IPL Season 5 to be scheduled from April 4

Indian Premier League (IPL) has set to captivate the audience next season too as it has scheduled the fifth season to start from April 4, 2012. The IPL season 5 will be held after India’s return from their long tour of Australia and South Africa’s New Zealand tour in March. The tournament will feature 74 matches during a period of 54 days in the month of April and May 2012. This was announced by the IPL chairman Chirayu Amin in a statement on Monday.

Analysis of IPL 4: Who is Best & Worst?

IPL 4 (fourth edition of Indian Premier League season) has been completed and once again Chennai Super Kings received the title of winner. So now it is time to make analysis of IPL 4. All the teams are engaged in calculating whether they got profit or loss as some celebrities have invested money in particular team so they view this tournament’s result in the form of gain or loss. Various questions are open to debate like which players proved best & worst, which team gave the best performance, etc. to make a conclusion about IPL 4. Let’s talk about some interesting points of this 51 days cricket competition.

Top 10 Batsmen in IPL : All-time Player Ranking

The biggest cricket event, Indian Premiere League (IPL) is getting more and more popularity at international level. IPL is real warfare because here players come from different nations and make one team. This event is very challenging for all batsmen and bowlers to show their talent and skill. As per last three years IPL matches, many players gave good and strong performance for their teams by their unique playing style. The highest scorers of IPL are included in the top ten batsmen. Descriptions of top 10 batsmen in IPL are given below.

1, Suresh Raina:

Suresh Kumar Raina alias Sanu, 24 years old is aggressive left-hander batsman. This blue-eyed boy has ability to hit the stumps from the infield and this ability turn up him on the top. He is also capable to attract applause by his electric fielding ability. He is top with highest IPL score 2720 in the 96 IPL matches. He is only cricket star who scored over 400 runs in each IPL’s season. Since IPL debut 2008, he played for Mahendra Singh Dhoni captained franchise Chennai Super Kings. During 2010, he became man-of-the-match with 55 not out from 35 balls in the final winning match and was on the place of third-highest run-scorer in IPL. For the 2011 season, he was retained for Chennai Super Kings. The performance of Suresh Raina is continues growing, that’s why at present he is placed on top position in the list of Top 10 IPL Players.

2, Chris Gayle:

Chris Gayle is West-Indies batsman currently playing as an opening batsman for Virat Kohli captained franchise, “Royal Challengers Bangalore”. On 23th April, 2013 Chris Gayle brought Gayle storm on the IPL field by making fastest century in merely 30 balls against Pune Warriors team. After making this highest score, he became popular all over the world. Lately, he enjoyed second place on the ranking table of top 10 IPL Players, scoring 2484 runs in the 58 IPL matches. He was selected to join the Royal Challengers Bangalore in fourth Indian Premier League and gave best performance. In the 2012 IPL season, Gayle hit highest sixes and clutched the nomination for the orange cap for making 733 in 14 matches.

3, Rohit Sharma:

Rohit Sharma India’s young cricket star is also famous for his striking batting ability. He plays his all bat shots with his knack to find the gaps. At debut of IPL, he was sold for the Deccan Chargers. In first season of the IPL, he made 404 runs sores at 36.73 averages. During first season of IPL, he also held the desirable Orange Cap. He also played his role as vice-captain of the Deccan Chargers in 2009 season. He played for Deccan Chargers last three seasons, but from season 4 he has played for Mumbai Indians franchise. This year, he is the captain of his team.  Since 2008, he scored total 2462 runs including 198 fours and 109 sixes in 92 matches that’s one of the IPL highest scores. Once he made 26 runs in Mashrafe Mortaza’s over when required 21 runs to win match against Kolkata Knight Riders.

4, Gautam Gambhir:  

Gautam Gambhir is forever opener batsman for any form of cricket matches. He is energetic and solid batsman of the Indian team. He can be proved more forceful batsman than Virender Sehwag. He plays match without taking any risks. At the starting of the IPL, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils franchise. In opening season, he scored 534 runs in 14 matches and placed at second highest run-scorer of season. He is at fourth place of high score with total 2449 runs in 86 matches including 290 fours and 37 sixes. He is the highest paid cricketer in the history of IPL with record breaking bid of $2.4 million (Rs 11.04 crore) by Kolkata Knight Riders.

5, Sachin Tendulkar:

All-time prolific batsman and leading cricket icon, Sachin Tendulkar always plays with the purest principles that consists economy of movement, correctness in stroke-making, and perfect balance. He is god of cricket. He is already top of the ODI matches and he also leads in IPL matches. He has scored runs in all conditions at any parts of the world and his score of 100 at age of 19 on a lightning-fast pitch at the WACA is one of the best example of it. In IPL, he has played for his home side franchise Mumbai Indians since IPL debut. He was the captain of his IPL team from season 1 to 5. During 2010 IPL season, Tendulkar scored 618 runs in 14 innings and hit the most runs in an IPL season record of Shaun Marsh and also received the title of player of the 2010 tournament as well Best Batsman and Best Captain awards. He is one of the top IPL batmen with score of 2334. Tendulkar scored 100 in 66 balls against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2012.

6, Jacques Kallis:

South African team’s brawny colossus, Jacques Kallis aka JH Kallis is also one of the top ten batsman of the IPL. He is a powerful batsman who hit the ball with his rock-solid technique. He is leading most complete all rounder. He debuted in IPL by playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise and he averaged 16.85 runs per innings. But this year season, he joined Kolkata Knight Riders franchise. Since 2008, he scored 2251 runs including 240 fours and 40 sixes in total 88 IPL matches.

7, Virat Kohli:

Virat Kohli is very dashing Indian cricketer who earned reputation as a talented, level-headed and mature cricketer. He is the middle order batsman. Since 2008, he played the role of captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was the only player that Royal Challengers Bangalore retained. The performance of Virat Kohli in current season is superb that’s why he got 7th position in the list of top IPL batsmen. He scored 2217 runs in 92 matches including 212 fours and 67 sixes.

8, MS Dhoni:

As well ODI match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership has also improved the test match ranking and especially his successful three years for the Chennai Super Kings franchise in IPL. He is right-hand batsman and his far-from-polished wicket keeping technique is very awesome. His captaincy also proved most favorable to win World cup 2011. He performed well in each of the first five seasons including two winning season. Now, once more time, his team reaches close to win the Champions League of season six. At present, under Dhoni captainship Chennai Super Kings is top in the point table by winning highest matches. He made score of 2156 runs from total 93 innings of IPL.

9, Virender Sehwag:

India’s top aggressive player, Virender Sehwag aka Nawab of Najafgarh is right-hander opener and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He is well-known for his attractive attacking batting style that is regularly compared with Sachin Tendulkar. Sehwag made many records in ODI and Test matches. Due to his well performance, he also takes place in top batsman of the IPL. For first two season of the IPL, Sehwag led the Delhi Daredevils franchise, but to focus on his batting, he transferred captainship to Gautam Gambhir. Opportunely, he is only player of his team who once again signed for Delhi Daredevils franchise and one more time got chance to lead the team. From 77 IPL matches, he scored 2133 runs including 258 fours and 85 sixes. He is orange cap holder for IPL season four. Since 2008 to 2011, he was the captain of Delhi Daredevils.  He was the only player that Delhi Daredevils retained.

10, Rahul Dravid:

Rahul Dravid is a retired Indian international cricketer and game’s most technically gifted batsman. He is the only batsman who made century in every test-playing nation and only Indian to score hundreds in four successive Test innings. At present, he is the captain of Rajasthan Royals. Before fourth season, he had played for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 2011, he was the highest run getter of his team and in 2012 he emerged as the second highest run-getter for RR. In 85 IPL matches, he scored 2090 runs including 255 fours and 27 sixes and now he is placed on tenth position in the list of top IPL batsmen.

Ranking Table Of Top 10 IPL Players:

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SK Raina	96	92	14	2720	100*	34.87	1938	140.35	1	17	4	234	110
CH Gayle	58	57	10	2484	175*	52.85	1555	159.74	4	16	3	204	176
RG Sharma	92	88	16	2462	109*	34.19	1876	131.23	1	18	5	198	109
G Gambhir	86	85	9	2449	93	32.22	1911	128.15	0	20	7	290	37
SR Tendulkar	78	78	11	2334	100*	34.83	1948	119.81	1	13	4	295	29
JH Kallis	88	87	10	2251	89*	29.23	2057	109.43	0	16	8	240	40
V Kohli	92	84	12	2217	99	30.79	1802	123.02	0	13	1	212	67
MS Dhoni	93	82	24	2156	70*	37.17	1534	140.54	0	12	2	164	82
V Sehwag	77	77	5	2133	119	29.62	1324	161.10	1	15	6	258	85
R Dravid	85	78	5	2090	75*	28.63	1806	115.72	0	11	3	255	27

Cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto Blog reveals the Secret Of IPL players

Gabriella Pasqualotto has been dismissed from her post as she revealed the secrets of IPL players on her blog post: "The Secret Diary of an IPL Cheerleader". The South African cheerleader blogged about the "flirtatious" and "inappropriate" behavior of some cricketers at the post-match parties. The complaint against her was done by Mumbai Indians' 3 players such as Andrew Symond, Aiden Blizzard and Moises Henriques. Gabriella Pasqualotto is Mumbai Indians IPL' Cheerleader. After the complaint regarding her blog she is thinking to take legal action.

Cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto - cheerleader of Mumbai Indians IPL Team

Brand Ambassadors of IPL Teams

People can not imagine IPL teams without Brand Ambassadors, who promotes teams not only in the grounds but also raise the value of their team. Brand Ambassadors always play vital role in IPL. The bigger the star is the greater prestige of team. Generally, opportunity to become brand ambassadors of any product and service is received by actresses, actors, sports players, singers and similar celebrities. In IPL this opportunity has been given to some bollywood personalities including Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Deepika Padukone, Preity Zinta, and Katrina Kaif.

Delhi Daredevils:

Original Child Khiladi, Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador of Delhi Daredevils. Delhi Daredevils has found a right ambassador as Akshay Kumar because he is from Delhi and very easily interacts with supporters. From the first season of IPL Akshay Kumar cheered team as brand ambassador. Delhi Daredevils team is owned by GMR group, a major infrastructure company in India.

Rahul Sharma rocks with Best Economy rate

Pune Warriors leg-spinner, Rahul Sharma rocks in the IPL 4 with best economy rate of 1.75 and figures being 4-0-7-2 against Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians. Captain Yuvraj Singh is the top run-scorer and Rahul Sharma is the top wicket taker for their team until now. Yuvraj also appreciated the bowling of Rahul saying that his economical spells with wickets helped them to manage the middle overs well, however Pune could not win. Yuvraj stated that Rahul is the star of their bowling campaign and this young boy is growing in stature.

New Playoffs Phenomena of IPL 4

IPL 4 has been already started on April 8 and ends on May 28, in which total 10 teams participated. Previously there were eight teams and in IPL 4, 2011 two new teams entered - Pune and Kochi. There are 74 matches (70 league matches and 4 play-off games) played in IPL 2011 schedule season 4 across 13 stadiums in India. This year a playoffs phenomenon in IPL 4 is fairly new and based on New Zealand’s last year’s domestic T20 Tournament, pictured by Ravi Shastri and Sunil Gavaskar. Take a look here on the new playoff format system instead of the earlier knockout stage given in very simple way that can be easily understood.

IPL Cheer Queens replace Cheerleaders

Till now the Cheerleaders on cricket field are considered as major attraction for viewers but, this trend has been changed during IPL match when Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils came across. Pune Warriors team revealed a new outstanding concept at D.Y. Patil Sports Complex in Navi Mumbai, India to encourage team players. The Cheer leaders replaced with traditionally dressed Cheer Queens.

Interesting Nicknames of IPL captains

2011 Indian Premier League is the fourth season of the Indian Premier League and also called as IPL 4 or the IPL 2011. IPL 2011 has been started from 8 April and it will be ended on 28 May 2011. Ten teams such as Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils, Bangalore Royal Challengers, Sahara Pune Warriors, and Team Kochi are playing in the IPL 2011. Ten teams contain ten captains such as Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kumar Sangakkara, Shane Warne, Gautam Gambhir, Virendra Sahwag, Daniel Vettori, Yuvraj Singh, and Mahela Jayawardene respectively. These captains are called by interesting nick names that are provided below.

Virgin Mobile Banned Commercials during IPL [Video]

Take a look to some banned TV commercials during IPL season 4. Virgin Mobile announced 20 Paisa/Minute plan in all GSM card so they have considered IPL Teams to make their advertises, but they used some abusive language as well as insulted some players like Mahela Jayawardene, McDonald etc. Thus they suffer the Ban from IPL very bad luck!!!!!

Cricketstockexchange.com - Trade IPL Team & Player online

Cricket lovers can easily trade shares of their favorite teams and players at an online stock exchange, the Cricket Stock Exchange (CSX). Cricketers can be purchased by cricket lovers after watching ball by ball action from scorecard when the match is being played live. Purchasing and selling of stocks will be powered by analyses and performances of the cricketers. Users’ improved performance also be titled as ‘Trader of the Week’ and they will be featured as ‘Highest Gainer of the Week’.

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Test your IPL IQ with this IPL Quiz

IPL is quite interesting game as is give us full time pass and lots of entertrainment. For the IPL cricket fans here we provide quiz to check their IPL knowledge. This IPL cricket quiz is quite interesting. So just give answers and check your knowledge.

This quiz will remind you all factors about IPL like : highest scored batman as well as bowler, foreign cheerleaders, new strategies, fake blogger and many more.....

Paul Valthaty hit first speedy century in 2011 IPL

Paul Valthaty is the player of Kings XI Punjab who gave outstanding performance in the Indian Premier League against champions Chennai Super Kings. Paul Valthaty made 120 runs in 63 balls in 2011 IPL 4 and Kings XI Punjab defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets on Wednesday, 13th April, 2011 at Mohali, and this century is his first fastest century. Valthaty is a top order batsman and also infrequently bowls medium-pace.

Websites to Watch Cricket Online or get Live Cricket Scores

Crazy cricket fans can now watch all international major cricket matches online for free as well as get live cricket scores on several websites mentioned here. Online cricket score is an exclusive boon for those who are busy with their hectic office schedule or overseas so cannot view their favorite match live on either television or ground. Time plays a key role since it is very complex to watch the match except the match is set on a holiday or weekend. With the superior internet connections and broadband capabilities, you can check out numerous things like articles, blogs, cricket news, personal life of a cricketer, know statistics of past matches, scorecards, etc. that can be downloaded on your desktop within just few seconds. Viewers can get significant idea regarding the position of match by knowing live cricket score. Take a look on some of the wonderful websites that help you to watch free cricket on the internet and only few need to install a piece of software.

IPL 2011 Kolkata Knight Rider : Players, Coach & Auction Info

DLF India Premier league’s team ‘Kolkata Knight Rider’ is ready to play the fourth season of IPL with their best squad. Kolkata Knight Rider is owned by Bollywood celebrity Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta. Indian cricket team best player, Gautam Gambhir serves as the captain of the ‘Kolkata Knight Rider’, who got highest bidding of 2.4 million USD in IPL 4 auction. After losing last three edition of IPL, this time owner of the team has changed the team by purchasing cricket world's best players at very high cost.

IPL 2011 Chennai Super Kings Team & Players info

A franchise cricket team, Chennai Super Kings is based in Chennai. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings team and Stephen Fleming is coach of team. The Super Kings' home ground is M. A. Chidambaram Stadium. India Cements, one of the hot favorites of IPL 2011 is the franchise of Chennai Super Kings.

IPL 2011 Opening Ceremony Kicks off today evening

After the successfully winning of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, the cricket fever is going to continue as the Indian Premier League season 4 kicks off today. Today in the evening, the IPL owners and Champions League T20 champions will bring an equally imposing opening ceremony of the IPL 2011 that every cricket fan would expect. The IPL 2011 opening ceremony will kick off with number of breathtaking performances, a dazzling laser show, sizzling dance, and fireworks that will illuminate the evening skies.

Watch IPL 4 live online at ipl.indiatimes.com

IPL Cricket crazy fans can now watch live streaming of Indian Premier League 2011 (season 4) at ipl.indiatimes.com, which is official online broadcaster of it.

Indian Premier League 2011 is the 4th season of IPL that starts on Friday, 8th April 2011 and comes six days after World Cup 2011. IPL 4 is estimated to be more famous and entertaining with addition of new teams and number of matches. In IPL 4, 10 teams will participate for the significant glory and huge prize money. The rights for broadcasting of Indian premier league have been taken by Sony/WSG and then resold to many others such as Times Network.

IPL 4 Revised Schedule: Assembly elections changed Schedule

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has modified the cricket events’ schedule of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for 2011 year due to upcoming Assembly elections of five states in the country. According to IPL 4 revised schedule, matches will be started from April 8, 2011.

Reasons of why Shahrukh chooses ten Doeschate

Ryan ten Doeschate is a Netherlands cricket team’s aggressive all-rounder. Currently, he becomes a most successful all-rounder of ODI matches with highest career batting average 71.21 of 28 matches after striking century against a world’s fifth rank ODI cricket team England in the world cup. So now everyone's doubt is cleared that why Shahrukh Khan chose Ryan ten Doeschate for Kolkata Knight Riders team. Prefer this article to know about reasons of why Shahrukh chooses ten Doeschate.

Ryan Neil ten Doeschate is full name of Ryan ten Doeschate, who born at South Africa. He is attacking batsman as well as medium-fast bowler. Perhaps for this reason, the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders IPL team, Shahrukh Khan put his choice on ten Doeschate for his 2011 IPL squad.

IPL Vs World Cup - Battle for ads

High admired two cricket events, IPL (Indian Premier League) season 4 and ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 are on doorstep to hit on the field, but before that, both events are on field for ads' battle. Advertisers cunfuse to invest for which events because it is not possible for any advertiser to invest on both cricket events.

The World Cup 2011 will kick off on 19 February 2011 and after just five days of world cup final the IPL season 4 will begin on April 8. In the World cup, total 49 matches will be played and in IPL 4 first time total 10 teams will play total 74 matches. The combined advertising funds of ICC World Cup and IPL may be Rs. 1,500 to 1700 crore.

IPL fans wait for IPL 2011 Schedule but no Declaration yet!

IPL crickets fans are really disappointing as there isn't any schedule (timetable) announcement yet. Let's see how many days the IPL cricket board will take for announcement of IPL 2011 Schedule.

The IPL season 4 promises to be more exciting than previous seassons. The fourth season of the IPL will start on 8th April, just few days after the ending of the ICC World Cup 2011 and end on 22nd May. Thus, IPL 2011 has 44 days time span in comparison to 45 days in IPL 2010. The opening ceremony of the IPL 2011 is scheduled to take place on 7th April in Chennai.

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Kochi IPL team doesn't want Ganguly!

Sorry, Sourav Ganguly for making you little nervous today!! IPL Kochi team hasn't showed up any signal to take Ganguly as team member yet. This is a very sad news for all Kolkata cricket fans who loves dada(Ganguly).

Apart from Kapil Dev the only captain to have led India to a World Cup final, Sourav Ganguly recently said that from the Kochi franchise he has not received any offer. As per reports by a few sections of the media, Ganguly also said that he don't know much of Kochi and not even heard anything regarding the offer. However, it is not clear until now that Kochi IPL team wants Ganguly or not.

Best IPL Ads for ever - Manoranjan Ka Asli Baap

Have you ever noticed the ads being played in the IPL? Here is provided the list of best IPL Ads for ever like Manoranjan Ka Asli Baap, Zoo Zoo ads, etc. with their videos from youtube. The ad agencies woke up to a new dimension after IPL was a hit (mid-way through the tournament) and then there was a hurry to make the most striking ads. Indian commercials provide big insight to an average Indian’s life keeping up with the humor and cultural sentiments and even there is a vast and more varied audience of Indian Advertisements than any other country.

Take a look on the best IPL Ads for ever

Zoozoos ads during the IPL

Since Zoozoos ads have been aired during the IPL for the first time, they are tremendously lovable and are really pretty funny. This ad persists to rule the chart by taking the key market share for ads. Regarding the ads being animated, there was a lot of talk but when the word extend that the ads used humans and were not animated; several people stood up and observed hence catapulting the ads to an all time high.

IPL 2011 Teams & Players Info

IPL season 4 is on a way so cricket fans are eagerly wating for information about upcoming team fixtures and team players. IPL cricket was started as a contract of renewal all team's after three year, so in this IPL season 4 all IPL franchises were bettled for auction on 8 and 9 January at the Royal Gardenia, Bangalore in which bidding of 350 players have participated. Each player had bidding price of $20,000 to $400,000 and any franchise could not allow bidding below it. Players were allowed to set their base price between these prices. There are 10 teams in the IPL and will play each 14 matches. There will be total 72 matches.

Teams and Players of IPL 4

Kings XI Punjab:

This franchise of IPL 4 is based in Mohali, India. The owners of this team are Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group), Mohit Burman (Dabur). Team has spent $6,945, 000 in auction.
Players and bidding price for each listed below:

• Adam Gilchrist: $900,000
• David Hussey: $1.4 million
• Dinesh Karthik: $900,000
• Shaun Marsh: $400,000
• Stuart Broad: $400,000
• Abhishek Nayar: $800,000
• Praveen Kumar: $800,000
• Ryan Harris: $325,000
• Piyush Chawla - Retained
• Nathan Rimmington: $20,000

IPLT20.com - A official website of Indian Premier League Cricket

IPLT20.com is the official website of Indian Premier League which provides admittance to official league content consisting of photographs, player interviews, match results, schedules, audio-visual, statistics, live scoreboards and summaries, fantasy cricket, profiles and ticketing. It also offers fan interaction through polls, newsletters and contests. You can get information about the teams and the venues where the IPL will be played. You can also buy tickets of Indian Premier League from the official website.

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A Canadian company, Live Current Media had developed the website IPLT20.com. A minimum of $3 million to BCCI and $2 million to IPL has been assured by Live Current Media to pay under the 10 year contract through revenue sharing comprising percentages of advertising, merchandising sales and sponsorship. Across all online means, the website IPLT20.com has more holistic presence. As per the report from Opera Software, IPLT20.com was the 4th most accessed site on the mobile phones in May 2008 worldwide.

No place for some blasters in IPL 2011 : Ganguly, Jayasuriya, Gayle & Boucher

A jolt took place during IPL (Indian Premier League) auction 2011 when any franchises were not interested for bidding to some big blasters like Sourav Ganguly, Jayasuriya, Gayle and Boucher. Two days IPL auction 2011 has been concluded on Sunday.

Last year, Sourav Ganguly stayed as a skipper of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and also KKR franchise’s top-scorer, but for this IPL’s upcoming season 4 he has no place in IPL 2011 even not in his last season franchise’s Kolkata Knight Riders. It is very odd for his all fans. Previously, the base price of Ganguly was taken in the price bracket of $200,000 then he placed his name in highest price bracket of $400,000.

IPL auction 2011 updates : List of sold players

IPL (Indian Premier League) two-day auction 2011 has started on January 8th morning at Bangalore for bidding the world’s leading cricketers and for purchasing cricketers India’s rich or famous celebrities and business tycoons participate in this auction. From the 421 cricketers, total 350 cricketers have been listed in the IPL auction list. The list of cricket players is given below who sold out in IPL auction 2011 part 1.

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Total 74 matches between ten teams will be played in to the IPL season 4. The owners of team will make money through entry charge, advertise, selling team memorabilia.

BCCI hasn't announced the number of teams for IPL auction 2011

The fourth edition of IPL is near to begin and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has still not declared the number of teams for IPL season 4. There is no any clear official announcement whether 8 teams or 10 teams will participate in this players’ auction which will be planned on 8 and 9 January, 2011 in Bangalore. With no clarification about how many teams will be coming for auction, it seems as dubious. What a great IPL tragedy!!

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10 Teams + 74 Matches = IPL 4 Drama 2011

Much-waited auction of the IPL season 4 is now in door step and all the eyes are set on bidding of the 350 world’s leading cricketer. The IPL 4 auction will be on January 8-9. There are total 74 matches played between ten teams in IPL 4 that kicks off in April-May.

Lately, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab have to decide for participation in auction of Indian Premier League players after court order. On Wednesday, the Cricket Board sources said after IPL’s Governing Council meeting, “The court has given a verdict. How can we stop them?” This matter indicates that IPL 4 would include two new franchises Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi Team.

Michael Bevan is a new coach of Kings XI Punjab team 2011

Michael Gwyl Bevan, the former Australian ODI batsman has been assigned as the coach of Kings XI Punjab Team for upcoming fourth version of IPL in 2011. Michael Bevan, nick named as Bevo has replaced the Tom Moody as coach and will take the charge of the Punjab Team.

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Catch IPL 4 Auction live on Set Max

Indian Premiere league cricket is the Twenty20 format League cricket tournament played by 8 teams, but this year 2 more teams; Sahara Pune Warriors and IPL Kochi will enter in 4th Season of IPL. The IPL 4 Auction is scheduled in Bangalore from 8th January to 9th January, 2011. You can catch the live stream of the IPL 4 Auction on Set Max. No one knows the name of players who will lead the teams, only time will tell. Every secret will be opened at IPL 4 auctions, so be ready to enjoy it at set max channel.

Pakistan govt agrees for Participation of Pakistani Players in IPL

After long time a good news comes to pakistani players, that the Pakistan Government has agreed for participation of Pakistani Players in IPL. For that reason, Pakistani Players may be seen in the list of Indian Premier League (IPL) auction who have missed last two auctions of IPL.

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A spokesman for the Pakistan foreign ministry explained that the decision of allowing the cricket players for the IPL is based on political pressure between the two neighbor countries.

SET Max raises Ad price for IPL 4

The Indian Premier League (IPL) season 4 will be started in short time and its live broadcaster, Sony SET Max had raised ad rates last weekend which is five times more than regular ad. Recently the price of onion and gold are on fire and now it's time for advertiser, yes they should also pay higher to Sony SET Max for advertising in IPL season 4 cricket matches.

All IPL lovers are much waiting for the season 4; current news related to IPL says that Set Max has increased its rate of ad up to Rs 50,000 per ten seconds in comparison to its regular ad price Rs. 10,000 per ten seconds.

At Bangalore, the IPL auction will be taken place on the 8th and 9th of January 2011 for bidding of the world’s best 350 cricket players for ten teams.

Kumble quits from IPL 4 auction

The former India Test captain and last year’s Royal Challengers Bangalore leg spinner Anil kumble quits from Indian premium league (IPL 4) players’ auction scheduled for January 8 & 9 in Mumbai.

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Kumble takes this decision only just three days before the players’ auction to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Volkswagen signs a deal for IPL season 4 & 5

Recently, Volkswagen has signed a new deal and became the official partners for the 4th & 5th season of the Indian Premier League.

World’s largest automobile manufacture, Volkswagen has signed a deal as the official partner for IPL 4 & 5 season. After BCCI, Volkswagen is the first German car brand who has become official partner of IPL (Indian Premier League) in the wake of the tender floated by Twenty20 league’s governing council for this project. At every IPL Match, the official partners will be received rights include a number of branding and other marketing benefits during the season.

IPL Chairman Chirayu Amin said that, “We are extremely happy to commence what will certainly be a fruitful association with Volkswagen. It is appropriate that two organizations that epitomize dynamism, enterprise and excellence have joined hands.”

350 players to be auctioned for IPL 4 on 8-9 Jan 2011

The auction of IPL season 4 may give us quite different teams and player combination for upcoming matches in 2011. As you know my dear readers this time auction format and rules will be totally changed. All team will be auctioned and it is possible that players of previous game may be auctioned in another IPL team. So can't say anything about IPL teams and player action, we can just wait for auction result and upcoming team fixtures.



When I heard the price of player that auctioned in IPL season 1, it really make me so curious about to know players' auction and their bidding details, team info and many more. In first season indian players topped in bid, but according to recent form of international players it's doesn't seem that indian players will top this time in bidding. Kiron Pollard, David warner, Yusuf pathan, Dale Steyn, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and lots of other players are in a queue for the category of highest bidding player.