2010 Indian Premier League

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Sachin Tendulkar was named captain and icon player of Mumbai Indians, the highest-priced side, owned by the Reliance Group of Companies, ahead of the inaugural IPL. The team had some turbo-charged players like Jayasuriya, Shaun Pollock, Harbhajan and Malinga. The side, however, failed to deliver on its promise in the inaugural competition, despite some memorable performances like that of the young all-rounder Abhishek Nayar.



The second season opened with two new names for the side - Zaheer Khan, who was brought in from RCB, and batsman Shikhar Dhawan from Delhi. JP Duminy, the South African powerhouse, was roped in, fresh from his success in Australia. But the side could not quite make it even this time round, bowing out of the competition before the semis. Kyle Mills and Ashraful have been bought out. At 2010 auction, they bagged the biggest player of them all Kieron Pollard at USD 750,000 after winning the silent tie-breaker. Harshal Patel from the U-19 side has also found a place in the side.

Team name Mumbai Indians
Owner’s Name Reliance Industries
Captain Sachin Tendulkar
Home ground Brabourne Stadium
Head Mentor & Advisor Shaun Pollock
Advisor-cum-Fielding Coach Jonty Rhodes
Coach-cum-Analyst:Pravin Kalyan Amre
Trainer Ramji Srinivasan
Physiotherapist Dr. Nitin Patel
Masseur Donald Shugg
Icon Player Sachin Tendulkar
Team website www.mumbaiindians.com

Players:
1.Sachin Tendulkar (C),India
2.Harbhajan Singh,India
3.Sanath Jayasuriya,Sri Lanka
4.Kyle Mills,New Zealand
5.Luke Ronchi,Australia
6.Dwayne Bravo,West Indies
7.Dilhara Fernando,Sri Lanka
8.Abhishek Nayar,India
9.Ajinkya Rahane,India
10.Abhishek Nayar,India
11.Yogesh Takawale,India
12.Pinal Shah,India
13.Zaheer Khan,India
14.Saurabh Tiwary,India
15.Rohan Raje,India
16.Dhawal Kulkarni,India
17.Jean-Paul Duminy,South Africa
18.Mohammad Ashraful,Bangladesh
19.Graham Napier,New Zealand
20.Jaydev Shah,India
21.Ryan Mc Laren,South Africa
22.Shikar Dhawan,India
23.Chetnya Nanda,India
24.Raheel Shaikh,India
25.Jude Singh,India

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The reigning title-holders of the second edition of the IPL, Deccan Chargers had a fairytale second season. Plagued by poor performances, the team was placed at the bottom of the table at the end of IPL's opening season. But they scripted an incredible turnaround in the second edition, claiming the title. Much credit for their rags to riches story goes to their captain Adam Gilchrist.



His compatriot Darren Lehmann joined the team as coach for the second edition. Deccan's pace attack is led by the fiery Fidel Edwards and the steady RP Singh. They bought out Sri Lankans Nuwan Zoysa and Chamara Silva ahead of the third edition. To further strengthen their bowling, they picked up the much sought after West Indies fast bowler, Kemar Roach, for a staggering USD 720,000 at the 2010 auction. U-19 player Harmeet Singh was also picked for the coming tournament.


Team name Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
Owner’s Name Deccan Chronicle
Captain:Adam Gilchrist
Coach: Darren Scott Lehmann
Icon Player:VVS Laxman
Team website:www.deccanchargers.com

Players:
1.V. V. S. Laxman,India
2.Andrew Symonds,Australia
3.R. P. Singh,India
4.Rohit Sharma,India
5.Adam Gilchrist(W&C),Australia
6.Syed Mohammed Shoaib Muqsusi,India
7.Herschelle Gibbs,South Africa
8.Chaminda Vaas,Sri Lanka
9.Scott Styris,New Zealand
10.Tirumalasetti Suman,India
11.Chamara Silva ,Sri Lanka
12.Venugopal Rao,India
13.Arjun Yadav,India
14.Pragyan Ojha,India
15.P Vijay Kumar,India
16.D Ravi Teja,India
17.D Kalyan Krishna,India
18.Ryan Harris,Australia
19.Halhadar Das,India
20.Abhinav Kumar,India
21.Azhar Anjum Bilakhia,India
22.Dwayne Smith,West Indies
23.Fidel Edwards,West Indies
24.Harmeet Singh,India
25.Jaskaran Deep Singh,India
26.Manvinder Bisla,India
27.PM Sarvesh Kumar

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Delhi Daredevils, owned by GMR Industries, have a number of genuine match-winners in their squad. They boast of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir at the top of the order while wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik beefs up the middle-order. Tillakaratne Dilshan, along with AB de Villiers, has been a revelation in this format. Veteran Daniel Vettori adds depth to the squad. Daredevils made it to the semis in the first season.



In the second season, they rode high on the strength of Dirk Nannes' pace, topped the league, but again, lost in the semis. Gambhir has now stepped in as captain after Sehwag decided to step down. Dehi have bought out Oz legend Glenn McGrath before the third season. They picked up Wayne Parnell, the South African all-rounder for a whopping USD 610,000 at the 2010 auction. They also included the U-19 player Manan Sharma in their ranks.

Team

AB de Villiers
Pradeep Sangwan
Umesh Yadav
Amit Mishra
Kedar Jadhav
Moises Henriques
Wayne Parnell
Sarandeep Singh
Shashi Ranjan
Sarabjeet Ladda
Ashish Nehra
Aavishkar Salvi
Mithun Manhas
David Warner
Andrew McDonald
Dirk Nannes
Farveez Maharoof
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Dinesh Karthik
Rajat Bhatia
Joginder Singh

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When Shahrukh Khan - India's biggest movie star - co-purchased the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise, the nation couldn't help but feel an affinity with the side. And when Brendon McCullum stormed into the competition with a whirlwind 158*, it drew a collective gasp of admiration from fans of the sport across the world. If Sourav helmed the side, then there was John Buchanan who powered the think-tank. But the team could not live up to expectations.



In the second season, suggestions of a multiple-captain approach drew a lot of debate but as it turned out, McCullum ended up leading the side throughout. But the side's prospects did not improve. KKR ended the tournament pretty close to the bottom of the table. Ricky Ponting and Morne van Wyk have been bought out ahead of Season 2010, while Shane Bond has been bought at USD 750,000. U-19 player Harpreet Singh has also been picked for the tournament.

Team

Cheteshwar Pujara
Owais Shah
Chris Gayle
Manoj Tiwary
Charl Langeveldt
Harshad Khadiwale
Chirag Pathak
Varun Aaron
Eklakh Ahmed
Ganapathi Vignesh
Iqbal Abdulla
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Brendon McCullum
Brad Hodge
Angelo Mathews
Ajantha Mendis
Sourav Ganguly
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Wriddhiman Saha
Ashoke Dinda
Ajit Agarkar
Rohan Gavaskar

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The team from India's princely state didn't quite command the kind of respect and interest that befits royalty. So when the Rajasthan Royals, led by Shane Warne, swept the opposition away and took home the first-ever IPL title, everyone was surprised. Sohail Tanvir and Shane Watson were the other big names that powered the side, but it was players like Swapnil Asnodkar and Ravindra Jadeja that shone.



IPL 2009 got underway with Bollywood diva Shilpa Shetty and her then fiance Raj Kundra also joining the franchise as co-owners. Kaif was left out and Watson was unavailable. Tyron Henderson, who was roped in after a tug-of-war with KXIP, played just one game. Yusuf Pathan starred in a win over KKR in the only Super Over of the tournament. At the 2010 auction, Rajasthan bought two Australian players - Adam Voges and in a surprise move, the out of action Damien Martyn. The team had bought out Tyron Henderson, Robert Quiney and Mohd Kaif prior to the auction.

Team

Shane Warne
Johan Botha
Damien Martyn
Michael Lumb
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Shrikant Wagh
Abhishek Raut
Sumit Narwal
Faiz Fazal
Syed Ahmed Quadri
Amit Paunikar
Kamran Khan
Amit Singh
Graeme Smith
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Morne Morkel
Shaun Tait
Munaf Patel
Yusuf Pathan
Sidharth Trivedi
Swapnil Asnodkar
Mahesh Rawat
Naman Ojha
Amit Paunikar

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Kings XI Punjab have an aura of glamour and verve around them thanks to owners Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia. They boast the services of the flamboyant Yuvraj Singh and dependable Sangakkara; the destructive Irfan Pathan and experienced Jayawardene. So when the first edition of the IPL kicked off, the team from India's lion-hearted state were looked on with awe and admiration. But the side could not progress beyond the semi-final stage..



In 2009, the spectacular South African setting did little to embellish the team's chances - they bowed out before the semis, depleted by the absence of Brett Lee and Sreesanth at various stages. Left-arm paceman Yusuf Abdulla was one of the finds of the tournament and he has been retained for the third edition. Luke Pomersbach and Nuwan Kulasekara were bought our ahead of the 2010 auction while they picked former India batsman Mohammed Kaif who is expected to recreate the magic with Yuvraj Singh in the Punjab side under new captain Kumar Sangakkara.

Team

Brett Lee
Mohd. Kaif
Adrian Barath
Love Ablish
Vikramjeet Malik
Amanpreet Singh
Bipul Sharma
James Hopes
Manvinder Bisla
Reetinder Singh Sodhi
Yusuf Abdulla
Yash Gandhi
Karan Goel
Shaun Marsh
Kumar Sangakkara
M Jayawardene
Ravi Bopara
Yuvraj Singh
Irfan Pathan
S Sreesanth
Ramesh Powar
Piyush Chawla
Shalabh Srivastava

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Funny IPL video on Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth.. enjoy...

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Shahrukh invites people to coach his IPL team.

King Khan Shah Rukh has invited the people to coach his Kolkata Knight Riders team and send in their suggestions for improving its performance.

"When we used to lose, I used to get inundated with messages, mostly suggestions. I feel sad when we lose, but you have to take all those losses with little bit of ease and a little sense of humour and all those messages and emails, I used to keep them," he said at the launch of the Main Bhi Coach programme in association with Nokia India in Mumbai.



"Keeping in mind peoples' habit of giving suggestions, I decided with the team of Nokia that this time we will launch something which would be called Main Bhi Coach which would officially give everyone a chance to coach KKR and suggest what should we do for our team," he said.

Shah Rukh said people could messages to 9664555555, and all these would be discussed with the team and the coach to see if the ideas could help in improving the team.

Shah Rukh said he is quite positive about his team this season.

"It happens in sports...one team wins and the other loses. I doesn't mean that the team losing is lazy or it doesn't want to win or it is a bad team. When one team competes, it competes to win. I won't say that we didn't work hard. Maybe our decision of multiple captains was not right, we can find excuses but the bottom line is that we worked hard, we played very hard but not hard enough."

"We need to play harder, we need to play tougher and we need to win this," Shah Rukh said

[rajesh]

This time IPL will be a big buzz on internet and social networks because this time it is happneing in Indian cities..Let's hope for the best..

[vgondral]

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