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Indian Premier League 2009 (IPL) All You want To Know

Bangalore Royal Challengers
Coach : Venkatesh Prasad
Players :
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Kevin Pietersen, Jitendra Patil, Roelof van der Merwe, Abhmanyu Mithun, Karan Sharma, Rohit Sabharwal, Anil Kumble, Kedar Jadhav, Ross Taylor, Balachandra Akhil, Kotarangada Appanna, Saurabh Bandekar, Bharat Chipli, Manish Pandey, Sreesanth Aravind, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mark Boucher, Srivastava Goswami, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Sunil Joshi, Dale Steyn, Pankaj Singh, Tinu Yohannan, Devraj Patil, Praveen Kumar, Udit Patel, Dillon du Preez, R. Suteesh, Vinay Kumar, Gaurav Dhiman, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Ishank Jaggi, Rajesh Bishnoi, Jacques Kallis, Raju Bhatkal, Jagadeesh Arun Kumar, Robin Uthappa, Jesse Ryder, Wasim Jaffer

Bangalore Royal Challengers

Bangalore Team Owner : Vijay Mallya
Captain : Rahul Dravid
The Bangalore team was bought by Vijay Mallya’s UB Group for $111.6 million to own the team for 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Rahul Dravid is the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers. Team India’s bowling coach, Venkatesh Prasad is the coach of the team.



Royal Challengers Promotional Video





Probability and controversies ( Bangalore Royal Challengers )

Strengths: Some big hitters in Peitersen, Ryder, Taylor, Utthapa.
Weaknesses: Utthapa's form, Peitersen's short stay, lack of options in Indian players, lack of cameraderie in the team.
Contenders for the title: Slim Chance
Probable Position: 5th or 6th.
Expectation : Your point of views about this team " Bangalore Royal Challengers".

Chennai Super Kings
Coach : Kepler Wessels
Players :
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Viraj Vilas Kadbe Palani, Amarnath Manpreet Gony, Srikkanth Anirudha, Murali Vijay, Napoleon Einstein, George Bailey, Stephen Fleming, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Subramaniam Badrinath, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Shadab Jakati, Joginder Sharma, Arun Karthik, Sudeep Tyagi, Suresh Kumar, Palani Amarnath, Ravichandran Ashwin, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Parthiv Patel (wk), Suresh Raina, Thilan Thushara, Muttiah Muralitharan

Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings Owner : Indian Cements
Captain : M.S Dhoni
The Chennai team was bought by India Cements for $91 million to own the team for 10 years. Team India ODI and T20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings. Former South Africa cricket team captain Kepler Wessels is the coach of the team.

Chennai Super Kings Promotional Video





Probability and controversies ( Chennai Super Kings)

Strengths: Dhoni's captaincy; some big hitters in Raina, Hayden, Hussey; all-rounder strength of Morkel and Flintoff; bowling champs like Murali, Ntini and Gony.
Weaknesses: Flintoff's short stay; uncertainty of Joginder Sharma.
Contenders for the title: Very Strong
Probable Position: Top 3
Expectation : Your point of views about this team " Chennai Super Kings ".

Deccan Chargers
Coach : Darren Lehman
Players :
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VVS Laxman, Sanjay Bangar, Halhadar Das (wk), Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris, D Kalyankrishna, Abhinav Kumar, Dwayne Smitha, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Pragyan Ojha, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, PM Sarvesh Kumar, Shahid Afridi, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Harmeet Singh, Jas Karandeep Singh, Manvinder Bisla, Chamara Silva, Andrew Symonds, Chaminda Vaas, Venugopal Rao, Paidikalva Vijaykumar, Arjun Yadav, Ryan Harris, Shoaib Ahmed, Tirumalsetti Suman, Nuwan Zoysa

Deccan Charges
Hyderabad Team Owner : Deccan Chronicle
Captain : VVS Laxman
The Hyderabad team was bought by Deccan Chronicle, a media house, for $107 million for a 10-year period. Team India’s Test player VVS Laxman is the captain of Deccan Chargers. India’s fielding coach, Robin Singh is the coach of the team.

Deccan Charges Promotional Video







Probability and controversies ( Deccan Charges)

Strengths: Explosive Batting.
Weaknesses: Form of the batsmen, weak bowling attack, non-cohesive group.
Contenders for the title: Very Slim Chance
Probable Position: 6th or below
Expectation : Your point of views about this team " Deccan Charges "
Delhi Daredevils
Coach : Greg Shipperd
Players :
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Virender Sehwag, Aavishkar Salvi, AB de Villiers ,Amit Mishra, Andrew McDonald, Ashish Nehra, Daniel Vettori, David Warner, Dinesh Karthik, Dirk Nannes, Farveez Maharoof, Gautam Gambhir, Glenn McGrath, Manoj Tiwary, Mithun Manhas, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Pradeep Sangwan, Rajat Bhatia, Tejashwi Yadav, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Umesh Yadav, Yo Mahesh, Yogesh Nagar

Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Team Owner : GMR Group
Captain: Virender Sehwag
The Delhi team is owned by GMR Holdings for $84 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Virender Sehwag is the captain of Delhi Daredevils. Australia’s Greg Shipperd is the coach of the team.

Delhi Daredevils Promotional Video






Probability and controversies ( Delhi Daredevils)

Strengths: 3 things: Batting, Batting and Batting, Amit Mishra's spin.
Weaknesses: McGrath's form, weak bowling attack.
Contenders for the title: Fair Chance
Probable Position: Top 5
Expectation : Your point of views about this team " Delhi Daredevils "


Kings XI Punjab
Coach : Tom Moody


Players :
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Yuvraj Singh, Ajitesh Argal, Amanpreet Singh, Brett Lee, Burt Cockley, Irfan Pathan, James Hopes, Jerome Taylor, Karan Goel, Karan Goel, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Luke Pomersbach, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Ranadeb Bose, Ravi Bopara, Ravikant shukla, Sahil Kukreja, Ryan Ninan, Shaun Marsh, S. Sreesanth, Simon Katich, Sunny Sohal, Taruwar Kohli, Uday Kaul, Vikramjeet Malik, VRV Singh, Wilkin Mota, Yash Gandhi, Tanmay Srivastava

Kings XI Punjab
Mohali Team Owner : Preity Zinta/Ness Wadia
Captain: Yuvraj Singh
The Mohali team was bought by Bollywood diva Preity Zinta, her industrialist beau Ness Wadia, along with renowned industrialists Karan Paul and Mohit Burman for $76 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Yuvraj Singh is the captain of Kings XI Punjab. Australia’s Tom Moody is the coach of the team.

Kings XI Punjab Promotional Video





Probability and controversies ( Kings XI Punjab)

Strengths: Explosive Batting, Good Fielding, Good Bowling, Good replacements for Foreign players.
Weaknesses: Poor Indian bench strength.
Contenders for the title: Fair Chance
Probable Position: Top 5
Expectation : Your point of views about this team " Kings XI Punjab "


Kolkata Knight Riders
Coach : John Buchanan

Players :
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Sourav Ganguly, Aakash Chopra, Abhishek Banerjee, Aditya Dole, Ajantha Mendis, Ajit Agarkar, Ameya Shrikhande, Amit Das, Angelo Mathews, Anureet Singh, Anushtup Mazumdar, Arindam Ghosh, Ashok Dinda, Avik Chowdhury, Bhavin Thakkar, Brad Hodge, Brendon McCullum, Chetan Suryavanshi, Cheteshwar Pujara, Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Debabrata Das, Dhiran Salvi, Gaurav Chabbra, Gnaneswara Rao, Iqbal Abdulla, Ishant Sharma, Ishwar Chowdhury, Kshemal Waingankar, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, M Sanauth, Mark Cameron, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mohnish Parmar, Moises Henriques, Murali Kartik, Murtaza Hussain, Nataraj Behara, P Prashant, Prashant Parmeshwar, Rajesh Verma, Ricky Ponting, Rohan Prem, S Niyaz, Sachin Rana, Sanjay Bangar, Sanjib Sanyal, Sanju Samson, Shatrunjay Gaekwad, Sheldon Jackson, Shoaib Sheikh, Sourav Sarkar, Sunny Singh, Vinit Indulkar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yashpal Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Team Owner: Shah Rukh Khan/Juhi Chawla
Captain: Saurav Ganguly
The Kolkata team is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for $75.09 million for a 10-year period. ‘Icon player’ Sourav Ganguly is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. Australia’s John Buchanan is the coach of the team.

Kolkata Knight Riders
Promotional Video





Probability and controversies ( Kolkata Knight Riders)

Strengths: A good and complete lineup, Name Change (?).
Weaknesses: Non-cohesive group, experimental strategies.
Contenders for the title: Very Slim Chance
Probable Position: 6th or below
Expectation : Your point of views about this team " Kolkata Knight Riders "


Mumbai Indians
Coach : Lalchand Rajput

Players :
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Sachin Tendulkar, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Chaitanya Nanda, Dhawal Kulkarni, Dilhara Fernando, Dwayne Bravo, Graham Napier, Harbhajan Singh, Jaydev Shah, Jean Paul Duminy, Jude Singh, Kyle Mills, Lasith Malinga, Luke Ronchi, Mohammad Ashraful, Pinal Shah, Rahil Shaikh, Rohan Raje, Ryan McLaren, Sanath Jayasuriya, Saurabh Tiwary, Shikhar Dhawan, Yogesh Vijay Takawale, Zaheer Khan

Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Team Owner: Mukesh Ambani
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
The Mumbai team is owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited for $111.9 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Sachin Tendulkar is the captain of Mumbai Indians. Former Team India manager, Lalchand Rajput is the coach of the team.

Mumbai Indians Promotional Video






Probability and controversies ( Mumbai Indians )

Strengths: A good and complete lineup, Sachin and Sanath are a delight to watch any day.
Weaknesses: Chokers(???)
Contenders for the title: Great Chance
Probable Position: Top 4
Expectation : Your point of views about this team "Mumbai Indians"


Rajasthan Royals
Coach : Shane Warne

Players :
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Shane Warne, Abhishek Raut, Swapnil Asnodkar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Kaif, Kamran Akmal (wk), Ahad Malek, Amit Singh, Ashraf Makda, Atul Sharma, Gajendra Singh, Lee Carseldine, Mohammad Arif, Mahesh Rawat, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Parag More, Morne Morkel, Pankaj Singh, Munaf Patel, Niraj Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty, Pratmesh Salunke, Pushkarraj Chavan, Raiphi Gomez, Anup Revandkar, Jaydev Shah, Graeme Smith, Sohail Tanvir, Siddharth Trivedi, Shane Watson, Younis Khan, Robert Quiney, Justin Langer, Shane Harwood, Shaun Tait, Siddharth Chitnis, Srideep Mangela, Tyron Henderson, Dinesh Salunke

Rajasthan Royals
Jaipur Team Owner: Emerging Media Group
Captain: Shane Warne
The Jaipur team was bought by UK-based company Emerging Media for $67 million to own the team for a period of 10 years. Former Australian spin bowler Shane Warne is both the captain and coach of Rajasthan Royals. Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her business partner Raj Kundra recently bought a 12 per cent stake in the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals.

Rajasthan Royals Promotional Video







Probability and controversies ( Rajasthan Royals )

Strengths: A complete lineup, explosive batting, some hidden talents.
Weaknesses: Can they repeat the magic again?
Contenders for the title: Great Chance
Probable Position: Top 4
Expectation : Your point of views about this team "Rajasthan Royals"



Indian Premier League, 2009 complete fixture and timetable and venues :

South Africa is the host of 2nd season of IPL Twenty20 League. The opening match will be started on April 18, 2009 at Newlands stadium in Cape Town and final match will be held in Johannesburg.

South Africa’s 8 cities will be celebrated IPL 2009’s all matches. 59 matches will be kicked in 8 different cities. They are Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, East London, Kimberly, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth and the opening match will be kicked off between Rajasthan Royals (the inaugural champions) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore.



Fist semifinal will be taken place at SuperSport Park, Centurion and the second semifinal and final will be kicked off at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

DATE MATCH SCHEDULE & PLACE
April 18 (Sat) RR v RCB (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT) ,Cape Town
MI v CSK (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT) ,Cape Town
April 19 (Sun) KKR v DC (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT) ,Cape Town
DD v KXIP (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT),Cape Town
April 20 (Mon) RCB v CSK (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Port Elizabeth
April 21(Tue) RR v MI (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Durban
KKR v KXIP (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Durban
April 22(Wed) DD v CSK (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Durban
RCB v DC (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Cape Town
April 23(Thurs) KKR v RR (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Port Elizabeth
April 24(Fri) KXIP v RCB (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Johannesburg
April 25(Sat) KKR v CSK (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Cape Town
DC v MI (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Durban
April 26(Sun) RR v KXIP (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Cape Town
RCB v DD (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Port Elizabeth
April 27(Mon) KKR v MI (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Cape Town
CSK v DC (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Durban
April 28(Tue) DD v RR (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Centurion
April 29(Wed) MI v KXIP (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Durban
KKR v RCB (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Durban
April 30(Thurs) DD v DC (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Supersport Park
RR v CSK (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Centurion
May 1(Fri) RCB v KXIP (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), East London
MI v KKR (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Durban
May 2(Sat) RR v DC (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Johannesburg
CSK v DD (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Port Elizabeth
May 3(Sun) MI v RCB (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Durban
KXIP v KKR (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), East London
May 4(Mon) DC v CSK (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Port Elizabeth
May 5(Tue) DD v KKR (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Durban
KXIP v RR (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Durban
May 6(Wed) MI v DC (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Centurion
May 7(Thurs) KXIP v CSK (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), S Park
RCB v RR (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Centurion
May 8(Fri) DD v MI (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), East London
May 9(Sat) DC v KXIP (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Bloemfontein
CSK v RR (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Port Elizabeth
May 10(Sun) KKR v DD (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), East London
RCB v MI (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Johannesburg
May 11 (Mon)
DC v RR (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Bloemfontein
May 12 (Tue)
RCB v KKR (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Centurion
KXIP v MI (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Centurion
May 13 (Wed)
DC v DD (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Durban
May 14 (Thurs)
MI v RR (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Durban
CSK v RCB (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Durban
May 15 (Fri)
KXIP v DD (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Kimberley
May 16 (Sat)
CSK v MI (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Johannesburg
DC v KKR (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Port Elizabeth
May 17 (Sun)
RR v DD (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Kimberley
KXIP v DC (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Johannesburg
May 18 (Mon)
CSK v KKR (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Centurion
May 19 (Tue)
DD v RCB (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Johannesburg
May 20(Wed)
CSK v KXIP (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Durban
RR v KKR (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Durban
May 21(Thurs) DC v RCB (12:30 local, 10:30 GMT), Centurion
MI v DD (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT), Centurion
May 22(Fri) Semi Final 1, (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT),Centurion
May 23(Sat) Semi Final 2, (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT),Johannesburg
May 24(Sun) Final, (16:30 local, 14:30 GMT),Johannesburg

****** RR - Rajasthan Royals , MI - Mumbai Indians , DC - Deccan Chargers , KKR - Kolkata Knight Riders , CSK - Chennai Super Kings , KXIP - Kings XI Punjab , RCB - Royal Challenger Bangalore , DD - Delhi Daredevils ******


There was some news in media that the two semi-final and final will be hold in Indian home ground but I now I can see that it will be held on South Africa. Any why, this is very good decision from IPL authority.

Note : Let me know what's your team and who's going to be win this IPL 2009 2nd Season Tournament.





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