IPL-a T20 extravaganza for Indian Fans

IPL is a domestic T20 tournament organized by BCCI. The tournament started in 2008 and was a great success among the cricket crazy fans of India. Though the second season was played in South Africa due to security issues in India, the tournament has returned to India this season and is expected to be a great success because of its huge fan following.

IPL is T20 cricket tournament which features 8 domestic teams from India representing all major cities of the country. Although it is a domestic tournament of India it has many international players from other countries like Australia, England, South Africa etc. playing for different IPL teams.

IPL 2010 will feature a total of 60 matches and will be played between the 12th March and 25th of April. It is certainly a festival time for the people of India as cricket is no less than a religion in the country. With all Indian cricket stars and international stars part of IPL it is a dream tournament for the normal cricket fan of India.

IPL which is also known as Indian Premier League has 8 teams which compete to be crowned domestic T20 champions of India. The 8 teams which play in the IPL are:

i) Chennai Super Kings

ii) Deccan Chargers

iii) Delhi Daredevils

iv) Kolkata Knight Riders

v) Kings XI Punjab

vi) Mumbai Indians

vii)Royal Challengers Bangalore

viii) Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals were the champions in the first season of IPL which was played in India in the year of 2008. The second season of IPL which was played in South Africa saw the Deccan Chargers emerge as champions

All the teams in the Indian Premier League are captained by international cricketers both former and present. Chennai Super Kings is captained by Indian captain M.S.Dhoni while Deccan Chargers is captained by former Australian player, Adam Gilchrist. Similarly Delhi Daredevils is led by Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir and Kolkata Knight Riders is led by former Indian cricket captain, Sourav Ganguly. Kings XI Punjab is led by Kumara Sangakkara and Mumbai Indians is captained by Sachin Tendulkar. Royal Challengers Bangalore is captained by former Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble and Rajasthan Royals is led by former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne.

IPL 2010 is being played in India after the last season was plated in South Africa. The tournament has started on 12th March and will end on 25th of April with a total of 60 matches to be played across 11 Indian cities. The various Indian cities which will be hosting IPL 2010 matches are Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Cuttack, Nagpur, Jaipur and Dharamsala.


IPL Twenty20 2010 Cricket Match Schedule

March 12 - Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai
March 13 - Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai
March 13 - Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils at Mohali
March 14 - Chennai super kings vs Deccan Chargers at Chennai
March 14 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata
March 15 - Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur
March 16 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore
March 16 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai super kings at Kolkata
March 17 - Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians at Delhi
March 18 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals at Bangalore
March 19 - Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab at Cuttack
March 20 - Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Ahmedabad
March 20 - Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mumbai
March 21 - Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab at Chennai
March 21 - Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers at Cuttack
March 22 - Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai
March 23 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai super kings at Bangalore
March 24 - Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals at Mohali
March 25 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils at Kolkta
March 26 - Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at Chennai
March 26 - Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers at Ahmedabad
March 27 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi daredevils at Bangalore
March 27 - Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Mohali
March 28 - Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai super kings at Ahmedabad
March 28 - Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai
March 29 - Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi
March 30 - Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai
March 31 - Chennai super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chennai
March 31 - Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals at Delhi
April 1 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers at Kolkata
April 2 - Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mohali
April 3 - Chennai super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals at Chennai
April 3 - Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers at Mumbai
April 4 - Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Delhi
April 4 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata
April 5 - Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals at Nagpur
April 6 - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai super kings at Mumbai or Nagpur
April 7 - Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab at Jaipur
April 8 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers at Bangalore
April 8 - Chennai super kings vs Delhi Daredevils at Chennai
April 9 - Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians at Mohali
April 10 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore
April 10 - Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings at Nagpur
April 11 - Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians at Jaipur
April 11 - Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab at Delhi
April 12 - Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Nagpur
April 13 - Chennai super kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai
April 14 - Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils at Mumbai
April 15 - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Jaipur
April 15 - Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers at Dharmsala
April 16 - Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai super kings at Delhi
April 17 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians at Bangalore
April 17 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata
April 18 - Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils at Hyderabad
April 18 - Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai super kings at Dharamsala
April 19 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians at Kolkata

IPL Twenty20 2010 Semi Final match schedule
April 21 - 1st Semifinal between 1st and 4th team of the points table at Bangalore
April 22 - 2nd Semifinal between 2nd and 3rd team of the points table at Bangalore
April 24 - Match for 3rd place at Mumbai

IPL Twenty20 2010 Final match schedule

April 25 - Final at Mumbai


Teams for IPL 2010

Chennai Super Kings

M Muralidaran, M Vijay, Manpreet Gony, Sudeep Tyagi, Shadab Jakati, R Ashwin, K B Arun Karthik, Justin Kemp, Thisara Perera, Hemang Badani, L Balaji, S Badrinath, Suresh Raina, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Thilan Thushara, George Bailey, M S Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, Ganapathy Chandrasekhar

Deccan Chargers

Adam Gilchirst, Arjun Yadav, Harmeet Singh, Azhar Bilakhia, Kemar Roach, Mitchell Marsh, Anirudh Singh, A Ashish Reddy, Rahul Sharma, Bodapati Sumanth, T Suman, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Venugopal Rao, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds, Ryan Harris, Dwyane Smith, Chaminda Vaas, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Mohnish Mishra

Delhi Daredevils

AB de Villiers, Pradeep Sangwan, Umesh Yadav, Amit Mishra, Kedar Jadhav, Moises Henriques, Wayne Parnell, Sarandeep Singh, Shashi Ranjan, Sarabjeet Ladda, Ashish Nehra, Aavishkar Salvi, Mithun Manhas, David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Farveez Maharoof, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Rajat Bhatia, Joginder Singh

Kings XI Punjab

Brett Lee, Mohd. Kaif, Adrian Barath, Love Ablish, Vikramjeet Malik, Amanpreet Singh, Bipul Sharma, James Hopes, Manvinder Bisla, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Yusuf Abdulla, Yash Gandhi, Karan Goel, Shaun Marsh, Kumar Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Ravi Bopara, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, S Sreesanth, Ramesh Powar, Piyush Chawla, Shalabh Srivastava

Kolkata Knight Riders

Cheteshwar Pujara, Owais Shah, Chris Gayle, Manoj Tiwary, Charl Langeveldt, Harshad Khadiwale, Chirag Pathak, Varun Aaron, Eklakh Ahmed, Ganapathi Vignesh, Iqbal Abdulla, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Brendon McCullum, Brad Hodge, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Sourav Ganguly, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashoke Dinda, Ajit Agarkar, Rohan Gavaskar

Mumbai Indians

Lasith Malinga, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, R Sathish, Ambati Rayudu, Aditya Tare, Chandan Madan, Ishan Malhotra, K Syed Sahabuddin, Rahul Shukla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Abhishek Nayar, Shikhar Dhawan, Jean Paul Duminy, Graham Napier, Ryan McLaren, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Dwayne Bravo, Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Ali Murtaza

Rajasthan Royals

Shane Warne, Johan Botha, Damien Martyn, Michael Lumb, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Shrikant Wagh, Abhishek Raut, Sumit Narwal, Faiz Fazal, Syed Ahmed Quadri, Amit Paunikar, Kamran Khan, Amit Singh, Graeme Smith, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Morne Morkel, Shaun Tait, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Sidharth Trivedi, Swapnil Asnodkar, Mahesh Rawat, Naman Ojha, Amit Paunikar

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Jacques Kallis, Manish Pandey, Srivats Goswami, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvanesh Kumar, K P Appanna, Eoin Morgan, Akhil Balachandra, A Mithun, Steven Smith, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Robin Uthappa, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Cameron White, Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, Roelof van der Merwe, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, S Sriram