Wednesday, May 6, 2009

IPL Schedule 2009

IPL Schedule 2009

The DLF Indian Premier League will be played from April 2009 onwards. Below is the IPL schedule for all the IPL matches games in the IPL.

You can get the IPL match timings also below.

Match No. Between Teams Venue Match Date and Time[IST]
1 Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town April 18 4 p.m
2 Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Cape Town April 18 8 p.m
3 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab Cape Town April 19 4 p.m
4 Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town April 19 8 p.m
5 Chennai Super Kings Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth April 20 8 p.m
6 Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban April 21 4 p.m
7 Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians Durban April 21 8 p.m

8 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers Cape Town April 22 8 p.m
9 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils Durban April 23 4 p.m
10 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town April 23 8 p.m
11 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban April 24 8 p.m
12 Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers Durban April 25 4 p.m
13 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town April 25 8 p.m
14 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils Port Elizabeth April 26 4 p.m
15 Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town April 26 8 p.m

16 Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings Durban April 27 4 p.m
17 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth April 27 8 p.m
18 Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria April 28 8 p.m
19 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban April 29 4 p.m
20 Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians Durban April 29 8 p.m
21 Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria April 30 4 p.m
22 Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria April 30 8 p.m
23 Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders East London May 1 4 p.m

24 Kings XI Punjab Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban May 1 8 p.m
25 Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth May 2 4 p.m
26 Delhi Daredevils Vs Chennai Super Kings Johannesburg May 2 8 p.m
27 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab Port Elizabeth May 3 4 p.m
28 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians Johannesburg May 3 8 p.m
29 Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers East London May 4 8 p.m
30 Rajasthan Royals Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban May 5 4 p.m
31 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban May 5 8 p.m

32 Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians Pretoria May 6 8 p.m
33 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria May 7 4 p.m
34 Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria May 7 8 p.m
35 Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians East London May 8 8 p.m
36 Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab Kimberley May 9 4 p.m
37 Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals Kimberley May 9 8 p.m
38 Mumbai Indians Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth May 10 4 p.m
39 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg May 10 8 p.m

40 Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers Kimberley May 11 8 p.m
41 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Pretoria May 12 4 p.m
42 Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab Pretoria May 12 8 p.m
43 Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers Durban May 13 8 p.m
44 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings Durban May 14 4 p.m
45 Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals Durban May 14 8 p.m
46 Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein May 15 8 p.m
47 Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth May 16 4 p.m

48 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg May 16 8 p.m
49 Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg May 17 4 p.m
50 Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein May 17 8 p.m
51 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria May 18 8 p.m
52 Delhi Daredevils Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Johannesburg May 19 8 p.m
53 Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban May 20 4 p.m
54 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban May 20 8 p.m
55 Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria May 21 4 p.m

56 Deccan Chargers Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Pretoria May 21 8 p.m
57 Semi Final 1 Pretoria May 22 8 p.m
58 Semi Final 2 Johannesburg May 23 8 p.m
59 Final Johannesburg May 24 8 p.m

Teams~Indian Premier League IPL

There are 8 teams in the inaugaral Indian Premier League Tournament

Mumbai Indians - Mukesh Ambani - Captained by Sachin Tendulkar
Bangalore Royal Challengers - Vijay Malya - Captained by Rahul Dravid
Chennai Super Kings - India Cements - Captained by MS Dhoni
Delhi Daredevils - GMR Group - Captained by Virendra Sehwag
Deccan Chargers - Deccan Chronicle - Captained by VVS Laxman
Kolkata Knight Riders - Shah Rukh Khan/Juhi Chawla - Captained by Saurav Ganguly
Kings XI Punjab - Preity Zinta/Ness Wadia - Captained by Yuvraj Singh
Rajastan Royals - Emerging Media Group - Captained by Shane Warne

About Indian Premier League IPL

The BCCI launched the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the lines of football’s English Premier League and the National Basketball League (NBA) of the US.

The IPL is a professional Twenty20 cricket league created and promoted by the BCCI and backed by the ICC. The Twenty20 league is set to debut in April 2008, with eight teams comprising a minimum of 16 players each. The league will last for 44 days and will involve 59 matches.

The IPL works on a franchise-system based on the American style of hiring players and transfers. These franchises were put for auction, where the highest bidder won the rights to own the team, representing each city.

The auction for the same took place on January 24, 2008 and the total base price for the auction was $400 million. The auction went on to fetch $723.59 million.

The Mumbai franchise owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) was the most expensive franchise - fetching $111.9 million closely followed by Vijay Mallya’s United Breweries which paid $111.6 million for the Bangalore franchise .

Media house Deccan Chronicle won the Hyderabad chapter of the IPL for $107 million, while India Cements’ Chennai franchise cost $91 million.

Bollywood also made its presence felt with two of its leading stars bagging the ownership of their respective teams - Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla’s Red Chillies Entertainment buying out Kolkata for $75.09, while Preity Zinta and her beau Ness Wadia bought the Mohali team for $76 million.

GMR , the infrastructure development group which who are involved in a project for revamping the Delhi airport, bagged the ownership of the Delhi team for $84 million and the Emerging Media , consisting of its CEO Fraser Castellino, Manoj Badale and Lachlan Murdoch and other investors won the rights for the Jaipur franczhise for $67 million.

IPL Teams:

1) Bangalore Royal Challengers: The Bangalore team was bought by Vijay Mallya’s UB Group for $111.6 million to own the team for 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Rahul Dravid is the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers. Team India’s bowling coach, Venkatesh Prasad is the coach of the team.

2) Kings XI Punjab: The Mohali team was bought by Bollywood diva Preity Zinta, her industrialist beau Ness Wadia, along with renowned industrialists Karan Paul and Mohit Burman for $76 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Yuvraj Singh is the captain of Kings XI Punjab. Australia’s Tom Moddy is the coach of the team.

3) Chennai Super Kings: The Chennai team was bought by India Cements for $91 million to own the team for 10 years. Team India ODI and T20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings. Former South Africa cricket team captain Kepler Wessels is the coach of the team.

4) Kolkata Knight Riders: The Kolkata team is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for $75.09 million for a 10-year period. ‘Icon player’ Sourav Ganguly is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. Australia’s John Buchanan is the coach of the team.

5) Deccan Chargers: The Hyderabad team was bought by Deccan Chronicle, a media house, for $107 million for a 10-year period. Team India’s Test player VVS Laxman is the captain of Deccan Chargers. India’s fielding coach, Robin Singh is the coach of the team.

6) Mumbai Indians: The Mumbai team is owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited for $111.9 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Sachin Tendulkar is the captain of Mumbai Indians. Former Team India manager, Lalchand Rajput is the coach of the team.

7) Delhi Daredevils: The Delhi team is owned by GMR Holdings for $84 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Virender Sehwag is the captain of Delhi Daredevils. Australia’s Greg Shipperd is the coach of the team.

Rajasthan Royals: The Jaipur team was bought by UK-based company Emerging Media for $67 million to own the team for a period of 10 years. Former Australian spin bowler Shane Warne is both the captain and coach of Rajasthan Royals.

More on IPL:

* Title Sponsorship Rights: On February 13 2008, Indian real estate developer DLF Universal secured exclusive rights to the IPL title sponsorship worth Rs 200 crore (over $50 million) for five years.

* Television Rights: On January 14 2008, it was announced that a consortium consisting of India’s Sony Television network and Singapore-based World Sports Group secured the rights of the IPL. The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of $1.026 billion.

* On February 20 2008 , the auction of 77 players took place in Mumbai. Team India ODI and Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds emerged the costliest Indian and overseas players respectively.

* Each team will play the other seven teams home and away, the top four teams at the end of the group stages will proceed through to the semi-finals. The first match is slated for April 18 between Team Bangalore and Team Kolkata.

* Team Composition: All teams must have at least four players from their respective Catchment Areas and four Under-22 players. The players from Catchment Areas could be an iconic player, a Ranji player or an U-22 player.

Each team can buy a maximum of eight overseas players but only four would be able to take the field in a match.