INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE IPL T20 2010

The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL), is a Twenty20 cricket competition initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquartered in Mumbai^[3][4] and supervised by BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi, chairman & commissioner for IPL, and CEO, Sundar Raman. It presently includes 8 teams (franchises) consisting of players from different countries. It was started after altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.^[5]

It was the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on the popular video sharing website Youtube.^[6] The Indian Premier League's brand value was estimated to be around $4.13 billion (over Rs 18,000 crore) in 2010.^[7][8] According to global sports salaries review, IPL is the second highest-paid league, based on first-team salaries on a pro-rata basis, second only to the NBA. It is calculated that the average salary of IPL over a year is £2.5 million.^[9]

History

[edit] Inaugural season

Main article: 2008 Indian Premier League

A Chennai vs Kolkata match in progress at the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium

The tournament started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 46 days with 59 matches scheduled, out of which 58 took place and 1 was washed out due to rain. The final was played in DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. Each team played every other both at home and away in a round robin system. The top four ranking sides progressed to the knockout stage of semi-finals followed by a final. Rajasthan Royals emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.

[edit] Second season

Main article: 2009 Indian Premier League

The 2009 season coincided with the general elections in India. Owing to concerns regarding players' security, the venue was shifted to South Africa. The format of the tournament remained the same as the inaugural one. Deccan Chargers came out as eventual winners of the tournament.

[edit] Third season

Main article: 2010 Indian Premier League

The third season opened in January 2010 with the auction for players. 66 players were on offer but only 11 players were sold.^[10] No player from Pakistan was selected,^[11] leading to an international political row, with Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik suggesting that the Pakistani players had been insulted.^[12] Indian External Affairs minister SM Krishna clarified that "The government has nothing to do with the selection of players for sporting events."^[12] In this season, defending Champions Deccan Chargers will not play at their preferred home location of Hyderabad or Visakhapatnam due to the ongoing political crisis in the region. The new bases for the champions this season are to be Nagpur, Navi Mumbai and Cuttack. From Third season they started IPL Parties after the match. These parties is full of fun, and glamour.^[13]Four teams qualified for the semi stages.1st semifinal was won by Mumbai Indian beating Bangalore Royal Challengers by 35 runs.

[edit] Fourth season

Main article: 2011 Indian Premier League

On 21 March, 2010, it was announced that 2 new teams from Pune and Kochi will be added to the IPL from next season. This will increase the number of franchises from 8 to 10 and the number of matches from 60 to 94 if the same format is used. However, the bid around the Kochi franchisee turned controversial resulting in, to date, the resignation of a minister from the Central Government and investigation by various departments of the Government of India into the financial dealings of IPL and the other existing franchisees.

[edit] Franchises

The winning bidders for the eight franchises were announced on 24 January 2008.^[14] While the total base price for auction was US $400 million, the auction fetched US $723.59 million.^[15]

On 21 March, 2010, Pune and Kochi were unveiled as the two new franchises for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League. The base price was $225 million. While Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370 million, the Kochi franchise was bought by Rendezvous Sports World Limited for $333.3 million. The process was to have been completed on March 7 but was postponed by two weeks after many bidders and the BCCI objected to stiff financial clauses.^[16] The second franchise auction fetched total $703 million.

Logo of the Indian Premier League
Countries	India
Administrator	BCCI
Headquarter	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Format	Twenty20
First tournament	2008
Tournament format	Double round-robin and Knockout
Number of teams	8
Current champion	Deccan Chargers
Most successful	Delhi Daredevils (55% wins)
Qualification	Twenty20 Champions League
Most runs	Suresh Raina (1311)[1]
Most wickets	Pragyan Ojha (51) [2]
Website	IPLT20.com
2010 Indian Premier League Franchises The winning bidders for the eight franchises were announced on 24 January 2008.[14] While the total base price for auction was US $400 million, the auction fetched US $723.59 million.[15] On 21 March, 2010, Pune and Kochi were unveiled as the two new franchises for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League. The base price was $225 million. While Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370 million, the Kochi franchise was bought by Rendezvous Sports World Limited for $333.3 million. The process was to have been completed on March 7 but was postponed by two weeks after many bidders and the BCCI objected to stiff financial clauses.[16] The second franchise auction fetched total $703 million. Franchise Owner(s) Captain Price (USD) Price (Rupees) Location Map Mumbai Indians Reliance Industries Sachin Tendulkar $ 112.9 m Rs. 441 Cr Deccan Chargers Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Daredevils Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Indians Kings XI Punjab Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Super Kings Pune* Kochi* IPL Franchises (* - Starting 2011) Royal Challengers Bangalore Vijay Mallya (UB Group) Anil Kumble $ 111.6 m Rs. 440 Cr Deccan Chargers Deccan Chronicle (Gayatri Reddy) Adam Gilchrist $ 107.0 m Rs. 422 Cr Chennai Super Kings India Cements (N.Srinivasan) Mahendra Singh Dhoni $ 91.90 m Rs. 359 Cr Delhi Daredevils GMR Group Gautam Gambhir $ 84.0 m Rs. 331 Cr Kings XI Punjab Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Mohit Burman , Gaurav Burman (Dabur), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group), Aditya and Arvind Khanna Kumar Sangakkara $ 76.0 m Rs. 300 Cr Kolkata Knight Riders Red Chillies Entertainment (Shahrukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jai Mehta) Sourav Ganguly $ 75.1 m Rs. 296 Cr Rajasthan Royals Emerging Media (Lachlan Murdoch, A.R Jha and co.), Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra, Suresh and Kavita Chellaram Shane Warne $ 67.0 m Rs. 264 Cr [edit] Player signings Main articles: 2008 Indian Premier League#Player auctions, 2009 Indian Premier League#Pre-season trades and signings, and 2010 IPL Player Auction The first players' auctions were held on 2008. The IPL placed icon status on a select few marquee Indian players. These players were Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, and Virender Sehwag. VVS Laxman initially named an icon player, later voluntarily opted out of his icon status to give his team (Deccan Chargers) more money to bid for players.[17] For the second season, auctions were also held, but free signings taking place in the off-season by franchises led to calls for a draft-like system where the lowest ranked teams would be given a first opportunity to sign players. [edit] Television rights and sponsorships The IPL is predicted to bring the BCCI income of approximately US$1.6 billion, over a period of five to ten years. All of these revenues are directed to a central pool, 40% of which will go to IPL itself, 54% to franchisees and 6% as prize money. The money will be distributed in these proportions until 2017, after which the share of IPL will be 50%, franchisees 45% and prize money 5%. The IPL signed up Kingfisher Airlines as the official umpire partner for the series in a Rs. 106 crore (approximately £15 million) deal. This deal sees the Kingfisher Airlines brand on all umpires' uniforms and also on the giant screens during third umpire decisions.[18] [edit] Television rights On 15 January 2008 it was announced that a consortium consisting of India's Sony Entertainment Television network and Singapore-based World Sport Group secured the global broadcasting rights of the Indian Premier League.[19] The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of US $1.026 billion. As part of the deal, the consortium will pay the BCCI US $918 million for the television broadcast rights and US $108 million for the promotion of the tournament.[20] This deal was challenged in the Bombay High Court by IPL, and got the ruling on its side. After losing the battle in court, Sony Entertainment Television signed a new contract with BCCI with Sony Entertainment Television paying Rs. 8700 crores (87 billion) for 10 years. One of the reasons for payment of this huge amount is seen as the money required to subsidize IPL's move to South Africa which will be substantially more than the previous IPL. IPL had agreed to subsidize the difference in operating cost between India and South Africa as it decided to move to the African nation after the security concerns raised because of its coincidence with India's general elections. 20% of these proceeds would go to IPL, 8% as prize money and 72% would be distributed to the franchisees. The money would be distributed in these proportions until 2012, after which the IPL would go public and list its shares (But recently in March 2010, IPL decided not to go public).[21] Sony-WSG then re-sold parts of the broadcasting rights geographically to other companies. Below is a summary of the broadcasting rights around the world. On 4 March 2010 ITV announced it had secured the United Kingdom television rights for the 2010 Indian Premier League. ITV will televise 59 of the 60 IPL matches on its ITV4 free to air channel.[22] Winning Bidder Regional Broadcast Rights Terms of Deal Sony/World Sport Group India 10 years at Rs 8700 crores (revised)[19] ONE HD Australia: Free-to-air HD and SD television. Owned by Network TEN. 5 years at AUD 10-15 Million.[23] Sky Network Television New Zealand Terms not released PCCW Hong Kong: Broadcast on Now Sports. 2 years, terms not released. StarHub Singapore: Broadcast on Cricket Extra. Terms not released Astro Malaysia: Broadcast Astro Box Office Sport. Terms not released SuperSport Central Africa South Africa Niger Terms not released Arab Digital Distribution United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Nigeria Broadcast rights on ADD's CricOne 10 Years, terms not released.[24] GEO Super Pakistan Terms not released Willow TV Rights to distribute on television, radio, broadband and Internet, for the IPL in North America. 5 years, terms not released.[25] DirecTV United States: Exclusive broadcast rights on CricketTicket. Terms not released Asian Television Network Canada: Aired on Pay-per-view channel. Aired on XM Radio's ATN-Asian Radio as well. 5 years, terms not released.[26] SportsMax Caribbean Terms not released ITV United Kingdom: Broadcast on ITV4. Terms not released [edit] Sponsorships India's biggest property developer DLF Group paid US$50 million to be the title sponsor of the tournament for 5 years from 2008 to 2013.[27] Other five-year sponsorship agreements include a deal with motorcycle maker Hero Honda worth $22.5-million, one with PepsiCo worth $12.5-million, and a deal with beer and airline conglomerate Kingfisher at $26.5-million.[28] [edit] Revenue and Profits The UK-based brand consultancy, Brand Finance, has valued the IPL at $4.13 billion in 2010.[29] It was valued at U$2.01 billion in 2009 by the same consultancy.[30] There are disputed figures for the profitability of the teams. One analyst said that four teams out of the eight made a profit in 2009.[31] While the London Times said that all but Kings XI Punjab made a profit.[32] In 2010, the IPL expects to have 80 official merchandising deals. It has signed a deal with Swiss watchmaker Bandelier to make official watches for the IPL.[33] [edit] Official IPL Mobile Applications DCI Mobile Studios (A division of Dot Com Infoway Limited), in conjunction with Sigma Ventures of Singapore, have jointly acquired the rights to be the exclusive Mobile Application partner and rights holder for the Indian Premier League cricket matches worldwide for the next 8 years (including the 2017 season). Recently, they have released the IPL T20 Mobile applications for iPhone, Nokia Smartphones and Blackberry devices. Soon it will be made available across all other major Mobile platforms including the Android, Windows Mobile, Palm & others.[34] [edit] Global following This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2010) In India, the IPL has become one of the most popular events of the year[35]. In the first season, games were played every night (including weekdays) during Indian prime-time and were broadcast live. The IPL was the most watched TV program in India. IPL drew positive reactions from the rest of the world also. In Pakistan, the reception was described as "massive". Also, there was a huge following for Kolkata Knight Riders.[36] The matches were telecast live in GEO Super. The matches also generated interest in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, despite only one Bangladeshi player being involved. The following in the subcontinental nations was aided by the prime time telecast of the matches as they belong to adjacent time zones. IPL was also popular among the South Asian population in South Africa and England. The IPL did not garner much interest in Australia and New Zealand. However, in recent times the IPL has gained a much larger fan-base in these two countries. Snap polls indicated that more than 48 million people watched the telecast of the IPL 2008 final between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings), more than 40 million people saw the Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils match, whereas the second semi-final between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab attracted an audience of 29 million.[37] [edit] Rules This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this section if you can. (April 2009) There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player. In the annual auction, buying domestic players, signing uncapped players, through trading and buying replacements.[38][39] In the trading window the player can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one then the difference will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.[40] Some of the Team composition rules are: Minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physio and a coach. No more than 8 foreign players in the squad and at most 4 in the playing XI.For the 2009 edition franchises are allowed 10 foreign players in the squad. The number allowed in the playing XI remains unchanged at 4. A minimum of 8 local players must be included in each squad. A minimum of 2 players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each squad. Some of the differences to international T20 cricket: Introduced also in the IPL, a difference to international cricket is a timeout. It gives the players an opportunity to strategise and take a drink during the strict 2:30 Minute time limit. Each team is awarded one timeout per innings totalling to two timeouts for the whole game but the teams only may take the timeout when instructed. IPL is also known for having commercials during the game hence there being no time limit for innings by teams being penalised runs. There may be a penalty if the umpire finds teams misusing this privilege at their own choice. .The total spending cap for a franchisee in the first player auction was US $5m. Under-22 players are to be remunerated with a minimum annual salary of US $20,000 while for others it is US $50,000. The most expensive player in the IPL to date are Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen at US $1.55m each. [edit] Official website This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2010) The IPL negotiated a contract with the Canadian company Live Current Media Inc. to run and operate its portals and the minimum guarantee has been negotiated at US $50 million over the next 10 years.[41] The official website of the tournament is www.iplt20.com. Incorporating popular forms of social media into the third season of the IPL, the website now contains a more holistic presence across all online mediums. The website apart from featuring new additions to empower user interaction, has encouraged a wider range of websites around IPL like IPL Tracker [2] and IPL Mag [3] amongst other more traditional reporting websites. [edit] Statistics and records Main article: List of statistics and records of Indian Premier League [edit] Controversies The BCCI had found itself in the middle of many conflicts with various cricket boards around the world as a result of the IPL. The main point of contention was that signed players should always be available to their country for international tours, even if it overlaps with the IPL season. To address this, the BCCI officially requested that the ICC institute a time period in the International Future Tours Program solely for the IPL season. This request was not granted at a subsequent meeting held by the ICC.[42] [edit] Conflicts with the England and Wales Cricket Board Because the inaugural IPL season coincided with the County Championship season as well as New Zealand's tour of England, the ECB and county cricket clubs raised their concerns to the BCCI over players. The ECB made it abundantly clear that they would not sign No Objection Certificates for players—a prerequisite for playing in the IPL. Chairmen of the county clubs also made it clear that players contracted to them were required to fulfill their commitment to their county. As a result of this, Dimitri Mascarenhas was the only English player to have signed with the IPL for the 2008 season.[43] A result of the ECB’s concerns about players joining the IPL, was a proposed radical response of creating their own Twenty20 tournament that would be similar in structure to the IPL. The league — titled the English Premier League — would feature 21 teams in three groups of seven and would occur towards the end of the summer season.[44] The ECB enlisted the aid of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford to launch the proposed league.[45] Stanford was the brains behind the successful Stanford 20/20, a tournament that has run twice in the West Indies. On 17 February 2009, when news of the fraud investigation against Stanford became public, the ECB and WICB withdrew from talks with Stanford on sponsorship.[46][47] On February 20 the ECB announced it has severed its ties with Stanford and cancelled all contracts with him.[48] [edit] Conflicts with Cricket Australia The BCCI also experienced run-ins with Cricket Australia (CA) over player availability for Australia’s 2008 tour of the West Indies and CA’s desire for global protection of their sponsors. CA had feared that sponsors of the IPL (and its teams) that directly competed with their sponsors would jeopardize already existing arrangements. This issue was eventually resolved [49] and it was also agreed upon that Australian players would be fully available for the West Indies tour. [edit] Conflicts with other Boards Smaller boards like the WICB and NZCB have raised concerns over the impact the IPL will have on their player development and already fragile financial situation. Since players from smaller cricketing nations are not compensated as much, they have more motivation to join the IPL.[citation needed] [edit] Media restrictions Initially the IPL enforced strict guidelines to media covering Premier League matches, consistent with their desire to use the same model sports leagues in North America use in regards to media coverage. Notable guidelines imposed included the restriction to use images taken during the event unless purchased from cricket.com, owned by Live Current Media Inc (who won the rights to such images) and the prohibition of live coverage from the cricket grounds. Media agencies also had to agree to upload all images taken at IPL matches to the official website. This was deemed unacceptable by print media around the world. Upon the threat of boycott, the IPL eased up on several of the restrictions.[50] On 15 April 2008 a revised set of guidelines offering major concessions to the print media and agencies was issued by the IPL and accepted by the Indian Newspaper Society.[51] [edit] Conflict with Cricket Club of India As per IPL rules, the winner of the previous competition decides the venue for the finals.[52] In 2009, the reigning Champions, Deccan Chargers chose the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.[52] However, a dispute regarding use of the pavilion meant that no IPL matches could be held there. 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IPL Winners: 1st IPL ( 2008 ) – Rajasthan Royals 2nd IPL ( 2009 ) – Deccan Chargers 3rd IPL ( 2010 ) - IPL 2010 Schedule 12 March 2010 – 8PM – Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders DY PATIL STADIUM – Mumbai 13 March 2010 – 3PM – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Brabourne Stadium – Mumbai 13 March 2010 – 8PM – Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils PUNJAB CRICKET ASSOCIATION STADIUM CRICKET STADIUM – Mohali 14 March – 4PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Eden Gardens – Kolkata 14 March – 8PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers M.A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM – Chennai 15 March – 8PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Sardar Patel Stadium – Ahmedabad 16 March – 4PM – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab M.CHINNASWAMY STADIUM – Bangalore 16 March – 8PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens – Kolkata 17 March – 8PM – Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians FEROZ SHAH KOTLA – Delhi 18 March – 8PM – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals M.CHINNASWAMY STADIUM – Bangalore 19 March – 4PM – Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings FEROZ SHAH KOTLA – Delhi 19 March – 8PM – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab Barabati Stadium – Cuttak 20 March – 4PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Sardar Patel Stadium – Ahmedabad 20 March – 8PM – Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Brabourne Stadium – Mumbai 21 March – 4PM – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Barabati Stadium – Cuttak 21 March – 8PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab M.A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM – Chennai 22 March – 8PM – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Brabourne Stadium – Mumbai 23 March – 8PM – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings M.CHINNASWAMY STADIUM – Bangalore 24 March – 8PM – Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals PUNJAB CRICKET ASSOCIATION STADIUM CRICKET STADIUM – Mohali 25 March – 4PM – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils M.CHINNASWAMY STADIUM – Bangalore 25 March – 8PM – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Brabourne Stadium – Mumbai 26 March – 8PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers Sardar Patel Stadium – Ahmedabad 27 March – 8PM – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders PUNJAB CRICKET ASSOCIATION STADIUM CRICKET STADIUM – Mohali 28 March – 4PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Sardar Patel Stadium – Ahmedabad 28 March – 8PM – Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians DY PATIL STADIUM – Mumbai 29 March – 8PM – Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders FEROZ SHAH KOTLA – Delhi 30 March – 8PM – Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Brabourne Stadium – Mumbai 31 March – 4PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers M.A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM – Chennai 31 March – 8PM – Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals FEROZ SHAH KOTLA – Delhi 01 April – 8PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Eden Gardens – Kolkata 02 April – 8PM – Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers PUNJAB CRICKET ASSOCIATION STADIUM CRICKET STADIUM – Mohali 03 April – 4PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals M.A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM – Chennai 03 April – 8PM – Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Brabourne Stadium – Mumbai 04 April – 4PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens – Kolkata 04 April – 8PM – Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers FEROZ SHAH KOTLA – Delhi 05 April – 8PM – Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals VIDHARBA CRICKET ASSOCIATION GROUND – Nagpur 06 April – 8PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians M.A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM – Chennai 07 April – 4PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab SAWAI MANSINGH STADIUM – Jaipur 07 April – 8PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens – Kolkata 08 April – 8PM – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers M.CHINNASWAMY STADIUM – Bangalore 09 April – 8PM – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians PUNJAB CRICKET ASSOCIATION STADIUM CRICKET STADIUM – Mohali 10 April – 4PM – Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings VIDHARBA CRICKET ASSOCIATION GROUND – Nagpur 10 April – 4PM – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders M.CHINNASWAMY STADIUM – Bangalore 11 April – 4PM – Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab FEROZ SHAH KOTLA – Delhi 11 April – 8PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians SAWAI MANSINGH STADIUM – Jaipur 12 April – 8PM – Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers VIDHARBA CRICKET ASSOCIATION GROUND – Nagpur 13 April – 4PM – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Brabourne Stadium – Mumbai 13 April – 8PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders M.A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM – Chennai 14 April – 8PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers SAWAI MANSINGH STADIUM – Jaipur 15 April – 8PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils M.A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM – Chennai 16 April – 8PM – Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers DCS – Dharmasala 17 April – 4PM – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians M.CHINNASWAMY STADIUM – Bangalore 17 April – 8PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens – Kolkata 18 April – 4PM – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings DCS – Dharmasala 18 April – 8PM – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers FEROZ SHAH KOTLA – Delhi 19 April – 8PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens – Kolkata 21 April – 8PM – 1nd Semi-Final Match – Team 1 vs Team 2 ( Mumbai Indian vs Royal Challengers Banglore ) Navi Mumbai *** 22 April – 8PM – 2nd Semi-Final Match – Team 3 vs Team 4 ( Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad ) Navi Mumbai *** 24 April – 8PM – 3rd Place Match – Team A vs Team B DY PATIL STADIUM – Mumbai 25 April – 8PM – Final Match IPL 2010 – Team 1 vs Team 2 DY PATIL STADIUM – Mumbai IPL schedule for every match will be updated once the team qualify for Semi-Final & Final 149/9 (20.0) 184/5 (20.0) A Kumble : 1 ( 2 ) R Taylor : 31 ( 30 ) D Fernando : 28 / 1 ( 4.0 ) Mumbai Indians won by 35 runs Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:58:37 Thanks @thevijaymallya for the support..... truly appreciate your gesture Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:57:59 Lots in media - speculations. welcome all investigation - ready to extend all cooperation. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:02:14 @Ajaysivasantosh 1 plays no 4. 2 plays no 3. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:01:37 @NaveenKrPrasad we are allowing exchange Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:58:53 @mohnishbahl will check now. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:58:13 @saiprabhakar chargers are a fantastic team. They won the IPL second season. Came from last position to first. They have come thru again. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:56:23 @shantanusoman @LalitKModi absolute nonsense. Icc anti corruption unit is tracking the tournament. another attempt to discredit IPL Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:20:27 Deccan played well to get into the Semis. Delhi played well thru the tournament. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:27:29 Semi Finals in mumbai tickets on sale now. log on to iplt20.com. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:27:27 @raghubk I like the idea. I am asking them to offer anyone who bought a ticket in bangalore and willing to travel - we will give options POINTS TABLE - After match 56 14 10 4 0 20 +1.084 14 8 6 0 16 -0.297 14 7 7 0 14 +0.274 14 7 7 0 14 +0.219 14 7 7 0 14 +0.021 14 7 7 0 14 -0.341 14 6 8 0 12 -0.514 14 4 10 0 8 -0.478 See All >> IPL 2010: IPL Nights – MI vs RCB A model presents designer wear during the IPL Nights fashion show 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 1464 Views CSK: Road to Semis Chasing 190 was a walk in the park for CSK as Hayden and his Mongoose decimated the DD bowling attac... 3.3333333333333/5 1 2 3 4 5 4668 Views Fun Feed: Doug Bollinger The IPL Fun Feed catches up with CSK's pace spearhead Doug Bollinger 2.9861111111111/5 1 2 3 4 5 7699 Views Deccan Chargers: Road to Semis Andrew Symonds’ half-century helped his side defeat KXIP by 6 runs 3.3255813953488/5 1 2 3 4 5 1733 Views Fun Feed: Cheerleaders Watch the RCB and KKR cheergirls root for their teams on IPL Fun Feed 3.0980392156863/5 1 2 3 4 5 15526 Views IPL 2010: Deepika at the semis Deepika Padukone waves at the crowd and the camera during the first semi-final between RCB and MI 2.9615384615385/5 1 2 3 4 5 3389 Views IPL Nights: Yuvraj & Bopara KXIP stars Yuvraj Singh & Ravi Bopara get candid during a post-match party. 2.7565543071161/5 1 2 3 4 5 32104 Views Deepika Padukone Sizzles Catch Deepika Padukone's sizzling performance at the IPL 2010 Opening Ceremony. 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 2673 Views Yusuf Pathan's blitzkrieg Yusuf Pathan goes ballistic on his way to the record-breaking century 3.1802721088435/5 1 2 3 4 5 8057 Views The Blue-Blooded Royals RR co-owner Shilpa Shetty is happy after her team’s win over Deccan Chargers 3.0631578947368/5 1 2 3 4 5 13281 Views IPL 2010: Best matches Mr. Consistent Jacques Kallis plays yet another crucial knock for RCB to set-up a win for his team 2.55/5 1 2 3 4 5 964 Views IPL 2010: Best Catches David Warner holds his nerve and the catch as he takes one of his four marvelous catches 2.953488372093/5 1 2 3 4 5 2929 Views IPL 2010: IPL Nights – MI vs RCB A model presents designer wear during the IPL Nights fashion show 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 1464 Views CSK: Road to Semis Chasing 190 was a walk in the park for CSK as Hayden and his Mongoose decimated the DD bowling attac... 3.3333333333333/5 1 2 3 4 5 4668 Views Fun Feed: Doug Bollinger The IPL Fun Feed catches up with CSK's pace spearhead Doug Bollinger 2.9861111111111/5 1 2 3 4 5 7699 Views Deccan Chargers: Road to Semis Andrew Symonds’ half-century helped his side defeat KXIP by 6 runs 3.3255813953488/5 1 2 3 4 5 1733 Views Fun Feed: Cheerleaders Watch the RCB and KKR cheergirls root for their teams on IPL Fun Feed 3.0980392156863/5 1 2 3 4 5 15526 Views IPL 2010: Deepika at the semis Deepika Padukone waves at the crowd and the camera during the first semi-final between RCB and MI 2.9615384615385/5 1 2 3 4 5 3389 Views IPL 2009: Best of RP Singh Deccan Chargers' match-winner RP Singh was the top wicket taker in IPL 2009. 2.3928571428571/5 1 2 3 4 5 1206 Views IPL 2009 Super Spell: Anil Kumble RCB's Anil Kumble picked up 4 wickets against the Deccan Chargers in IPL 2009 3.2954545454545/5 1 2 3 4 5 1265 Views IPL 2009: Best Of Sachin Tendulkar Watch Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar demolish the opposition with his batting in IPL 2009. 2.5263157894737/5 1 2 3 4 5 1681 Views Match 20, IPL 2009: KXI vs MI Zaheer Khan bowled a disciplined spell, he gave away 19 runs in his 4 overs and picked up 1 wicket t... 1.3571428571429/5 1 2 3 4 5 1057 Views IPL 2009: Top five individual scores Top five batting performances of IPL stars in the year 2009 in South Africa 2.6666666666667/5 1 2 3 4 5 1632 Views IPL 2009 Closing Ceremony Relive the closing moments of IPL 2009 in South Africa. 2.5925925925926/5 1 2 3 4 5 3032 Views IPL 2008: Awards Ceremony Watch the best talents of IPL 2008 get honored at the Awards Ceremony at the end of tournament. 3.0743801652893/5 1 2 3 4 5 5047 Views IPL 2008: Best of Shaun Marsh A look at Kings XI Punjab opener, Shaun Marsh at his majestic best in IPL 2008 3.6538461538462/5 1 2 3 4 5 2580 Views IPL 2008: Best of Kumar Sangakkara IPL 2008 - Kumar Sangakkara shows why he is one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen around. 3.1794871794872/5 1 2 3 4 5 1264 Views IPL 2008: Closing Ceremony Watch the grand Closing Ceremony of IPL 2008. 3.8571428571429/5 1 2 3 4 5 1966 Views Match 21, IPL 2008: RCB vs DC Mark Boucher tries to up the ante at the end of the RCB innings in Benagaluru on 3rd May 2008 1.0540540540541/5 1 2 3 4 5 856 Views Match 16, IPL 2008: KKR vs MI Ricky Ponting wasn't his typical flamboyant self scoring just 19 off 31 balls in Kolkata on 29th Apr... 0.66666666666667/5 1 2 3 4 5 567 Views 1 Apr 21, 2010 Media Advisory for April 21 Read on » Live television question Will Gilchrist be at his brutal best today? 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