A total of 268 cricketers will participate in IPL season 2. With the playing squads of each of the franchises ranging between 24 to 56 players, there are a total of 188 Indians participating in the league.
Season 2 will see a host of additional Indian cricketers that have been drafted into the teams by the respective franchises from their individual catchment areas, the talent available from the Under – 19 and Under – 22 squads and Ranji Trophy players as per the statutory guidelines drawn up by the DLF IPL. Not to forget the 80 international cricketers that will represent the finest international talent from teams like the West Indies, Australia, Bangladesh, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and England.
List of Teams and PlayersBangalore Royal Challengers
Kempegowda – The ImperialInternational players: Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, Jesse Ryder and Roelof van der Merwe.
Indian players: Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Srivastava Goswami, R. Suteesh, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Karan Sharma, Saurabh Bandekar, Tinu Yohannan, Bharat Chipli, Bhalachandra Akhil, Devraj Patil, Jagadeesh Arun Kumar, KP Appanna, Sunil Joshi, Gaurav Dhiman, Jitendra Patil, Udit Patel, Abhimanyu Mithun, Sreesanth Aravind, Kedar Jadhav, Muralidharen, Gautam, Raju Bhatkal, Rajesh Bishnoi, Ishank Jaggi and Rohit Sabharwal.
Chennai Super Kings
Cold’nWarmInternational players: Muttiah Muralitharan, Matthew Hayden , Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Stephen Fleming , Thilan Thushara, Andrew Flintoff and George Bailey.
Indian players: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, Subramaniam Badrinath, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Murali Vijay, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Sudeep Tyagi, Viraj Vilas Kadbe, Shadab Jakati, Ravichandran Ashwin, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth, S Vidyut , Palani Amarnath, Arun Karthik, Napoleon Einstein and Suresh Kumar.
Delhi Daredevils
Defy the NawabsInternational players: AB De Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Glenn McGrath, Farveez Maharoof and Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Indian players: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Aavishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Yo Mahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Tejashwi Yadav and Amit Mishra.
Rajasthan Royals
Rajputs MajestyInternational players: Shane Warne, Graeme Smith, Shane Watson, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Morne Morkel, Robert Quiney, Tyron Henderson, Shaun Tait, Shane Harwood and Lee Carseldine.
Indian players: Mohammad Kaif, Munaf Patel, Yousuf Pathan, Siddharth Trivedi, Swapnil Asnodkar, Niraj Patel, Mahesh Rawat, Anup Revandkar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Salunke, Naman Ojha, Siddharth Chitnis, Paras Dogra, Amit Singh, Ahad Malek, Raiphi Gomez, Kamran Khan, Ashraf Makda, Paul Valthaty, Srideep Mangela, Mohammad Arif, Gajendra Singh, Atul Sharma, Pratmesh Salunke, Pushkarraj Chavan and Abhishek Raut.
Mumbai Indians
Mumbaikers SlamInternational players: Lasith Malinga, Jean Paul Duminy, Graham Napier, Ryan McLaren, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Dwayne Bravo, Mohammad Ashraful, Kyle Mills and Luke Ronchi.
Indian players: Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jude Singh, Jaydev Shah, Rahil Shaikh, Yogesh Takawale, Pinal Shah, Ajinkya Rahane, Chetnya Nanda, Rohan Raje and Saurabh Tiwary.
Kings XI Punjab
Singh ka PutharInternational players: Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, Kumar Sangakkara , Mahela Jayawardene, Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara and Jerome Taylor.
Indian players: Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, S. Sreesanth, Ramesh Powar, VRV Singh, Piyush Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Yash Gandhi, Ravikant Shukla, Ranadeb Bose, Vikramjeet Malik, Taruwar Kohli and Amanpreet Singh.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Hoogly’s GooglyInternational players: Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Brad Hodge, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Angelo Mathews, Moises Henriques, Mark Cameron, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Ajantha Mendis.
Indian players: Sourav Ganguly, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashoke Dinda, Ajit Agarkar, Ishant Sharma, Murali Kartik, Iqbal Abdullah, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yashpal Singh, Aakash Chopra, Anureet Singh, Rajesh Verma , Aditya Dole, S Niyaz , Ishwar Chaudhary, Mohnish Parmar, M Sanauth, Sheldon Jackson, Amit Das, Sanjib Sanyal, Avik Chowdhury, Sachin Rana, Sunny Singh, Gaurav Chabbra, Nataraj Behara, Shatrunjay Gaekwad, Shoaib Sheikh, Rohan Prem, Sanjay Bangar, Gnaneswara Rao, Bhavin Thakkar, P Prashant, Prashant Parmeshwar, Kshemal Waingankar, Murtaza Hussain, Sourav Sarkar, Arindam Ghosh, Ameya Shrikhande, Chetan Suryavanshi, Abhishek Banerjee, Anushtup Mazumdar, Dhiran Salvi, Sanju Samson and Vinit Indulkar.
Deccan Chargers
Nizam’s FlareInternational players: Adam Gilchrist, Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris, Andrew Symonds, Ryan Harris, Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith, Chamara Silva, Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa.
Indian players: VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Venugopal Rao, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Tirumalsetti Suman, Arjun Yadav, Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna, Paidikalva Vijaykumar, Abhinav Kumar, Manvinder Bisla, Jaskarandeep Singh, Harmeet Singh, Halhadhar Das, Shoaib Ahmed and Sarvesh Kumar.
