The teams are of IPL 2010 are:Deccan Chargers (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Mumbai Indians (MI), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Delhi Daredevils (DD), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
March 12: DC v KKR in Hyderabad.
March 13: MI v RR in Mumbai/Nagpur; KXIP v DD at Mohali.
March 14: CSK v DC in Chennai; KKR v RCB in Kolkata.
March 15: RR v DD in Jaipur.
March 16: RCB v KXIP in Bangalore; KKR v CSK in Kolkata.
March 17: DD v MI in Delhi.
March 18: RCB v RR in Bangalore.
March 19: DC v KXIP in Vishakapatnam.
March 20: RR v KKR in Ahmedabad; MI v RCB (venue to be decided)
March 21: DD v DC in Delhi
March 22: MI v KKR (venue to be decided)
March 23: RCB v CSK in Bangalore.
March 24: KXIP v RR at Mohali.
March 25: KKR v DD in Kolkata.
March 26: CSK v MI in Chennai; RR v DC in Ahmedabad.
March 27: RCB v DD in Bangalore; KXIP v KKR at Mohali.
March 28: RR v CSK in Ahmedabad; DC v MI in Vishakapatnam.
March 29: DD v KKR in Delhi.
March 30: MI v KXIP in Mumbai/Nagpur.
March 31: CSK v RCB in Chennai; DD v RR in Delhi.
April 1: KKR v DC in Kolkata.
April 2: KXIP v RCB in Mohali.
April 3: CSK v RR in Chennai; MI v DC in Mumbai/Nagpur.
April 4: DD v RCB in Delhi; KKR v KXIP in Kolkata.
April 5: DC v RR in Hyderabad.
April 6: MI v CSK in Mumbai/Nagpur.
April 7: RR v KXIP in Ahmedabad.
April 8: RCB v DC in Bangalore; CSK v DD in Chennai
April 9: KXIP v MI in Mohali
April 10: RCB v KKR in Bangalore; DC v CSK in Hyderabad
April 11: RR v MI in Jaipur; DD v KXIP in Delhi
April 12: DC v RCB in Hyderabad
April 13: CSK v KKR in Chennai
April 14: MI v DD (venue to be decided)
April 15: RR v RCB in Jaipur; KXIP v DC in Dharamsala
April 16: DD v CSK in Delhi.
April 17: RCB v MI in Bangalore; KKR v RR in Kolkata.
April 18: DC v DD in Hyderabad; KXIP v CSK at Dharamsala.
The IPL governing council made several announcements related to the third and the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. Amongst others were the dates for the third season, and the four new venues that would be added to the existing eight, and the fact that the fourth edition would see two new teams joining the fray.
The third edition of the tournament will begin from March 12 and will go up to April 25; a 44 day tournament which will have 60 games. Last year, there were 59 games, and while the basic format of the tournament still remains the same, the tournament will also have an extra game in the firm of a third-fourth place play-off this time around. The four new venues announced are Dharamsala, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam and Ahmedabad, which also play host to Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals respectively.
Apart from that, the former ICL players who had managed to leave the rebel league and come back into the main fold would be allowed to play in the IPL; either as domestic players or through the auction meant for the international ones.
The first match of the tournament will see Deccan Chargers play the Kolkata Knight iders in Hyderabad, where as the semi-finals will be played at Bangalore. The venue for the finals will be announced soon. Again, like the previous season, the ICC World T20 will begin almost immediately after the IPL ends; within five days of the finals.
The strategic time-out will now be reduced to five minutes per innings, divided into two of 2.5 minutes each. The bowling team would be able to take their time-out from the 6th to the 10th over, while the batting team would be able to do so between 11th and the 16th.
1. Andrew Strauss (captain)
2. James Anderson
3. Ravi Bopara
4. Tim Bresnan
5. Stuart Broad
6. Paul Collingwood
7. Joe Denly
8. Andrew Flintoff
9. Eoin Morgan
10. Matt Prior
11. Adil Rashid
12. Owais Shah
13. Ryan Sidebotton
14. Graeme Swann
15. Luke Wright
The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be launched in Johannesburg on Thursday. A number of current and former South Africa cricket players, as well as South African champions from other sports, are expected to be in attendance at the launch, an ICC release said.
For the first time the ICC Champions Trophy will feature only the top eight-ranked sides in the world in the only global multi-team 50-over-a-side tournament between the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the Caribbean and the next edition of that event, in the Asian sub-continent in two years` time.
Those teams – Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, host South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – have been divided into two pools of four, with the top two from each pool progressing to the semi-finals stage.
The action begins on September 22, with South Africa taking on Sri Lanka in a day-night encounter at Centurion and it will end with a day-night final at the same venue on October 5. Holder Australia begins the defence of its ICC CT crown against the West Indies at the Wanderers on September 26 in a repeat of the 2006 final.
The prize money for the Champions Trophy has increased nearly four times, with US$4 million on offer for the tournament to be played from September 22 to October 5 in South Africa.
The format has also been revamped, with only eight instead of ten teams participating. Unlike in 2006, when the tournament lasted nearly a month, there will be no qualifying round this time. Centurion and Wanderers will host all 15 games between them.
The teams have been divided into two groups of four each and the top two from each will qualify for the semi-finals. India and Pakistan find themselves in the same group, along with Australia and West Indies, and the two rivals will meet on the second day of the tournament in a day-night game at the Wanderers.
Group B includes South Africa, England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The hosts will play Sri Lanka in the opening game in Centurion.
The current Champions trophy will be played between eight teams and each team is divided into two groups. India, Pakistan, Australia and West Indies are in Group A while South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England are in group B. Each team will play with one another in their corresponding groups and the top two teams from each group will advance into the semi finals.
The following are the two groups:
Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan, West Indies
Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England
India Probable: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Nayar, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Munaf Patel, R Ashwin, M Vijay, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Dhawal Kulkarni, S Badrinath, Ashish Nehra, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Pankaj Singh.
South Africa Probable: Graeme Smith (Captain), Johan Botha, Yusuf Abdulla, Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher (WK), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Charl Langeveldt , Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robbie Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof van der Merwe, Vaughn van Jaarsveld.
Australia fast bowler Brett Lee has a good chance of being fit for the fourth Ashes Test, captain Ricky Ponting said on Monday.
Lee has missed the first three matches of the series with a rib injury and with the touring side trailing 1-0 his experience could be a huge bonus in the match at Headingley starting on Friday.
“I`d expect Brett to be able to bowl,” Ponting told a news conference after the third Test ended in a draw on Monday.
“He`s been pretty keen to get out and bowl over the past few days so we`ll keep an eye on him and it would be great to have him available.”
The teams are of IPL 2010 are:Deccan Chargers (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Mumbai Indians (MI), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Delhi Daredevils (DD), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
The IPL governing council made several announcements related to the third and the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. Amongst others were the dates for the third season, and the four new venues that would be added to the existing eight, and the fact that the fourth edition would see two new teams joining the fray.
West Indies Team For ICC Champions Trophy 2009
India Team for Champions Trophy – Group A
The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be launched in Johannesburg on Thursday. A number of current and former South Africa cricket players, as well as South African champions from other sports, are expected to be in attendance at the launch, an ICC release said.
Australia fast bowler Brett Lee has a good chance of being fit for the fourth Ashes Test, captain Ricky Ponting said on Monday.