Cricket: Indian Premier League

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13.00	Jaipur								Jaipur	10	10	10	7	10	10	12		10	11	7	8	7	11	19/2	10	10	10	12			21/2

Each team will play the other 7 teams home and away, the top four teams at the end of the group stages will proceed through to the semi finals.It is a 20/20 competition where the best players from around the world have been bought by eight indian district teams.


The Squads


Bangalore Royal Challengers

Owner Vijay Mallya Founded 2008 CEO Charu Sharma Head Coach Venkatesh Prasad President TBA Captain Rahul Dravid Home Ground M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Icon Player Rahul Dravid Capacity 55,000 Team Value US$111.6 million

Players




The players in the team (except for Rahul Dravid, who was the Icon Player), were selected in an auction conducted by BCCI on 20 February 2008. South Africa's Jacques Kallis at $900,000 became the costliest player to be selected to play for the Royal Challengers. This meant that Rahul Dravid, being the Icon Player would be paid $1,035,000 (15% more than the highest bid player in the team).

Other players selected included the Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble along with his team-mates Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan, West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Aussies Nathan Bracken and Cameron White, South Africa's Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper) and Dale Steyn.

Current squad

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing role	Bidding Price
Rahul Dravid	35	India	Batsman	Icon Player
Jacques Kallis	32	South Africa	All Rounder	US$ 900,000
Anil Kumble	37	India	Bowler	US$ 500,000
Cameron White	24	Australia	Batsman	US$ 500,000
Zaheer Khan	29	India	Batsman	US$ 450,000
Mark Boucher	31	South Africa	Batsman / WK	US$ 450,000
Nathan Bracken	30	Australia	Bowler	US$ 325,000
Dale Steyn	24	South Africa	Bowler	US$ 325,000
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	33	West Indies	Batsman	US$ 200,000
Wasim Jaffer	30	India	Bowler	US$ 100,000
Vinay Kumar	21	India	Batsman	None
Jagadeesh Arunkumar	30	India	Bowler	None
Balachandra Akhil	30	India	Batsman	None
KP Appanna	19	India	Bowler	None
Devraj Patil	23	India	Batsman	None
Sunil Joshi	37	India	All Rounder	None
Bharat Chipli	25	India	Bowler	None

Chennai Super Kings

Owner India Cement Founded 2008 CEO TBA Head Coach Kepler Wessels President TBA Captian MS Dhoni Home Ground MA Chidambaram Stadium Icon Player none Capacity 50,000 Team Value US$91 million

Players




Chennai Super Kings are one of the three franchises with no icon player. The lack of an icon player benefited the Super Kings during the bidding as they managed to bid successfully on two (Dhoni & Muralitharan) of the six A listed players.

The team plans to have twenty three players on its roster. Besides the list of players already acquired, the team will pick the remaining members from the three catchment areas - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Railways - that have been allocated to it.

Current Squad

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing role	Bidding Price
MS Dhoni	26	India	Batsman / WK	US$ 1,500,000
Muttiah Muralitharan	35	Sri Lanka	Bowler	US$ 600,000
Matthew Hayden	36	Australia	Batsman	US$ 375,000
Jacob Oram	28	New Zealand	All Rounder	US$ 675,000
Stephen Fleming	35	New Zealand	Batsman	US$ 350,000
Parthiv Patel	22	India	Batsman / WK	US$ 325,000
Albie Morkel	28	South Africa	All Rounder	US$ 675,000
Joginder Sharma	24	India	Bowler	US$ 225,000
Suresh Raina	21	India	Batsman	US$ 650,000
Makhaya Ntini	30	South Africa	Bowler	US$ 200,000
Michael Hussey	32	Australia	Batsman	US$ 350,000
Ashwin R	21	India	Bowler	None
Anirudha Srikkanth	21	India	Batsman	None
Sudeep Tyagi	20	India	Bowler	None
Subramaniam Badrinath	28	India	Batsman	None

Delhi DareDevils

Owner GMR Group Founded 2008 CEO Yogesh Shetty Head Coach Greg Shipperd President TBA Captian Virender Sehwag Home Ground Feroz Shah Kotla Icon Player Virender Sehwag Capacity 60,000 Team Value US$84 million

Current Squad

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing role	Bidding Price
Virender Sehwag	29	India	All Rounder	Icon Player
Daniel Vettori	29	New Zealand	All Rounder	US$ 625,000
Mohammad Asif	25	Pakistan	Bowler	US$ 650,000
Shoaib Malik	26	Pakistan	All Rounder	US$ 500,000
Dinesh Karthik	23	India	Batsman / WK	US$ 525,000
AB de Villiers	24	South Africa	Batsman / WK	US$ 300,000
Farveez Maharoof	23	Sri Lanka	All Rounder	US$ 225,000
Tillakaratne Dilshan	31	Sri Lanka	Batsman	US$ 250,000
Gautam Gambhir	26	India	Batsman	US$ 725,000
Manoj Tiwary	22	India	Batsman	US$ 675,000
Glenn McGrath	37	Australia	Bowler	US$ 350,000
Rajat Bhatia	28	India	All Rounder	None
Shikhar Dhawan	22	India	Batsman	None
Mithun Manhas	28	India	All Rounder	None
Mayank Tehlan	21	India	All Rounder	None

Deccan Chargers - Hyderabad

Owner Deccan Chronicle Founded 2008 CEO J Krishnan Head Coach Greg Shipperd President TBA Captian VVS Laxman Home Ground Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Icon Player None Capacity 55,000 Team Value US$107 million

Players


The Chargers were among the most aggressive bidders during the first Indian Premier League player auction. The franchise added a lot of explosive power in batting by acquiring some renowned big hitters like Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Shahid Afridi, Scott Styris and Herschelle Gibbs.

In addition to all these players, the franchise also includes the Indian test player V.V.S. Laxman, who is a Hyderabad local. They are also employing the services of well-known pacers R.P. Singh, Nuwan Zoysa and Chaminda Vaas. It's been announced by the franchise that Laxman will captain the side during the tournament.

V.V.S. Laxman was supposed to be the Icon Player for the Deccan Chargers, but this meant that the players mentioned above could not be bought as Icon Player's earn 15% more than the next highest earner in the team. However, VVS Laxman relinquished his Icon Player Status, and instead of earning $1 million like other Icon players he earns $375,000, which allows the team to buy the big names and still remain under the salary cap.

Current Squad

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing role	Bidding Price
V. V. S. Laxman	33	India	Batsman	$375,000
Andrew Symonds	32	Australia	All Rounder	$1,350,000
R. P. Singh	22	India	Bowler	$875,000
Rohit Sharma	20	India	Batsman	$750,000
Adam Gilchrist	36	Australia	Batsman / WK	$700,000
Shahid Afridi	27	Pakistan	All Rounder	$675,000
Herschelle Gibbs	33	South Africa	Batsman	$575,000
Chaminda Vaas	34	Sri Lanka	Bowler	$200,000
Scott Styris	32	New Zealand	All Rounder	$175,000
Nuwan Zoysa	30	Sri Lanka	Bowler	$110,000
Chamara Silva	28	Sri Lanka	Batsman	$100,000
Venugopal Rao	25	India	Batsman	None
Arjun Yadav	26	India	Batsman	None
Pragyan Ojha	21	India	Bowler	None
P Vijaykumar	21	India	Batsman	None
Dwaraka Ravi Teja	20	India	Batsman	None
D Kalyan Krishna	24	India	Bowler	None
N Sarveesh Kumar	18	India	Bowler	None
Halhadar Das	21	India	Batsman / WK	None
Sanjay Bangar	35	India	Bowler	None

Kolkata Knight Riders

Owner Red Chillies Entertainment Founded 2008 CEO TBA Head Coach John Buchanan President TBA Captian Sourav Ganguly Home Ground Eden Gardens Icon Player Sourav Ganguly Capacity 88,000 Team Value US$75.09 million

Players


Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team is the icon player and will lead the Kolkata franchise. Also in the team is allrounder Chris Gayle and wicket keeper batsman Brendon McCullum. The most successful captain in world cricket Ricky Ponting follows suit with a bowling attack including Shoaib Akhtar, Ishant Sharma, Umar Gul. Others include Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik and David Hussey.

Current Squad

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing role	Bidding Price
Sourav Ganguly	35	India	All Rounder	Icon Player
Ishant Sharma	19	India	Bowler	US$ 950,000
Chris Gayle	28	West Indies	All Rounder	US$ 950,000
Brendon McCullum	26	Australia	Batsman / WK	US$ 700,000
David Hussey	30	Australia	Batsman	US$ 675,000
Shoaib Akhtar	32	Pakistan	Bowler	US$ 450,000
Murali Kartik	31	India	Bowler	US$ 425,000
Ricky Ponting	33	Australia	Batsman	US$ 400,000
Ajit Agarkar	30	India	All Rounder	US$ 350,000
Umar Gul	24	Pakistan	Bowler	US$ 150,000
Tatenda Taibu	24	Zimbadwe	Batsman / WK	US$ 125,000
Misbah-ul-Haq	33	Pakistan	Batsman	US$ 180,000

Kings XI Punjab - Mohali

Owner Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia Founded 2008 CEO TBA Head Coach Tom Moody President TBA Captian Yuvraj Singh Home Ground Punjab Cricket Stadium Icon Player Yuvraj Singh Capacity 61,500 Team Value US$76 million

Players


India middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh is the designated icon player for the franchise and will also captain the team. In addition to Yuvraj, the team also contains the promising Indian allrounder Irfan Pathan, Aussie speedster Brett Lee and the Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara in its ranks.

Current Squad

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing role	Bidding Price
Yuvraj Singh	26	India	Batsman	Icon Player
Mahela Jayawardene	30	Sri Lanka	Batsman	US$ 475,000
Kumar Sangakkara	30	Sri Lanka	Batsman / WK	US$ 850,000
Brett Lee	31	Australia	Bowler	US$ 900,000
Irfan Pathan	23	India	Bowler	US$ 925,000
Sreesanth	25	India	Bowler	US$ 625,000
Piyush Chawla	19	India		US$ 400,000
Ramesh Powar	29	India		US$ 170,000
Ramnaresh Sarwan	27	West Indies	Batsman	US$ 225,000
Simon Katich	32	Australia	Batsman	US$ 200,000
VRV Singh	23	India		None
Uday Kaul	20	India	Batsman / WK	None
Karan Goel	21	India		None

Mumbai Indians

Owner Reliance Industries Limited Founded 2008 CEO R Balachandran Head Coach Lalchand Rajput President Mukesh Ambani Captian Sachin Tendulkar Home Ground TBA Icon Player Sachin Tendulkar Capacity TBA Team Value US$111.9 million

Players


Sachin Tendulkar is the designated icon player and also captain for Mumbai Indians. During the player auction Mumbai Indians successfully bid for 7 players, including two of the heroes of Indian Twenty-20 world cup side in Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa. Sanath Jayasuriya was also another prized catch, along with South African legend Shaun Pollock. The team also added the Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga.

Outside of the player auction, the franchise has also signed up Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar (from Mumbai), Yogesh Takawale (from Maharashtra) and Pinal Shah (from Baroda).


Current Squad

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing role	Bidding Price
Sachin Tendulkar	34	India	All Rounder	Icon Player
Harbhajan Singh	27	India	Bowler	US$ 850,000
Sanath Jayasuriya	37	Sri Lanka	All Rounder	US$ 975,000
Shaun Pollock	35	South Africa	All Rounder	US$ 550,000
Robin Uthappa	22	India	Batsman	US$ 800,000
Lasith Malinga	24	Sri Lanka	Bowler	US$ 350,000
Dilhara Fernando	29	Sri Lanka	Bowler	US$ 150,000
Loots Bosman	30	South Africa	Batsman	US$ 175,000
Ajinkya Rahanec	19	India	All Rounder	None
Abhishek Nayar	24	India	Bowler	None
Yogesh Takawale	23	India	Batsman / WK	None
Pinal Shahc	20	India	Batsman / WK	None

Rajasthan Royals - Jaipur

Owner Emerging Media group Founded 2008 CEO Fraser Castellino Head Coach Shane Warne President TBA Captian Shane Warne Home Ground TBA Icon Player None Capacity TBA Team Value US$67 million

Players




Rajasthan Royals was the least active franchise during the player auction. The team does not have a designated icon player, which saved a lot of cap space for the franchise. However the franchise was surprisingly low key during the auction, and in the end got penalized by the IPL organizing committee for failing to meet the minimum bidding criteria of $3.3 million.

The highest bid by Rajasthan Royals was for the Indian middle order batsman Mohammad Kaif, who came off the board at $675,000.

Shane Warne has been named the coach and captain of the side. The Royals are unique as they are the only side to have an English cricketer in their squad, Hampshire's all rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas.


Current Squad

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing role	Bidding Price
Shane Warne	38	Australia	Bowler	US$ 450,000
Graeme Smith	27	South Africa	All Rounder	US$ 475,000
Yusuf Pathan	25	India	All Rounder	US$ 475,000
Kamran Akmal	26	Pakistan	Batsman	US$ 150,000
Mohammad Kaif	27