Chennai Super Kings emerged the champions of IPL yet again as they won the IPL 4 final by thrashing Bangalore Royal Challengers by 58 runs. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Murali Vijay played an awesome knock of 95 runs in 52 balls and was supported by Michael Hussey (63 runs off 45 balls) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22 runs in 13 balls) as CSK posted a massive 205/5 in 20 overs. Chris Gayle and S Aravind took 2 wickets each for RCB. In reply, Bangalore Royal Challengers kept on losing wickets ...
Paul Valthaty – journey from obscurity to national limelight
Paul Valthaty was an unknown name to the millions of cricket fans in India who follow the game very closely till a few days ago. He was included in the Kings XI Punjab team this year but many thought he got his chances in team as there were hardly any established stars in the Punjab team. His overall statistics were also not impressive without even a single first class match, only one List A match and a few T20 matches including a few appearances for Rajasthan Royals in the previous IPL seasons where he hardly scored anything noticeable. So, when ...
IPL announces final squads for IPL 2011 Season 4
All the 10 teams participating in IPL 2011 Season 4 including the two new entrants Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala have announced their final list of players in their respective teams. Out of the teams, Sahara Pune Warriors is the only team to have registered their full quota of 30 players in the squad. Delhi Daredevils were also close behind with 29 players while Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals named 27 players each in their final squads. Royal Challengers Bangalore listed 25 players and Kings XI Punjab 23 players. Kolkata Knight Riders named the least ...
IPL 4 revised schedule
The schedule for IPL 4 has been revised taking into account the upcoming assembly elections in the five Indian states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry. Three out of the five states have an IPL team associated to one of their cities. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has its base in the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata. Chennai Super King is based in the captal of Tamil Nadu, Chennai while Kochi Tuskers Kerala is based in Kochi in Kerala. The complete revised schedule of IPL 2011 season 4 is as follows:
April 8: 8pm – Chennai Super Kings vs ...
Players bought in IPL 4 auctions segregated by teams
We are listing the players bought in IPL 4 auctions segregated by IPL teams. This list also includes the players retained by their franchisees and is the total list of players bought by the respective teams till now. The list has been segregated both by teams as well as the prices of the players in descending order.
Delhi Daredevils
Irfan Pathan to Delhi Daredevils for $1.9 million.
Virender Sehwag retained by Delhi Daredevils for 1.8 million.
Umesh Yadav to Delhi for $750,000.
David Warner to Delhi Daredevils for $750,000.
Venugopal Rao to Delhi Daredevils for $700,000.
Morne Morkel to Delhi Daredevils for $475,000.
Ashok Dinda to Delhi Daredevils ...
DLF Indian Premier League season 3 will be broadcast live on the world most’s popular video streaming website Youtube after IPL and Google who own Youtube signed up a deal. Under the agreemement, all the matches of IPL wil be broadcast live on all countries except United States which will have re-broacast options. One of the most significant benefits of this deal for the viewers is that the viewers can choose between different camera angles. The viewers will also be able to pause and rewind the live feed. The viewers will also be able to watch live replays at any time during the day. The deal is for 2 years as of now and will give Google exclusive online rights for IPL content for two years, with both parties sharing revenues from sponsorships and advertising. The IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said that he is hopeful to take IPL to international markets beyond the cricketing nations with this new move.
The official IPL channel on Youtube is also mentioning the same and it might be possible that the official channel itself shows the live feed. The link to the official IPL channel on youtube is:
The IPL 3 Auction took place on January 19, 2010 and it was a comparatively low profile auction compared to the two previous years. It was also due to the fact that the IPL franchisees had just 750,000 dollars each as the maximum limit to spend on the auction. However, there was a also a new rule this year where the franchisees could make secret ‘silent tiebreaker bids’ in case there was a tie. But the excess money from the secret bid went to IPL instead of the players who could receive only the maximum bid at 750,000 dollars. There were secret bids for two players who were Keiron Pollard and Shane Bond. They were officially sold at 750,000 dollars each but as per sources, Mumbai Indians had supposedly made secret bid of more than 2 million dollars to bag Keiron Pollard while Kolkata Knight Riders had supposedly made secret bid of more than a millon dollars for Shane Bond. The other two high priced puchases and hot bids in IPL season 3 auctions were Kemar Roach and Wayne Parnell who were bagged by Delhi Daredevils for 720,000 dollars and 610,000 dollars respectively. Others won in the auction included Mohammad Kaif (Punjab, 250,000), Eoin Morgan (Bangalore, 220,000), Damien Martyn (Rajasthan, 100,000), Justin Kemp (Chennai, 100,000), Thissara Perera (Chennai, 50,000), Adam Voges (Rajasthan, 50,000) and Yusuf Abdulla (Punjab, 50,000).
There were 66 overseas players in the final IPL 3 auction list and only 10 overseas player and one Indian player were sold. The players who were sold are as follows:
Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians, $750,000)
Shane Bond (Kolkata Knight Riders, $750,000)
Kemar Roach (Deccan Chargers, $720,000)
Wayne Parnell (Delhi Dardevils, $610,000)
Mohammad Kaif (Kings XI Punjab, $250,000)
Eoin Morgan (Royal Challengers Bangalore, $220,000)
Damien Martyn (Rajasthan Royals, $100,000)
Justin Kemp (Chennai Super Kings, $100,000)
Thissara Perera (Chennai Super Kings, $50,000)
Adam Voges (Rajasthan Royals, $50,000)
Yusuf Abdulla (Kings XI Punjab, $50,000)
The IPL season 3 would start on March 12, 2010 with a grand opening ceremony followed by a clash between the winners of last edition of IPL Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knightriders at Navi Mumbai. The final of this 2010 edition of the Indian Premier League would take place on 25th of April at Navi Mumbai’s D Y Patil Stadium. There will be 60 matches in total and several new venues have also been added in this year’s IPL. Here is the complete schedule of IPL season 3.
1st match Fri Mar 12 – Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
2nd match Sat Mar 13 – Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
3rd match Sat Mar 13 – Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
4th match Sun Mar 14- Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
5th match Sun Mar 14- Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
6th match Mon Mar 15 – Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
7th match Tue Mar 16- Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
8th match Tue Mar 16- Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
9th match Wed Mar 17 – Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
10th match Thu Mar 18 – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
11th match Fri Mar 19 – Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
12th match Fri Mar 19 – Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab
Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam
13th match Sat Mar 20 – Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
14th match Sat Mar 20 – Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
15th match Sun Mar 21 – Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils
Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam
16th match Sun Mar 21 – Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
17th match Mon Mar 22 – Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
18th match Tue Mar 23- Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
19th match Wed Mar 24 – Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
20th match Thu Mar 25- Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
21st match Fri Mar 26- Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
22nd match Sat Mar 27- Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
23rd match Sat Mar 27- Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
24th match Sun Mar 28- Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
25th match Sun Mar 28- Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
26th match Mon Mar 29 – Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
27th match Tue Mar 30 – Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
28th match Wed Mar 31- Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
29th match Wed Mar 31- Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
30th match Thu Apr 1 – Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
31st match Fri Apr 2 – Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
32nd match Sat Apr 3 – Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
33rd match Sat Apr 3 – Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
34th match Sun Apr 4 – Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
35th match Sun Apr 4 – Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
36th match Mon Apr 5- Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
37th match Mon Apr 6- Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
38th match Mon Apr 7- Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad / Jaipur (venue not confirmed)
39th match Mon Apr 7-Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
40th match Thu Apr 8- Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
41st match Thu Apr 9 -Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
42nd match Thu Apr 10-Dccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
43rd match Sat Apr 10 – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
44th match Sat Apr 11- Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
45th match Sat Apr 11 – Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad / Jaipur (venue not confirmed)
46th match Sat Apr 12 – Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
47th match Tue Apr 13 – Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
48th match Tue Apr 13 – Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
49th match Wed Apr 14- Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad / Jaipur (venue not confirmed)
50th match Wed Apr 15- Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
51st match Wed Apr 16- Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala
52nd match Wed Apr 17- Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
53rd match -Wed Apr 17 Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
54th match Wed Apr 18- Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala
55th match Wed Apr 18- Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
56th match Wed Apr 19- Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Semi-Final Wed Apr 21- TBC v TBC
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Semi-Final Wed Apr 22- TBC v TBC
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
3rd Place Play-off Wed Apr 24- TBC v TBC
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
Final Wed Apr 21- TBC v TBC
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
NOTE: The match timings for all matches of IPL 3 would be 8:00 PM IST on days when there are only one match and 4:00 PM IST and 8:00 PM IST respectively on days when there are two matches in a day. The only exception would be the second match of IPL 3 on 13th match which would start at 3:00 PM IST as it was re-scheduled by an hour on a request by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) as the timings clashed with the Hockey World Cup Final.
Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Man of the Series of the second edition of the Indian Premier League. Gilchrist scored the second highest runs in the tournament after Matthew Hayden scoring 495 runs in his 16 innings with 54 fours and 29 sixes. He also led the Deccan Chargers team to victory in IPL T20 season 2 under his captaincy.
Matthew Hayden was awarded the Orange Cap for the highest runs in IPL 2 as he amassed 572 runs in 12 innings at an average of 52.00 with 60 fours and 22 sixes. RP Singh was awarded the Purple Cap for being the leading wicket taker in IPL 2 scalping 23 wickets in 16 matches at an average of 18.13
