IPL 2.0 is all set to start today in South Africa and with a gliterring start in the streets of Cape Town, SA, the show promises to be even more exciting. Rajasthan Royals meets Royal Challengers today. And in another match Mumbai Indians meets Chennai Super Kings. The IPL Season continues upto 24th May 2009, when the finals will be played. Checkout the team details, schedules and other info on IPL Season 2. Checkout Zor se bol for all updates and match analysis.
IPL 2 highlights:
- IPL Season 2, which was scheduled to begin from April 10 in India was pulled out during the last moment due to security reasons. A Shame by Indian Politicans though
- England, South Africa, Dubai were the favorite venue, but ultimately South Africa won the prestigious host for IPL 2.0
- In Total 59 matches will be played at Eight different venues in South Africa in 37 days
- 90% of the tickets were sold within 2 hrs 20 minutes of the booking opening.
- 4000 Indians already landed Sunny South Africa to enjoy the cricket Extravaganza for 5 weeks
- Some of the noted players like Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds and Pakistan Players will be off the fields.
THE SUPER EIGHT
The Royal Challengers
Owner: Vijaya Mallya
Captain: Kevin Pietersen, Jacques Kallis
Indian Stars: Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa
Kolkata Knight Riders
Owner: Shahrukh Khan & Juhi Chawla
Captain: Brendan McCullum
Indian Stars: Sourav Ganguly, Ishant Sharma, Murali Kartik
Deccan Chargers
Owner: Deccan Chronicle
Captain: Adam Gilchrist
Indian Stars: VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, R P Singh
Mumbai Indians
Owner: Mukesh Ambani
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
Indian Stars: Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan
Chennai Super Kings
Owner: N Srinivasan
Captain: M S Dhoni
Indian Stars: Joginder Sharma, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Parthiv Patel
Kings XI Punjab
Owner: Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Mohit Burman, Karan Paul
Captain: Yuvraj Singh
Indian Stars: Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, S Sreesanth
Delhi Daredevils
Owner: GMR Holdings
Captain: Virendra Sewhag
Indian Stars: Dinesh Karthik, Gautam Gambhir
Rajastahn Royals
Owner: Emerging Group, Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra
Captain: Shane Warne
Indian Stars: Munaf Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan
