Winners/Photos/Videos: IPL 4 - Chennai Super Kings (Closing Ceremony 28th May 2011)
 

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The new season of the IPL is here and so are the players who will rock the cricketing extravaganza with their power hitting. Here is the list of batsmen who will grab the headlines for the coming seven weeks or so.

Presentation:MS Dhoni: I think this is a fabulous effort from the guys, it was a good start from Hussey and Vijay. We got the momentum and we maintained it and that's the reason why we could score over 200. The intent was there, it was the final and the batsmen showed intent, challenged the fielders, rotated strike pretty well and put extra pressure. Our start with the ball was great, Ashwin bowled really well, that's one of the reasons why he gets more purchase than some of the other bowlers. The big achievement is to win both the trophy and to win the fair play award. We'll look to win the Champions League as well, we have to see what kind of form we'll be in. Chennai crowd were brilliant throughout, and that helped us, particularly in the close games. It was tough to play the IPL soon after the World Cup, and after winning the WC the crowd were a bit relaxed and the turn out increased after every match. Looking forward to go to Ranchi now.

Vettori: We didn't bowl well from the start and it hurt us. We should have bowled the way we did in the last game but we didn't. I think it was a good toss to win, the wicket got a bit tougher, but our bowling was really bad. Around 160-170 was gettable, but 200 was too much. Hopefully we can look back and think how well we did throughout the tournament. We finished at the top of the table in the league stage.The RCB players are walking up to collect the medals.

Gayle: It was a home away from home, congrats to Chennai, they played better cricket and they deserved to win. It was a situation where I was not thinking about the IPL and suddenly the call came, I would thank the management and the teammates. It was great to bat with Dilshan and Kohli and to talk to Zaheer. Virat can do the hi-fis pretty well and he will learn a few moves when he tours the Caribbean shortly.Christopher Henry Gayle wins the Golden Player of the tournament award.

Chennai also win the Fair Play award, Dhoni walks up to collect the trophy.Lasith Malinga gets the Purple Cap award, Pollard collects it on his behalf.

Lasith Malinga gets the Purple Cap award, Pollard collects it on his behalf.Chris Gayle gets the Orange Cap award. A cash prize of 10 lakh.

Valthaty: God has been really kind to me, I prepared well this year. Credit to my team, captain and coach. It is going to be a bit more comfortable. Need to put my head down and work hard.Paul Valthaty gets a car for the best individual performance.

Iqbal Abdulla: This is a big achievement, and I would look to perform well. Cricket was always my passion and I would like to play the same way from here on. The senior players are helping us and Dav Whatmore along with Wasim are helping us really well. Playing for India is the ultimate dream.The rising star award goes to Iqbal Abdulla of KKR and he's there to collect the award.

Murali Vijay: I would dedicate this award to my mom. As a team we really played well. To be frank, I was hitting the ball really well. Mike Hussey has been guiding me really well and it is a great team to be a part of.Murali Vijay is the Man of the Match

The Chennai players are going for a victory lap around Chepauk. The crowds haven't left yet. No idea how long it takes before the presentation ceremony gets underway.

Morkel: Amazing atmosphere. Last time we won it was in Mumbai, we knew that it would be really special to win it at home and it feels special. Enjoy my role in the team, I support that and back the management. Sometimes it does not come out and we have to be confident when we turn out for the next game.

Ashwin: I'm enjoying the work with the new ball, I get more grip with the Kookaboora ball. There was no plan as such, I was confident bowling to Gayle, there was a bit of a mind game going on, he was a bit hesitant. I am not able to sink into this, we need to be the Man United of the IPL.

The circus owner was so impressed
 

Daniel Vettori (Royal Challengers Bangalore): After wearing the blue and red for the Delhi Daredevils until last season, the Kiwi will don the red and gold for the Royal Challengers' Bangalore in 2011. Challengers' new skipper, with his all-round abilities, would like to help his side finish at the podium this season. (Getty Images)

<table class="c22" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c1 c20">IPL 4
</td><td class="c1 c20">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c1 c20">IPL 3
</td><td class="c1 c20">IPL 2
</td><td class="c1 c20">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Virat Kohli
</td><td class="c1">Retained
</td><td class="c1">Anil Kumble
</td><td class="c1">Rahul Dravid
</td><td class="c1">Rahul Dravid
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Tillakaratne Dilshan
</td><td class="c1">$ 650, 000
</td><td class="c1">Rahul Dravid
</td><td class="c1">Anil Kumble
</td><td class="c1">Praveen Kumar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">AB de Villiers
</td><td class="c1">$ 1.1 mn
</td><td class="c1">Virat Kohli
</td><td class="c1">Wasim Jaffer
</td><td class="c1">Anil Kumble
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Zaheer Khan
</td><td class="c1">$ 900,000
</td><td class="c1">Manish Pandey
</td><td class="c1">Praveen Kumar
</td><td class="c1">Wasim Jaffer
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Daniel Vettori
</td><td class="c1">$ 550,000
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Devraj Patil
</td><td class="c1">Sunil Joshi
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Saurabh Tiwari
</td><td class="c1">$ 1.6 mn
</td><td class="c1">Wasim Jaffer
</td><td class="c1">Bharat Chipli
</td><td class="c1">Zaheer Khan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Ashok Menaria
</td><td class="c1">KP Appanna
</td><td class="c1">Virat Kohli
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Sunil Joshi
</td><td class="c1">J Arun Kumar
</td><td class="c1">B Akhil
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">K P Appanna
</td><td class="c1">Virat Kohli
</td><td class="c1">Vinay Kumar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">J Arun Kumar
</td><td class="c1">Sreevats Goswami
</td><td class="c1">Bharat Chipli
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Devraj Patil
</td><td class="c1">Sunil Joshi
</td><td class="c1">KP Appanna
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">B Akhil
</td><td class="c1">Vinay Kumar
</td><td class="c1">Jagdeesh Arun Kumar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Bharat Chipli
</td><td class="c1">Balachandra Akhil
</td><td class="c1">Devraj Patil
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Tinu Yohanan
</td><td class="c1">Manish Pandey
</td><td class="c1">Shreevats Goswami
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Saurav Bendekar
</td><td class="c1">Robin Uthappa
</td><td class="c1">Jacques Kallis
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Gaurav Dhiman
</td><td class="c1">Guarav Dhiman
</td><td class="c1">Misbah-ul-Haq
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Jitendra Patil
</td><td class="c1">Pankaj Singh
</td><td class="c1">Mark Boucher
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Udit Patel
</td><td class="c1">Jacques Kallis
</td><td class="c1">Dale Steyn
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Rohit Sabharwal
</td><td class="c1">Mark Boucher
</td><td class="c1">Cameron White
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Ishank Jaggi
</td><td class="c1">Dale Steyn
</td><td class="c1">Shivnaraine Chanderpaul
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Rajesh Bishnoi
</td><td class="c1">Nathan Bracken
</td><td class="c1">Abdur Razzak
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Raju Bhatkal
</td><td class="c1">Cameron White
</td><td class="c1">Ross Taylor
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Gautam CM
</td><td class="c1">Dillon du Preez
</td><td class="c1">Nathan Bracken
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Kedar Jadhav
</td><td class="c1">Ross Taylor
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Mithun A
</td><td class="c1">Kevin Pietersen
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Karan Sharma
</td><td class="c1">Jesse Ryder
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Aravind S
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Bhuvanesh Kumar
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Praveen Kumar
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Vinay Kumar
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Pankaj Singh
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Suteesh R
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Srivats Goswami
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Kevin Pietersen
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Jesse Ryder
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Ross Taylor
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Cameron White
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Jacques Kallis
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Eoin Morgan
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Mark Boucher
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Roelof van der Merwe
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Dillon Du Preez
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Dale Steyn
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

This phone on
 

Chennai Super Kings

Squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramanium Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Aniruddha Shrikant, Ganapathi Vignesh, K Vasudevdas, Shadb Jakati, Vijaykumar Yomahesh, (Foreign) Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis


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<table class="c22" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c7 c24">IPL 4
</td><td class="c7 c24">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c7 c24">IPL 3
</td><td class="c7 c24">IPL 2
</td><td class="c7 c24">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">MS Dhoni
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">MS Dhoni
</td><td class="c7">MS Dhoni
</td><td class="c7">MS Dhoni
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">Suresh Raina
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Suresh Raina
</td><td class="c7">Parthiv Patel
</td><td class="c7">Suresh Raina
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">Murali Vijay
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">S Badrinath
</td><td class="c7">Joginder Sharma
</td><td class="c7">Parthiv Patel
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">Albie Morkel
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Murali Vijay
</td><td class="c7">Suresh Raina
</td><td class="c7">P Amarnath
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">Wriddhiman Saha
</td><td class="c7">$ 100,000
</td><td class="c7">Sudeep Tyagi
</td><td class="c7">L Balaji
</td><td class="c7">Manpreet Gony
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">Mike Hussey
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Viraj Kadbe
</td><td class="c7">S Badrinath
</td><td class="c7">S Badrinath
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">Dwayne Bravo
</td><td class="c7">$ 200,000
</td><td class="c7">Shadab Jakati
</td><td class="c7">R Ashwin
</td><td class="c7">Joginder Sharma
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">Michael Hussey
</td><td class="c7">$ 425,000.
</td><td class="c7">R Ashwin
</td><td class="c7">Sudeep Tyagi
</td><td class="c7">Viraj Vilas Kadbe
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Abhinav Mukund
</td><td class="c7">Shadab Jakati
</td><td class="c7">Srikanth Anirudha
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Anirudha Srikanth
</td><td class="c7">S Vidyut
</td><td class="c7">R Ashwin
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
</td><td class="c7">Abhinav Mukund
</td><td class="c7">Napoleon Einstein
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Palani Amarnath
</td><td class="c7">Napoleon Einstein
</td><td class="c7">Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">K B Arun Karthik
</td><td class="c7">Viraj Kadbe
</td><td class="c7">L Balaji
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Napoleon Einstein
</td><td class="c7">Arun Karthik
</td><td class="c7">Shadab Jakati
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Suresh Kumar
</td><td class="c7">S Suresh Kumar
</td><td class="c7">Arun Karthik
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Manpreet Gony
</td><td class="c7">P Amarnath
</td><td class="c7">Suresh Kumar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Joginder Sharma
</td><td class="c7">Srikkanth Anirudha
</td><td class="c7">Abhinav Mukund
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Parthiv Patel
</td><td class="c7">Manpreet Goni
</td><td class="c7">Albie Morkel
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">L Balaji
</td><td class="c7">Murali Vijay
</td><td class="c7">Stephen Fleming
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Matthew Hayden
</td><td class="c7">Matthew Hayden
</td><td class="c7">Muttiah Muralitharan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Michael Hussey
</td><td class="c7">Mike Hussey
</td><td class="c7">Makhaya Ntini
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Justin Kemp
</td><td class="c7">Stephen Fleming
</td><td class="c7">Jacob Oram
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Jacob Oram
</td><td class="c7">Jacob Oram
</td><td class="c7">Matthew Hayden
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Albie Morkel
</td><td class="c7">Muttiah Muralitharan
</td><td class="c7">Michael Hussey
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Muttiah Muralidaran,
</td><td class="c7">Albie Morkel
</td><td class="c7">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Makhaya Ntini
</td><td class="c7">Makhaya Ntini
</td><td class="c7">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Thilan Thushara
</td><td class="c7">Andrew Flintoff
</td><td class="c7">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">George Bailey
</td><td class="c7">Thilan Thushara
</td><td class="c7">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">Thisara Perera
</td><td class="c7">George Bailey
</td><td class="c7">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td><td class="c7">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

Delhi Daredevils
 

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Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils): This would be the second time around that Sehwag will lead the Delhi team. And unlike the previous three seasons, Sehwag will be without the services of Gautam Gambhir. But the biggest thing on the mind of the hard-hitting batsman would be to remove the eternal 'IPL chokers' tag from the jersey of the Delhi side. (Getty Images)<table class="c22" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c9 c23">IPL 4
</td><td class="c9 c23">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c9 c23">IPL 3
</td><td class="c9 c23">IPL 2
</td><td class="c9 c23">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">Virender Sehwag
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Gautam Gambhir
</td><td class="c9">Virender Sehwag
</td><td class="c9">Virender Sehwag
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">Irfan Pathan
</td><td class="c9">$ 1.9mn
</td><td class="c9">Virender Sehwag
</td><td class="c9">Gautam Gambhir
</td><td class="c9">Gautam Gambhir
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">David Warner
</td><td class="c9">$ 750,000
</td><td class="c9">Yo Mahesh
</td><td class="c9">Dinesh Karthik
</td><td class="c9">Dinesh Karthik
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">Naman Ojha
</td><td class="c9">$ 270,000
</td><td class="c9">Dinesh Karthik
</td><td class="c9">Manoj Tiwary
</td><td class="c9">Shikhar Dhawan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">James Hopes
</td><td class="c9">$ 350,000
</td><td class="c9">Amit Mishra
</td><td class="c9">Rajat Bhatia
</td><td class="c9">Manoj Tiwary
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Mithun Manhas
</td><td class="c9">Amit Mishra
</td><td class="c9">Yo Mahesh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Rajat Bhatia
</td><td class="c9">Mithun Manhas
</td><td class="c9">Pradeep Sangwan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Aavishkar Salvi
</td><td class="c9">Yo Mahesh
</td><td class="c9">Mithun Manhas
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Ashish Nehra
</td><td class="c9">Pradeep Sangwan
</td><td class="c9">Rajat Bhatia
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Pradeep Sangwan
</td><td class="c9">Tejeswi Yadav
</td><td class="c9">Mayank Tehlan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Umesh Yadav
</td><td class="c9">Yogesh Nagar
</td><td class="c9">Amit Mishra
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Yogesh Nagar
</td><td class="c9">Ashish Nehra
</td><td class="c9">Tejaswi Yadav
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Tejaswi Yadav
</td><td class="c9">Glenn McGrath
</td><td class="c9">Yogesh Nagar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Manan Sharma
</td><td class="c9">AB De Villiers
</td><td class="c9">Glenn McGrath
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">AB de Villiers
</td><td class="c9">Tilakaratne Dilshan
</td><td class="c9">Shoaib Malik
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Tillakaratne Dilshan
</td><td class="c9">Daniel Vettori
</td><td class="c9">Mohammad Asif
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Paul Collingwood
</td><td class="c9">Ferveez Maharoof
</td><td class="c9">Farveez Maharoof
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">David Warner
</td><td class="c9">Andrew McDonald
</td><td class="c9">Tilakaratne Dilshan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Moises Henriques
</td><td class="c9">David Warner
</td><td class="c9">AB de Villiers
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Daniel Vettori
</td><td class="c9">Dirk Nannes
</td><td class="c9">Brett Geeves
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Wayne Parnell
</td><td class="c9">Owais Shah
</td><td class="c9">Daniel Vettori
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Dirk Nannes
</td><td class="c9">Paul Collingwood
</td><td class="c9">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Farveez Maharoof
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">Andrew McDonald
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td><td class="c9">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

Deccan Chargers Hyderabad
 

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Kumar Sangakkara (Deccan Chargers): Like his best mate Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan skipper was instrumental in taking his side to the World Cup final on April 2. But unlike Mahela, Sanga has got a more balanced squad to work with. The southpaw would also like to take a leaf out of Adam Gilchrist's book, the former skipper of the franchise, who did a fantastic job after the dissapointing inaugural season. (Getty Images)<table class="c22" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c8 c11">IPL 4
</td><td class="c8 c11">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 3
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 2
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Kevin Pietersen
</td><td class="c8">$ 650,000
</td><td class="c8">VVS Laxman
</td><td class="c8">VVS Laxman
</td><td class="c8">VVS Laxman
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Cameron White
</td><td class="c8">$ 1.1 mn
</td><td class="c8">Rohit Sharma
</td><td class="c8">Rohit Sharma
</td><td class="c8">Sanjay Bangar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Kumar Sangakkara
</td><td class="c8">700,000
</td><td class="c8">Venugopal Rao
</td><td class="c8">RP Singh
</td><td class="c8">Halhadar Das
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">JP Duminy
</td><td class="c8">$ 300,000
</td><td class="c8">Dwyane Smith
</td><td class="c8">Y Venugopal Rao
</td><td class="c8">Rohit Sharma
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Shikhar Dhawan
</td><td class="c8">$ 300,000
</td><td class="c8">T Suman
</td><td class="c8">Arjun Yadav
</td><td class="c8">D Kalyankrishna
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Arjun Yadav
</td><td class="c8">Dwaraka Ravi Teja
</td><td class="c8">Pragyan Ojha
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Kalyankrishna
</td><td class="c8">Pragyan Ojha
</td><td class="c8">D Ravi Teja
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">P Vijay Kumar
</td><td class="c8">D Kalyankrishna
</td><td class="c8">RP Singh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Abhinav Kumar
</td><td class="c8">P Vijay Kumar
</td><td class="c8">Venugopal Rao
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Manvinder Bisla
</td><td class="c8">Haladhar Das
</td><td class="c8">P Vijaykumar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Jaskaran Deep Singh
</td><td class="c8">Sarvesh Kumar
</td><td class="c8">Arjun Yadav
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Harmeet Singh
</td><td class="c8">HS Bansal
</td><td class="c8">PM Sarvesh Kumar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Azhar Bilakhia
</td><td class="c8">Jaskarandeep Singh
</td><td class="c8">Herschelle Gibbs
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Dwaraka Ravi Teja
</td><td class="c8">Abhinav Kumar
</td><td class="c8">Adam Gilchrist
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Pragyan Ojha
</td><td class="c8">Tirumalasetti Suman
</td><td class="c8">Shahid Afridi
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">RP Singh
</td><td class="c8">Manvinder Singh Bisla
</td><td class="c8">Nuwan Zoysa
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Harmeet Singh
</td><td class="c8">Adam Gilchrist
</td><td class="c8">Chaminda Vaas
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Adam Gilchirst
</td><td class="c8">Andrew Symonds
</td><td class="c8">Chamara Silva
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Andrew Symonds
</td><td class="c8">Herschelle Gibbs
</td><td class="c8">Scott Styris
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Herschelle Gibbs
</td><td class="c8">Scott Styris
</td><td class="c8">Andrew Symonds
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Scott Styris
</td><td class="c8">Chaminda Vaas
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Kemar Roach
</td><td class="c8">Chamara Silva
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Ryan Harris
</td><td class="c8">Nuwan Zoysa
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Fidel Edwards
</td><td class="c8">Ryan Harris
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Chaminda Vaas
</td><td class="c8">Fidel Edwards
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Dwayne Smith
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

Ha ha, do
 

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Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders): With a new skipper and total overhaul of the squad, the Kolkata team management has tried to enthuse a new lease of life into the side. The team, which has buckled down under pressure during the past seasons, has a tough job on its hands to fulfill the expectations of the cricket-frenzy Kolkata crowd. (Getty Images)<table class="c22" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c0 c19">IPL 4
</td><td class="c0 c19">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c0 c19">IPL 3
</td><td class="c0 c19">IPL 2
</td><td class="c0 c19">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">Gautam Gambhir
</td><td class="c0">$ 2.4 mn
</td><td class="c0">Sourav Ganguly
</td><td class="c0">Sourav Ganguly
</td><td class="c0">Sourav Ganguly
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">Yusuf Pathan
</td><td class="c0">$ 2.1 mn
</td><td class="c0">Harpreet Singh
</td><td class="c0">Ishant Sharma
</td><td class="c0">Debabrata Das
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">Jacques Kallis
</td><td class="c0">$ 1.1 mn
</td><td class="c0">Sanjay Bangar
</td><td class="c0">Ajit Agarkar
</td><td class="c0">Laxmi Ratan Shukla
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">Brad Haddin
</td><td class="c0">$ 325,000
</td><td class="c0">Shoaib Sheikh
</td><td class="c0">Murali Kartik
</td><td class="c0">Wriddhiman Saha
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">Shakib-al-Hasan
</td><td class="c0">$ 425,000
</td><td class="c0">Shatrunjay Gaekwad
</td><td class="c0">Aakash Chopra
</td><td class="c0">Ashok Dinda
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Gaurav Chabbra
</td><td class="c0">Iqbal Abdulla
</td><td class="c0">Ajit Agarkar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Sunny Singh
</td><td class="c0">Cheteshwar Pujara
</td><td class="c0">Murali Kartik
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Sachin Rana
</td><td class="c0">Yashpal Singh
</td><td class="c0">Ishant Sharma
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Avik Chowdhury
</td><td class="c0">Laxmi Ratan Shukla
</td><td class="c0">Rohan Banerjee
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Sanjib Sanyal
</td><td class="c0">Sourasish Lahri
</td><td class="c0">Akash Chopra
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Amit Das
</td><td class="c0">Rohan Banerjee
</td><td class="c0">Iqbal Abdulla
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Bhavik Thakkar
</td><td class="c0">Debabrata Das
</td><td class="c0">Saurasish Lahiri
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Kshemal Waingankar
</td><td class="c0">Wriddhiman Saha
</td><td class="c0">Siddarth Kaul
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Manoj Tiwary
</td><td class="c0">Ashoke Dinda
</td><td class="c0">Cheteshwar Pujara
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Vinit Indulkar
</td><td class="c0">Chris Gayle
</td><td class="c0">Yashpal Singh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Ameya Shrikhande
</td><td class="c0">Brendon McCullum
</td><td class="c0">David Hussey
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Arindam Ghosh
</td><td class="c0">David Hussey
</td><td class="c0">Salman ****
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Sourav Sarkar
</td><td class="c0">Ricky Ponting
</td><td class="c0">Umar Gul
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Murtuza Hussain
</td><td class="c0">Ajantha Mendis
</td><td class="c0">Brad Hodge
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Gnaneshwar Rao
</td><td class="c0">Brad Hodge
</td><td class="c0">Mohammad Hafeez
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Sheldon Jackson
</td><td class="c0">Moises Henriques
</td><td class="c0">Tatenda Taibu
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Mohnish Parmar
</td><td class="c0">Angelo Mathews
</td><td class="c0">Chris Gayle
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Ishwar Choudhary
</td><td class="c0">Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
</td><td class="c0">Brendon McCullum
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Laxmi Ratan Shukla
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Ricky Ponting
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Debabrata Das
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Shoaib Akhtar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Wriddhiman Saha
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Ashoke Dinda
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Aditya Dole
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Rajesh Verma
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Anureet Singh
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Iqbal Abdulla
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Murali Kartik
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Ishant Sharma
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Ajit Agarkar
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Cheteshwar Pujara
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Brendon McCullum
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">David Hussey
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Brad Hodge
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Chris Gayle
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Owais Shah
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Ajantha Mendis
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Mashrafe Mortaza
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Angelo Mathews
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Shane Bond
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">Charl Langeveldt
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

wrote it must come
 

Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab (23): Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Love Ablish, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty, Shalabh Srivastava, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik, Amit Yadav (Foreign) Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Ryan Harris, Dimitri Masceranhas, Nathan Remington.

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<table class="c22" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c8 c11">IPL 4
</td><td class="c8 c11">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 3
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 2
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Adam Gilchrist
</td><td class="c8">$ 900,000
</td><td class="c8">Mohammad Kaif
</td><td class="c8">Yuvraj Singh
</td><td class="c8">Yuvraj Singh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">David Hussey
</td><td class="c8">$ 1.4 mn
</td><td class="c8">Yuvraj Singh
</td><td class="c8">Irfan Pathan
</td><td class="c8">Karan Goel
</td></tr><tr><td class="c21">Dinesh Karthik
</td><td class="c21">$ 900,000
</td><td class="c21">Irfan Pathan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Stuart Broad
</td><td class="c8">$ 400,000
</td><td class="c8">S Sreesanth
</td><td class="c8">S Sreesanth
</td><td class="c8">Piyush Chawla
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Abhishek Nayar
</td><td class="c8">$ 800,000
</td><td class="c8">Piyush Chawla
</td><td class="c8">Ramesh Powar
</td><td class="c8">Vikram Singh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Shaun Marsh
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Karan Goel
</td><td class="c8">Sahil Kukreja
</td><td class="c8">S Sreesanth
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Uday Kaul
</td><td class="c8">Wilkin Mota
</td><td class="c8">Tanmay Srivastava
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Wilkin Mota
</td><td class="c8">Yash Gandhi
</td><td class="c8">Ajitesh Argal
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Ajitesh Argal
</td><td class="c8">VRV Singh
</td><td class="c8">Ramesh Pawar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Tanmay Srivastava
</td><td class="c8">Karan Goel
</td><td class="c8">Uday Kaul
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Sunny Sohal
</td><td class="c8">Uday Kaul
</td><td class="c8">Sunny Sohal
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Ryan Ninan
</td><td class="c8">Sunny Sohal
</td><td class="c8">Wilkin Mota
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Yash Gandhi
</td><td class="c8">Tanmay Srivastava
</td><td class="c8">Nitin Saini
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Yusuf Abdulla
</td><td class="c8">Ajitesh Argal
</td><td class="c8">Rishi Dhawan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">VRV Singh
</td><td class="c8">Brett Lee
</td><td class="c8">Pankaj Dharmani
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Ramesh Powar
</td><td class="c8">Simon Katich
</td><td class="c8">Sahil Kukreja
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Kumar Sangakkara
</td><td class="c8">James Hopes
</td><td class="c8">Mahela Jayawardene
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Mahela Jayawardene
</td><td class="c8">Luke Pomersbach
</td><td class="c8">Kumar Sangakkara
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Ravi Bopara
</td><td class="c8">Kumar Sangakkara
</td><td class="c8">Ramnaresh Sarwan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Jerome Taylor
</td><td class="c8">Mahela Jayawardane
</td><td class="c8">Shaun Marsh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">James Hopes
</td><td class="c8">Shaun Marsh
</td><td class="c8">James Hopes
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Shaun Marsh
</td><td class="c8">Burt ****ley
</td><td class="c8">Luke Pomersbach
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Simon Katich
</td><td class="c8">Ravi Bopara
</td><td class="c8">Simon Katich
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Brett Lee
</td><td class="c8">Jerome Taylor
</td><td class="c8">Brett Lee
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">Kyle Mills
</td></tr></tbody></table>

independence and time
 

http://static.cricketnext.com/pix/sl...sachin-450.jpg Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians): After savouring his World Cup winning dream, Tendulkar will take command of the Mumbai and continue from where he left in the last season where the team finished second best. And he has got two batting powerhouse at his disposal with the familiar Kieron Pollard and new-buy Andrew Symonds. (Getty Images)<table class="c22" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c1 c20">IPL 4
</td><td class="c1 c20">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c1 c20">IPL 3
</td><td class="c1 c20">IPL 2
</td><td class="c1 c20">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Sachin Tendulkar
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Sachin Tendulkar
</td><td class="c1">Sachin Tendulkar
</td><td class="c1">Sachin Tendulkar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Kieron Pollard
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Abhishek Nayar
</td><td class="c1">Harbhajan Singh
</td><td class="c1">Abhishek Nayar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Lasith Malinga
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Zaheer Khan
</td><td class="c1">Abhishek Nayar
</td><td class="c1">Manish Pandey
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Harbhajan Singh
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Harbhajan Singh
</td><td class="c1">Ajinkya Rahane
</td><td class="c1">Robin Uthappa
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Rohit Sharma
</td><td class="c1">$ 2 mn
</td><td class="c1">Jude Singh
</td><td class="c1">Dhaval Kulkarni
</td><td class="c1">Saurabh Tiwary
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Andrew Symonds
</td><td class="c1">$ 850,000
</td><td class="c1">Jaydev Shah
</td><td class="c1">Pinal Shah
</td><td class="c1">Ajinkya Rahane
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">Davey Jacobs
</td><td class="c1">$ 190,000
</td><td class="c1">Rahil Shaikh
</td><td class="c1">Rohan Raje
</td><td class="c1">Musavir Khote
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">James Franklin
</td><td class="c1">$ 100,000
</td><td class="c1">Yogesh Takawale
</td><td class="c1">Saurabh Tiwary
</td><td class="c1">Pinal Shah
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Pinal Shah
</td><td class="c1">Yogesh Takawale
</td><td class="c1">Ashish Nehra
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Ajinkya Rahane
</td><td class="c1">Zaheer Khan
</td><td class="c1">Dhawal Kulkarni
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Chetanya Nanda
</td><td class="c1">Jaydev Shah
</td><td class="c1">Rajesh Pawar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Rohan Raje
</td><td class="c1">Shikhar Dhawan
</td><td class="c1">Vikrant Yeligati
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Saurabh Tiwary
</td><td class="c1">Chetanya Nanda
</td><td class="c1">Y Vijay Takawale
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Harshal Patel
</td><td class="c1">Rahil Shaikh
</td><td class="c1">Ankeet Chavan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Dhawal Kulkarni
</td><td class="c1">Sanath Jayasuriya
</td><td class="c1">Gaurav Dhiman
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Shikhar Dhawan
</td><td class="c1">Lasith Malinga
</td><td class="c1">Swapnil Singh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">R Sathish
</td><td class="c1">Dilhara Fernando
</td><td class="c1">Sidharth Chitnis
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Sanath Jayasuriya
</td><td class="c1">Luke Ronchi
</td><td class="c1">Harbhajan Singh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Kieron Pollard
</td><td class="c1">Dwayne Bravo
</td><td class="c1">Sanath Jayasuriya
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Jean Paul Duminy
</td><td class="c1">Graham Napier
</td><td class="c1">Dwayne Bravo
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Lasith Malinga
</td><td class="c1">Ryan Mclaren
</td><td class="c1">Shaun Pollock
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Graham Napier
</td><td class="c1">JP Duminy
</td><td class="c1">Loots Bosman
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Ryan McLaren
</td><td class="c1">Kyle Mills
</td><td class="c1">Ashwell Prince
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Dilhara Fernando
</td><td class="c1">Mohammad Ashraful
</td><td class="c1">Dilhara Fernando
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Dwayne Bravo
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Dominic Thornely
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Luke Ronchi
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Lasith Malinga
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">Luke Ronchi
</td></tr><tr><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td><td class="c1">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

Rajasthan Royals
 

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Shane Warne (Rajasthan Royals): This is Warne's fourth season as captain and mentor with the franchise and after the unbelievable success in the first season, the journey of the Jaipur-based side has been disappointing in the two subsequent editions. The leg-spinner, who keeps himself busy in playing poker throughout the year, would like to lead from the frong with his charismatic touch. (Getty Images)<table class="c22" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c3 c17">IPL 4
</td><td class="c3 c17">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c3 c17">IPL 3
</td><td class="c3 c17">IPL 2
</td><td class="c3 c17">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">Shane Warne
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Yusuf Pathan
</td><td class="c3">Mohammad Kaif
</td><td class="c3">Shane Warne
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">Shane Watson
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Ravindra Jadeja
</td><td class="c3">Munaf Patel
</td><td class="c3">Swapnil Asnodkar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">Ross Taylor
</td><td class="c3">$ 1 mn
</td><td class="c3">Swapnil Asnodkar
</td><td class="c3">Yousuf Pathan
</td><td class="c3">Mohammad Kaif
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">Rahul Dravid
</td><td class="c3">$ 500,000
</td><td class="c3">Munaf Patel
</td><td class="c3">Siddharth Trivedi
</td><td class="c3">Yusuf Pathan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">Johan Botha
</td><td class="c3">$ 950,000
</td><td class="c3">Paras Dogra
</td><td class="c3">Swapnil Asnodkar
</td><td class="c3">Ravindra Jadeja
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Amit Singh
</td><td class="c3">Neeraj Patel
</td><td class="c3">Munaf Patel
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Raphi Vincent Gomez
</td><td class="c3">Mahesh Rawat
</td><td class="c3">Mahesh Rawat
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Kamran Khan
</td><td class="c3">Ravindra Jadeja
</td><td class="c3">Siddharth Trivedi
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Ashraf Makda
</td><td class="c3">Sumeet Khatri
</td><td class="c3">Dinesh Salunke
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Paul Valthaty
</td><td class="c3">Anup Revandkar
</td><td class="c3">Niraj Patel
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Srideep Mangela
</td><td class="c3">Dinesh Salunkhe
</td><td class="c3">Taruwar Kohli
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Mohd Arif
</td><td class="c3">Shane Warne
</td><td class="c3">Pankaj Singh
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Gajendra Singh
</td><td class="c3">Graeme Smith
</td><td class="c3">Anup Revandkar
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Atul Sharma
</td><td class="c3">Shane Watson
</td><td class="c3">Aditya Angle
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Pratmesh Salunkhe
</td><td class="c3">Dimitri Mascarenhas
</td><td class="c3">Sumit Khatri
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Pushkarraj Chavan
</td><td class="c3">Morne Morkel
</td><td class="c3">Parag More
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Sidharth Chitnis
</td><td class="c3">Robert Quinney
</td><td class="c3">Jaydev Shah
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Naman Ojha
</td><td class="c3">Shaun Tait
</td><td class="c3">Graeme Smith
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Sidharth Trivedi
</td><td class="c3">Tyron Henderson
</td><td class="c3">Shane Watson
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Niraj Patel
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Sohail Tanvir
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Mahesh Rawat
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Dimitri Mascarenhas
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Anup Revandkar
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Kamran Akmal
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Dinesh Salunkhe
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Younis Khan
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Shane Warne
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Morne Morkel
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Graeme Smith
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Justin Langer
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Shane Watson
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Darren Lehmann
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Damien Martyn
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Adam Voges
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Dimitri Mascarenhas
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Morne Morkel
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Shaun Tait
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">Johan Botha
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td><td class="c3">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

Sahara Pune Warriors
 

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Yuvraj Singh (Pune Warriors): It was not a surprise when Yuvraj was appointed as skipper of the Warriors for this IPL as the southpaw brings energy and enthusiasm with his style of play. And with a array of exciting players - Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey - in the squad, the Punjab batsman would like to replicate his success at the World Cup during the eight weeks extravaganza. (Getty Images)<table class="c22" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c0 c19">IPL 4
</td><td class="c0 c19">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c0 c19">IPL 3
</td><td class="c0 c19">IPL 2
</td><td class="c0 c19">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">Yuvraj Singh
</td><td class="c0">$ 1.8 mn
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">Robin Uthappa
</td><td class="c0">$ 2.1 mn
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">Tim Paine
</td><td class="c0">$ 270,000
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">Angelo Mathews
</td><td class="c0">$ 950,000
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td><td class="c0">
</td></tr></tbody></table>

Kochi Tuskers Kerala
 

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Mahela Jayawardene (Kochi Tuskers Kerala): We all witnessed what the 34-year-old did for Sri Lanka in the World Cup final, by hitting a blazing century with a minimum of fuss. But holding the reins of the Kochi Tuskers won't be an easy task for the classy player as the team is already touted as the weakest among the ten feature in this season. (Getty Images) <table class="c22" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="c8 c11">IPL 4
</td><td class="c8 c11">Price (USD)
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 3
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 2
</td><td class="c8 c11">IPL 1
</td></tr><tr class="c13"><td class="c8">Mahela Jayawardene
</td><td class="c8">$ 1.5 mn
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">VVS Laxman
</td><td class="c8">$ 400,000
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Brendon McCullum
</td><td class="c8">$ 475,000
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">S Sreesanth
</td><td class="c8">$ 900,000
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Parthiv Patel
</td><td class="c8">$ 290,000
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Ravindra Jadeja
</td><td class="c8">$ 950,000
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td><td class="c8">
</td></tr><tr><td class="c8">Steven Smith
</td><td class="c8">$ 200,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

New Delhi: In the euphoric aftermath of India's historic World Cup win on home soil, the nation is set to host glamorous and cash rich Indian Premier League starting from 8th April 2011.



If you thought you have seen it all, enjoyed it all in the 50-over World Cup, just 4 days are left when Indian Premier League hits the road. So gear up for exciting 51 days and nail-biting 74 matches.


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Here is the schedule of IPL-4:

APRIL GAMES

April 8, 8pm: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Chennai
April 9, 4pm: Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals - Hyderabad
April 9, 8pm: Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Kochi
April 10, 4pm: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians - Delhi
April 10, 8pm: Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab - Navi Mumbai
April 11, 8pm: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers - Kolkata
April 12, 4pm: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils - Jaipur
April 12, 8pm: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians - Bangalore
April 13, 4pm: Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings - Mohali
April 13, 8pm: Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Navi Mumbai
April 14, 8pm: Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Hyderabad
April 15, 4pm: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Jaipur
April 15, 8pm: Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala Mumbai
April 16, 4pm: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Chennai
April 16, 8pm: Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab - Hyderabad
April 17, 4pm: Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils - Navi Mumbai
April 17, 8pm: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals - Kolkata
April 18, 8pm: Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Chennai Super Kings - Kochi
April 19, 4pm: Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers - Delhi
April 19, 8pm: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals - Bangalore
April 20, 4pm: Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors - Mumbai
April 20, 8pm: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Kolkata
April 21, 8pm: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals - Mohali
April 22, 4pm: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Kolkata
April 22, 8pm: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - Mumbai
April 23, 8pm: Delhi Daredevils Kings XI Punjab - Delhi
April 24, 4pm: Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians - Hyderabad
April 24, 8pm: Rajasthan Royals vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Jaipur
April 25, 8pm: Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors - Chennai
April 26, 8pm: Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Delhi
April 27, 4pm: Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings - Navi Mumbai
April 27, 8pm: Kochi Tuskers vs Kerala Deccan Chargers - Kochi
April 28, 8pm: Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Delhi
April 29, 4pm: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians - Jaipur
April 29, 8pm: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors - Bangalore
April 30, 4pm: Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Delhi Daredevils - Kochi
April 30, 8pm: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab - Kolkata
MAY GAMES
May 1, 4pm: Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors - Jaipur
May 1, 8pm: Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers - Chennai
May 2, 4pm: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab - Mumbai
May 2, 8pm: Delhi Daredevils vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Delhi
May 3, 8pm: Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Hyderabad
May 4, 4pm: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Chennai
May 4, 8pm: Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians - Navi Mumbai
May 5, 4pm: Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Kochi
May 5, 8pm: Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils - Hyderabad
May 6, 8pm: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab - Bangalore
May 7, 4pm: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - Kolkata
May 7, 8pm: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils - Mumbai
May 8, 4pm: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Bangalore
May 8, 8pm: Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors - Mohali
May 9, 8pm: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings - Jaipur
May 10, 4pm: Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors - Hyderabad
May 10, 8pm: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians - Mohali
May 11, 8pm: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Jaipur
May 12, 8pm: Chennai Super Kings Delhi Daredevils - Chennai
May 13, 8pm: Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kings XI Punjab - Indore
May 14, 4pm: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Bangalore
May 14, 8pm: Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers - Mumbai
May 15, 4pm: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils - Dharamsala
May 15, 8pm: Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Rajasthan Royals - Indore
May 16, 8pm: Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers - Navi Mumbai
May 17, 8pm: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Dharamsala
May 18, 8pm: Chennai Super Kings vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Chennai
May 19, 8pm: Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Navi Mumbai
May 20, 8pm: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals -Mumbai
May 21, 4pm: Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers - Dharamsala
May 21, 8pm: Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors - Delhi
May 22, 4pm: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings - Bangalore
May 22, 8pm: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians - Kolkata


PLAY-OFF WEEK
Qualifier 1
May 24, 8pm: First Placed Team vs Second Placed Team - Mumbai
Eliminator
May 25, 8pm: Third Placed Team vs Fourth Placed Team - Mumbai
Qualifier 2
May 27, 8pm: Winner of Eliminator vs Loser of Qualifier 1 - Chennai
Final
May 28, 8pm: Winner of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Qualifier 2 - Chennai

When Chennai Super Kings picked their team in the 2008 auctions, it was as if they were plucking flowers from a garden in full bloom. Cut to 2011, and they will have a World Cup Champion, Champions League Champion and IPL Champion leading them into the fourth season of the Indian Premier League.

In 2008, they picked up contemporary stars like Dhoni, Mike Hussey, Matthew Hayden, Suresh Raina, Muttiah Muralitharan, etc. and looked the most balanced unit the league could get. After the first-match massacre of a hapless Kings XI team, with a record total of 240 runs, the team seemed to be on track for bigger honours, but there were mid-season jolts. However, Chennai had their set-belts tied and sailed through to the semi-finals - only to be beaten by a magical Rajasthan Royals team in the final of the inaugural event.


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Going into the second season, the expectations were expectedly high. There was obvious hype and collective brilliance of the team ensured they ended second on the league table. But the law of averages got them in the semi-finals and a resurgent Bangalore Royal Challengers were too good for the previous year’s finalists.



By the third season, the chokers’ tag sat amiably on their shoulders. The Chennai Super Kings started their campaign disastrously with early losses but Murali Vijay’s purple patch and Doug Bollinger's near perfect bowling ensured a final berth again.



They knew the match was never going to be easy against a spirited Mumbai Indians' outfit but some bizarre decisions by the opposition and no-nonsense all-round performance by Dhoni's boys put the championship crown on their head. And then they double their silverware collection by winning the Champions League as well.


In the 2011 auctions, CSK took a sensible decision by retaining key performers Dhoni, Albie Morkel, Vijay and Raina while most of the other teams were busy planning a complete make-over. And the new additions to their camp included some proven stars and some intelligent buys; all in all, an intelligent make-up by the champion franchise.



While Dhoni will lead the pack, Vijay, Mike Hussey, Raina and Badrinath will form the core batting line-up. Albie Morkel, Francois Du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo and Scott Styris are a bunch of all-rounders any team would envy.Morkel has been an integral part of Chennai’s lower middle order and his lusty hits will be more than handy. Couple it up with his disciplined bowling and ask the South Africans what they missed during this World Cup.Bravo’s move to CSK is a big boon and his former team Mumbai knows it too well and Du Plessis is talked about in the South African corridors for all good reasons of impeccable talent.



The bowling looks as sharp as the barber’s prized possession. The team of Bill Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ravichandran Ashwin and Bollinger/Southee should be good enough to turn the opposition bald.And with players like Sudeep Tyagi and Shadab Jakati backing up, this will be the team to survive against.


With all the pros of new drafts and old survivors, the con of losing the big Matthew Hayden will be hard to hold down. Haydos is one of the players whose mere presence in the dressing room transpires confidence.
Agree nothing is immortal, but a World Cup-winning captain leading another champion side may just help the Chennai Super Kings conquer yet another peak.


Squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramanium Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Aniruddha Shrikant, Ganapathi Vignesh, K Vasudevdas, Shadb Jakati, Vijaykumar Yomahesh, (Foreign) Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis

He went out of ground and came back in but kept the ball in play as Kolkata's David Hussey pulled off a stunner to send back Delhi's Paul Collingwood. The catch of the tournament!

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Delhi's AB de Villiers celebrates after he picked one straight out of thin air at long on to send back Bangalore's Praveen Kumar.

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Bangalore's Rahul Dravid did one for the old boys as he ran back and latched on to a one-handed catch in the game against Mumbai.

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And Kolkata skipper Sourav Ganguly rolled back the years as picked up another classic one against Mumbai to send back Suarabh Tiwary.

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Kings XI Punjab's Yuvraj Singh smacked it high in the air only for Kolkata Knight Riders' Manoj Tiwary to hold on to a beauty in the deep.

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Delhi Dardevils' Yogesh Nagar came in as a substitute fielder in the game against Mumbai and took a one-handed flying catch at the edge of the circle to send back Sanath Jayasuriya. Absolutely brilliant!

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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (C) performs during the opening ceremony. (AFP Photo)

Rs. 34 cr insurance cover for Dhoni in IPL-4

New Delhi: State-owned Oriental Insurance Company has provided the highest ever personal accident cover of Rs. 34 crore to the captain of Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is also the skipper of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings.

The cover includes travel risk, medical emergencies and loss of baggage. Last year, he was given an insurance cover of Rs. 10 crore.

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Besides Dhoni, Oriental has provided insurance cover to five IPL teams - Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers, Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Deccan Chargers, winner of the second edition of IPL 2009, have been provided cover of about Rs. 98 crore, said an official source.

Indian Premier League starts on Friday and will continue until May 28. This will be the first time that the league will feature 10 teams with the inclusion of Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

The cash-rich Twenty 20 cricketing extravaganza gets underway at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai where Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK) takes on Gautam Gambhir-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

Ten teams would contest for the IPL trophy and there will be a total of 74 matches.
Oriental Insurance provided an insurance cover of more than Rs. 1,000 crore to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the apex governing body and the owners of different franchises in the last edition. There were eight teams in the last season of the IPL.

New Delhi: Cricket's biggest carnival - the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction - got underway at Bangalore on Saturday, with 353 players going under the hammer and a total of $ 90 million to be spent.
The number of bidders went from eight to ten as the Pune and Kochi franchise, too, took their seats in the auction room at the ITC Royal Gardenia in the Garden City. That undoubtedly added to the battle royal, chiefly fought between Nita Ambani (Mumbai Indians), Vijay Mallya (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Subrata Roy (Pune Warriors) and the GMR (Delhi Daredevils).
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The first round began with nine players, starting with the prolific Indian opener Gautam Gambhir who wasn't retained by his former employer Delhi Daredevils. And the first bang of the hammer was heard when Gambhir was bought for a whopping USD 2.4 million by Shah Rukh's Kolkata Knight Riders, tagging him as sold.
Next up was Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan with a reserve price of 400,000 and the Royal Challengers Bangalore bagged him for USD 650,000.
Indian speedster Zaheer Khan, who played for Mumbai Indians in the last edition, was bid successfully for USD 900,000 by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The big-hitting Yusuf Pathan was expectedly sold for a big amount to Kolkata Knight Riders who ended up as the highest bidders for the Baroda player with USD 2.1 million.
The other players to go under the hammer in round one were New Zealand's Ross Taylor, bagged by Rajasthan Royals for USD 1 million; England's Kevin Pietersen, bought by Deccan Chargers for 650,000; Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene, who went for USD 1.5 million to Kochi; Yuvraj Singh, bought by Pune Warriors for USD 1.8 million; and finally South African AB de Villiers who went for USD 1.1 million to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Round two began with what could remain the biggest surprise, if we may call it that, of the auction. Sourav Ganguly, India's most successful opening batsman and skipper, was brought onto the auction table for a reserve price of USD 400,000. But jaws dropped when not even a single bidder came forward to open his bid. The icon remained unsold!
The Australian representation in the auction began with limited-over specialist and their new T20 skipper, Cameron White. The Deccan Chargers ended up with White in their team for a price of USD 1.1 million.
Jacques Kallis, arguably world's best all-rounder, was the third one to go under the hammer in round two. Kolkata Knight Riders, who seemed to be on a spending spree, once again went berserk
Mumbaikar Rohit Sharma, once tipped as the heir-apparent to Sachin Tendulkar, surprised with a final bidding price of USD 2 million spent by Mumbai Indian's Nita Ambani.
The next buy of the auction was Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh would have had a wry smile on his face when Nita Ambani bagged him for a not-so-bad USD 850,000. It remains to be be seen if the old-time foes Harbhajan and Symonds will become pals under the Mumbai umbrella.
Deccan Chargers couldn't have had a better replacement for Adam Gilchrist when they took home Kumar Sangakkara who can perform the all three roles of batting, leading and wicketkeeping as well as the Australian. The Hyderabad team had to shell out USD 700,000 for the Sri Lankan skipper.
The outgoing Deccan skipper, Adam Gilchrist, was the next name announced by the veteran English auctioneer Richard Madley. Deccan's loss became Kings XI Punjab's gain who bought Gilchrist for USD 900,000. That brought out an interesting fact related to Sangakkara and Gilchrist. Both wicketkeeper batsman, both skipper of their ex-teams and both went to each other's ex-employer.
Two other members of India's 'Fab Four' - Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman - were given better treatment by the bidders as opposed to Ganguly. Though they didn't bag a huge amount, Dravid was sold to Rajasthan Royals for USD 500,000 while Laxman went for his reserve price of 400,000 to Kochi.
Robin Uthappa, the star of IPL-3, caused a major tug-of-war between Pune Warriors and a couple of other bidders and was finally snapped up for a staggering USD 2.1 million by the Pune team.
There were five other bids before the lunch interval: South Africa's Johan Botha, bought by Rajasthan Royals for USD 950,000; New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori, sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for USD 550,000; Kiwi stumper Brendon McCullum, who went to Kochi for USD 475,000; Indian speedster S Sreesanth, who was bagged by his home team Kochi for USD 900,000; and India's out-of-favour but talented all-rounder Irfan Pathan who took home a handsome USD 1.9 million, paid by Delhi Daredevils.

New Delhi: India's most successful skipper ever, Sourav Ganguly, probably suffered the worst setback of his otherwise glorious career, with not even a single franchise bidding for him on Saturday at the Indian Premier League (IPL) players' auction in Bangalore.
The former Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper, who upped his reserve price from $200,000 to $400,000 days ahead of the auction, didn't invite any bids at all and was left unsold after the second round of auction.
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Ganguly is known for his fighting spirit on and off the field and led the Shahrukh-Khan-owned Kolkata franchise for a couple of years. However, he failed to make any notable contributions, both as a skipper and as a player, and it remains to be seen how Ganguly reacts to the snub.
After this setback, Ganguly can probably take a cue from ex-teammate Anil Kumble who quit the IPL days before this auction, citing his administrative commitments after being elected as the President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).


Commissioner of the IPL, Chirayu Amin, linked Ganguly's snub with league's competitive nature and its ever changing dynamics.
"It's the reality of the game, it's a competitive thing, it's not a loss of face for ganguly," said Amin.
At the end of round two, Gautam Gambhir remained the costliest player sold, bought for a whopping $2.4 million by Ganguly's previous employer Kolkata Knight Riders.

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Even though the hullabaloo surrounding the IPL is not as intense this time as it was during the last three years, it will catch up as the action gets underway from April 8. And the men who would be under the scanner for everything on and off the field will be the captains. So here is the brief introduction of the ten skippers and what they are capable of achieving with their leadership s****s. (Getty Images)

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The opening ceremony of IPL Season 4 promises to be a domestic affair, with performances by Shah Rukh Khan and Taufiq Qureshi
When Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team arrive on the field for the match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, today evening, some of them might be humming the lines from Bob Sinclair's track World Hold On. After all, they would have listened to the track just few hours before, in the voice of music composer-singer Kunal Ganjawala. The performance is a part of the opening ceremony of IPL Season 4, scheduled to begin at 3.30 pm.



“ I had sung the Hindi cover version of World Hold On in Kabir Khan's Mission Istanbul, with my wife Gayatri. I will be singing the same track during the IPL ceremony, but my wife will not be joining me,” says Ganjawala, who hopes to lend a “peppy feel” to the track. The lyrics of the composition are: Hamara Kal Hamara Aaj Hamare Hi Haathon Mein Hai ... Hamari Jaan Hamara Naseeb Hamare Hi Haathon Mein Hai ... World Hold On Zara Massive Mera Future, Welcome To The Other Side. “I had suggested a few other tracks, like Salaam Namaste, Hum Tum and Channa Vey, but the organisers requested me for a more popular track,” adds Ganjawala.

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Kolkata Knight Riders' fielder Manoj Tiwari dives to stop a shot. (AFP Photo)

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Aniruda Srikkanth in action during his knock against Kolkata Knight Riders. (AFP Photo)

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni in action during his cameo against Kolkata. (AFP Photo)

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Jacques Kallis got Kolkata off to a flying start while chasing 154. (AFP Photo)

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Chennai Super Kings players celebrate the wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Yusuf Pathan. (AFP Photo)

The fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked off here on Friday with a colourful opening ceremony and the 10 captains signing the Spirit of Cricket banner.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar hoped the Twenty20 tournament would provide the breakthrough for many domestic players eager to make a mark in the international arena.


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The IPL has been the platform for many domestic players to showcase their talent and pitch for an India cap.


Manohar said he was confident of the event churning up fresh international talent.


"Over the past three seasons IPL has brought up the best cricketing talents from across the world. It is an opportunity for domestic players to work towards the national cap. The last season saw breakthrough performances from youngsters and we are hoping for fresh talent emerging from this edition," said Manohar at the opening cermony of the
IPL-4 ahead of the match between reigning champions Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders here.
The BCCI chief also congratulated the Indian team for winning the World Cup after 28 years.
"I take this opportunity to thank the effort of the support staff and the fans, whose prayers were also behind this huge achievement. We waited a long time for this."


"We now have two generation of World Cup heroes which is incredible."
The IPL has become bigger this time with the two new franchises Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors competing alongside eight existing teams in the 51-day tournament.


"I welcome the two new teams - Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors. We wish them all the success in the tournament. I look forward to good performances from all teams," he said.
India's World Cup winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is also the captain of Chennai Super Kings, was the first to sign the MCC Spirit of Cricket banner. He was followed by other IPL captains.

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