IPL KKR vs Deccan Chargers a Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders ( KKR) will take on the highly spirited Deccan Chargers  in the lone IPL  Match to be played today. This match is very important for the KKR as they lost the opening match against Chennai Super kings; the match they should have easily won. Don’t know what happen to them that they failed to finish the match in style.

The two most costly players are in KKR but both failed badly in the first match. So Captain Gambhir will try not to repeat the mistakes and should open the innings for them so lead by example.

At the same time Yousuf Pathan should realize the importance of his wicket and should not attempt for silly runs to be a run out player.

This year Deccan Chargers are a complete new looks team with most unknown and not so famous names consisting the squad. The notable and some common names are Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra of the domestic circle.

Among the foreign players Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn are notable.

 The match is very important from another prospective; KKR will play their first match at Kolkatta after dropping the local southpaw Saurav Ganguly. So it is to be seen how the crowd behave and how they accept the so long their favorite team KKR without Ganguly

Pune Warriors will host the King XI Punjab in IPL Twenty20

Pune Warriors will be looking to skipper Yuvraj Singh to lead the way when they make their IPL Twenty20 against Kings XI Punjab in Navi Mumbai Today.After stunning performance in World Cup, Yuvraj Singh is all set to lead Pune Warriors against Kings XI Punjab at the D Y Patil Stadium.

Pune are struggling in the bowlers with injuries to Ashish Nehra and Angelo Matthews but South African Wayne Parnell and West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor will be available for selection.Pune will hope he can bring that form to the IPL, and inspire a young side.

Kings XI will be looking to put behind the disappointment of previous IPL and begin with a win under new skipper Adam Gilchrist.Punjab may take a few matches to get their combination working, since some experimentation will have to be done in arriving at the best XI from a squad lacking big names who pick themselves.

Delhi Daredevils will host the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2011

Delhi Daredevils host Mumbai Indians at the Feroz Shah Kotla in the 2011 Indian Premier League season. Both the teams look very good in paper though Mumbai might feel a little weak in their bowling department after loosing Zaheer Khan. Delhi did not have a good time in the previous edition of the IPL and were expelled even before the semi-final, the first time that happened in the three years.The bowling attack will be tested as the team has taken a massive gamble in Irfan Pathan and Ajit Agarkar.

Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils gave us the most explosive openers of the past going up against the most explosive of the present like Sehwag-Gambhir against the Tendulkar-Jayasuriya. Mumbai has the master himself who was the highest run getter in the previous IPL tournament. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds and David Jacobs will add enough steam to the batting line up.

Both teams will look for a positive start as they look to make the play offs and challenge for their first IPL title.

IPL 20-20 New Format, a TRICKY

The IPL is getting bigger. But the real question is; is it getting better? We will the answer after 51 days of intense packed full cricket consisting of 74 matches. This year the format has caught everyone’s imagination.

The teams this year have been divided into two groups of 5 teams each. They will play 70 league matches plus 4 play off games.

Each team will play 14 league games. The other 4 team in its group twice – home and away as before; 4 of the 5 teams in the other group once – home or away, and the fifth team in the other group twice – home and away. The match will be decided by a random draw of lots.

The No 1 team at the end of the league will play No 2 in play off game A, which is effectively a semi final. Similarly the No. 3 side will play no.4 in play off game B which is the other semi final. The game A winner will automatically qualify for the final but the REAL TWIST is that the game B winner plays the game A loser to decide the second finalists.

Each of the eight franchises was allowed to retain four players each, three of whom could be Indians. If the franchise decides to retain 4 players then a sum of $4.5 million was deducted from their total purchasing power of $ 9 million.

So there is always hope against hope for the losers.

IPL Twenty20 Cricket Opening Ceremony Preview

The IPL opening ceremony of the Indian Premium League which would take place in Chennai on Friday. IPL opening ceremony would have some very big names both from the world of the cricket and that of the Bollywood.

The opening ceremony will be colourful with all the IPL Teams and with special cultural events and musical shows.King Khan will be shaking a leg at the opening ceremony of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) in Chennai.The evening of the opening ceremony would be packed with song and dance and the Bollywood of Badshah would add to the grandeur.

The 'Ra.One' star is expected to reach Chennai by today afternoon. The organizers wanted to add more colour and grandeur to the opening ceremony of the IPL. They have tried their best to get in some very talented people of the show business like Sunidhi Chauhan, Kunal Ganjawala and Akriti Kakar.

The BCCI originally considered extending the tournament format used in previous season to ten teams, which would increase the number of matches from 60 to 94.Defending Champion Chennai Super Kings will play Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of IPL 2011.This year of T20 extravaganza will be played at 13 venues across the country and will last 51 days.

Highest Paid players

The Best Deal for this year IPL is supposed to have been the booking of in form dashing players of Indian national team Yousuf Pathan and Gautam Gambhir by Kolkata Knight Riders. These two players are the highest paid players of this years auction.

IPL IV Number of overseas players reduced

This time another change has been introduced in the IPL regarding the number of overseas player to play in each match. Previously it was 4 per match per team. But this season it was reduced to 3 per team per match. This change has been made to give domestic players more opportunity to play, so the back strength on the Indian team remains strong. How successfully it will work is something that time will tell only.

IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2011 Team Skippers

IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2011 Team Skippers

Mahendra Singh Dhoni - Chennai Super Kings

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, About this sound pronunciation (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar) (now in Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team.

The Chennai Super Kings paid a whopping $1.5 million dollars for MS Dhoni at the player auctions in 2008 and have now retained him in the second round of auctions, a testament to his talent and usefulness as a cricketer. ‘Captain Cool’ to his myriad fans, MS Dhoni is a player for all seasons.

Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Dhoni is one of the number of wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team — Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik also followed this route. Dhoni, referred to as 'Mahi' by his friends, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998/99 cricket season and was selected to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in 2004.

Kumar Sangakkara - Deccan Chargers

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (born 27 October 1977, Matale, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman. He used to play as a wicket-keeper and top-order batsman in all forms of the game, but has stopped doing so in Tests as his batting average is significantly higher in Tests when he plays as a pure batsman.

'Sanga' belongs to a rare breed of cricketers who are poised with both grace and flamboyance. His understanding of the game is unparallel and as captain of the Sri Lankan side he has proven that there is a great head on those shoulders.

Virender Sehwag - Delhi Daredevils

Virender Sehwag About this sound pronunciation (born 20 October 1978, in Delhi, India), affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler.

By early 2009, Sehwag had reestablished himself as one of the best performing batsmen in ODI cricket. irender Sehwag returns to captaining the Delhi Daredevils in Season 4 of the IPL. The only player retained by the Delhi franchise, Sehwag has a simple attitude towards batting – see the ball and hit it.

Adam Gilchrist - Kings XI Punjab

Adam Craig Gilchrist AM (born 14 November 1971), nicknamed Gilly or Church,[2] is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national team through his aggressive batting.

The former Australia stumper, Gilly, to his friends and fans, is the first superstar wicketkeeper. He has earned the reputation of being a “walker”, or one who owns up to a fatal batting error even when it escapes the umpire’s attention.

Mahela Jayawardene - Kochi Tuskers Kerala

Mahela Jayawardene (born 27 May 1977), is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s. Despite his relatively low ODI average, Jayawardene is considered to be one of the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka and is generally held in high regard as a legend of the modern game along with team-mate Kumar Sangakkara.

He then scored 374, a Sri Lankan record, against South Africa at the SSC in Colombo adding 624 for the third wicket with Kumar Sangakkara - a first-class record.

Gautam Gambhir - Kolkata Knight Riders


Gautam Gambhir (born 14 October 1981, in Delhi) is an Indian cricketer, a batsman. He has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since 2003 (ODIs) and 2004 (Tests). He is also the only Indian, and one of only four international cricketers, to have scored five hundreds in five consecutive test matches. On July 2009, for a period of ten days he was the number one ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings.

Gambhir’s rise as a cricketer is most unusual - he was first noticed in T20 cricket, then proved himself in the ODI arena and finally scored big runs in Test cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar - Mumbai Indians

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket.

Tendulkar is certain to have almost all batting records against his name by the time he hangs up his boots. Success in the 20-over format seems to have eluded the Little Champion, both at the international level and in the IPL.

Yuvraj Singh - Pune Warriors India

Yuvraj Singh About this sound pronunciation born 12 December 1981 Chandigarh, India in a Jatt Sikh Family. He is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Yuvraj had skippered Kings XI Punjab in the first two editions and played under Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara in the previous edition. Star batsman Yuvraj Singh , who played a key role in India's World Cup win, said leading new IPL entrants Pune Warriors is big responsibility but he is excited to take up the challenge.

Daniel Vettori - Royal Challengers Bangalore

Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979) is a cricketer for the New Zealand cricket team, where he is the current captain. He is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs. In the fourth season of Indian Premier League, he was contracted by Royal Challengers Bangalore for US$550,000. He is currently the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team.

Royal Challengers has announced New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori as the captain of the team for IPL 2011. Vettori led a spirited New Zealand team to the World Cup 2011 semi-finals, only to lose to Sri Lanka. He is one of the most respected captains in the world and was praised for his leadership skills in the World Cup quarterfinals against South Africa which the Kiwis won by 49 runs.

Shane Warne - Rajasthan Royals

Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet and the only one still playing at the time.

Warne signed to play in the Indian Premier League for the Jaipur team, Rajasthan Royals in the first edition of the tournament, where he played the roles of both captain and coach. He led his team to victory against the Chennai Super Kings in a cliffhanger of a final match on 1 June 2008.

IPL Twenty20 2011 Broadcasters - IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2011 Live Coverage on Sony

IPL 2011 Broadcasters

Winning Bidder Regional Broadcast Rights

Sony/World Sport Group India

ONE HD Australia: Free-to-air HD and SD television. Owned by Network TEN.

Sky Network Television New Zealand

PCCW Hong Kong: Broadcast on Now Sports.

StarHub Singapore: Broadcast on Cricket Extra.

Astro Malaysia: Broadcast Astro Box Office Sport.

SuperSport Central Africa, South Africa, Niger

Arab Digital Distribution United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Nigeria

GEO Super Pakistan
Willow TV Rights to distribute on television, radio, broadband and Internet, for the IPL in North America.
DirecTV United States: Exclusive broadcast rights on CricketTicket.

Asian Television Network Canada: Aired on Pay-per-view channel. Aired on XM Radio's ATN-Asian Radio as well.

SportsMax Caribbean

ITV United Kingdom: Broadcast on ITV4.

IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2011 Venues

IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2011 Venues

M. A.Chidambaram Stadium

* Establishmed :1916
* Capacity: 50,000
* Name and Location :M. A.Chidambaram Stadium Chepauk, Chennai
* End names:Anna Pavilion End,V Pattabhiraman Gate End
* First ODI : India vsAustralia, Oct 09, 1987
* Last ODI : Africa XI vs Asia XI, Jun 10, 2007
* Home Team:Chennai Super Kings

Lord Brabourne Stadium

* Established : 1936
* Capacity : 30,000
* Named and Location: Lord Brabourne Stadium ,Mumbai
* End Names : Club House End, Churchgate End
* First ODI :Australia vs Pakistan, Oct 23, 1989
* Last ODI :Australia vs West Indies,Nov 05, 2006
* Home Team :Mumbai Indians

PCA Stadium

* Established : 1993
* Capacity : 30,000
* Name and Location: PCA Stadium, Mohali
* End Names :Pavilion End, Shivalik End
* First ODI : India vs South Africa, Nov 22, 1993
* Last ODI : India vs Australia, Nov 02, 2009
* Home Team :Kings XI Punjab

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium

* Capacity : 50,000
* Name and Location : M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* End Names :Pavilion End, BEML End
* First ODI : India vs Sri Lanka, Sep 26, 1982
* Last ODI : India v England, Nov 23, 2008
* Home Team :Royal Challengers Bangalore

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium

* Established : 2004
* Capacity : 40,000
* Name and Location :Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
* End Names : Pavilion End North End
* First ODI : India vs South Africa, Nov 16, 2005
* Last ODI : India vs Australia, Nov 05, 2009
* Home Team :Deccan Chargers

Eden Gardens Stadium

* Established : 1864
* Capacity : 90,000
* Name and Location: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
* End names : High Court End,Pavilion End
* First ODI : India vs Pakistan, Feb 18, 1987
* Last ODI : India vs Sri Lanka - Feb 08, 2007
* Home Team :Kolkata Knight Riders


Sawai Mansingh Stadium

* Established :1987
* Capacity: 30,000
* Name and Location: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
* End Names: City End Pavilion End
* First ODI: India vs Pakistan - Oct 2, 1983
* Last ODI: India vs Pakistan - Nov 18, 2007
* Home Team :Rajasthan Royals


Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium

* Established : 1883
* Capacity : 48,000
* Named and Location: Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi
* End Names : Stadium End,Pavilion End
* First ODI : India vs Sri Lanka, Sept 15, 1982
* Last ODI : India vs Sri Lanka, Dec 27, 2009
* Home Team :Delhi Daredevils

D Y Patil Stadium

* Established : 2007
* Capacity : 55,000
* Name and Location: D Y Patil Stadium, Mumbai
* Floodlights : Four
* End Names : Media End,Pavilion End
* Only ODI : India vs Australia, Nov 11, 2009
* Home Team :Mumbai Indians

Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium

* Established : 1883
* Capacity : 48,000
* Named and Location: Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi
* End Names : Stadium End,Pavilion End
* First ODI : India vs Sri Lanka, Sept 15, 1982
* Last ODI : India vs Sri Lanka, Dec 27, 2009
* Home Team :Delhi Daredevils

Pune International Cricket Centre

* Established : 2011
* Capacity : 55,000
* Named and Location: Pune International Cricket Centre,Pune
* End Names : Stadium End,Pavilion End
* Home Team :Sahara Pune Warriors

VCA Stadium

* Established :2008
* Capacity : 45,000
* Named and Location:Vidarbha Cricket Association,Nagpur
* End Names : Secretary End,Pavilion End
* First ODI : India vs Australia, Oct 28, 2009
* Last ODI : Ireland vs New Zealand, Feb 12, 2011

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

* Capacity : 60,000
* Named and Location: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
* End Names : Stadium End, Pavilion End
* Home Team :Kochi

IPL Twenty20 2011: Team Squads

IPL 2011 is all set to roll on from 8th April 2011 till 28th May 2011. A total of 10 teams including the two new teams Sahara Pune Warriors and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala are all set to rock in the most glammed up glitzy cricketing league.

IPL 2011 team squads:

Chennai Super Kings : Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramanium Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Aniruddha Shrikant, Ganapathi Vignesh, K Vasudevdas, Shadb Jakati, Vijaykumar Yomahesh, (Foreign) Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis

Mumbai Indians : Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Aditya Tare, Ali Murtuza, Ambati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pawan Suyal, Rajagopal Sathish, Surul Kanwar, Surya Kumar Yadav, T Suman, Yazvendra Singh Chahal (Foreign) Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Andrew Symonds, Davy Jacobs, James Franklin, Moises Henriques, Alden Blizzard, Dilhara Fernando

Kolkata Knight Riders : Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Jaidev Unadkat, Iqbal Abdulla, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manvinder Singh Bisla, Pradeep Sangwan, Rajat Bhatia, Sarabjit Ladda, Shami Ahmed, Shreevats Goswami (Foreign) Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hassan, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Pattinson.

Sahara Pune Warriors : Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Dheeraj Jadhav, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Ganesh Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Harshad Khadiwale, Kamran Khan, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish MIshra, Rahul Sharma, Sachin Rana, Shrikant Wagh, Shrikant Mundhe, Imtiyaz Ahmed (Foreign) Graeme Smith, Tim Paine, Angelo Mathews, Nathan McCullum, Callum Ferguson, Wayne Parnell, Mitchell Marsh, Jerome Taylor, Alfonso Thomas, Jesse Ryder

Kochi Tuskers Kerala : VVS Laxman, S Sreesanth, RP Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ramesh Powar, R Vinay Kumar, B Akhil, Chandan Madan, Deepak Chowghule, Kedar Jadhav, Raiphi Gomez, Sushant Marathe, Tanmay Srivastava, Y Gnanswara Rao, Yashpal Singh, Prashant Padmanabahan, (Foreign) Mahela Jayawardene, Brendon McCullum, Steven Smith, Muttiah Muralitharan, Brad Hodge, Thisara Perera, Steve O'Keefe, Owais Shah, Michael Klinger, John Hastings

Royal Challengers Bangalore : Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammed Kaif, Arun Karthik, CM Gautham, Abrar Kazi, Mayank Agarwal, Bharath Narayan, Raju Bhatkal, Sreenath Aravind, Ryan Ninan, Asad Khan Pathan, (Foreign) Tillekratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Dirk Nannes, Charl Langeveldt, Luke Pomersbach, Johan van der Wath, Rilee Rossouw, Nuwan Pradeep, Jonathan Vandiar

Rajasthan Royals : Rahul Dravid, Pankaj Singh, Aakash Chopra, Abhishek Raut, Aditya Dole, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Paunikar, Ashok Menaria, Deepak Chahar, Dishant Yagnik, Faiz Fazal, Nayan Doshi, Pinal Shah, Samad Fallah, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Amit Singh, Dinesh Salunkhe, Swapnil Asnodkar, Sumit Narwal, Ankeet Chavan (Foreign) Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Johan Botha, Paul Collingwood, Shaun Tait

Deccan Chargers : Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manpreet Gony, Akash Bhandari, Anand Rajan, Ankit Nagendra, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Bharat Chipli, DB Ravi Teja, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Malhotra, Jaydev Shah, Kedar Devdhar, Sunny Sohal (Foreign) Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Chris Lynn, Juan Theron, Michael Lumb

Kings XI Punjab : Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Love Ablish, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty, Shalabh Srivastava, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik, Amit Yadav (Foreign) Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Ryan Harris, Dimitri Masceranhas, Nathan Remington.

Delhi Daredevils : Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Naman Ojha, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav, Venugopal Rao, Aavishkar Salvi, Prashant Naik, Rajesh Pawar, Robin Bist, S Sriram, Tejashwi Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Varun Aaron, Vikash Mishra, Vivek Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Shahbaz Nadeem (Foreign) David Warner, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch, Mathew Wade, Roloef van der Merwe, Andrew McDonald, Travis Birt, Collin Ingram, Robert Frylinck.

Kolkata Knight Riders

As always this year too the most popular IPL team is that of Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Shah Rukh Khan. But in the last three editions the team has failed miserably finishing in low bottom.

So this year they omitted Sourav Ganguly the local Dada and made Gautam Gambhir the captain to change the fortune. But it is expected that huge public protest like it had already will again take place when they play in Kolkata for leaving and insulting Ganguly in the auction. their key player is Yousuf Pathan

IPL IV Tricky Rules

This year there are some Tricky rules in the IPL. Out of the 10 teams only those 4 teams qualified for the semi final the players will get the full auction/ bidding amount.

The players, mainly the foreign players will have a deduction in their total amount of the teams which fails to qualify for the last four. So indirectly a lot of money of the  franchise will be rolled back.

IPL Controversy

This year IPL is marked by many controversies.

To begin with firstly it was relating to get the franchise of Kochi by a group of business tycoon which had the influence of former Indian foreign Minister Sashi Thoroor along with the involvement of his wife Sunanda Pushkar regarding the percentage of stag holding in the team.

The comments made by the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi cost his post too and now nowhere in the BCCI.

This let to the scrutiny of the documents of all the franchises specially of the Rajasthan royals and Kings XI Punjab. If this was not enough it led to the raid of their respective offices and BCCI offices by the IT Department of India.

Even once it led to the cancellation of these two franchise.However the intervent of the court put it into stay.

IPL Non Stop entertainment Cricket

After the mega cricket event follows the exciting, thrilling, fast and non-stop cricket fiesta, DLF IPL SEASON IV, which will kick off on 8^th of April 2011 at Chennai. The new attraction this time will be the inclusion of 2 new teams of Pune and Kochi.

The cricket fans especially from India will look forward to watch this fast thrilling tournament as India have won the ICC world Cup after 28years.

The broadcasting companies are expected to make huge profits with their world wide telecasts as other associate members of ICC will keenly follow this event.

This time the prize money for the champion team has been increased too.

Meanwhile key Indian Test and ODI players will take break from the initial phase of the IPL as they are too tired after the long World Cup event.

Indian Premier League 2011 Twenty20 Cricket Schedule

Indian Premier League 2011 Twenty20 Schedule

Date Match Details Time(IST) Place
Apr 08 - Fr Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 Chennai
Apr 09 - Sa Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals 16:00 Hyderabad
Apr 09 - Sa Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Royal Challengers Ban. 20:00 Kochi
Apr 10 - Su Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians 16:00 Delhi
Apr 10 - Su Pune Warriors v Kings XI Punjab 20:00 Mumbai
Apr 11 - Mo Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers 20:00 Kolkata
Apr 12 - Tu Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils 16:00 Jaipur
Apr 12 - Tu Royal Challengers Ban. v Mumbai Indians 20:00 Bengaluru
Apr 13 - We Pune Warriors v Kochi Tuskers Kerala 16:00 Mumbai
Apr 13 - We Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings 20:00 Chandigarh
Apr 14 - Th Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Ban. 20:00 Hyderabad
Apr 15 - Fr Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00 Jaipur
Apr 15 - Fr Mumbai Indians v Kochi Tuskers Kerala 20:00 Mumbai
Apr 16 - Sa Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab 16:00 Hyderabad
Apr 16 - Sa Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Ban. 20:00 Chennai
Apr 17 - Su Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils 16:00 Mumbai
Apr 17 - Su Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals 20:00 Kolkata
Apr 18 - Mo Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Chennai Super Kings 20:00 Kochi
Apr 19 - Tu Royal Challengers Ban. v Rajasthan Royals 16:00 Bengaluru
Apr 19 - Tu Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers 20:00 Delhi
Apr 20 - We Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors 16:00 Mumbai
Apr 20 - We Kolkata Knight Riders v Kochi Tuskers Kerala 20:00 Kolkata
Apr 21 - Th Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals 20:00 Chandigarh
Apr 22 - Fr Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Ban. 16:00 Kolkata
Apr 22 - Fr Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings 20:00 Mumbai
Apr 23 - Sa Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab 20:00 Delhi
Apr 24 - Su Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians 16:00 Hyderabad
Apr 24 - Su Rajasthan Royals v Kochi Tuskers Kerala 20:00 Jaipur
Apr 25 - Mo Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors 20:00 Chennai
Apr 26 - Tu Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Ban. 20:00 Delhi
Apr 27 - We Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings 16:00 Mumbai
Apr 27 - We Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Deccan Chargers 20:00 Kochi
Apr 28 - Th Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 Delhi
Apr 29 - Fr Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians 16:00 Jaipur
Apr 29 - Fr Royal Challengers Ban. v Pune Warriors 20:00 Bengaluru
Apr 30 - Sa Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Delhi Daredevils 16:00 Kochi
Apr 30 - Sa Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab 20:00 Kolkata
May 01 - Su Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers 16:00 Chennai
May 01 - Su Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors 16:00 Jaipur
May 02 - Mo Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab 16:00 Mumbai
May 02 - Mo Delhi Daredevils v Kochi Tuskers Kerala 20:00 Delhi
May 03 - Tu Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00 Hyderabad
May 04 - We Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals 16:00 Chennai
May 04 - We Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians 20:00 Mumbai
May 05 - Th Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00 Kochi
May 05 - Th Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils 20:00 Hyderabad
May 06 - Fr Royal Challengers Ban. v Kings XI Punjab 20:00 Bengaluru
May 07 - Sa Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings 16:00 Kolkata
May 07 - Sat Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils 20:00 Mumbai
May 08 - Su Royal Challengers Ban. v Kochi Tuskers Kerala 16:00 Bengaluru
May 08 - Su Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors 20:00 Chandigarh
May 09 - Mo Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings 20:00 Jaipur
May 10 - Tu Deccan Chargers v Pune Warriors 16:00 Hyderabad
May 10 - Tu Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians 20:00 Chandigarh
May 11 - We Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Ban. 20:00 Jaipur
May 12 - Th Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils 20:00 Chennai
May 13 - Fr Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kings XI Punjab 20:00 Indore
May 14 - Sa Royal Challengers Ban. v Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00 Bengaluru
May 14 - Sa Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers 20:00 Mumbai
May 15 - Su Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils 16:00 Dharamsala
May 15 - Su Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Rajasthan Royals 20:00 Indore
May 16 - Mo Pune Warriors v Deccan Chargers 20:00 Mumbai
May 17 - Tu Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Ban. 20:00 Dharamsala
May 18 - We Chennai Super Kings v Kochi Tuskers Kerala 20:00 Chennai
May 19 - Th Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 Mumbai
May 20 - Fr Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals 20:00 Mumbai
May 21 - Sa Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers 16:00 Dharamsala
May 21 - Sa Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors 20:00 Delhi
May 22 - Su Royal Challengers Ban. v Chennai Super Kings 16:00 Bengaluru
May 22 - Su Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians 20:00 Kolkata
May 24 - Tu TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd) 20:00 Mumbai
May 25 - We TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th) 20:00 Mumbai
May 27 - Fr TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.) 20:00 Chennai
May 28 - Sa TBC v TBC, Final 20:00 Chennai
Labels: IPL T20 2011 Schedule