in to bowl to Smith. And Dravidan Clap

the look he had when he reached his 50... paavam .. enna vaattu vaatrainga.. i still maintain the big 4 need not play this...

P.S: One should not rush into a mindset of illusion. Innikki ennamo even contest. Matra venues/matches/conditions pakkanum... anyway, it can only be better than indian summer/wickets

BRC kamaan Clap

It is a bigger blessing that Indian first class cricketers are exposed to South African conditions, quite clearly some of the stars last time couldn't find their feet in the new conditions... It is a worthy experience for all of them

Adutha IPL England la veingappa

From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 18 14:17:55 2009.

BRC won by 75 runs

kumble 5 wickets

Dravid deserves this win
From: dinesh13284 on Sat Apr 18 14:20:15 2009.

Bangalore 133/8 (20/20 ov)

Rajasthan Royals 58/10 (15.1/20 ov)

Anil Kumble 5 wickets

From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 14:22:17 2009.

cricinfo wrote:

and the change in conditions has set up a slightly different IPL this time around, with the contest between bat and ball being much more closely fought than it was in it's last edition.

PR engae pa, May be he can change his mind now but ya as annan bala said it is too early to decide

From: Thirumaran on Sat Apr 18 14:37:14 2009.

Dravid MOM
From: Vivasaayi on Sat Apr 18 14:44:04 2009.

The sound effect of the Indian crowd is mising - romba dulla irndhuchu match.

From: crajkumar_be on Sat Apr 18 14:45:38 2009.

and the change in conditions has set up a slightly different IPL this time around, with the contest between bat and ball being much more closely fought than it was in it's last edition.

cricinfo wrote:

PR engae pa, May be he can change his mind now but ya as annan bala said it is too early to decide LOL

I meant it in a "serious" way (naturally/genuinely diff conditions etc) but now you know what, now i have serious doubts as to what the face-painting people who run the show are thinking. The moronic anchor in Sony Setmax was lamenting the fact that only one four was scored in the innings. He was whining about the low scoring match. ivanunga edhavadhu drastic a pannama irukkanum!

(Lalit Modi, BCCI a ellam nenacha Pudhumaippithan padathula kaviri nadhi neer-a Ambur pakkam thiruppara plan dhaan nyabagathukku varudhu)

Dravid's MOM speech

"Yeah it suits players like me.. you need to play good cricketing shots.. you just cannot tee-off from the first ball like you do in India"
"tee-off" -

P.S: Pitch a ellam avvalvu seekiram maatha mudiyuma? Enakku therinju pull-a shave pannalaam, matrapadi radical a maathuradhu kashtam. Actually i'm even thinking "performance fixing" a la WWF style! They are not beyod such a thing

From: dinesh13284 on Sat Apr 18 14:55:41 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

The sound effect of the Indian crowd is mising - romba dulla irndhuchu match.

oru kalakalapae illa...
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 14:55:50 2009.

Bala,

I don't think they can drastically change the conditions. And they won't also fearing backlash. But yeah lets wait and see.
From: Vivasaayi on Sat Apr 18 14:58:44 2009.

CR,

senjalum seivainga...

they are ready to bend rules for advertisements - strategy time outaam....to make more money.

DLF six DLF six nu katharainga commentators...

india maantha vaangitu anga poyi velayadrainga..

panathukaga enna venalum panuvainga
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 18 14:59:01 2009.

veLila pOyittu varradhukkuLLa ellAm over and what a win for BRC. Dravid and Kumble the old horses

CR/Feddy etc., yes bowlers are going to rule this time and obviously the entertainment factor is gonna go down. Rediff-la sila pala comments confirm this and idhellAm moodi-kku theriyaamayA pOgappOgudhu.. But it was fantastic watching Warne bowl and Dravid bat. Let's see what Sehwag can do when Steyn steams in at 140+kph on these pitches.

Camaan IPL, much better than the last year's edition. Hope the trend continues.
From: Vivasaayi on Sat Apr 18 15:02:31 2009.

Rahul

dhoolu....

flintoff - panatha vangitom...kadamaya seivomnu velayanda maadhiri irundhuchu

sachin - I always wanted him to play in Indian T20 team - someone who can carry the bat....improvise according to situations...fours and sixes always round the corner.

He can retire from one-day team (ini evanum ivar record pakkathulaye vara mudiyadhu) and do his services in t20 and test.
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 18 15:05:52 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

sachin - services in t20.

What flaasfemy is this sachin t20 aaduRathukku sharks team-la aadalaam.
From: Vivasaayi on Sat Apr 18 15:07:09 2009.

nerd ...sachin world cup kanavu nanavaga
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 15:07:18 2009.

Vicky

It is for the good of sachin that I don't want him to play in indian tonty 2o team. I want him to play mainly in Tests and then in ODI's.
From: Vivasaayi on Sat Apr 18 15:11:59 2009.

feddy,

It i good for the team if he plays for Indian T20 team
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 15:16:25 2009.

Ileenga sachin rekaards kaaga dhanga velayaduraaru avaru teamkaaga ellam velayadardhu illenga. avarae seekiram team ae vittu thookanumnga. avar world cup jeichadhe illeenga. Neenga vena paarunga 2007 tonty 20 world cup jeichadhu ellam chinna pasanga dhaan aana 2007 ODI world cup thothuttom.

Neenga puriama pesureenga

Vivasaayi wrote:

feddy,

It i good for the team if he plays for Indian T20 team
From: Vivasaayi on Sat Apr 18 15:22:31 2009.

af,

andha maadhiri pesaravainga sachin 100 adichalum .. "pitch easy..bowler nolla...umpire mattam...ground size apdi" nu edhavadhu sollitethan irupainga

From: crajkumar_be on Sat Apr 18 16:25:49 2009.

cricinfo wrote:

n the first match of the IPL in 2008, Brendon McCullum smashed an unbeaten 158 from just 73 balls to set up a crushing win for his side. A year later, as season two got underway across the Indian Ocean in different conditions and under grey skies, Sachin Tendulkar batted 20 overs for an unbeaten 59 from 49 balls. It was as valuable as McCullum's blitzkrieg, if utterly different in execution and appeal, for it came on a track not entirely conducive to batting and laid the platform for Mumbai Indians' victory

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/current/story/400278.html

From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Apr 18 21:10:53 2009.

BRC

Dravid and Kumble
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 18 23:25:20 2009.

Rajasthan

they're spineless without Watson and Tanvir
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 18 23:46:05 2009.

Hahahaha .... Jumbo power!
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 18 23:47:50 2009.

Kumble, Tendulkar strike seniors blow
8 hours ago

CAPE TOWN (AFP) � Veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble and batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar grabbed the headlines as the Indian Premier League enjoyed a dramatic opening day.

Kumble sent the Rajasthan Royals crashing to defeat when they started the defence of their crown at Newlands while Tendulkar led the Mumbai Indians to victory over the Chennai Super Kings.

Former India skipper Kumble took five for five as the Bangalore Royal Challengers gained a crushing 75-run win as the champions were bowled out for a paltry 58, the second lowest total in the short history of Twenty20 cricket.

"It was pretty disappointing," admitted Rajasthan captain Shane Warne. "As defending champions we expect better of ourselves. Our shot selection was poor."

Bangalore skipper Kevin Pietersen was overjoyed with the opening win.

"The boys played fantastic cricket," he said. "It was a great team effort and you can't buy Anil Kumble's experience in a shop."

Indian batting star Rahul Dravid made a fine 66 as Bangalore recovered from losing two wickets for no runs in the first three balls of their innings.

Bangalore made 133 for eight before the Royals were bowled out for 58, with no batsman making more than 11.

England all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas took 3-20 but Pietersen, who made 32, and Dravid paved the way for Bangalore's win. Dravid's 66 came off 48 balls with eight fours and a six.

Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 59 as he led the Mumbai Indians to a 19-run win against the Chennai Super Kings.

Tendulkar's 59 not out provided the foundation for Mumbai's 165 for seven after they were sent in on a blustery, grey day.

Former Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden hit 44 and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni 36 for Chennai but the 2008 runners-up could only manage 146 for seven.

Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga bowled superbly to take three for 15 in four overs for Mumbai.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hiibalTQRi3wRuPXcGlau9-z92og
From: steveaustin on Sun Apr 19 2:01:36 2009.

Both, last year Winner and Runner lost their opening matches.
From: steveaustin on Sun Apr 19 2:17:54 2009.

From MI thread.

wrap07 wrote:

It is altogether a diff ball game in SA if pitches are going to be the same. It is even battle between bat/ball.

Wrap
Personally I prefer the game, which had a tight contest between bat and ball. I think this IPL edition, may witness a little drop in collection because of these kind of matches. Further, this edition may be parallel with ICL edition considering the run scoring pattern. But, in Johannesburg, I think, we may witness very high scoring games. As of now, players like Sehwag, Yuvraj alone may score more than their opponents in Johannesburg. I think, many people are coming to watch high scoring matches. i.e. bat dominating over the ball.
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 19 2:34:52 2009.

yeah. It was nice to see batsmen tested in diff conditions. but as you say, the spectator interest may take a beating. Like last edition, bang bang was expected and we have to see how it goes.
From: Scale on Sun Apr 19 3:08:59 2009.

I want the ball to dominate but in a limited overs game that is highly impossible. 11 players lineupla 1.5-2kg bat vachikkittu fulla guardsoda varavan summava creasela iruppaan. kaattu kaattunu kaatta maattan

Sachin & Dravid played a sensible knock particularly Sachin rotated the strike, legbyes run, chanced Nayar to go for bigshots and that last ball four :Total Murder:

"சுழற்பந்து சூறாவளி" is timeless and incredible! Mike Gatting bold replay maadhiri irukku.
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 19 3:25:32 2009.

Warne wizardry lights up veterans' day
Sambit Bal
April 18, 2009

B Akhil is undone by Shane Warne's legspinner, Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals IPL, 2nd game, Cape Town, April 18, 2009
Better batsmen than B Akhil have been made to look foolish by Shane Warne � Associated Press

I have known no better sights in cricket than watching Shane Warne bowl. Watching VVS Laxman's batting comes close; however, there are days when VVS may look a stranger, plodding and grafting like a pedant. But Warne is a joy even when he is being had.

A lot of it comes from being a legspinner. They are enchanters. Sublime, magical, unpredictable, fallible, they possess an art that tugs at the soul. Just as they can make your heart soar with joy, they can make you feel their pain. But even among these rare men, Warne is a man apart.

Twenty20 is not his stage. The limited nature of the game constricts and diminishes his craft. Legpsinners are meant to bowl like millionaires, with leisure and pomp. They are creatures of rhythm and the build-up for them is gradual. The first four or five overs, they are meant to feel their way through. Twenty20 allows them no fifth over - perhaps not even a second if their first doesn't land right. Cameron White has had some success in this form, but he is a legspinner only by definition, not in practice.

This season, the odds were stacked even higher against Warne. Not only is he a year older, he is also far rustier, having played no competitive cricket since the last IPL and, going by the practice match a few days earlier, he was far from match-fit. But geniuses find a way to express themselves on the big stage, and how Warne lifted his game.

Three balls is all it took. The first three balls were short, but length was growing fuller every ball and, by the fourth, Warne had found his mojo. When the fifth one left his hand, Virat Kohli sensed a four, but the moment he left his crease he was a goner. The ball floated up in the air, inviting the charge, but when the batsman went down the pitch, he found a grand deception. The ball had drifted away and it had dipped. The bat created an empty arc, and the ball found legstump. The next one nearly took off as it spun viciously past B Akhil's hopeful prod.

Rahul Dravid swept him away for four the next over and worked him away for a couple of singles, but the third over was sensational. It started with the legspinner's perfect ball: it drifted in, dipped in flight and spun from leg to outside off. Beaten all ends up, Dravid looked up and nodded in appreciation. Good batsmen know a great ball when they see one. With the third, out came the flipper: skidding, fast and on target, it found Akhil's pad even before the bat could make its way down. It looked plumb, but replays showed the umpire was right. The impact had been outside the offstump. But the next ball he was gone, dragged forward by the flight, deceived by the dip and defeated by the turn.

Praveen Kumar managed to swat a straight six in the his last over, distorting his figures somewhat, yet 4-0-18-2 wasn't bad returns for a man who will turn 40 in a few months in a game that is supposed to be a young man's game.

In fact, the day belonged to the golden oldies. Dravid, so berated in the first edition and stripped of the captaincy this year, played the innings of the day, Sachin Tendulkar carried his bat and was Man of the Match in the first match and Anil Kumble finished the day with five wickets.

Warne's night was ruined by a shoddy batting performance from his team. But what a pleasure he was to watch. We must be grateful that he is still in our lives, however briefly.
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Seriously he was as good as he ever was
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 3:59:16 2009.

Congrats BRC.. But only Dravid,Pietersen n Kumble played well for them..

Rajastan
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 4:54:13 2009.

Scored 328 points for yesterdays match in Crinfo Fantasy.. Anoop 342.. Sourav in my league and scored 412
From: sivank on Sun Apr 19 8:47:44 2009.

Punjab pollakkaraanga CSK nethu ippadi aadi irukkanum, adhuvum Hayden a vachukittu
From: steveaustin on Sun Apr 19 11:54:49 2009.

Bangalore Royal Challengers rumble when Rajasthan Royals crumbled

There is no doubt that Shane Warne, the wonderful wizard of oz, is an amazing genius. If anybody has told Shane Warne that T-20 is just a slam bang version and you cannot set a field for it, then Shane Warne would have laughed like a mad. But people like us would have accepted that T-20 is a slam bang version and that's sure. Nobody would have planned so perfectly to set a field for a T-20 match. For me, he always stood head and shoulders above the rest in the IPL edition as a Captain. Last year he won the IPL with the bunch of bits and pieces players. He has the ability to turn the bits of rubble into gold. The man who possesses the greatest knowledge about the game only can perform these types of magic. Warne becomes the real magician whenever he steps into the field atleast as far as the edition of the IPL is concerned.

Yesterday, his move to open the bowling the attack with the little known medium pacer Dimitri Mascarenhas speaks the value of his knowledge about the pitch and his estimation about his own bowler as well as the opponent. Mascarenhas immediately reaped his reward with the priceless wickets of Kiwi stars Ryder, the only man who was India�s nightmare for most part of the recent series and Taylor in his first over itself. The delivery to get rid of Taylor may not be a great one. But the field set up by Warne has created enough doubts in Taylor mind and he shuffled long way across only to lose his leg stump. Warne's packed his off side field placement almost looked like it was a test match. With his field placements according to his bowlers, he has once again proved that he came up with a plan for his opponents. In the initial overs, whenever the batsmen played their shots, they managed to drive mostly into the hands of the fielders. Result, Robin Uthappa was frustrated and when he played that uncharacteristic shot, it clearly showed that he has lost his cool as well as his wicket. The beneficiary is once again Dimitri Mascarenhas.

Kevin Pieterson tried to counter attack and he succeeded to certain extent. Kevin Pieterson played an absolute cameo cracker on a very good pitch which has enough juice for the swing bowlers. At one stage, I personally felt that as usual Warne�s tactics were failed against his nemesis Kevin Pieterson, but atlast Warne had the last laugh. Again his field placement and bowling change worked and he got his nemesis with a planned strategy. Pieterson has fell into the trap set by Warne as his pull shot safely landed in the hands of lone fielder placed at Short Mid-wicket. Warne lead his team from the front with his brilliant fielding even at the age of 37.

Now it�s the turn of his bowling. There is no need to mention about his bowling. He has bowled four magical overs and most of the deliveries were gems. Only a classy player like Rahul Dravid would have played him better and Dravid exactly did it. Rahul Dravid played him with due respect and even he himself too bemused once to see a classic big leg break which has beaten his bat and off-stump. The way Warne dismissed Kohli in his very first over was a wonderful treat to watch and it deserves a special mention. The ball drifted into the batsman and the batsman misread the drift and flight and lost his wicket. In the next over, a quicker flipper which was rapped on the pads of Akhil, seemed to me he was plumb in front but for the umpire, who had no clue about that delivery. The next delivery, Warne got his man with a flighted perfect legbreak and proved that he is still a real genius. Yesterday, the only mistake was his batting. He misread the Anil Kumble�s delivery when he stepped out of his crease only to get stumped.

When the ball is doing a bit, then there is only man in the world who can play very well than others. He is none other than Rahul Dravid. Rahul Dravid easily played a gem of an innings on the minefield under immense pressure against a decent bowling attack. I would rate his innings as the best ever innings in T-20 format. Why? It is very easy and simple. Everybody including myself has thought that T-20 is only for the slam bang players and not for the traditional classical players. But Rahul Dravid proved me wrong. How?? There is no bludgeoning and not even a single shot went from the edge on a pitch where many cricketers would have played mostly with edges alone. There he stamped his class. He has scored all his runs at brisker pace only with pure traditional cricket shots and all along the ground. He has played only two shots in the air. One big six in the final over bowled by Munaf Patel of Royal Challengers� innings was an ample proof for Dravid�s class. Another one he hit in the air, was brilliantly taken by Shane Warne which terminated Dravid�s classic innings of the IPL edition. I am of the opinion that I may not witness another innings like this one in a T-20 format.

When Rajasthan Royals came out to bat, they simply crumbled when there was no pressure and nothing more to say about it. The early loss of Smith alone created a negative impression on them. As expected, they lost it completely without even putting up a fight. Their batting lineup seems to be very brittle. Unless, Warne finds a solution to their weaklink batting, they are going to lose from here onwards. Even his brilliant fielding setup and his bowling may not save his team.

May be, no one is going to play like Dravid and no one is going bowl and set a field to a plan like Warne in T-20 in near future. I have to say this is cricket at its best!!! Even they themselves may not play like as the way they played yesterday.
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 12:01:23 2009.

McCullum..

DADA IN
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 13:09:37 2009.

Anybody watching the match?

How is RP Singh bowling?
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 13:30:31 2009.

KKR
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 13:32:54 2009.

RP 4/22 of 3.4 overs -

Bala/Nerd/Steve - Early signs are very promising for an evenly contested series
From: Thirumaran on Sun Apr 19 13:34:38 2009.

Ganguly
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 13:45:13 2009.

Enna kaamedy panreenga?. He scored 1(12) balls.
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 13:46:43 2009.

Sarcastic aam..
From: Thirumaran on Sun Apr 19 14:08:23 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Enna kaamedy panreenga?. He scored 1(12) balls.

duck out aagala illa
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 14:34:06 2009.

Yaarupa agarkar ellam edukaradhu. As usual he is playing for the opposition (Deccan) here.
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 14:49:01 2009.

Rogith sarma
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 19 14:55:58 2009.

John Buchanan for picking Akash Chopra and Agarkar ahead of some talented Kolkata youngsters
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 14:58:51 2009.

Aakash chopra - Avan test team-laye illa. Actually i was shocked to see him in the line-up.

Agarkar - the less said the better .
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 19 15:02:48 2009.

and Mccullum's bowling changes naansens
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 15:04:25 2009.

Nesst match yaar yaarellam BRC support panreenga??
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 19 15:06:14 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Nesst match yaar yaarellam BRC support panreenga??

hey i support all senior players team ya.. BRC/KKR/MI/DC
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 19 15:08:40 2009.

Actually many thanks to agarkar, raasa 17 runs orey overla
From: Sourav on Sun Apr 19 21:15:47 2009.

didnt able to watch any match fully...out of station.
Watched dravid innings, highlights of mi vs csk.
mattha matches pakka mudila...
discussions elllam remmmba kammiya irukku...
MI
BRC..
DD
DC
From: Sourav on Sun Apr 19 21:42:48 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Actually many thanks to agarkar, raasa 17 runs orey overla

Avan innum apdiye than irukkana?
Innum 10 years aanalum apdiye alli alli than koduppan pola.... Nethu vanthavan ellam attahasama poduraan....
From: P_R on Sun Apr 19 23:19:03 2009.

Delhi Daredevils match was reduced to 12 overs a side.
Then the second innings was reduced to 6 overs

ippidiyellAm nadakkumnu therinju dhaan, Richie Benaud retire aagittAr
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 23:25:46 2009.

Prabhu,

Actually the opening matches were better. Neenga paathengala illaya??
From: P_R on Sun Apr 19 23:32:49 2009.

No. I wasn't in town this weekend. (irundhA mattum). I heard the opening matches were good. News about the Delhi match cracked me up though
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 19 23:34:43 2009.

Oru match-kae ippadi kindal adicha eppadi sir, ellathukkum oru opinion oru suggestion .

Nandri: Anbesivam, equanimar

From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 0:50:57 2009.

Actually many thanks to agarkar, raasa 17 runs orey overla LOL

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Avan innum apdiye than irukkana? Banging Head

Innum 10 years aanalum apdiye alli alli than koduppan pola.... Nethu vanthavan ellam attahasama poduraan....

unga cricinfo team la vEra irukkaru.

From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 0:52:06 2009.

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Nesst match yaar yaarellam BRC support panreenga??

hey i support all senior players team ya.. BRC/KKR/MI/DC
Gilchrist, Warne yellAm senior players illayA?
From: viraajan on Mon Apr 20 0:52:35 2009.

sourav wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Actually many thanks to agarkar, raasa 17 runs orey overla

Avan innum apdiye than irukkana?

actually i wanted to ask avan irukkana

//ramal, i'll call you this eve to spk abt the fantasy club

From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 0:53:41 2009.

Actually many thanks to agarkar, raasa 17 runs orey overla LOL

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Avan innum apdiye than irukkana? Banging Head

Innum 10 years aanalum apdiye alli alli than koduppan pola.... Nethu vanthavan ellam attahasama poduraan....

unga cricinfo team la vEra irukkaru. LOL

Avan thirnunthiruppanu nenaichu potten really...

From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 0:54:42 2009.

villan007 wrote:

Nesst match yaar yaarellam BRC support panreenga??

LOL

hey i support all senior players team ya.. BRC/KKR/MI/DC Razz

Gilchrist, Warne yellAm senior players illayA? Rolling Eyes

Indian senior players... me too support them...

From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 0:58:10 2009.

Results and Points updated in 1st page.
From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 0:59:48 2009.

ingayum oru copy podurathu.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 1:01:44 2009.

Points Table (As on April 19, 2009)

Team----------------Mat---Won--Lost---Tied---N/R---Pts----Net RR-------For---------Against
Bangalore-------------1------1-----0-----0------0-----2-----+3.750-----133/20.0-----58/20.0
Delhi Daredevils-------1------1-----0-----0------0-----2-----+3.167------58/4.5--------53/6.0
Deccan Chargers------1------1-----0-----0------0-----2-----+2.849-----104/13.1-----101/20.0
Mumbai Indians-------1------1-----0-----0------0-----2-----+0.950------165/20.0-----146/20.0
Chennai--------------1------0-----1-----0------0-----0-----(-0.950)-----146/20.0-----165/20.0
Kolkata---------------1------0-----1-----0------0-----0-----(-2.849)-----101/20.0-----104/13.1
Kings XI Punjab-------1------0-----1-----0------0-----0-----(-3.167)------53/6.0-------58/4.5
Rajasthan Royals-----1------0-----1-----0------0-----0-----(-3.750)-------58/20.0------133/20.0
From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 1:05:22 2009.

KKR is holding the same position from last season...lol
Champions at bottom....
From: viraajan on Mon Apr 20 1:07:51 2009.

Nalaikku MI vs Champions

MI
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 1:29:32 2009.

We oldies can have our days too - Kumble

April 20, 2009

Anil Kumble, the Bangalore Royal Challengers legspinner, feels that this year's team is "different" from the outfit that finished second last in 2008 and that the "intense" and "spot on" preparations in South Africa have helped immensely. Bangalore opened their IPL campaign with a resounding win on Saturday, dismissing the defending champions Rajasthan Royals for 58.

"Let me make it clear that this is a different group and we have set out to achieve something and I daresay the result of our opening match is ample evidence of my claim," Kumble wrote in his column for the Hindu. "I would be the first to admit that a few things were missing last year. But this time our preparation hasn't just been intense but also spot on. Spending nearly two weeks in Johannesburg and playing as many as five practice matches - two against the local Lions and three among ourselves - gave us a good feel of the local conditions."

Bangalore revamped their squad after last-season's failure, the most significant additions being Jesse Ryder and a new captain in Kevin Pietersen, who replaced Rahul Dravid. It was Dravid, however, who played the most crucial role in Bangalore's victory, scoring 66 of 48 balls in testing conditions.

"The Twenty20 game may not be for the oldies but as Sachin and Rahul also showed, we can have our days too," Kumble wrote. "Individually too, Rahul had a point or two to prove. On pitches with bounce and movement, it is technique not flashiness that helps. Believe me, if not for Rahul's technique, the Rajasthan bowlers would have looked far more effective than they did.

"I am also glad to see Rahul among the runs because that means that if any two other batsmen among the likes of Jesse, Ross [Taylor], Kevin and Robin [Uthappa] click, we are looking at setting a serious target. And with our fast bowling looking twice as good while bowling in South Africa, as compared to India, we are on our way."

Kumble also had a successful game against Rajasthan. He picked up 5 for 5 and said he was "intrigued" by his performance. "I am coming off a long break and may have retired but the moment I am back on the cricket field, ball in hand, the feeling is the same as always. And in any format, a five-wicket haul sure makes one feel one is in the thick of things." Bangalore's second game is against Chennai Super Kings in Port Elizabeth on Monday.
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 1:35:04 2009.

Bangalore look to build on momentum

April 20, 2009

Match facts
April 20, 2009
Start time 16.30pm (14.30GMT) 8pm IST

Big Picture
Midway through the second match on the opening day, it appeared Monday's game would feature the two losers from Saturday. The stunning fightback from the Bangalore Royal Challengers means, though, that the Chennai Super Kings will be playing catch-up when the two teams clash in Port Elizabeth.

It'll also be the first game in that venue, so both teams will have to assess the conditions afresh and plan accordingly. The batting - apart from Rahul Dravid and, to some extent, Matthew Hayden - was disappointing for both teams, and the trick could well be to scale down the target score and instead keep wickets in hand at the start. Dravid handled the conditions expertly; now it's for Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa and Ross Taylor to learn some lessons from that knock and tighten up.

Chennai were patchy with the bat too, and unlike Bangalore, their bowlers didn't run through the opposition line-up. These are still early days in the tournament, but another defeat will make Chennai the early laggards of IPL season 2, which would be a huge comedown from their heroics last year.

Player form guide
Bangalore: Dravid and Anil Kumble were the obvious form players from the first game, but all the Bangalore bowlers did their jobs. The onus is now on the batsmen to adapt to the conditions and ensure that a 17 for 3 situation doesn't happen again.
Chennai: Hayden didn't show much rustiness, while MS Dhoni fought hard towards the end, but the rest of the batting needs to step up. The bowling was inconsistent too, with Andrew Flintoff letting the team down in the final overs.

Watch out for
Steyn v Hayden: Dale Steyn had a hand to play in hastening Hayden's retirement, dismissing him three times for 58 runs in 107 deliveries in the Test series in Australia. Hayden will want some revenge, and he'll have a fair chance in a format that is far more loaded in favour of batsmen.

Friendly fire
Pietersen v Flintoff: The two England big guns will be pitted against each other, and expect sparks to fly when Flintoff comes racing in to bowl to Kevin Pietersen.

Team news
Bangalore have little reason to change the combination that worked the magic against Rajasthan: the bowling attack was fabulous, and the batting, while disappointing, has too much class at the top to warrant a change after one failure.

Bangalore Royal Challengers (probable) 1 Jesse Ryder, 2 Robin Uthappa (wk), 3 Ross Taylor, 4 Kevin Pietersen (capt), 5 Rahul Dravid, 6 Virat Kohli, 7 Balachandra Akhil, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 R Vinay Kumar, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 Dale Steyn.

Chennai will probably include Albie Morkel for the unimpressive Jacob Oram, while Muttiah Muralitharan could come in to beef up the bowling attack.

Chennai Super Kings (probable) 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Andrew Flintoff, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 S Badrinath, 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Joginder Sharma, 9 Manpreet Gony, 10 L Balaji, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

Head-to-head record
The two teams split the matches they played against each other last season, and the margins were almost identical too: Chennai won the first won game by 13 runs, while Bangalore won by a 14-run margin in the return clash.
From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 1:38:56 2009.

Bangalore Royal Challengers (probable) 1 Jesse Ryder, 2 Robin Uthappa (wk), 3 Ross Taylor, 4 Kevin Pietersen (capt), 5 Rahul Dravid, 6 Virat Kohli, 7 Balachandra Akhil, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 R Vinay Kumar, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 Dale Steyn.
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Kallis, Chandrapaul ellam squad-la irukkanugala?
Ryder, Taylor konjam adingadaa...ungala nambi en fantasy team-la potturukken...
From: sivank on Mon Apr 20 4:00:08 2009.

enakku oru sandhegam. edhukku dhoni indha jogindar sharma va ippadi boost panni kitte irukkaan. namma palani amar thambi ya vitta nallaa poduvaare
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 4:01:42 2009.

sivank wrote:

enakku oru sandhegam. edhukku dhoni indha jogindar sharma va ippadi boost panni kitte irukkaan. namma palani amar thambi ya vitta nallaa poduvaare
1st match la economical la vEra bowling pOttuttaan. ini 2-3 matches ku thookka mattaanga.

From: crajkumar_be on Mon Apr 20 4:37:06 2009.

steveaustin wrote:

From MI thread.

wrap07 wrote:

It is altogether a diff ball game in SA if pitches are going to be the same. It is even battle between bat/ball.

Wrap
Personally I prefer the game, which had a tight contest between bat and ball. I think this IPL edition, may witness a little drop in collection because of these kind of matches. Further, this edition may be parallel with ICL edition considering the run scoring pattern. But, in Johannesburg, I think, we may witness very high scoring games. As of now, players like Sehwag, Yuvraj alone may score more than their opponents in Johannesburg. I think, many people are coming to watch high scoring matches. i.e. bat dominating over the ball.

Wrap wrote:

yeah. It was nice to see batsmen tested in diff conditions. but as you say, the spectator interest may take a beating. Like last edition, bang bang was expected and we have to see how it goes

.

Unfortunate but very true

From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 20 7:12:40 2009.

Delhi Daredevils match was reduced to 12 overs a side. LOL

Then the second innings was reduced to 6 overs Laughing

ippidiyellAm nadakkumnu therinju dhaan, Richie Benaud retire aagittAr Smile

Naanga theruvula velayadum pothu kuda min 8 ovr vechu thaan velayaduvom.... Remba paavam KXIP!!

From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 7:17:42 2009.

an innings shud hav atleast 15 overs to make a match of it. 6 overs la yevlO adikka sonnaalum Viru and Gauti easy yaa adichuttu pOiduvaanga.
its better not to use D/L method in T20.

From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 10:13:01 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

Delhi Daredevils match was reduced to 12 overs a side. LOL

Then the second innings was reduced to 6 overs Laughing

ippidiyellAm nadakkumnu therinju dhaan, Richie Benaud retire aagittAr Smile

Naanga theruvula velayadum pothu kuda min 8 ovr vechu thaan velayaduvom.... Remba paavam KXIP!!

Naanga at least 12 overs. But maetch-kku munnAdi prateeskkAga 1 over, 1 on 1 viLaiyaaduvOm, team-kkuLLayE. Oruthan dhAn bat pannanum, 6 balls dhAn per innings. Koodiya seekkiram andha nelama vandhurum T20-la

BRC camaan camaan, toyOtO car

From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 10:15:56 2009.

csk batting first....Murali, Balaji and Albie Morkel are in, in place of Oram, Thushara and Ashwin.
From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 10:18:08 2009.

semmma strong team 4 today's match.
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 10:21:45 2009.

Kamaan Tiger(BRC), camaan tiger, camaan, camaan camaan

.

From: crajkumar_be on Mon Apr 20 10:23:20 2009.

Quote:

MS Dhoni wins the toss, and decides to bat first. Dhoni is hoping it doesn't rain, "although some is predicted for later on in the day". Dhoni looks to use the "not very good lights". Murali, Balaji and Albie Morkel, the guy who prompted the decision to bat first, are in, in place of Oram, Thushara and Ashwin.

From: crajkumar_be on Mon Apr 20 10:23:39 2009.

Today i am Chennai Sooppar King
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 10:26:00 2009.

Velai seyyaradhu Bangalorennu kelvi pattein.
j/k

crajkumar_be wrote:

Today i am Sennai Sooppar King
From: crajkumar_be on Mon Apr 20 10:28:11 2009.

5 varushamavadhu thodarndhu irundhaa dhaan citizenship-aam
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 10:28:41 2009.
From: crajkumar_be on Mon Apr 20 10:29:27 2009.

Edited
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 10:43:18 2009.

Good start Chennai
From: crajkumar_be on Mon Apr 20 10:44:54 2009.

28/0 in 3.0 overs
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 10:52:30 2009.

EKBRCI
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 10:53:56 2009.

Cricinfo scorecard
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 10:57:06 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Cricinfo scorecard

I was wondering too. Switchd to cricbuzz..
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:00:43 2009.

Wow lotsa South Aprikans supporting Chennai

Nice match.. hayden
From: HonestRaj on Mon Apr 20 11:03:41 2009.

Hayden 50
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:03:54 2009.

Hayden 53(22)
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:05:23 2009.

Aaha Sivamani anggayum poyittaar
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 11:07:01 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

Aaha Sivamani anggayum poyittaar

AdhukkAgavE CSK games ellAm pAkkalaam. Pona season kalakkunaar!
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:10:08 2009.

8.3 Kallis to Hayden, leg byes, FOUR!!, Hayden comes down the track and goes for the hoick over mid wicket, Kallis sees that and gives him no room, off the pads down to third man, Kallis appeals but Hayden was too far down the wicket

That was as Plumb as anything you can get. Brian Jerling does not think so, he is one who never gives the LBW decisions in favour of the bowlers even if they are palpably out. That would have crashed into the middle. Hit Hayden on the back leg.

Is this true?
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:10:21 2009.

Nerd wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

Aaha Sivamani anggayum poyittaar

AdhukkAgavE CSK games ellAm pAkkalaam. Pona season kalakkunaar!

The locals seems to be enjoying his show

From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:11:46 2009.

8.3 Kallis to Hayden, leg byes, FOUR!!, Hayden comes down the track and goes for the hoick over mid wicket, Kallis sees that and gives him no room, off the pads down to third man, Kallis appeals but Hayden was too far down the wicket

That was as Plumb as anything you can get. Brian Jerling does not think so, he is one who never gives the LBW decisions in favour of the bowlers even if they are palpably out. That would have crashed into the middle. Hit Hayden on the back leg.

Is this true?

That looked like out!

From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:13:59 2009.

Chatterjee break aama
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 11:20:38 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Chatterjee break aama

Btw, Modi pitch-kku bathilA thAr road pOttAn pOla.. Either that or BRC back to '08 form
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 20 11:22:22 2009.

Nerd wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Chatterjee break aama

Btw, Modi pitch-kku bathilA thAr road pOttAn pOla.. Either that or BRC back to '08 form

Good batting track-nu thaan azhagu sundaram L.S said!
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:24:18 2009.

Patel out by Pieteersen
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:25:02 2009.

Hayden out!!
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:25:13 2009.

Hayden out
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 11:25:15 2009.

Haydens gone too.. Satterjee break
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:26:41 2009.

That was a dreadful piece of calling from Raina as Dravid hit the single stump with pinpoint precision. There was never a single there.

Dravid
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:27:49 2009.

Annan anja singgam captain bravo IN
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:34:06 2009.

Actually yesterday I was reading the world cup ODI 2007 2nd thread. It was the thread of our infamous Ind-srl match. Sad at times but hilarious too
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 11:36:55 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Actually yesterday I was reading the world cup ODI 2007 2nd thread. It was the thread of our infamous Ind-srl match. Sad at times but hilarious too

The best thread in this section. IPL (Part 2) comes second. WC Football third

From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:38:45 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Actually yesterday I was reading the world cup ODI 2007 2nd thread. It was the thread of our infamous Ind-srl match. Sad at times but hilarious too Laughing

The best thread in this section. IPL (Part 2) comes second. WC Football third LOL

I was not here in 2006.. Nesstu year meetippom

From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:39:12 2009.

Waaow ppl have started predicting for IPL also!!!Cool!!But IPL is so boring this time..........i don understand cricket----->only like Mahi.........but this time there are no fours and sixes only!!!its damn boring this time........organisers are gonna have huge losses this time!and btw kkr sucks and more so ganguly.........he has comletely lost it!!!!

A girl's account in RF Community - EKSI

From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:41:13 2009.

Waaow ppl have started predicting for IPL also!!!Cool!!But IPL is so boring this time..........i don understand cricket----->only like Mahi.........but this time there are no fours and sixes only!!!its damn boring this time........organisers are gonna have huge losses this time!and btw kkr sucks and more so ganguly.........he has comletely lost it!!!!

A girl's account in RF Community - EKSI Evil or Very Mad

Yeva ava

From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 11:42:02 2009.

RF yaaru?
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:43:44 2009.

Fed community.

Nasser adhu sinna ponnu tolth stainderd
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:44:27 2009.

Pietersen to Flintoff, FOUR

Such sights are only possible in IPL.
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 11:44:52 2009.

Dhoni out!! Praveen

Freddie ON
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:53:21 2009.

Actually well done BRC. CSK were 97/0 after 9 overs. Now it is
165/4 after 19.
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 11:55:58 2009.

Now it is steyn to albir Morkel.
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 11:59:26 2009.

180 to win. Should be easy!

* Dravid, KP
* Kallis, Murali

And camaan thamizhan Balaji!
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 12:00:54 2009.

CSK lost the plot after 10 overs. Still a good score. Paappom
From: salem.saravanan on Mon Apr 20 12:07:31 2009.

last 10 overs very low run rate..
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 12:10:55 2009.

Lalit Modi gonna contribute $100000 to a school
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 12:23:11 2009.

Pietersen is nuts. Opening with Praveen Kumar of all batsmen
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 12:26:34 2009.

Balaji to Kallis, FOUR, is Balaji Kallis's friend? a fulltoss on the pads, and lofted over midwicket, easy as you like
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 12:28:26 2009.

Kallis
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 12:30:42 2009.

Actually who is capable of clean hitting in bRC?
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 12:31:52 2009.

Ross Taylor His six off Bhajji in last IPL comes to my mind. That was a huge one.
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 12:32:19 2009.

Kallis poonthu velaasuraapla
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 12:33:02 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Actually who is capable of clean hitting in bRC?

Uthappa, Kohli. aanaa rendu pErum over scene
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 12:34:34 2009.

Albie Morkel replaces Balaji, who looked quite off colour

Bad News: CR, Nerd and other Siripazhagan Fans.
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 12:35:58 2009.

Nerd wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Actually who is capable of clean hitting in bRC?

Uthappa, Kohli. aanaa rendu pErum over scene

Uthappa kooda konjam paravayilla. Aana Kohli podara scene irukke
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 12:36:20 2009.

Thanks senthil and kasi.
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 12:36:49 2009.

9 run dhaanE kuduthaan

And KP's a big hitter too. Am a fan of him
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 12:41:14 2009.

How many overs have fielding restrictions in tonty 20?
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 12:41:54 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

How many overs have fielding restrictions in tonty 20?

6 Overs.
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 12:43:53 2009.

Kallis gone
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 12:46:28 2009.

Taylor ahead of KP and Dravid
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 12:51:27 2009.

Taylor out. He is in my team
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 12:51:39 2009.

Trophy'a maatama vechirukanunga
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 12:53:22 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Taylor out. He is in my team

Difficult task ahead for BRC
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 12:56:03 2009.

KP's gone too BRC back to form.
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 12:56:05 2009.

Peter-son out. Its upto dravid now.
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 12:56:32 2009.

3 wickets for 3 runs
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 20 12:57:04 2009.

Uthappa

Idhukku mela ennala velayada mudiadhunnu kilambitan pola irukku
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 13:01:00 2009.

Nerd wrote:

KP's gone too BRC back to form.
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 13:17:22 2009.

Joginder-kku ellAm wicket. Balajeeeee
From: salem.saravanan on Mon Apr 20 13:18:45 2009.

another one to Murali..
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 13:19:48 2009.

7 gone. Feel sorry for Dravid
From: salem.saravanan on Mon Apr 20 13:24:45 2009.

Balaji got the wicket..
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 13:25:01 2009.

Balaji joins the party
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 13:27:16 2009.

Balaji
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 13:31:34 2009.

9 down..

Kumble sirichikittae varaaru

Anyway advamce congrats to CSK
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 13:31:57 2009.

Dravid - YaarumE illAdha kadaila yaarukkudA tea aathura?
From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 20 13:33:38 2009.
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 20 13:37:35 2009.

BRC net run rate tottal damage. Anyway Balajeeee got two wickets today
From: salem.saravanan on Mon Apr 20 13:38:20 2009.

CSK
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 20 13:39:13 2009.

Balaji
From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 20:43:29 2009.

CSK...
From: Sourav on Mon Apr 20 20:54:45 2009.

Tue 21 (4 PM IST)
6th match - K-XI v KKR
Kingsmead, Durban

Tue 21 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST)
7th match - RR v MI
Kingsmead, Durban
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 23:17:14 2009.

Points Table (As on April 20, 2009)

Team----------------Mat---Won--Lost---Tied---N/R---Pts----Net RR-------For---------Against
Delhi Daredevils-------1------1-----0-----0------0-----2-----+3.167------58/4.5--------53/6.0
Deccan Chargers------1------1-----0-----0------0-----2-----+2.849-----104/13.1-----101/20.0
Chennai--------------2-----10-----1-----0------0-----2------+1.825-----325/40.0-----252/40.0
Mumbai Indians-------1------1-----0-----0------0-----2------+0.950------165/20.0-----146/20.0
Bangalore-------------2------1-----1-----0------0-----2-----(-0.425)-----240/40.0-----237/40.0
Kolkata---------------1------0-----1-----0------0-----0-----(-2.849)-----101/20.0-----104/13.1
Kings XI Punjab-------1------0-----1-----0------0-----0-----(-3.167)------53/6.0-------58/4.5
Rajasthan Royals-----1------0-----1-----0------0-----0------(-3.750)-------58/20.0------133/20.0
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 23:38:35 2009.

Our Hubbers league is placed at 308th position. not bad.

League Name League Owner League Points League Position Top Points My Team My Points My Rank
Hubbers ----- GokulPrathap ----- 618 ------- 308 --------- 871 -------- GP ------ 871 ------ 1
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Apr 20 23:41:31 2009.

Indian Hubbers League

Position Manager Team Name Points
01 GokulPrathap*LM GP 871
02 Littlemaster82 Littlemasters XI 704
03 ramalji Ramal Sharkz 602
04 RockmasK Pentium XI 489
05 venkat81 gv 486
06 mgba Harrier-Hawk 470
From: Sourav on Tue Apr 21 0:05:36 2009.

_________________
Fixture and Results

SGP, 4 ur updates....
From: Sourav on Tue Apr 21 0:08:11 2009.

sourav wrote:

Tue 21 (4 PM IST)
6th match - K-XI v KKR
Kingsmead, Durban

Tue 21 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST)
7th match - RR v MI
Kingsmead, Durban

6) Weak bowling team Vs Weak batting team.
7) 2008 Champs Vs 2009 Champs.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 0:09:07 2009.

Sourav
naa yen kadamaya thaanE seyyarEn.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 0:12:32 2009.

sourav wrote:

sourav wrote:

Tue 21 (4 PM IST)
6th match - K-XI v KKR
Kingsmead, Durban

6) Weak bowling team Vs Weak batting team.
Ganguly, Mccullum yellAm irukkara team ma weak batting team nu solra alavukku kondu pOitaanuvana Buchannan & SRK.

From: Sourav on Tue Apr 21 0:31:32 2009.

Tue 21 (4 PM IST)
6th match - K-XI v KKR
Kingsmead, Durban

6) Weak bowling team Vs Weak batting team.

Ganguly, Mccullum yellAm irukkara team ma weak batting team nu solra alavukku kondu pOitaanuvana Buchannan & SRK. Embarassed

ganguly, gayle, mccullum...next??????? mattha teams kooda compare panni paarunga...evlo weak-nu theriyum....particularly middle order...all teams except kr have atleast 5 world-class b'men.....gayle innum 10 days-la poyiduvaan... appuram innum weak aagidum.

From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 1:40:47 2009.

Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, Durban

Teams keen to get off the blocks

April 20, 2009

Match facts
April 21, 2009
Start time 12.30pm (10.30GMT) 4pm IST

Big Picture
Both Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders lost the opening game of their IPL campaigns on a rainy Sunday in Cape Town and the teams are now preparing to take on each other in Durban, where unfortunately the weather forecast for Tuesday is also bleak.
Punjab, however, will not be too disheartened even though Delhi beat them by ten wickets at Newlands. Their innings was curtailed to 12 overs by rain and further showers reduced Delhi's target to 54 in six overs, leaving Punjab's bowlers with little chance. The highlight of the game for Punjab was the performance of their openers, Ravi Bopara and Karan Goel, who added 67 at more than ten runs an over.
Kolkata, on the other hand, had a horrid outing against Deccan Chargers. Their pre-tournament build up was fraught with controversy over the multiple-captain theory and the issue was laid to rest only days before their first match, with Brendon McCullum taking over the leadership duties from Sourav Ganguly. The unrest reflected in their performance: Kolkata were 34 for 4 after 10.4 overs and the top-score was Brad Hodge's 31. Unlike those of other franchises, Kolkata's owner Shahrukh Khan was vocal about his disappointment over his team's performance and another poor outing will only increase pressure and criticism levels.

Player form guide
Punjab: The openers Goel and Bopara surprised a few people with the power with which they hit the ball against Delhi. Both of them played aggressive cameos while Yuvraj also smashed a couple of sixes before he was run out. The bowlers - Yusuf Abdulla and Vikramjeet Malik in particular - barely had a work out because of the shortened innings but they withered under a fierce onslaught from Virender Sehwag.
Kolkata: The explosive opening combination of Chris Gayle and McCullum failed against Deccan and the rest of the batsmen followed suit. The bowling did not inspire either - Ashok Dinda was the only one who took a wicket - as Deccan needed to take no risks to meet an asking-rate of less than six an over.

Watch out for
Karan Goel: He opened for Punjab, when quite a few expected Kumar Sangakkara to partner Bopara, and thrived against the new ball. He began by powering the ball square on the off side but the shots that stood out were his sixes over wide long-on after charging the fast bowlers.
Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle: They are one of two overseas opening combinations in the tournament. Both batsmen are dynamic hitters but both failed against Deccan. Don't bet on both failing once again.

Friendly fire
Ishant Sharma v Yuvraj Singh: The last two times Yuvraj batted at Kingsmead, he smashed 58 off 16 balls against England, and 70 off 30 balls against Australia during the World Twenty20. Ishant will hope to have more success against him than Stuart Broad and Stuart Clark did.

Team news
Punjab are likely to play the same overseas players as they did against Delhi, unless they want to give Burt Cockley a go instead of Yusuf Abdulla. There isn't too much reason to change the Indian players either because they barely had chance to succeed or fail in the first game.
Punjab: 1 Ravi Bopara, 2 Karan Goel, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jaayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Piyush Chawla, 8 Taruwar Kohli, 9 Vikramjeet Malik, 10 VRV Singh, 11 Yusuf Abdulla.
Kolkata did not play Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis in the first game, choosing to give the fourth overseas-player's slot to Australian allrounder Moises Henriques. However, they might think about including Mendis, given that their others managed to take only one Deccan wicket among them.
Kolkata: 1 Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Sourav Ganguly, 4 Brad Hodge, 5 Aakash Chopra, 6 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 7 Moises Henriques, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.

Head-to-head record
Punjab won their first match against Kolkata in the 2008 IPL by nine runs but lost the second game by three wickets in a last-over finish.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 1:45:08 2009.

Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, Durban

Old foes, new stage

April 20, 2009

Match facts
April 21, 2009
Start time 16.30pm (14.30GMT) 8pm IST

Big Picture
The defending champions have made a disastrous start. But that's what they did last year too, and that was the only straw Shane Warne clutched after Rajasthan Royals' humbling defeat to Bangalore Royal Challengers on Saturday.
Mumbai, last year's middle-rankers, had a dream start - and Sanath Jayasuriya didn't even fire for them - and head into this game as hands-down favourites. They have a dream opening combination in Sachin Tendulkar and Jayasuriya, the form man in JP Duminy and what worked as a perfect fire-and-ice bowling combination in Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh. Not to mention Zaheer Khan and Dwayne Bravo.
Going by big names, Rajasthan should be out of their depth. Right? Wrong. That was the case last year too, and teams will do better than to write off Warne's team just on the basis of one poor performance. Even last year, Rajasthan lulled other teams with a poor performance first up. They had to wait for a long time for another average game.
Both teams will look to improve their batting - their bowlers were mostly spot on and in any case they will be playing on one of the bouncier pitches at Kingsmead. Given the young Rajasthan line-up, Mumbai - with the presence of Jayasuriya, Duminy and Bravo - will always threaten a big lusty innings.

Player form guide
Mumbai: Tendulkar could well have defined a role for himself through his patient fifty in the first game: try to bat for at least 15 overs, and give the big hitters most of the strike. Let the Jayasuriyas, the Bravos hit around Tendulkar. Malinga and Harbhajan look good with the ball, and should pose a test for Rajasthan.
Rajasthan: Warne rolled back the years, with flight, dip, big break, and also the fiery flipper. Ask Virat Kohli and B Akhil. Dimitri Mascarenhas proved to be the surprise element with the ball. With the odd quick delivery out of nowhere, Kamran Khan showed a glimpse or two of what Warne might have seen. It's the batsmen who are the worry - the Asnodkars and the Pathans, who played like kings on flat Indian pitches last year. Graeme Smith will have to run into some pretty good form pretty soon. It should help that Mitchell Johnson is in Dubai. Just get past old nemesis Zaheer Khan and he should be fine.

Watch out for
Warne v Tendulkar: Perhaps the biggest gift from this new format. It happened only once last season because Tendulkar was not fit for their first match. Even though they went at it for just six balls, they did put up a show. Tendulkar tried his trademark paddle first up, tried coming down the track and was pushed by a flatter delivery, and six balls yielded six runs, with no clear winners. Here's hoping for a longer duel this time. Just don't get out, Sach, before Warnie comes on to bowl.

Friendly fire
Pollock v Smith: The incumbent v the successor. Too bad Shaun Pollock will only be plotting from outside, and not bowling himself. Maybe they should get him to bowl just for one match.

Team news
Necessity spells only one change for Mumbai: Dhawal Kulkarni in place of Rohan Raje, who went for 15 in his one over. Apart from that, they wouldn't want to fiddle too much with a settled-looking line-up.
Mumbai Indians (probable) 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Sachin Tendulkar (capt.), 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 JP Duminy, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Harbhajan Singh, 8 Zaheer Khan, 9 Pinal Shah (wk), 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Dhawal Kulkarni/Rohan Raje.
Don't expect wholesale changes with Rajasthan, but don't count out an odd rabbit out of Warne's hat either. Warne, Mascarenhas, Smith and Henderson should continue to be the four foreign players. Niraj Patel is the man most likely to be under pressure.
Rajasthan Royals (probable) 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Swapnil Asnodkar, 3 Niraj Patel/anybody, 4 Tyron Henderson, 5 Ysuf Pathan, 6 Dimitri Mascarenhas, 7 Ravindra jadeja, 8 Shane Warne (capt.), 9 Mahesh Rawat (wk), 10 Munaf Patel, 11 Kamran Khan.

Head-to-head record
Mumbai gave Rajasthan one of their rare hidings last year when they first met, bowling the eventual champions out for 103. Rajasthan set things right in the return game, though, with a thrilling last-ball win. Before Niraj and Jadeja bailed Rajasthan out, they were 77 for 5, chasing 146. Maybe reason enough to give Niraj another game.

From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 3:04:08 2009.

Our Hubbers league is placed at 308th position. not bad.

League Name League Owner League Points League Position Top Points My Team My Points My Rank
Hubbers ----- GokulPrathap ----- 618 ------- 308 --------- 871 -------- GP ------ 871 ------ 1

OHL placed in 220th position..

All credits to Anoop, Arul and Sourav

From: Sourav on Tue Apr 21 3:15:43 2009.

Kings XI (102 sixes) became the first team to register 100 sixes in the IPL.

From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 3:22:36 2009.

IPL2 Records

As on April 21, 2009

Team Records:
Highest total: Chennai Super Kings 179/5 (20 ov) v RCB (Apr 20, 2009)
Largest victories (by runs): Chennai Super Kings beat RCB by 92 runs (Apr 20, 2009)
Largest Victories (by wickets): Delhi Daredevils beat KXIP by 10 wickets (Apr 19, 2009)
Mos extras in an innings: RCB conceded 13 runs (lb-5,w-8) against CSK (Apr 20, 2009)

Batting Records
Most runs: Hayden (CSK) - 109 runs
Highest score: Dravid (RCB) - 66 runs v RR (Apr 18, 2009)
Highest Average: Hayden (CSK) - 54.50
Highest Strike Rate: AM Nayar (MI) - 250.00
Highest partneship: Hayden / Parthiv (CSK) - 106 runs (Apr 20, 2009) vs RCB

Bowling Records
Most wickets: Kumble (RCB) - 5 wickets
Best bowling figure: Kumble (RCB) - 5/5 (3.1 ov) v RR (Apr 18, 2009)
Best bowling average: Muralidharan (CSK) - 3.66
Best econ. rate: Edwards (DC) - 1.50

Fielding Records
Most dismissals (by WK): Gilchrist (DC) - 3 (ct-1, st-2)
Most catches: Hayden (CSK), Kohli (RCB) - 3

From: Sourav on Tue Apr 21 3:26:32 2009.

SGP, This is only 2009 season records?
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 3:54:20 2009.

sourav wrote:

SGP, This is only 2009 season records?
From: Sourav on Tue Apr 21 4:09:38 2009.

IPL QUIZ....
http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2009/apr/20sld1-quiz-indian-premier-league.htm
click 'more' 4 many ipl quizzes...
From: directhit on Tue Apr 21 5:45:01 2009.

http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/

if u guys donno already!!

SHOCKING Stuff
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 6:41:56 2009.

Ishant Sharma
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 6:53:58 2009.

Irfan on fire
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 7:02:24 2009.

DADA

saavuda Buchanan
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:08:46 2009.

KXIP - 56/3 (8 ov)

Dada - 2/2 (1 ov)
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:14:49 2009.

9.2 Shukla to Yuvraj Singh, 1 run, Yashpal Singh takes the catch of the tournament and Preity Zinta is stunned! Replays indicate that wasn't taken cleanly, what a let down. Short on middle, seemed like a harmless delivery and he pulled it wide of deep square leg, Yashpal ran yards to his left and timed his dive-to-the-left to perfection but grounded it with his outstretched left hand as he landed
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:15:57 2009.

KXIP - 67/3 (10 ov)
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:20:01 2009.

its started raining now.

For live streaming.
http://www.acricket.com/
From: salem.saravanan on Tue Apr 21 7:22:31 2009.

yuvi kaapathuvaar...
From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 21 7:23:58 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

its started raining now.

For live streaming.
http://www.acricket.com/

mazhai varatha live streaming ah
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 7:24:18 2009.

raining
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:30:39 2009.

play about to resume.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:37:59 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

sgokulprathap wrote:

its started raining now.

For live streaming.
http://www.acricket.com/

mazhai varatha live streaming ah

after registering and installing a software, u can watch live streaming from the official IPL site. software not installing for me.

http://livevideo.iplt20.com/
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:41:49 2009.

Chris Gayle comes on now, spin for the first time in the match. The people of his ilk have been fairly successful so far, so what can he do?

11.1 Gayle to Yuvraj Singh, 5 wides, terrible, fires it in outside leg and gifts them five runs as McCullum has no chance to get behind it, atrocious

11.1 Gayle to Yuvraj Singh, 1 wide, and again, poor start, but much slower through the air so he only concedes a run

11.1 Gayle to Yuvraj Singh, 2 runs, much better, flighted on middle, goes through with the drive, gets a thick inside edge wide of short fine for a couple

11.2 Gayle to Yuvraj Singh, 1 wide, another one, poor stuff this, down the leg side again and McCullum isn't happy
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:42:53 2009.

9 runs given away by Gayle with just 1 legal delivery bowled.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:43:42 2009.

95/3 (12 ov)

Yuvaraj - 21(19)*
Sangakara - 20(14)*
From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 21 7:45:30 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

after registering and installing a software, u can watch live streaming from the official IPL site. software not installing for me.

http://livevideo.iplt20.com/

yesterday i watched it in www.cricmad.com

for mobile streaming http://iplt20.zengatv.com/wap/mobile.php
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:55:18 2009.

14.1 Shukla to Sangakkara, OUT, run out, pulled in front of square towards midwicket where Chopra slides and returns a throw back to the keeper, Sanga is more than halfway down the pitch but Yuvraj doesn't respond, he's found miles short of his ground as McCullum collects a slightly wayward throw to clip the bails
KC Sangakkara run out 26 (24b 2x4 0x6) SR: 108.33
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:57:34 2009.

14.5 Shukla to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, massive, length ball on the off stump and he got under it nicely, timing his loft beautifully to comfortably clear long-on, Harsha Bhogle, surprisingly, missed out saying "that's a DLF maximum". Is he in for a reprimand now?
14.4 Shukla to Yuvraj Singh, FOUR, does so this time, similar delivery but he plays it much straighter, slapping it hard past the bowler to beat long-on
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 7:58:22 2009.

117/4 (15 ov)

Yuvaraj - 34 (26b, 4s-2, 6s-2)*
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:02:03 2009.

Yuvi gone.

15.4 Henriques to Yuvraj Singh, OUT, much quicker this time, bowled at 135.1 kmph, he tried to swat that past the on-side field but mistimed it straight to Yashpal Singh at deep midwicket
Yuvraj Singh c Yashpal Singh b Henriques 38 (28b 3x4 2x6) SR: 135.71

FOW: 122/5
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:04:39 2009.

we are in 17th over. And Murali Karthik is bowling his 1st over.
splendid captaincy by McCullum.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:07:10 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

yesterday i watched it in www.cricmad.com
adhula 9 channels vandhuchu. wen i tried channel1, both firefox and IE crashed. When I was preparing a big hammer for u last channel worked 5n. dint tried channels in between.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:08:00 2009.

130/5 (17 ov).
idhuvE KKR ku kastamaana total thaan. wat say?
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:09:28 2009.

17.2 Dinda to Kohli, OUT, got onto him quick although a speed of 123.7 kmph doesn't seem too threatening, tried to clear midwicket off that short ball, got the top edge, was a little too high and McCullum didn't have to move much to complete the catch
T Kohli c wicketkeeperMcCullum b Dinda 1 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

FOW: 131/6
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:11:18 2009.

134/6 (18 ov)

From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 21 8:12:56 2009.

yesterday i watched it in www.cricmad.com

ArulprakasH wrote:

adhula 9 channels vandhuchu. wen i tried channel1, both firefox and IE crashed. When I was preparing a big hammer for u last channel worked 5n. dint tried channels in between. Rolling Eyes

i used channel 5 and channel 9.. ungalukku audio and video korrekitta varutha..

enakku audio and video sync aagala.. audio advance ah vanthidum.. 3rd ball video varum pOthu audio la over mudinju advt poittu irukkum....

From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 21 8:14:32 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

130/5 (17 ov).
idhuvE KKR ku kastamaana total thaan. wat say?

if Gayle's battin cliks.. avanukke intha score pathaathu...
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:15:26 2009.

142/6 (19 ov)
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:17:33 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

enakku audio and video sync aagala.. audio advance ah vanthidum.. 3rd ball video varum pOthu audio la over mudinju advt poittu irukkum....
naa speaker pack panni vechuttEn. MD may cum anytime.
MD is leaving abroad tomm.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:19:32 2009.

but video is 2 balls advanced than cricinfo text comentary.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:20:02 2009.

19.2 Dinda to Jayawardene, SIX, that's sailed into the stands, meaty half-volley on the off and he smashed it well over deep midwicket, deserved to go but he executed it brilliantly
19.1 Dinda to Jayawardene, FOUR, superb shot, dropped it short outside off and Jayawardene walked across to pull it powerfully over short fine, landed just inside the ropes, struck it on the half-volley
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 21 8:21:23 2009.

158/6 (20 ov)

From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 21 8:23:10 2009.