Match Between Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion(neutral venue), 30 April 2009(20-over match)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to field

Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs

Chennai Super Kings Total Score
164/5 20 Overs

Top Scorer
Suresh Raina 98 runs of 55 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Balaji
3.3 Overs 4/21

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Hayden
Patel
Raina
Badrinath
Dhoni
Morkel
Oram
Tyagi
Jakati
Balaji
Muralitharan

Rajasthan Royals Total Score
126/10 in 19.3 Overs

Top Scorer
Jadeja 37 runs of 33 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Yusuf Pathan
3 Overs 2/17

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Smith
Asnodkar
Quiney
Yusuf Pathan
Mascarenhas
Jadeja
Warne
Rawat
Munaf Patel
Trivedi
Kamran Khan

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion(neutral venue), 30 April 2009(20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to field

Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets(with 8 balls remaining)

Deccan Chargers Total Score
148/9 in 20 Overs

Top Scorer
Smith 48 runs of 28 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Shoaib
4 Overs 2/20

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Bilakhia
Rohith Sharma
Suman
Smith
Venugopal Rao
Shoaib
RP Singh
Ojha
Edwards

Delhi Daredevils Total Score
149 in 18.4 Overs

Top Scorer
Dilshan 52 n.o from 46 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Nannes
4 Overs 2/16

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Kartik
Manhas
Vettori
Mishra
Sangwan
Nehra
Nannes

Match Between Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 29 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to bat

Kings XI Punjab won by 3 runs

Kings XI Punjab Total Score
119/8 in 20 Overs

Top Scorer
Sangakkara 45 n.o from 43 runs

Highest Wicket Taker
Abdulla
4 Overs 2/19

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Bopara
Goel
Yuvraj Singh
Sangakkara
Jayawardene
Irfan Pathan
Powar
Mota
Malik
Pyush Chawla
Abdulla

Mumbai Indians Total Score
116/7 in 20 Overs

Top Scorer
Duminy 59 n.o of 63

Highest Wicket Taker
Malinga
4 Overs 2/12

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuriya
Tendulkar
Dhawan
Duminy
Bravo
Nayar
Tiwary
P Shah
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Malinga

Match Between Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 29 April 2009 (20-over match)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets(with a ball remaining)

Kolkata Knight Riders Total Score
139/6 - 20 overs (6.95 runs per over)

Top Scorer
MN van Wyk 43 n.o of 35 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Hodge
4 Overs 3/29


Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Hodge
Ganguly
MN van Wyk
Saha
Shukla
Agarkar
Kartik
Ishanth Sharma
Dinda

Royal Challengers Bangalore Total Score
143/5 - 20 Overs (7.21 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Goswami
43 runs in 46 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
4 Overs 2/16

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI

Kallis
Goswami
Pietersen
Kohli
Boucher
RE van der Merwe
Pandey
Praveen Kumar
Pankaj Singh
Kumble
Appanna

Match Between Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajsthan Royals

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion (neutral venue), on 28 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat

Rajsthan Royals won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)


Delhi Daredevils Score Card
143/7 - 20 Overs (7.15 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
AB de Villiers
50 runs of 40 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Mishra
4 Overs 3/34

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Karthik
Vettori
Manhas
Mishra
Sangwan
Nehra
Nannes


Rajasthan Royals Score Card
147/5 - 18.3 Overs (7.94 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Yusuf Pathan
62 runs of 30 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Munaf Patel, Shane Warne and Mascarenhas
Share 2 wickets each

Munaf - 4 overs 2/14

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Quiney
Smith
Asnodkar
Valthaty
Jadeja
Warne
Yusuf Pathan
Mascarenhas
Rawat
Munaf Patel
Kamran Khan

Match Between Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at St.George's Park, Port Elizabeth (neutral venue), on 27 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Mumbai Indians won by 92 runs


Mumbai Indians Score Card
187/6 - 20 Overs (9.35 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Sachin
68 runs in 63 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Malinga
2.2 Overs 3/11

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Jayasuriya
Tendulkar
Harbhajan Singh
Duminy
Nayar
Bravo
Dhawan
Tiwary
P Shah
Zaheer Khan
Malinga


Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
95/10 - 15.2 Overs (6.19 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Ganguly
34 runs of 48 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Shukla
4 Overs 3/25

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Hodge
Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
Ghosh
Shukla
Ishanth Sharma
Mendis
Dinda
Anureet Singh

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 27 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field

Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets(with 3 ball remaining)


Chennai Super Kings Score Card
165/6 - 20 Overs (8.25 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Hayden
49 runs in 35 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Raina
4 Overs 2/18

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Patel
Hayden
Raina
Dhoni
Oram
Morkel
Badrinath
Gony
Joginder Sharma
Balaji
Muralitharan


Deccan Chargers Score Card
169/4 - 19.3 Overs (8.66 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Gibbs 69 n.o

Highest Wicket Taker
Ojha
2 Overs 2/11

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Laxman
Rohith Sharma
Smith
Bilakhia
Venugopal Rao
Ojha
RP Singh
Edwards
Shoaib

Match Between Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 26 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat

Result Kings XI Punjab won by 27 runs


Kings XI Punjab Score Card
139/6 - 20 Overs (6.95 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Sangakkara
60 runs in 51 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Abdulla
4 Overs 3/21

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Bopara
Goel
Sangakkara
Jayawardene
Yuvraj Singh
Pathan
Chawla
Mota
Powar
VRV Singh
Abdulla


Rajasthan Royals Score Card
112/7 - 20 Overs (5.60 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Jadeja 37

Highest Wicket Taker
Kamran Khan
4 Overs 2/15

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Asnodkar
Smith
Quiney
Pathan
Mascarenhas
Jadeja
Raut
Warne
Rawat
Patel
Kamran Khan

Match Between Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 25 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Match abandoned Due to rain

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 25 April 2009 (20-over match)

Result Deccan Chargers won by 12 runs

Deccan Chargers Score Card
168/9 - 20 Overs (8.40 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Herschelle Gibbs
58 runs in 44 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Pragyan Ojha
4 Overs 3/21


Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Adam Gilchrist (C) (W)
Herschelle Gibbs
Dwayne Smith
Rohit Sharma
VVS Laxman
Venugopal Rao
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
RP Singh
Fidel Edwards
Pragyan Ojha
Harmeet Singh

Mumbai Indians Score Card
157/7 - 20 Overs (7.80 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
JP Duminy
47 runs in 40 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Lasith Malinga
4 OVers 3/19

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Sanath Jayasuriya
Sachin Tendulkar (C)
JP Duminy
Shikhar Dhawan
Dwayne Bravo
Abhishek Nayar
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Pinal Shah (W)
Dhawal Kulkarni
Lasith Malinga

Match Between Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 24 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bat

Result Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets


Bangalore Royal Challengers Score Card
168/9 - 20 Overs (8.40 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Kallis
62 runs in 42 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
4 Overs 1/19

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing XI

Ryder
Uthappa
Kallis
Pietersen
Dravid
Taylor
Kohli
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Pankaj Singh
Kumble


Kings XI Punjab Score Card
173/3 - 19 Overs (9.10 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Bopara 85

Highest Wicket Taker
Abdulla
4 Overs 4/31

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Bopara
Goel
Sangakara
Yuvraj Singh
Jayawardane
Irfan Pathan
Mota
Chawla
Bose
Abdulla

Match Between Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 23 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl

Rajasthan Royals wins by Super over

Rajasthan Royals Score Card
150/6 - 20 Overs (7.50 runs per over)

Super over score
18/0 in 1 Over

Top Scrorer
Yusuf Pathan
42 runs in 21 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Ajantha Mendis
4 Overs 2/19

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Graeme Smith
Paul Valthaty
Rob Quiney
Yusuf Pathan
Ravindra Jadeja
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Abhishek Raut
Shane Warne (C)*
Mahesh Rawat (W)
Munaf Patel
Kamran Khan

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
150/8 - 20 Overs (7.50 runs per over)

Super over score
16/1 in 1 Over

Top Scrorer
Sourav Ganguly
46 runs in 30 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kamran Khan
4 OVers 3/18

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Chris Gayle
Brendon McCullum (C) (W)
Laxmi Shukla
Brad Hodge*
Sourav Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
Sanjay Bangar
Ajit Agarkar
Ajantha Mendis
Ishant Sharma
Anureet Singh

Match Between Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 23 April 2009 (20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat
Result Delhi Daredevils won by 9 runs

Delhi Daredevils Total Score
189/5 - 20 overs (9.45 runs per over)

Top Scorer
AB de Villiers 105 not out

Highest Wicket Taker
Balaji(DD)
4 Overs 3/19


Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Karthik
Tiwary
Vettori
Nannes
Salvi
Sangwan
Nehra

Chennai Super Kings Total Score
180/9 - 20 Overs (9.00 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Mathew Hayden
57 runs in 27 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Sangwan(CSK)
4 Overs 3/28

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Parthiv Patel
Matthew Hayden
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni (C) (W)
Andrew Flintoff
Albie Morkel
Subramaniam Badrinath
Manpreet Gony
Joginder Sharma
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran

Match Between Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 22 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Deccan Chargers won by 24 runs

Deccan Chargers Score Card
184/6 - 20 Overs (9.20 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Adam Gilchrist 71 runs in 45 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kevin Pietersen
4 OVers 2/31


Deccan Chargers Playing XI


Adam Gilchrist (C) (W)*
Herschelle Gibbs
VVS Laxman
Rohit Sharma
Scott Styris
Venugopal Rao
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Pragyan Ojha
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Fidel Edwards

Bangalore Royal Challengers Score Card
160/8 - 20 OVers (8.00 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Virat Kohli 50 runs in 32 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Scott Styris
4 OVers 3/32

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing XI

Jesse Ryder
Robin Uthappa (W)
Jacques Kallis
Kevin Pietersen (C)
Rahul Dravid
Virat Kohli
Rajesh Bishnoi
Karan Sharma
Praveen Kumar
Anil Kumble
Dale Steyn

Match Between Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 21 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Match abandoned Due to Bad Weather

Result of Match between Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 21 April 2009 (20-over match)

Result Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs (D/L method)

Kings XI Punjab innings Score Card

158/6 - 20 Overs (7.90 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Yuvraj Singh 38

Highest Wicket Taker

Sourav Ganguly
4 Overs 2/24

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Ravi Bopara
Karan Goel
Irfan Pathan
Kumar Sangakkara (W)
Yuvraj Singh (C)
Mahela Jayawardena*
Taruwar Kohli
Piyush Chawla
Vikramjeet Malik
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card

79/1 - 9.2 Overs (8.46 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Chris Gayle 44

Highest Wicket Taker

Vikramjeet Malik
2 Overs 1/23



Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI


Brendon McCullum (C) (W)
Chris Gayle
Brad Hodge
Sourav Ganguly
Aakash Chopra
Yashpal Singh
Laxmi Shukla
Moises Henriques
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda

Result of Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super kings Match

Played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth (neutral venue), on 20 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Chennai Super Kings won by 92 runs

Chennai Super Kings Score Card

179/5 - 20 overs (8.95 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Mathew Hayden 65

Highest Wicket Taker

Praveen Kumar
4 Overs 2/37

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Parthiv Patel (W)
Matthew Hayden
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni (C)
Andrew Flintoff
Albie Morkel
Subramaniam Badrinath
Joginder Sharma
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Manpreet Gony
Muttiah Muralidaran

Bangalore Royal Challengers Score Card
87/10 - 15.2 Overs (5.67 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Jacques Kallis 24

Highest Wicket Taker

Muttiah Muralidaran
4 Overs 3/11

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing XI

Praveen Kumar
Robin Uthappa (W)
Jacques Kallis
Ross Taylor
Kevin Pietersen (C)
Rahul Dravid
Virat Kohli
Rajesh Bishnoi
Vinay Kumar
Dale Steyn
Anil Kumble

Orange Cap

(RCB) Dravid for his 66 runs against Rajasthan Royals

Purple Cap

(RCB) Kumble for his highest wickets against Rajasthan Royals 5/5

Winners

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue),on 19 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Deccan Chargers won by 8 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)

Deccan Score Card

Total Score
104/2 - 13.1 overs (7.89 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Gibbs 43

Highest Wicket Taker
RP Singh
3.4 Overs 4/22

Lowest Economy
Edwards 1.50

Players who could improve
Gilchrist
Laxman
Styris
Harmeet Singh

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Laxman
Rohit Sharma
Stris
Venugopal Rao
Harmeet Singh
Ojha
RP Singh
Ravi Teja
Edwards

Kolkata Score Card

Total Score
101/10 - 19.4 overs (5.13 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Hodge 31

Highest Wicket Taker
Dinda
3 Overs 1/24

Lowest Economy
Ishant Sharma 4.33

Players who could improve
Entire Team

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Ganguly
Hodge
Chopra
Shukla
henriques
Agarkar
Kartik
Sharma
Dinda

Winners

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue),on 19 April 2009 (20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won by 10 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) (D/L method)

Delhi Score Card

Total Score
58/0 - 4.5 overs (12 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Sehwag 38

Highest Wicket Taker
Vettori
3 Overs 3/15

Lowest Economy
Vettori 5.00

Players who could improve
Salvi
Sangwan

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Tiwary
Karthik
Nannes
Vettori
Mahesh
Salvi

Punjab Score Card

Total Score
104/7 - 12 overs (8.66 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Goel 38

Highest Wicket Taker
None

Lowest Economy
VRV Singh 5.00

Players who could improve

Bopara
Yuvraj

Bowling

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Bopara
Goel
Yuvraj
Sangakara
Jayawardene
Irfan Pathan
Chawla
Kohli
Malik
VRV Singh
Abdulla

Winners

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 18 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 75 runs

Rajsthan Score Card

Total Score
58 allout 15.1 Overs (3.82 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Henderson, Pathan, Jadeja 11

Highest Wicket Taker
Mascarenhas
4 Overs 3/20

Lowest Economy
Shane Warne 4.50

Players who could improve
All Players
Patel
Kamran Khan

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Smith
Asnodkar
Patel
Henderson
Pathan
Mascarenhas
Jadeja
Warne
Rawat
Patel
Kamran Khan

Bangalore Score Card

Total Score
133/8 - 20 Overs(6.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Dravid 66

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
3.1 Overs 5/5


Lowest Economy
Kumble 1.57

Players who could improve
Pietersen
Ryder
Vinay Kumar

Royal Challengers Playing XI

Ryder
Uthappa
Taylor
Pietersen
Dravid
Kohli
Akhil
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Steyn
Kumble

Winners

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 18 April 2009 (20-over match)

Result Mumbai Indians won by 19 runs

Chennai Score Card

Total Score
146/7 - 20 overs(7.30 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Hayden 44

Highest Wicket Taker
MS Gony 4 Overs 2/32


Lowest Economy
Joginder Sharma 6.25


Players who could improve
Dhoni
Fintoff
Thusara
Oram

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Patel
Hayden
Raina
Fintoff
Dhoni
Oram
Badrinath
Joginder Sharma
Thushara
Gony
Ashwin

Mumbai Score Card

Total Score
165/7 - 20 overs (8.25 runs per over)

Top Scorer
SR Tendulkar 59

Highest Wicket Taker
Malinga 4 Overs, 3/15

Lowest Economy
Malinga 3.75

Players who could improve

Jayasuria
Dhawan
Nayar
Zaheer Khan

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Sachin(Captain)
Jayasuriya
S Dhawan
JP Duminy
DJ Bravo
AM Nayar
PR Shah(Wicket Keeper)
Harbhajan Singh
Z Khan
SL Malinga
RR Raje

Probables for Mumbai and Chennai Team

Chennai Super Kings

Matthew Hayden
Parthiv Patel
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni (capt/wk)
S Badrinath
Andrew Flintoff
Albie Morkel
L Balaji
Joginder Sharma
Manpreet Gony
Muttiah Muralitharan

Mumbai Indians

Sanath Jayasuriya
Sachin Tendulkar (capt)
Shikhar Dhawan
JP Duminy
Dwayne Bravo
Abhishek Nayar
Yogesh Takawale (wk)
Harbhajan Singh
Dhawal Kulkarni
Zaheer Khan
Kyle Mills

Note:

Morkel, Duminy and Ntini it means playing the IPL opener within hours of finishing the day-night ODI against Australia in Johannesburg.

KKR Captain: New Zealand's Brendon McCullum replaces Sourav Ganguly

The Knight Riders take on the Deccan Chargers in Newlands on Sunday The 19th April 2009.

It has been talks and talk’s allover time since Australian coach John Buchanan brought up the theory of multiple captains for his team for the second edition of the IPL in South Africa.

With McCullum being appointed skipper for the initial matches and could be replaced by someone else in days to come.

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.

Cricinfo, Journey with IPL T20

Cricinfo, part of ESPN network has taken initiative to successfully give their best views, reviews, statistics and updates from time to time.

It will be very special for cricket lovers to watch the telecast live on the television and also participate in Fantasy Cricket hosted by Cricinfo. So, here it is with fully loaded goodies and prize to be won as the competition progresses.

Exiting Prizes to be won are:

LCD TV + Home theatre
Nintendo Wii Gaming console
Apple Time Capsule 1TB
Apple iPod Touch (16 GB)
Sony PSP

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.

Tickets available online – Location or Venue of play and Price

Tickets for the double-header in Cape Town on April 18 are priced between R 50 for students to R 200/150 for the grand stands and are inclusive of the opening ceremony.

Kingsmead in Durban hosts 16 games, the most for a single venue, and the tickets are priced between R 25 for students to R 150 for the grand stands.

The prices are pretty cheaper in the smaller venues like East London, Port Elizabeth, Kimberley and Bloemfontein, ranging between R 10 and R 75.

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.