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.
April 19: KKR v MI in Kolkata.
April 20: Rest day.
April 21: 1st Semifinal in Bangalore.
April 22: 2nd Semifinal in Bangalore.
April 23: Rest day.
April 24: Play-off for 3rd place.
April 25: IPL 3 final
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.
Update: SA win the toss and decide to bat first
Eager to participate in the third Indian Premier League despite the many glitches, at least a dozen Pakistani cricketers have made themselves available for the event`s players` auction to be held on January 17.