Chennai Super Kings innings
Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (49 balls), Extras 3
Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (90 balls), Extras 3
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (MEK Hussey 28, MS Dhoni 22, Ex 0)
Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (114 balls), Extras 4
MS Dhoni: 50 off 24 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
Bangalore Royal Challengers innings
Bangalore Royal Challengers: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (43 balls), Extras 3
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (W Jaffer 20, LRPL Taylor 28, Ex 2)
Bangalore Royal Challengers: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (70 balls), Extras 5
W Jaffer: 50 off 32 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
LRPL Taylor: 50 off 30 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
Bangalore Royal Challengers: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 6
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
About IPL
IPL - The concept
The Indian Premier League (IPL) was launched by the BCCI on September 14, 2007 amid a lot of media hype. Based on the lines of the English Premier League (EPL) and the National Basketball League (NBA), the IPL is apparently the brainchild of BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi. The idea was tossed up as far back as 1996 but was turned down by the Board which thought the concept would contradict its structure of domestic cricket.
The League will have some of the best cricketers from around the world playing for eight teams, alongside Indian senior and under-19 cricketers. IPL, which now has a title sponsor in DLF, will see a total of 59 matches spanning over 44 days beginning April 18.
The Franchises
The eight teams in the fray, Kolkata, Mumbai, Mohali, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi were sold to eight franchises who paid staggering amounts to own the teams. The owners can run the teams the way they want to and name them too. The franchises, if they so desire, can also list their teams on the stock exchange.
Following are the owners of the eight teams:
Kolkata - Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Mehta and Jay Mehta
Mumbai - RIL- Mukesh Ambani
Mohali - Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul and Mohit Burman
Hyderabad - Deccan Chronical
Jaipur - Emerging Media - Lachlan Murdoch, Manoj Badale and Suresh Chellaram
Bangalore - UB Group - Vijay Mallya
Chennai - India Cements - N. Srinivasan
Delhi - GMR Holding
The Auctions
The BCCI had initially contracted around 80 players who were put up for the first of two rounds of historic auctions, which was held in Mumbai on February 20 followed by the second one on March 11.
The first round of bidding saw huge amounts of money thrown on the tables by franchises to shop for the best of international players on show, an extravaganza never witnessed in global cricket before. India captain MS Dhoni was sold for a whooping USD 1.5 million.
Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai), Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata), Rahul Dravid (Bangalore), Virender Sehwag (Delhi) and Yuvraj Singh (Mohali) were nominated as icon players which meant that they would not be up for bidding. The icons would get to play for their home sides and would be paid 15 per cent over the highest bid player in their respective teams.
The auction saw some huge surprises where India’s young guns piped some of the more experienced and glamorous international stars to the post in terms of the money they earned. Young Indian fast bowler Ishnat Sharma was won over for 950,000 dollars by Kolkata while the fastest bowler in the world Brett Lee got no more than 900,000 dollars. One ODI old Manoj Tiwari took home an astonishing 675,000 dollars whereas Herschelle Gibbs, one of the most prolific batsmen in world cricket had to be content with 575,000 dollars. The auction also saw the story of Indian cricketers’ prominence being written in the loudest of words.
The second auction which was held to help teams finalise their playing squads and also ensure that they spent their allotted Rs 20crores on the teams was not as high profile but saw some very important cricketers like James Hopes of Australia and Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq go under the hammer. The second round also belonged to India’s World Cup winning under-19 team whose players were picked up by the franchise at a fixed price of 30,000 dollars slotted by the BCCI.
The Money
The overall prize money will be a stupendous USD 5 million, with the winners taking home USD 2 million. Compare that with what World Champions Australia took home from the West Indies, a mere USD 1 million.
The people who matter
The BCCI has formed an IPL council which will include former BCCI president IS Bindra, Vice presidents Rajiv Shukla, Chirayu Amin, Lalit Modi and Arun Jaitley who will be honorary members. Former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi will be paid for their services to the Council. The Council will in its five year term run, operate and manage the League completely independent of the BCCI.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) was launched by the BCCI on September 14, 2007 amid a lot of media hype. Based on the lines of the English Premier League (EPL) and the National Basketball League (NBA), the IPL is apparently the brainchild of BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi. The idea was tossed up as far back as 1996 but was turned down by the Board which thought the concept would contradict its structure of domestic cricket.
The League will have some of the best cricketers from around the world playing for eight teams, alongside Indian senior and under-19 cricketers. IPL, which now has a title sponsor in DLF, will see a total of 59 matches spanning over 44 days beginning April 18.
The Franchises
The eight teams in the fray, Kolkata, Mumbai, Mohali, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi were sold to eight franchises who paid staggering amounts to own the teams. The owners can run the teams the way they want to and name them too. The franchises, if they so desire, can also list their teams on the stock exchange.
Following are the owners of the eight teams:
Kolkata - Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Mehta and Jay Mehta
Mumbai - RIL- Mukesh Ambani
Mohali - Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul and Mohit Burman
Hyderabad - Deccan Chronical
Jaipur - Emerging Media - Lachlan Murdoch, Manoj Badale and Suresh Chellaram
Bangalore - UB Group - Vijay Mallya
Chennai - India Cements - N. Srinivasan
Delhi - GMR Holding
The Auctions
The BCCI had initially contracted around 80 players who were put up for the first of two rounds of historic auctions, which was held in Mumbai on February 20 followed by the second one on March 11.
The first round of bidding saw huge amounts of money thrown on the tables by franchises to shop for the best of international players on show, an extravaganza never witnessed in global cricket before. India captain MS Dhoni was sold for a whooping USD 1.5 million.
Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai), Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata), Rahul Dravid (Bangalore), Virender Sehwag (Delhi) and Yuvraj Singh (Mohali) were nominated as icon players which meant that they would not be up for bidding. The icons would get to play for their home sides and would be paid 15 per cent over the highest bid player in their respective teams.
The auction saw some huge surprises where India’s young guns piped some of the more experienced and glamorous international stars to the post in terms of the money they earned. Young Indian fast bowler Ishnat Sharma was won over for 950,000 dollars by Kolkata while the fastest bowler in the world Brett Lee got no more than 900,000 dollars. One ODI old Manoj Tiwari took home an astonishing 675,000 dollars whereas Herschelle Gibbs, one of the most prolific batsmen in world cricket had to be content with 575,000 dollars. The auction also saw the story of Indian cricketers’ prominence being written in the loudest of words.
The second auction which was held to help teams finalise their playing squads and also ensure that they spent their allotted Rs 20crores on the teams was not as high profile but saw some very important cricketers like James Hopes of Australia and Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq go under the hammer. The second round also belonged to India’s World Cup winning under-19 team whose players were picked up by the franchise at a fixed price of 30,000 dollars slotted by the BCCI.
The Money
The overall prize money will be a stupendous USD 5 million, with the winners taking home USD 2 million. Compare that with what World Champions Australia took home from the West Indies, a mere USD 1 million.
The people who matter
The BCCI has formed an IPL council which will include former BCCI president IS Bindra, Vice presidents Rajiv Shukla, Chirayu Amin, Lalit Modi and Arun Jaitley who will be honorary members. Former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi will be paid for their services to the Council. The Council will in its five year term run, operate and manage the League completely independent of the BCCI.
Fixtures
Sat 3 May 21st match Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Mon 5 May 25th match Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Thu 8 May 29th match Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon 12 May 34th match Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 17 May 39th match Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon 19 May 43rd match Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Wed 21 May 46th match Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 25 May 52nd match Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Wed 28 May 55th match Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Results till now
17th match: Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Delhi - Apr 30, 2008Delhi Daredevils won by 10 runs. Delhi Daredevils 191/5 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 181/5 (20/20 ov)
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15th match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings at Bangalore - Apr 28, 2008Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs. Chennai Super Kings 178/5 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 165 (19.4/20 ov)
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12th match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals at Bangalore - Apr 26, 2008Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining). Bangalore Royal Challengers 135/8 (20/20 ov); Rajasthan Royals 138/3 (17.1/20 ov)
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5th match: Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Mumbai - Apr 20, 2008Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining). Mumbai Indians 165/6 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 166/5 (19.4/20 ov)
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1st match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore - Apr 18, 2008Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 222/3 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 82 (15.1/20 ov)
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The Squad
Rahul DravidCaptain
Age 35 years 95 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm offbreak
Abdur Razzak
Age 25 years 305 days
Batting Left-hand batBowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Balachandra Akhil
Age 30 years 191 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm medium-fast
KP Appanna
Age 19 years 117 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Left-arm slow
Jagadeesh Arunkumar
Age 33 years 88 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm offbreak
Mark BoucherWicketkeeper
Age 31 years 134 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm medium
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Age 33 years 243 days
Playing role BatsmanBatting Left-hand batBowling Legbreak
Bharat Chipli
Age 25 years 79 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm medium
Shreevats GoswamiWicketkeeper
Age 18 years 333 days
Batting Left-hand bat
Wasim Jaffer
Age 30 years 59 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm offbreak
Sunil Joshi
Age 37 years 314 days
Batting Left-hand batBowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Jacques Kallis
Age 32 years 182 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm fast-medium
Zaheer Khan
Age 29 years 191 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Left-arm fast-medium
Virat Kohli
Age 19 years 162 days
Playing role Lower middle order batsmanBatting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm medium
Praveen Kumar
Age 21 years 196 days
Playing role BowlerBatting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm medium
Anil Kumble
Age 37 years 181 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Legbreak googly
Misbah-ul-Haq
Age 33 years 323 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Legbreak
Ashley Noffke
Age 30 years 351 days
Playing role BowlerBatting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm fast-medium
Devraj Patil
Age 23 years 131 days
Batting Right-hand bat
Dale Steyn
Age 24 years 293 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm fast
Ross Taylor
Age 24 years 38 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm offbreak
Vinay Kumar
Age 24 years 63 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm medium
Cameron White
Age 24 years 241 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Legbreak googly
Nathan BrackenWithdrawn player
Age 30 years 216 days
Playing role BowlerBatting Right-hand batBowling Left-arm fast-medium
Venkatesh PrasadCoach
Age 38 years 254 days
Batting Right-hand batBowling Right-arm medium-fast
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