MUMBAI INDIANS WIN IPL-2 OPENER

The IPL-2 kicked off today at newlands,capetown..the inaugural match was played between chennaisuper kings and the mumbai indians.and mumbai won by 19 runs...While in last season's opener brendon mccullum smashed an unbeaten 153 to set up a crushing victory for his side,this time around the opener got underway with overcast conditions and sachin tendulkar played a brilliantly compiled 59 not out and batted through the 20 0vers to post a competitive total of 166 for 7..the innings was initially subdued and gained momentum as abishek nayar smacked a few out of capetown in a flintoff over and some lusty blows in the final overs saw them post a decent total..THE chennai innings started disastrously as parthiv was gone in the second ball of the innings..hayden and flintoff batted well and looked threatening during their 50 run stand..harbhajan then bowled an excellent spell choking them for runs and accounting for dangerous flintoff...this opened the gates as wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals...dhoni was the only hope the chennai had with more than 30 needed in the last 3 overs..but some great swing bowling from malinga took mumbai home comfortably by 19 runs...

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WITH OUT INDIA...

The disaappointment of indian premier league not taking place in india is fading slowly as we get ready for it to kick off on the 18 th of april...being a chennai super kings and sachin supporter i could not ask for anything more as the opening match is between CSK AND mumbai indians at the wanderers in JO'BERG...DURBAN which was india's hunting ground in the t20 world cup gets to host the bulk of the matches during the tournament..it hosts 16 matches ...with both semi-final and final going to JO'BERG....its exciting to hear that atleast the tournament is going underway..looking forward for a great season of ipl-2...

IPL 2009 SCHEDULE

DATE: FIXTURE TIME

Apr 10, 2009 Friday Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 11, 2009 Saturday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 11, 2009 Saturday Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 12, 2009 Sunday Delhi Daredevils Vs Punjab Kings 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 12, 2009 Sunday Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 13, 2009 Monday Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 14, 2009 Tuesday Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 15, 2009 Wednesday Punjab Kings Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 16, 2009 Thursday Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 16, 2009 Thursday Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 17, 2009 Friday Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 18, 2009 Saturday Punjab Kings Vs Deccan Chargers 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 18, 2009 Saturday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 19, 2009 Sunday Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 19, 2009 Sunday Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 20, 2009 Monday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Punjab Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 21, 2009 Tuesday Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 22, 2009 Wednesday Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 23, 2009 Thursday Royal Challengers Vs Punjab Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 24, 2009 Friday Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 25, 2009 Saturday Delhi Daredevils Vs Royal Challengers 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 25, 2009 Saturday Chennai Super Kings Vs Punjab Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 26, 2009 Sunday Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 26, 2009 Sunday Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 27, 2009 Monday Punjab Kings Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 28, 2009 Tuesday Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 29, 2009 Wednesday Punjab Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals 16:00 - 19:00
Apr 29, 2009 Wednesday Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
Apr 30, 2009 Thursday Deccan Chargers Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
May 01, 2009 Friday Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
May 02, 2009 Saturday Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers 16:00 - 19:00
May 02, 2009 Saturday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
May 03, 2009 Sunday Punjab Kings Vs Chennai Super Kings 16:00 - 19:00
May 03, 2009 Sunday Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
May 04, 2009 Monday Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
May 05, 2009 Tuesday Delhi Daredevils Vs Chennai Super Kings 20:00 - 23:00
May 06, 2009 Wednesday Rajasthan Royals Vs Punjab Kings 16:00 - 19:00
May 06, 2009 Wednesday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
May 07, 2009 Thursday Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers 20:00 - 23:00
May 08, 2009 Friday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings 20:00 - 23:00
May 09, 2009 Saturday Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians 16:00 - 19:00
May 09, 2009 Saturday Punjab Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils 20:00 - 23:00
May 10, 2009 Sunday Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
May 11, 2009 Monday Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals 20:00 - 23:00
May 12, 2009 Tuesday Mumbai Indians Vs Punjab Kings 16:00 - 19:00
May 12, 2009 Tuesday Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers 20:00 - 23:00
May 13, 2009 Wednesday Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers 20:00 - 23:00
May 14, 2009 Thursday Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings 16:00 - 19:00
May 14, 2009 Thursday Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers 20:00 - 23:00
May 15, 2009 Friday Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
May 16, 2009 Saturday Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 16:00 - 19:00
May 16, 2009 Saturday Deccan Chargers Vs Punjab Kings 20:00 - 23:00
May 17, 2009 Sunday Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Challengers 16:00 - 19:00
May 17, 2009 Sunday Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians 20:00 - 23:00
May 18, 2009 Monday Punjab Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 20:00 - 23:00
May 19, 2009 Tuesday Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings 20:00 - 23:00
Semi Finals:
May 21, 2009 Thursday Semi Final at Chennai 20:00 - 23:00
May 22, 2009 Friday Semi Final at Chennai 20:00 - 23:00
Final:
May 24, 2009 Sunday Final at Mumbai 20:00 - 23:00


*this is just a tentative schedule.it is subjected to change

My favorite player auctioned in IPL

Chennai Super Kings: MS 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)
Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000), VVS Laxman (US$ 375,000), Rohit Sharma (US$ 750,000), Chamara Silva (US$ 100,000)
Kolkata 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)

I will support for these teams in The IPL tournament. Especially chennai and kolkatta. They are very strong. I think jaipur and bangalore are worst team in the IPL. They will sure to lose in the tournament.