Yuvraj Singh
Ajitesh Argal
Piyush Chawla
Pankaj Dharmani
Rishi Dhawan
Irfan Pathan
Nitin Saini
VRV Singh
Tanmay Srivastava
Karan Goel
James Hopes
Mahela Jayawardene
Simon Katich
Uday Kaul
Luke Pomersbach
Kumar Sangakkara
Sunny Sohal
Tom Moody *(Coach)
Sahil Kukreja
Brett Lee
Shaun Marsh
Kyle Mills
Wilkin Mota
Ramesh Powar
Ramnaresh Sarwan
S Sreesanth
Kings XI Punjab Players List
May 3, 2008 By 5 Comments
Rajasthan Royals
May 3, 2008 By 1 Comment
Rajasthan Royals is a sports franchise based in Jaipur a pink city of India. Rajasthan Royals is owned by Emerging Media group. This team is owned by Emerging Media group and the whole team is valued at US $67 million., and was bought on January 2008. Rajasthan Royals is least expansive team of IPL.
Fraser Castellino is CEO of the team and legendary spinner Shane Warne, the captain of the team Rajasthan Royals. Coach of the team is Shane Warne, the former leg spinner Australian Cricket Team. Rajasthan Royals have some good players in the team like Morne Morkel, Munaf Patel, Shane Warne, Sohail Tanvir, Shane Watson, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Kamran Akmal, Yusuf Pathan, Justin Langer, Mohammad Kaif and Graeme Smith.
Following are the players taken into the Rajasthan Royals team, with their bidding price.
- Shane Warne (US$ 450,000)
- Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000)
- Younis Khan (US$ 225,000)
- Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000)
- Yusuf Pathan (US$ 475,000)
- Mohammad Kaif (US$ 675,000)
- Munaf Patel (US$ 275,000)
- Justin Langer (US$ 200,000)
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Anoop Revandkar , Taruwar Kohli, Niraj Patel, Aditya Angle, Mahesh Rawat , Swapnil Asnodkar, Ravindra Jadeja and Siddharth Trivedi. Home Ground of team is Sawai Mansingh Stadium with capacity of 60,000.
Administration and coaching staff:
Owner – Emerging Media (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram)
CEO – Fraser Castellino
Coaches:
Head Coach – Shane Warne
High Performance Coach – Jeremy Snape
Physiotherapist – John Gloster
Assistant Coaches – Harish Joshi
Manager – Darren Berry
Mumbai Indians
May 3, 2008 By 3 Comments
Mumbai Indians is a sports franchise based in Mumbai a dream city of India. Mumbai Indians is owned by Reliance Industries Limited through its subsidiary Reliance Retail Ltd. This team is owned by Reliance the whole team is valued at US $119.1 million, and was bought on January 2008. Mumbai Indians is most expensive team of IPL.
Harsha Bhogle is the adviser of the team and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, the captain of the team and also Icon Player for Mumbai. Coach of the team is Lalchand Rajput, the former manager of the Indian Cricket Team. Mumbai Indians have some good players in the team like Loots Bosman, Ashwell Prince, Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya, Luke Ronchi, Robin Uthappa, Shaun Pollock and Lasith Malinga.
Following are the players taken into the Mumbai Indians team, with their bidding price.
- Sachin Tendulkar (icon)
- Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000)
- Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000)
- Shaun Pollock (US$ 550,000)
- Robin Uthappa (US$ 800,000)
- Lasith Malinga (US$ 350,000)
- Dilhara Fernando (US$ 150,000)
- Loots Bosman (US$ 175,000)
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Tiwary, Pinal Shah, Dhaval Kulkarni and Ahish Nehra. Home Ground of team are Wankhede Stadium & DY Patil Stadium, Nerul with capacity of 45,000 & 60,000.
Administration and coaching staff:
Owner – Mukesh Ambani
Director- R Balachandran
Media Adviser – Harsha Bhogle
Brand ambassador – Hrithik Roshan
Coaches:
Head Coach – Coach – Lalchand Rajput
Fielding Coach – Sameer Dighe
Bowling Coach – Subroto Banerjee
Physiotherapist – Dr. Nitin Patel
Kings XI Punjab
May 3, 2008 By 2 Comments
Kings XI Punjab is a sports franchise based in Mohali a city of Punjab. Kings XI Punjab is owned by Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). This team is owned by Preity Zinta the whole team is valued at US$76 million, and was bought on January 2008.
Neil Maxwell is the CEO of the team and Yuvraj Singh, the captain of the team and also Icon Player for Punjab. Coach of the team is Tom Moody, the former coach of Srilanka and former Australian all rounder. Kings XI Punjab have some good players in the team like Yuvraj Singh, Mahela Jayawardene, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Simon Katich, James Hopes, Kumar Sangakkara, Irfan Pathan and Brett Lee.
Following are the players taken into the Kolkata Knight Riders team, with their bidding price.
- Yuvraj Singh (icon)
- Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000)
- Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000)
- Brett Lee (US$ 900,000)
- Shantha Sreesanth (US$ 625,000)
- Irfan Pathan (US$ 925,000)
- Ramesh Powar (US$ 170,000)
- Piyush Chawla (US$ 400,000)
- Simon Katich (US$ 200,000)
- Ramnaresh Sarwan (US$ 225,000)
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Karan Goel, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal, Ramesh Powar, Pankaj Dharmani, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and Vikram Raj Vir Singh. Home Ground of team is PCA Stadium with capacity of 62,000.
Administration and coaching staff:
Owners – Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul & Mohit Burman
CEO – Neil Maxwell.
Coaches:
Head Coach – Tom Moody
Kolkata Knight Riders
May 3, 2008 By 5 Comments
Kolkata Knight Riders, a franchise that represents the city of Joy, Kolkata. Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta. This team is owned by Red Chillies Entertainment and the whole team is valued at US$75m million, and was bought on January 2008.
Joy Bhattacharjee is the CEO of the team and Sourav Ganguly, the captain of the team and also Icon Player for Kolkata. Coach of the team is John Buchanan, the former coach of Australia. Following are the players taken into the Kolkata Knight Riders team, with their bidding price.
- Sourav Ganguly (icon)
- Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000)
- Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000)
- Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000)
- Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000)
- Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000)
- David Hussey (US$ 675,000)
- Ishant Sharma (US$ 950,000)
- Murali Kartik (US$ 425,000)
- Umar Gul (US$ 150,000)
- Tatenda Taibu (US$ 125,000)
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Ashok Dinda, Ranadeb Bose, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Cheteshwar Pujara and Yashpal Singh. Home Ground of team is Eden Gardens Stadium with capacity of 90,000.
Administration and coaching staff:
Owners – Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla & Jai Mehta (Red Chillis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.)
CEO – Joy Bhattacharjee
Coaches:
Head Coach – John Buchanan
Assistant Head Coach – Matthew Mott
Physiotherapist – Andrew Leipus
Physical Trainer – Adrian Le Roux, Michael Buchanan
The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are black and gold.
Delhi Daredevils
May 3, 2008 By 2 Comments
Delhi DareDevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League and the franchise represents the Indian capital city. This team is owned by GMR Group for 10 years and the whole team is valued at US$ $84 million, and was bought on January 2008. Yogesh Shetty is CEO of team run by GMR.
Virender Sehwag, the captain of the team and also icon player of the team and he will be paid US$ 833,750. Coach of the team is Greg Shepperd. Chennai Super Kings have some good players in the team like Virender Sehwag, Virender Sehwag, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shikhar Dhawan, AB de Villiers, Shoaib Malik, Daniel Vettori, and Glenn McGrath. Following are the players taken into the Delhi DareDevils team, with their bidding price.
- Virender Sehwag (icon)
- Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000)
- Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000)
- Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000)
- AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000)
- Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000)
- Farveez Maharoof (US$ 225,000)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$ 250,000)
- Manoj Tiwary (US$ 675,000)
- Gautam Gambhir (US$ 725,000)
- Glenn McGrath (US$ 350,000)
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Amit Mishra, Mithun Manhas, Rajat Bhatia, Manoj Tiwary and Yo Mahesh. Home Ground of team Feroz Shah Kotla ground located in New Delhi with capacity of 40,000.
Administration and coaching staff:
Owners – Cathay Pacific Airlines Ltd.
CEO – Yogesh S.
President – Yogesh S.
Vice President – T. A. Sekhar
Ambassador – Akshay Kumar
Coaches:
Head Coach – Greg Shepperd
Chennai Super Kings
May 3, 2008 By 1 Comment
Chennai Super Kings, a franchise that represents the south Indian city, Chennai. Chennai Super Kings is owned by India Cements. This team is owned by India Cements for 10 years and the whole team is valued at US$ 91 million, and was bought on January 2008. Mr. N. Srinivasan who is the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd., is the owner of the Chennai Super Kings.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of the team and also most priced player (US$ 1,500,000). Coach of the team is Kepler Wessels, the former South African batsmen and captain. Chennai Super Kings have some good players in the team like Muttiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Albie Morkel, Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey. Following are the players taken into the Chennai Super Kings team, with their bidding price.
- Mahendra Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million)
- Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00)
- Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000)
- Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000)
- Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000)
- Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000)
- Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000)
- Albie Morkel (US$ 675,000)
- Suresh Raina (US$ 650,000)
- Makhaya Ntini (US$ 200,000)
- Michael Hussey (US$ 350,000)
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Suresh Raina, Subramaniam Badrinath, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Manpreet Gony and Lakshmipathy Balaji. Home Ground of team is M.A.Chidambaram stadium with capacity of 50,000.
Administration and coaching staff:
Owner – India Cements Ltd.
Ambassadors – Kris Srikkanth and Vijay
Chief Selector – V. B. Chandrasekhar
Coaches:
Head Coach – Kepler Wessels
Physiotherapist – Tommy Simsek
Physical Trainer – Gregory King
Bangalore Royal Challengers
May 3, 2008 By 3 Comments
Royal Challengers, a franchise that represents the IT city, Bangalore Royal Challengers is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, the chairman of UB Group (Kingfisher). This team is owned by UB Group and the whole team is valued at US$111.6 million, and was bought on January 2008. Only Mukesh Ambani spends more money than Vijay Mallya.
Charu Sharma is the CEO of the team and Rahul Dravid, the captain of the team and also Icon Player for Bangalore. Coach of the team is Venkatesh Prasad, the former Indian fast bowler and the present bowling coach of India Martin Crowe, the former New Zealand captain also part of the management. Royal Challengers have some good test players in the team like Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn and Ross Taylor.
Following are the players taken into the Bangalore Royal Challengers team, with their bidding price.
- Rahul Dravid (icon)
- Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000)
- Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000)
- Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000)
- Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000)
- Cameron White (US$ 500,000)
- Wasim Jaffer (US$ 150,000)
- Dale Steyn (US$ 325,000)
- Nathan Bracken (US$ 325,000)
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul (US$ 200,000)
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Sunil Joshi, Devraj Patil, Shreevats Goswami, Bharat Chipli and Under 19 world cup winning captain Virat Kohli. Home Ground of team is M. Chinnaswamy Stadium with capacity of 55,000.
Administration and coaching staff:
Owner – Vijay Mallya
CEO – Charu Sharma
Adviser – Martin Crowe
Ambassadors – Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Ramya, Upendra.
Coaches:
Head Coach – Venkatesh Prasad
Indian Premier League
May 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Indian Premier League or DLF Indian Premier League is a new seasonal cricket league series that is created and handled by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The new form of cricket, i.e. Twenty20 is played by various teams in this cricket league. The first season has started from April 18th, 2008. This year’s tournament has 8 teams participating and players from all around the world have joined in.
Each of the 8 teams are going to play a home ground match and an away match against every other team, which will be followed by semi-finals and then finals on June 1st 2008. Here are the 8 teams that were made for 8 different regions in India -
- Bangalore Royal Challengers
- Chennai Super Kings
- Delhi DareDevils
- Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Kings XI Punjab
- Mumbai Indians
- Rajasthan Royals
On 15 January 2008, India’s Sony Entertainment Television and Singapore’s World Sport Group combined and took the global broadcasting rights of this tournament for the next 10 years for the cost of US$1.026 billion, which was divided into US$918 for the rights and US$108 for promotion of the tournament. The 8 franchises were won by various groups and celebrities, and the teams were announced on January 28th, 2008.
- Mumbai Indians was acquired by Mr. Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries Limited.
- Bangalore Royal Challengers by Dr. Vijay Mallya and United Breweries group.
- Hyderabad Deccan Chargers by Deccan Chronicle.
- Chennai Super Kings by India Cements and N Srinivasan.
- Delhi DareDevils by GMR Holdings.
- Kings XI Punjab by Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur).
- Kolkata Knight Riders by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Mehta and Jai Mehta (Red Chillies Entertainment).
- Rajasthan Royals by Emerging Media: (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram).
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