IPL 2009

[Gozu]

I heard somewhere today that Ponting has pulled out of this year's IPL season.

[Pup]

Yes thats right.

Busy international program is the reason.

[brod]

IPL have sent the Indian government a revised schedule that does not clash with elections to help allow the hosting of the tournament

[Swervyn]

Australia: Aaron Bird (45,000),

Whats happened with him - surely he wont be playing will he??

[brod]

Australia: Aaron Bird (45,000),

Whats happened with him - surely he wont be playing will he??

If it all goes ahead they might be looking for ANYone willing to go

[brod]

Mumbai Indians is a cricket team in the Indian Premier League. The team is led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is also the Icon Player for the team. The team is coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former manager of the Indian Cricket Team and is owned by India’s biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) purchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier league for a total of $111.9 million during the auction on January 24, 2008. The RIL bid has made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in IPL, and hence won the right to hold the semi-finals and the final in Mumbai.

Batsmen
Jean-Paul Duminy
Mohammed Ashraful
Shikhar Dhawan
Sachin Tendulkar(Captain)
Saurabh Tiwary
Ajinkya Rahane
Jaydev Shah

All Rounders
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ryan McLaren
Dwayne Bravo
Graham Napier
Kyle Mills
Abhishek Nayar

Wicket Keepers
Luke Ronchi
Pinal Shah
Yogesh Takawale

Bowlers
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Dhaval Kulkarni
Rohan Raje
Zaheer Khan
Lasith Malinga
Chetanya Nanda
Rahil Sheikh

Coaches
Head Coach: Lalchand Rajput
Assistant Head Coach: Sameer Dighe
Bowling Coach: Subroto Banerjee
Physiotherapist: Dr. Nitin Patel

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Kings XI Punjab is a cricket franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team is led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player. The team is coached by Tom Moody, the former Australian all rounder. The owners of the franchise include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.

Batsmen
Shaun Marsh
Mahela Jayawardene
Simon Katich
Luke Pomersbach
Sunny Sohal
Karan Goel
Tanmay Srivastava
Sahil Kukreja
Yash Gandhi

All Rounders
Ravi Bopara
James Hopes
Yuvraj Singh(Captain)
Wilkin Mota
Ramesh Powar
Irfan Pathan
Ryan Ninan
Piyush Chawla

Wicker Keepers
Kumar Sangakkara
Uday Kaul

Bowlers
Brett Lee
Jerome Taylor
Burt Cockley
Vikram Raj Vir Singh
Sreesanth
Ajitesh Argal

Coaches
Head Coach: Tom Moody
Assistant Head Coach: Trevor Penney
Physiotherapist: Patrick Farhart

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Kolkata Knight Riders (also referred to as KKR) is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly, who is also the Icon Player for the team, and coached by John Buchanan. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are black and gold. Knight Riders is one of the franchise of the eight team taking part in the Indian Premier League. It was bought by Bollywood actor ShahRukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband, Jai Mehta.

Batsmen
Brad Hodge
Aakash Chopra
Debabrata Das
Cheteshwar Pujara

Wicket Keepers
Brendon McCullum
Wriddhiman Saha

Bowlers
Ashok Dinda
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ajantha Mendis
Mohnish Parmar

All Rounders
David Hussey
Moises Henriques
Chris Gayle
Mashrafe Mortaza
Angelo Mathews
Sourav Ganguly(C)
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Ajit Agarkar
Iqbal Abdullah
Sachin Rana

Coaches
Head Coach: John Buchanan
Assistant Head Coach: Matthew Mott
Physiotherapist: Andrew Leipus
Physical Trainer: Adrian Le Roux
Physical Trainer: Michael Buchanan

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Rajasthan Royals is a franchise cricket team that represents the state of Rajasthan in the IPL. The team is led and coached by Shane Warne. There was no Icon Player and brand ambassador for the team and it is the only IPL team to have a foreign captain and coach. The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group and is Chaired by Manoj Badale. Other investors include Lachlan Murdoch, Sir. Aditya S Chellaram and Suresh Chellaram. The Group acquired the franchise for $67 million.

Batsmen
Robert Quiney
Graeme Smith
Mohammad Kaif
Niraj Patel
Swapnil Asnodkar
Taruwar Kohli
Raiphi Vincent Gomez

Wicket Keepers
Naman Ojha
Mahesh Rawat

All Rounders
Lee Carseldine
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Shane Watson
Tyron Henderson
Yusuf Pathan
Ravindra Jadeja

Bowlers
Shane Warne (captain)
Shane Harwood
Morne Morkel
Shaun Tait
Mohammad Kamran Khan
Munaf Patel
Siddharth Trivedi

Coaches
Head Coach: Shane Warne
Assistant Head Coach: Harish Joshi
High Performance Coach: Jeremy Snape
Physiotherapist: John Gloster
Performance Analyst: Mohsin Sheikh
Director Of Coaching: Darren Berry

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Deccan Chargers is the franchise that represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. From 2009, the team will be led by Adam Gilchrist and coached by Darren Lehmann, both former Australian Test cricketers. There is no Icon Player for the team.

Batsmen
Chamara Silva
Herschelle Gibbs
V.V.S.Laxman
Arjun Yadav
Venugopal Rao
Rohit Sharma
D.B.Ravi Teja
T.Suman
Abhinav Kumar

All Rounders
Dwayne Smith
Scott Styris
Andrew Symonds
Ryan Harris

Wicket Keepers
Adam Gilchrist
Halhadar Das
M.S.Bisla

Bowlers
R. P. Singh
Fidel Edwards
Chaminda Vaas
Nuwan Zoysa
D.Kalyankrishna
Pragyan Ojha
M Sarveesh Kumar
H.S.Bansal
Jaskarandeep Singh
P. Vijay Kumar

Support Staff
Head Coach: Darren Lehmann
Assistant Coaches: Kanwaljit Singh
Assistant Coaches: Mike Young
Physiotherapist: Dr Sean Slattery
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Steve Smith

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Delhi Daredevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group. The team is captained by Virender Sehwag, who is also the designated Icon Player for the franchise.

Batsmen
Owais Shah
David Warner
Gautam Gambhir
Manoj Tiwary

All Rounders
Andrew McDonald
Daniel Vettori
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Paul Collingwood
Farveez Maharoof
Rajat Bhatia
Virender Sehwag(Captain)
Mithun Manhas
AB de Villiers

Wicket Keepers
Dinesh Karthik

Bowlers
Glenn McGrath
Dirk Nannes
Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh
Ashish Nehra
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan

Coaches
Head Coach: Greg Shipperd
Assistant Head Coach: David Saker
Bowling Consultant: Dennis Lillee
Physiotherapist: Justin Steer

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Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai based franchise of the Indian Premier League. The team is led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, currently the captain of the Indian cricket team, and coached by Stephen Fleming. The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (often referred to as Chepauk) is the Super Kings’ home ground.

Batsmen
Matthew Hayden
Michael Hussey
George Bailey
Suresh Raina
Subramaniam Badrinath
Murali Vijay
Abhinav Mukund
Anirudha Srikkanth
Arun Karthik

Bowlers
Muttiah Muralitharan
Makhaya Ntini
Manpreet Gony
Sudeep Tyagi
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Palani Amarnath

Wicket Keepers
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain)
Parthiv Patel

All Rounders
Andrew Flintoff
Jacob Oram
Albie Morkel
Thilan Thushara
Shadab Jakati
Napoleon Einstein
Viraj Kadbe
Selvam Suresh Kumar
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
Ravichandran Ashwin
Joginder Sharma

Coaches
Head Coach: Stephen Fleming
Assistant Head Coach: TBA
Physiotherapist: Tommy Simsek
Physical Trainer: Gregory King

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Royal Challengers Bangalore (also referred to as RCB) is the team representing the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament to be held in India. The team is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group. Brijesh Patel is the CEO of the team and Rahul Dravid, the captain of the team is the Icon Player. Ray Jennings, the former South African coach, is the coach of the team and Venkatesh Prasad is the bowling coach.

Batsmen
Rahul Dravid
Robin Uthappa
Ross Taylor
Kevin Pietersen
Jesse Ryder
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Wasim Jaffer
Jagadeesh Arunkumar
Bharat Chipli
K.P. Appanna
Gaurav Dhiman

Wicket Keepers
Mark Boucher
Shreevats Goswami
Devraj Patil

All Rounders
Jacques Kallis
Virat Kohli
Praveen Kumar
Cameron White
Sunil Joshi
Balachandra Akhil

Bowlers
Pankaj Singh
Dale Steyn
Anil Kumble
Nathan Bracken
Ranganath Vinay Kumar
Abdur Razzak
N.S.C. Aiyappa
Dillon du Preez

Coaches
Head Coach: Ray Jennings
Assistant Head Coach: Vijay Bharadwaj
Bowling Coach: Venkatesh Prasad
Physiotherapist: TBA

[brod]

Boof's still happy to go

DARREN Lehmann will pursue his inaugural coaching stint with Indian Premier League side Deccan Chargers despite a player safety query at the Twenty20 tournament

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/stor ... 28,00.html

[CoverKing]

im assuming thats the one and only australian andrew symonds from DC??

[brod]

Michael Hussey has made himself available for the Chennai Super Kings only in they make the Semi Final and Final, so he can spend time with his family

[The Jack]

IPL news so far

- Michael Clarke has stated that "I'll definitely play at some stage," he said, "it's just about when.

Ha! When the price is right! Coincidental that Clarke decides he'll pull out just as it appeared that none of the teams were prepared to pay the exorbitant amount that he was expecting he would fetch. Fair enough too, I wouldn't get out of bed (with Lara) for anything less than 1.5m if it was me!

[brod]

Rajasthan Royals went down in a practice match to the Cape Cobras by 26 runs
Aussies
- RJ Quiney 34 (22 balls) top scored for the Royals
- LA Carseldine 7 (11) & 0/12 (1 over)
- SK Warne 21 (19) & 1/23 (4)

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Despite having to release Australian players for the ODI series against Pakistan, the affected IPL franchises are not breaking any sweat yet. Seven IPL-contracted stars - Nathan Bracken, James Hopes, David Hussey, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Andrew Symonds and Shane Watson - were on Wednesday named in the 14-man squad to play five ODIs and a Twenty20 international in the UAE, which runs from April 22 to May 7.

Tom Moody's Kings XI Punjab is the worst-hit team in terms of numbers, having to operate without Lee, Marsh and Hopes. Moody said he expected Marsh and Hopes to be summoned for national duty for the first half of the IPL, while he has not entirely given up hope of playing Lee.

"We were aware that we were going to be losing players for the series against Pakistan," Moody said from Port Elizabeth, where the Punjab team is having its pre-tournament camp. "We knew that particularly James Hopes and Shaun Marsh were going to be missing for the first part of the tournament

http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 98874.html

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Dwayne Bravo's surgically-repaired ankle has been deemed too fragile for West Indies' Test series in England, but strong enough to withstand the rigours of Twenty20 cricket. Bravo, speaking prior to boarding a Durban-bound flight on Tuesday, confirmed he will represent the Mumbai Indians in the IPL while his West Indian team-mates play two Tests against England.

"This is a situation forced on me," Bravo told Cricinfo. "It is not a decision I made. It was made by the [West Indies] team medical staff and the selectors. The situation is that I have been advised by doctors to get my ankle stronger before I can play five-day cricket. The plan is to join the [West Indian] team in England when the one-day series begins."