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The fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), comprising nine teams and 76 matches, will begin and end in Chennai, with the opening match on April 4 and the final on May 27. The teams will play each other at home and away during a league phase consisting of 72 games at 12, possibly 13, venues, beginning with the defending champions Chennai Super Kings playing Champions League T20 winners Mumbai Indians

The tournament is scheduled to begin 12 days after the Asia Cup final and a week after the end of South Africa's tour of New Zealand. At present there are three international series that will clash with the 2012 IPL and could affect player availability for both the franchises and the countries. Sri Lanka are hosting England in April, while West Indies host Australia and then travel to England in May.

The next player auction for the IPL is scheduled for February 4.

Dinesh Karthik, the Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper, will move from Kings XI Punjab to the Mumbai Indians in the first notable transfer ahead of the IPL's fifth season. Karthik was bagged by the Mumbai Indians for an undisclosed sum. A BCCI insider said it was easily the highest sum paid to buy a player from another team in the history of the IPL. In exchange for Karthik, allrounder R Sathish will go to Kings XI.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has transferred to Delhi Daredevils from Deccan Chargers for the 2012 season of the IPL, the IPL has confirmed. Pietersen is the third player to switch teams during the transfer window, after Dinesh Karthik and R Sathish.

IPL auction list has been released with Graham Swann the highest priced player at $400,000.

There are PLENTY of Aussies with 15 nationally capped players and 27 uncapped

Capped (Reserve price US $'000)
Hogg 100, Mitchell Johnson 300, Siddle 200, Doherty 100, Voges 100, Krejza 50, Laughlin 50, Manou 50, Ronchi 50, MacGill 100, harwood 50, Hazelwood 20, Copeland 20, George 20, Khawaja 50

Uncapped (reserve price US $'000)
Borgas 50, Nick Buchanan 20, Carseldine 50, Cockley 20, Coyte 20, Crosthwaite 20, Cruickshank 20, Cutting 100, Doran 20, Doropoulos 20, Drew 50, Dunk 50, Edmondson 50, Forrest 50, D. Harris 50, Hartley 20, Heal 20, Herrick 50, Maxwell 50, Ashton May 20, McDermott 20, Neser 50, O'Brien 20, Paulsen 20, Richardson 20, Rohrer 20, Daniel Smith 20, Wells 20

Holland
Tom Cooper 50

Chris Gayle has been retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the next two IPL seasons. The Royal Challengers had first rights to Gayle's services after he represented them as a replacement for Dirk Nannes in the previous year.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have picked up Andrew McDonald, the allrounder from Australia, from the Delhi Daredevils for the 2012 IPL season, the IPL has said. Harmeet Singh, the Punjab medium-pacer, has also moved from Deccan Chargers to Kings XI Punjab.

Yuvraj Singh, the India batsman, could be ruled out of cricket for as many as six months due to the ongoing treatment of his non-malignant lung tumour. This means he will at least miss the Asia Cup and the IPL, where he captained the Pune Warriors last year.

IPL auction on right now:

Brendon McCullum to Kolkata for $900K

Ravindra Jadeja to Chennai for $2m+

Muttiah Muralitharan to Bangalore for $220K

Mahela Jayawardene to Delhi for $1.4m

Herschelle Gibbs to Mumbai for $50K

Brad Hodge to Rajasthan for $475K

Parthiv Patel to Deccan for $650K

Dinesh Chandimal to Rajasthan for $50K

Andre Russell to Delhi for $450K

Mitchell Johnson to Mumbai for $300K

RP Singh to Mumbai for $600K

Vinay Kumar to Bangalore for $1m

Sreesanth to Rajasthan for $400K

Ramesh Powar to Punjab for $160K

Brad Hogg to Rajasthan for $180K

Sunil Narine to Kolkata for $700K

Robin Peterson to Mumbai for $100K

Retained:

Chris Gayle, Bangalore $550K

Sourav Ganguly, Pune $400K

David Miller, Punjab $100K

Transferred:

Kevin Pietersen, Deccan to Delhi

Andrew McDonald, Delhi to Bangalore

Dinesh Kartik, Punjab to Mumbai

Pragyan Ojha, Deccan to Mumbai

R Sathish, Mumbai to Punjab

Harmeet Singh, Deccan to Punjab

Also:

Daniel Harris to Deccan for $70K

Kevon Cooper to Rajasthan for $50K

James Faulkner to Punjab for $190K

Azhar Mahmood to Punjab for $200K

Thisara Perera to Mumbai for $650K

Marchant de Lange to Kolkata for $50K

Darren Bravo to Deccan for $100K

Doug Bracewell to Delhi for $50K

IPL in deep trouble with Sahara pulling their sponsorship after a dispute with the BCI.
Sahara also own the new Pune franchise and will sell it aswell.

Muirhead to Bangalore for $4 & a bag of papadoms.

Lightning McQueen wrote:Muirhead to Bangalore for $4 & a bag of papadoms.

Whats Salpietro worth then?

Jim05 wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Muirhead to Bangalore for $4 & a bag of papadoms.

Whats Salpietro worth then?

A beaded necklace and 20 cents.

Did James Anderson get picked up?

CoverKing wrote:Did James Anderson get picked up?

The unsold list and their asking prices:

Unsold

James Anderson - base price $300,000
Tamim Iqbal - base price $50,000
Adrian Barath - base price $50,000
Ramnaresh Sarwan - base price $100,000
Ian Bell - base price $200,000
Owais Shah - base price $200,000
Upul Tharanga - base price $50,000
VVS Laxman - base price $400,000
Matt Prior - base price $200,000
Brendan Taylor - base price $100,000
Mark Boucher - base price $100,000
Justin Kemp - base price $100,000
Marlon Samuels - base price $100,000
Steven Smith - base price $200,000
Ravi Bopara - base price $100,000
Luke Wright - base price $200,000
Kevin O'Brien - base price $50,000
Dwayne Smith - base price $100,000
Lonwabo Tsotsobe - base price $50,000
VRV Singh - base price $100,000
Vernon Philander - base price $200,000
Fidel Edwards - base price $100,000
Ravi Rampaul - base price $100,000
Peter Siddle - base price $200,000
Tim Southee - base price $100,000
Graeme Swann - base price $400,000
Rangana Herath - base price $50,000
Ajantha Mendis - base price $50,000
Steve O'Keefe - base price $100,000
Xavier Doherty - base price $100,000
Michael Klinger - base price $50,000
Richard Levi base price $50,000
Alviro Petersen base price $100,000
Lendl Simmons base price $50,000
Farveez Maharoof - base price $50,000
Jacob Oram - base price $100,000
Moises Henriques - base price $50,000
Ben Laughlin - base price $50,000
Ryan McLaren - base price $100,000
Nicky Boje - base price $200,000
Jacques Rudolph - base price $20,000
Andy McKay - base price $50,000
Alister McDermott - base price $20,000
Michael Neser - base price $50,000

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Pune Warriors have bought Ashok Dinda, the India fast bowler, and James Hopes, the Australia allrounder, from Delhi Daredevils. Both players were signed for two years, late on Sunday. Hopes is the second foreigner to be contracted by Warriors in the transfer window, after they beat Mumbai Indians in the race to sign Marlon Samuels of West Indies last week.

Michael Clarke's staunch resistance to the Indian Premier League may be nearing its end, with Pune captain Sourav Ganguly suggesting his side is close to signing the Australian skipper.

brod wrote:Michael Clarke's staunch resistance to the Indian Premier League may be nearing its end, with Pune captain Sourav Ganguly suggesting his side is close to signing the Australian skipper.

Surely if he reuses to play in that joke of a competition can tell them where to go?

Delhi Daredevils have picked Victoria allrounder Glenn Maxwell and South Africa batsman Gulam Bodi in their squad for the upcoming IPL season, in place of Colin Ingram and Travis Birt.

Surprised that Birt is teamless