IPL Thrid Edition

IPL 3rd Edition is scheduled from 12th March 2010 to April 25th 2010

Further Updates - IPL 3rd Edition

Top 6 DLF Maximum Sixes

BATSMEN	BOWLER	METRES
Rohith Sharma	Anil Kumble	108
Yusuf Pathan	Daniel Vettori	108
Suresh Raina	Dimitri Mascarenhas	105
MS Dhoni	Venugopal Rao	101
Karan Goel	Yo Mahesh	101
Yuvraj Singh	Dirk Nannes	101

Diamond-studded trophy for Man of the Match in Mumbai Indians IPL ties

A scintillating trophy coated with hundreds of diamonds and other precious stones would be presented to the man of the match for the home matches of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League Season 2.

The 2-feet tall trophy primed by The Gitanjali Group, bejeweled with 550 diamonds and 785 precious stones worth for about Rs. 3.5crore

Mumbai Indians, led by champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar, are to commence their campaign in the IPL by playing in the tournament opener at Cape Town on April 18 against 2008 runners-up Chennai Super Kings (CSK), led by India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

IPL have designated the home and away matches for the eight franchise teams in the 2nd edition of the tournament as its being held outside the country.

Pakistan: We are still waiting for an answer!

Many Pakistani players are still waiting for a firm answer from the IPL regarding the status of their participation in the event with supporting documentary evidence to confirm whether the contracts have been frozen or terminated by the franchises and the IPL.

Pakistan cricketers including Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul have asked the IPL to inform them about their existing status in the league.

Strained relations

One of the former Pakistan skipper believes either the IPL should let the players know in writing the status of their contracts or allow them to play in the second edition of the league in South Africa.

Rajasthan Royals for whom Kamran Akmal and Sohail Tanvir played last year have said they had suspended contracts of their Pakistani signings. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board has informed the IPL that while the Pakistan government had advised its cricketers against traveling to India due to security reasons, it had no objection in allowing its players to tour South Africa for the twenty20 tournament.

Upon the request from players to speak to IPL organizers to know their stand, the PCB which is not directly involved with any of the player’s contracts with the IPL are now ready to help out with this regard.

Dada sole Knight Riders Captain, for now

Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner SRK has called provisional armistice in the ongoing confrontation between last year’s captain Sourav Ganguly and head coach John Buchanan over the captaincy issue.

In a bit to douse the controversy over Buchanan’s multi-captain theory, SRK played peacemaker throughout a marathon meeting with the two principal protagonists, later indicating that "as of now" Ganguly would remain the team’s sole captain.

A final decision, though, will be taken only after a two-week camp in South Africa, meaning a window has been left open for Buchanan to implement his ideas at Bloemfontein, where the team will be based during IPL Season 2.

Immense respect for the two senior-most members of KKR team regarding decisions are taken in tandem. As the squad has not been finalized because of the venue change etc, the call would be taken on captain, vice-captain and the team after the sessions in South Africa prior to the first game.

DLF-IPL 2008 an Overview

With the start of DLF-IPL 2009 in South Africa at Cape Town shortly, let’s recall the stupendous event held last year.


Man of the Series 2008
Shane Watson with 472 runs and 17 wickets from 15 matches


Man of the Match 2008 and Batsman of the Series
On 5 occasions Shaun Marsh earned Man of the Match with a run aggregate of 616 runs from 11 matches to be Batsman of the series


Bowler of the Series
Rajasthan Royal's Sohail Tanvir for his 22 wickets aggregate from 11 games including the best bowling figures of the tournament - 6 for 14


Team for Fair Play Award
Chennai Super Kings


Player of Under-19
Bangalore Royal Challenger's Srivats Goswami


Aggregate of 500 plus runs in the Tournament
Marsh 616
Gautam Gambhir 534
Sanath Jayasuriya 514


Most Fours
Gambhir 68
Marsh 59
Jayasuriya 57
Graeme Smith 54
Adam Gilchrist 51


Most Fifty's
Marsh 6
Gambhir 5
are the batsmen who made five or more half-centuries in the tournament
Marsh’s six fifties included a hundred


Most Catches in the Tournament
Suresh Raina with 10 catches from 16 matches, the only fielder (excluding wicket-keepers) to take 10 or more catches


Most Catches in an Innings
Sachin Tendulkar with four catches against Kolkata Knight Riders


Most Wickets
Tanvir with 22, was the only bowler to capture more than 20 wickets


Most Dismissals
Y.V.Takawale 11 dismissals, with 10 catches and 1 stumping in 7 matches


Most Dismissals in a Match
Y.V.Takawale with 4 dismissals (3 catches and a stumping) against Rajasthan Royals


Most Stumpings in the Tournament
Kamran Akmal with 4 stumpings


Most Runs and Most Wickets respectively as Captains
Mahendra Singh Dhoni aggregated 414 runs from 16 matches
Shane Warne had a tally of 19 wickets from 15 matches

DLF Indian Premier League Season 2 in SouthAfrica

Game of Passion, Aspiration and Triumph heading towards its Centenary celebration is Cricket. Change, which is permanent immaterial of ends did strike the game last year giving new facet and re-life in the form of T20.

Gaining its momentum more than expectation at its launch Indian Premium League witnessed huge hype with players exhibiting immense talent towards The Game of Cricket. Price for the effort was paid off to the Commissioner of IPL Mr.Lalit Modi and his team. With the success of IPL Season I being fresh in the minds of Cricket Enthusiast yet another reason to rejoice is on cards with successful foundation for IPL Season 2 being laid, laid strong.

India being a Multi-dilemmatic Country irrespective of Sectors, it is not shocking news for the drama to end inappropriately as the decision on conducting the Indian Premier League Season 2 to be hosted in South Africa.

IPL Season II 2009 will kick off at The Newlands in Cape Town on April 18th while the semi-finals are to be held on May 22nd and 23rd at Pretoria and Johannesburg. Grand Finale takes its position at The Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24th.

The league will showcase a grand total of 59 matches providing broadcasters and in-stadia spectators with 177 hours of live “family entertainment”, targeting international audience as well.

All matches will be telecasted by Sony Entertainment at 4pm and 8pm IST the official broadcaster for IPL to coincide with prime time for television audience in India.

Season 2 of the Indian Premier League will feature eight Franchises battling for over a month in South Africa continuing to play on a home and away basis. The top 4 Franchises in the league will contest the semi-finals and the victorious semi-finalists will meet in the Grand Final all over one weekend.

In a double header on the first day, First edition’s winners Rajasthan Royals will take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers while Mumbai Indians would clash with the runners-up Chennai Super Kings at Cape Town.