Friday, March 27, 2009

IPL 2009 Schedule

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

April 19: Delhi DareDevils v Kings XI Punjab (4pm), Cape Town; Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers (8pm), Cape Town.

April 20: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings (8pm), Port Elizabeth.

April 21: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab (4pm), Durban; Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians (8 pm), Durban.

April 22: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers (8pm), Cape Town.

April 23: Chennai Super Kings v Delhi DareDevils (4pm), Durban; Kolkata Knight.
Riders v Rajasthan Royals (8pm), Cape Town.

April 24: Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore (8pm), Durban.

April 25: Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers (4pm), Durban; Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings (8pm), Cape Town.

April 26: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi DareDevils (4pm), Port Elizabeth; Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab (8pm), Cape Town.

April 27: Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers (4pm), Durban; Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians (8pm), Port Elizabeth.

April 28: Delhi DareDevils v Rajasthan Royals (8pm), Pretoria.

April 29: Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore (4pm), Durban; Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab (8pm), Durban.

April 30: Delhi DareDevils v Deccan Chargers (4pm), Pretoria; Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings (8pm), Pretoria.

May 1: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians (4 pm) East London; Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab (8pm), Durban.

May 2: Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers (4pm), Port Elizabeth; Chennai Super Kings v Delhi DareDevils (8pm), Johannesburg.

May 3: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab (4pm), Port Elizabeth; Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore (8pm), Johannesburg.

May 4: Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings (8pm), East London.

May 5: Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals (4pm), Durban; Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi DareDevils (8pm), Durban.

May 6: Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers (8pm), Pretoria.

May 7: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals (4pm), Pretoria; Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings (8pm), Pretoria.

May 8: Delhi DareDevils v Mumbai Indians (8pm), East London.

May 9: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab (4pm), Kimberley; Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals (8pm), Kimberley.

May 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians (4pm), Port Elizabeth; Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi DareDevils (8pm), Johannesburg.

May 11: Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals (8pm), Kimberley.

May 12: Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore (4pm), Pretoria; Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians (8pm), Pretoria.

May 13: Deccan Chargers v Delhi DareDevils (8pm), Durban.

May 14: Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore (4pm), Durban; Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals (8pm), Durban.

May 15: Kings XI Punjab v Delhi DareDevils (8pm), Bloemfontein.

May 16: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians (4pm), Port Elizabeth; Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers (8pm), Johannesburg.

May 17: Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers (4pm), Johannesburg; Rajasthan Royals v Delhi DareDevils (8pm), Bloemfontein.

May 18: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (8pm), Pretoria.

May 19: Delhi DareDevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore (8pm), Johannesburg.

May 20: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals (4pm), Durban; Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab (8pm), Durban.

May 21: Mumbai Indians v Delhi DareDevils (4pm), Pretoria; Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore (8pm), Pretoria.

May 22: Semi-final 1 (8pm), Pretoria.

May 23: Semi-final 2 (8pm), Johannesburg.

May 24: Final (8pm), Johannesburg.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

IPL 2009 Inaugural & Final matches

IPL Inaugural Match at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa

Newlands, Cape Town
Also or formerly known as Sahara Park; Newlands; Western Province Cricket Club; Newlands 'A' Capacity 25,000
End names: Wynberg End, Kelvin Grove End













IPL Final Match at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa

The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Also or formerly known as Kent ParkEnd names: Corlett Drive End, Golf Course End












Source: www.cricinfo.com

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

IPL 2009 in South Africa

IPL 2009 will be held in South Africa from April 18 th to May 24th, 2009 at Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Pretoria and Johannesburgh.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

IPL 2009 Teams & Players











Chennai Super Kings

International Players:

1. Matthew Hayden
2. Mike Hussey
3. Stephen Fleming
4. Jacob Oram
5. M. Muralitharan
6. Albie Morkel
7. Makhaya Ntini
8. Andrew Flintoff
9. Thilan Thushara
10. George Bailey

Indian Players:

1. M.S.Dhoni
2. Parthiv Patel
3. Joginder Sharma
4. Suresh Raina
5. Lakshmipathy Balaji
6. S. Badrinath
7. R. Ashwin
8. Sudeep Tyagi
9. S.B.Jakati
10. S.Vidyut
11. Abhinav Mukund
12. Napoleon Einstein
13. Viraj Kadbe
14. Arun Karthik
15. S.Suresh Kumar
16. P. Amarnath
17. Srikkanth Anirudha
18. Manpreet Singh Goni
19. M. Vijay














Deccan Chargers

International Players:

1. Adam Gilchrist
2. Andrew Symonds
3. Herschelle Gibbs
4. Scott Styris
5. Chaminda Vaas
6. Chamara Silva
7. Nuwan Zoysa
8. Ryan Harris
9. Fidel Edwards
10. Dwayne Smith

Indian Players:

1. V.V.S.Laxman
2. Rohit Sharma
3 R.P.Singh
4. Y.Venugopal Rao
5. N. Arjun Yadav
6. Dwaraka Ravi Teja
7. Pragyan Ojha
8. D.Kalyankrishna
9. P. Vijay Kumar
10.Haladhar Das
11.Sarvesh Kumar
12.H.S. Bansal
13. Jaskarandeep Singh
14. Abhinav Kumar
15.Tirumalasetti Suman
16.Manvinder Singh Bisla

17.Syed Mohd Shoaib Muqsusi
18. Azhar Anjum Bilakhia












Delhi DareDevils

International Players:


1. Glenn McGrath
2. AB De Villiers
3. Tilakaratne M Dilshan
4. Daniel Vettori
5. Ferveez Maharoof
6. Andrew McDonald
7. David Warner
8. Dirk Nannes
9. Owais Shah
10. Paul Collingwood


Indian Players:

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Dinesh Karthik
4. Manoj Tiwary
5. Rajat Bhatia
6. Amit Mishra
7. Mithun Manhas
8. Yo Mahesh
9. Pradeep Sangwan
10. Tejeswi Yadav
11. Yogesh Nagar
12. Ashish Nehra













Kolkata Knight Riders



International Players:


1.Brendon McCullum

2.Chris Gayle

3.Ricky Ponting

4.David Hussey

5.Brad Hodge

6.Moises Henriques

7.Angelo Matthews

8.Ajantha Mendis

9.Langeveldt

10.Mashrafe Mortaza



Indian Players:



11.Sourav Ganguly

12.Ajit Agarkar

13.Kartik

14.Ishant Sharma

15.Aakash Chopra

16.Cheteshwar Pujara

17.Yashpal Singh

18.Iqbal Abdulla

19.Laxmi Ratan Shukla

20.Wriddhiman Saha

21.Ashoke Dinda

22.Debabrata Das

23.Mohnish Parmar

24.Anureet Singh

25.Arindam Ghosh

26.Sourav Sarkar

27.Shoaib Sheikh

28.Sunny Singh





















Kings XI Punjab

International Players:

1. Brett Lee
2. Simon Katich
3. James Hopes
4. Luke Pomersbach
5. Kumar Sangakkara
6. Mahela Jayawardane
7. Shaun Marsh
8. Burt Cockley
9. Ravi Bopara
10 Jerome Taylor

Indian Players:

1. Yuvraj Singh
2. Irfan Pathan
3. Piyush Chawla
4. S.Sreesanth
5. Ramesh Powar
6. Sahil Kukreja
7. Wilkin Mota
8. Yash Gandhi
9. V.R.V.Singh
10. Karan Goel
11. Uday Kaul
12. Sunny Sohal
13. Tanmay Srivastava
14. Ajitesh Argal












Mumbai Indians

International Players:

1. Sanath Jayasuriya
2. Lasith Malinga
3. Dilhara Fernando
4. Luke Ronchi
5. Dwayne Bravo
6. Graham Napier
7. Ryan Mclaren
8. JP Duminy
9. Kyle Mills
10. Mohammad Ashraful



Indian Players:


11. Sachin Tendulkar
12. Harbhajan Singh
13. Abhishek Nayar
14. Ajinkya Rahane
15. Dhaval Kulkarni
16. Pinal Shah
17. Rohan Raje

18. Saurabh Tiwary
19. Yogesh Takawale
20. Zaheer Khan
21. Jaydev Shah
22. Shikhar Dhawan
23. Chetanya Nanda
24. Rahil Shaikh












Rajasthan Royals

International Players:

1. Shane Warne
2. Graeme Smith
3. Shane Watson
4. Dimitri Mascarenhas
5. Morne Morkel
6. Kamran Akmal (unavailable in 2009)
7. Sohail Tanveer (unavailable in 2009)
8. Robert Quinney
9. Shaun Tait
10. Tyron Henderson

Indian Players:

1. Mohammad Kaif
2. Munaf Patel
3. Yousuf Pathan
4. Siddharth Trivedi
5. Swapnil Asnodkar
6. Neeraj Patel
7. Mahesh Rawat
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Sumeet Khatri
10. Anup Revandkar
11. Dinesh Salunkhe














Royal Challengers



International Players:



1. Jacques Kallis
2. Mark Boucher
3. Dale Steyn
4. Nathan Bracken
5. Cameron White
6. Misbah-Ul-Haq (unavailable in 2009)
7. Dillon du Preez
8. Ross Taylor
9. Kevin Pietersen
10. Jesse Ryder



Indian Players:


1.Rahul Dravid

2.Anil Kumble

3.Wasim Jaffer

4.Praveen Kumar

5.Devraj Patil

6.Bharat Chipli

7.K. P. Appanna

8.J. Arun Kumar

9.Virat Kohli

10.Sreevats Goswami

11.Sunil Joshi

12.Vinay Kumar

13.Balachandra Akhil

14.Pankaj Singh

15.Uthappa

16.Manish Pandey

17.Gaurav Dhiman



Friday, March 20, 2009

IPL vs IPL

Indian Political League vs Indian Premier League - Clash of two significant events in India has left cricket lovers in a lurch. Summer 2009 in India will really be hot with Politics and Cricket taking centre stage and security issues afflicting both. Despite efforts by the IPL to reschedule the tournament match dates in eight states of India, the response from State Government has not been encouraging. The debate as to, "Will the IPL be held this year ?" continues. Cricket lovers in India are eagerly waiting for some good news. Hope our polititians and bureaucrats find a way out and don't disappoint Cricket Buffs around the world.