Chennai Hosting the 2012 IPL Opening Game

 Guess who's hosting the opening game for 2012 IPL, the coming year - ofcourse Chennai! Chennai Super Kings have emerged as Leaders after two consecutive wins in IPL 2010 and IPL 2011. Moreover Chennai being the homeground of Chennai Super Kings is on the top of the world to host the opening ceremony. The forthcoming IPL 2012 Tournament is about to begin from 4th of April 2012. Though not much could be spoken about the schedule and IPL 2012 team, yet this popular tournament which will be carried out for the course of 54 days this year in 2012 will have its opening ceremony in Chennai for sure. This would be Chennai 2nd opportunity to host the opening ceremony as they did host one in 2010, where they also went on to win the title.

DLF IPL 2012 Dates Announced

The 2012 DLF IPL dates have been announced by the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India). Accordingly the forthcoming IPL 2012 is scheduled from 4th of April 2012 and would end on 27th May 2012. In all 74 matches will be played and many of the players who played last year may be retained.

Event: DLF IPL 2012

Event Date: 4th April to 27th May 2012

More info to come..

Daniel Vettori leads Royal Challenger Bangalore for IPL 2011

Daniel Vettori to take over Anil Kumble this year for IPL 2011 and as he is the new captain for Royal Challengers. Anil Kumble has been the captain for Royal Challengers for last three seasons and the team did really well. So what they never won, but they did exhibit a good game. With the retirement of Anil Kumble this year, the New Zealand Team captain Daniel Vettori will take over as the captain for Royal Challengers Bangalore for current IPL 2011. Anil Kumble however will still be the part of the squad by staying as its mentor.

Read more: Royal Challengers Squad for IPL 2011

Royal Challengers Squad for IPL 2011

Royal Challengers Squad for IPL 2011:

Daniel Vettori (captain)
Mayank Agarwal
Sreenath Aravind
Arun Karthik
BN Bharath
Raju Bhatkal
Tilakratne Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Muralidharan Gautam
Nuwan Pradeep
Mohammed Kaif
Abrar Kazi
Zaheer Khan
Virat Kohli
Charl Langeweldt
Abhhimanyu Mithun
Dirk Nannes
Ryan Ninan
Asad Pathan
Luke Pomersbach
Cheteshwar Pujara
Rilee Rossouw
Johan Van der Wath
Jonathan Vandiar
Saurabh Tiwary

Read: IPL 2011 Schedule 

Kolkata Knight Rider Squad for IPL 2011

Kolkata Knight Rider Squad for IPL 2011:

Gautam Gambhir (captain)
Sarabjit Ladda
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Rajat Bhatia
Shreevats Goswami
Manvinder Bisla
Brad Haddin
Iqbal Abdulla
Jacques Kallis
Brett Lee
Yusuf Pathan
Eoin Morgan
James Pattinson
Pradeep Sangwan
Shakib Al Hasan
Shami Ahmed
Laxmi Shukla
Ryan Ten Doeschate
Manoj Tiwary
Jaidev Unadkat

Read: IPL 2011 Schedule 

Rajasthan Royal Squad for IPL 2011

Rajasthan Royal Squad for IPL 2011:

Shane Warne (captain)
Amit Singh
Swapnil Asnodkar
Stuart Binny
Johan Botha
Deepak Chahar
Ankeet CHavan
Aakash Chopra
Aditya Dole
Nayan Doshi
Rahul Dravid
Samad Fallah
Faiz Fazal
Ashok Menaria
Sumit Narwal
Jacob Oram
Pankaj Singh
Amot Paunikar
Ajinkya Rahane
Abhishek Raut
Dinesh Salunkhe
Pinal Shah
Shuan Tait
Ross Taylor
Shane Watson
Siddharth Trivedi
Paul Collingwood
Dishant Yagnik

Read: IPL 2011 Schedule

Kings XI Punjab squad for IPL 2011

Kings XI Punjab squad for IPL 2011:

Adam Gilchrist (captain)
Abhishek Nayar
David Hussey
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Dinesh Karthik
Love Ablish
Piyush Chawla
Praveen Kumar
Ryan Harris
Shaun Marsh
Stuart Broad
Vikramjeet Malik
Shalabh Srivastava
Sunny Singh
Nitin Saini
Siddharth Chitnis

 Read: IPL 2011 Schedule

Delhi Daredevils team for IPL 2011

Delhi Daredevils team for IPL 2011:

Virendra Sehwag (captain)
Varun Aaron
Ajit Agarkar
Travis Birt
Robin Bist
Unmukt Chand
Ajit Chandila
Ashok Dinda
Aaron Finch
Robert Frylinck
James Hopes
Morne Morkel
Colin Ingram
Andrew McDonald
Shabaz Nadeem
Yogesh Nagar
Prashant Naik
Rajesh Pawar
Naman Ojha
Aavishkar Salvi
Irfan Pathan
Sridharan Sriram
Vikas Mishra
Tejashri Yadav
David Warner
Venugopal Rao
Umesh Yadav
Vivek Yadav

Read: IPL 2011 Schedule

Sahara Pune Warrior Team for IPL 2011

The new entrant Pune Warrior Team for IPL 2011 includes:

Yuvraj Singh (captain)
Imtiyaz Ahmed
Eklavya Dwivedi
Callum Fergusson
Ganesh Gaikwad
Harpreet Singh
Dheeraj Jadhav
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Kamran Khan
Murali Kartik
Harshad Khadiwale
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Nathan McCullum
Mithun Manhas
Mitchell Marsh
Angelo Mathews
Mohnish Mishra
Shrikant Mundhe
Ashish Nehra
Tim Paine
Manish Pandey
Wayne Parnell
Sachin Rana
Jesse Ryder
Graeme Smith
Jerome Taylor
Alfonso Thomas
Rahul Sharma
Shrikant Wagh
Robin Uttappa

Read: IPL 2011 Schedule

Kochi Tuskers Team for IPL 2011

The new entrant Kochi Team for IPL 2011 includes:

Mahila Jayawardhane (captain)
VVS Laxman
Brad Hodge
Owais Shah
Michael Klinger
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sreesanth
RP Singh
Ramesh Powar
Vinay Kumar
Steve O'Keefe
Ravindra Jadeja
Steven Smith
Thisara Perera
John Hastings
Brendon Mccullum
Parthiv Patel

Read: IPL 2011 Schedule

Mumbai Indians Team for IPL 2011

Mumbai Indian Team for IPL 2011 includes players like:

Sachin Tendulkar
Abu Nechim
Aiden Blizzard
Dilhara Fernando
Yuzvendra Chahal
James Franklin
Moises Henriques
Harbhajan Singh
Davy Jacobs
Sarul Kanwar
Lasith Malinga
Dhawal Kulkarni
Munaf Patel
Ali Murtaza
Kieron Pollard
Ambati Rayudu
Rajagopal Sathish
Rohit Sharma
Tirumalasetti Suman
Pawan Suyal
Andrew Symonds
Aditya Tare
Santosh Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav
Clint McKay

Read: IPL 2011 Schedule

Chennai Super Kings Team for IPL 2011

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Chennai Super Kings Team lists few new entrants. New Team with more power. Here's the list for IPL 2011:

MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI
Suresh Raina
Murali Vijay
Subramanium Badrinath
Michael Hussey
Aniruddha Srikkanth
Shri Vasudeva Das
Abhinav Mukund
Albie Morkel
Faf du Plessis
Scott Styris
Dwayne Bravo
Suraj Randiv
Gnapathy Vignesh
Wriddhiman Saha
Shadab Jakati
Doug Bollinger
Ravichandran Ashwin
Tim Southee
Sudeep Tyaagi
Nuwan Kulasekara
Joginder Sharma
Yo Mahesh
George Bailey

 Read: IPL 2011 Schedule

IPL 2011 Schedule

8th April: Chennai Super Kings Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders - In Chennai at 8:00 pm

9th April: Deccan Chargers Vs. Rajasthan Royals - In Hyderabad at 4:00 pm
9th April: Kochi Vs Royal Challengers - In Kochi at 8:00 pm

10th April: Delhi Daredevils Vs. Mumbai Indians - In Delhi at 4:00 pm
10th April: Pune Warriors Vs. Kings XI Punjab  - In Navi Mumbai at 8:00 pm

11th April: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Deccan Chargers - In Kolkata at 8:00 pm

12th April: Rajasthan Royals Vs. Delhi Daredevils - In Jaipur at 4:00 pm
12th April: Royal Challengers Vs. Mumbai Indians - In Bangalore at 8:00 pm

13th April: Pune Warriors Vs. Kochi - In Navi Mumbai at 4:00 pm
13th April: Kings XI Punjab Vs. Chennai Super Kings - In Mohali at 8:00pm

14th April: Deccan Chargers Vs. Royal Challengers - In Hyderabad at 8:00 pm

15th April: Mumbai Indians Vs. Kochi - In Mumbai at 4:00 pm
15th April: Delhi Daredevils Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders - In Delhi at 8:00 pm

16th April: Deccan Chargers Vs. Kings XI Punjab - In Hyderabad at 8:00 pm

17th April: Rajasthan Royals Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders - In Jaipur at 4:00 pm
17th April: Pune Warriors Vs. Delhi Daredevils - In Navi Mumbai at 8:00 pm

18th April: Kochi Vs. Chennai Super Kings - In Kochi at 8:00 pm

19th April: Delhi Daredevils Vs. Deccan Chargers - In Delhi at 4:00 pm
19th April: Royal CHallengers Vs. Rajasthan Royal - In Bangalore at 8:00 pm

20th April: Mumbai Indians Vs. Pune Warriors - In Mumbai at 4:00 pm
20th April: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Kochi - In Kolkata at 8:00 pm

21st April: Kings XI Punjab Vs. Rajasthan Royals - In Mohali at 8:00 pm

22nd April: Mumbai Indians Vs. Chennai Super Kings - In Mumbai at 8:00 pm

23rd April: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Royal Challengers - In Kolkata at 4:00 pm
23rd April: Delhi Daredevils Vs. Kings XI Punjab - In Delhi at 8:00 pm

24th April: Deccan Chargers Vs. Mumbai Indians - In Hyderabad at 4: 00 pm
24th April: Rajasthan Royals Vs. Kochi - In Jaipur at 8:00 pm

25th April: Chennai Super Kings Vs. Pune Warriors - In CHennai at 8:00 pm

26th April: Delhi Daredevils Vs. Royal Challengers - In Delhi at 8:00 pm

27th April: Pune Warriors Vs. Chennai Super Kings - In Navi Mumbai at 4:00 pm
27th April: Kochi Vs. Deccan Chargers - In Kochi at 8:00 pm

28th April: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Kings XI Punjab - In Kolkata at 4:00 pm
28th April: Rajasthan Royals Vs. Mumbai Indians - In Jaipur at 8:00 pm

29th April: Royal CHallengers Vs. Pune Warriors - In Bangalore at 8:00 pm

30th April: Kochi Vs. Delhi Daredevils - In Kochi at 4:00 pm
30th April: Mumbai Indians Vs. Kings XI Punjab - In Mumbai at 8:00 pm

1st May: Rajasthan Royals Vs. Pune Warriors - In Jaipur at 4:00 pm
1st May: Chennai Super Kings Vs. Deccan Chargers - In Chennai at 8:00 pm

2nd May: Delhi Daredevils Vs. Kochi - In Delhi at 8:00 pm

3rd May: Deccan Chargers Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders - In Hyderabad at 8:00 pm

4th May: Chennai Super Kings Vs. Rajasthan Royals - In Chennai at 4:00 pm
4th May: Pune Warriors Vs. Mumbai Indians - In Navi Mumbai at 8:00 pm

5th May: Kochi Vs. Kolkata Knightriders - In Kochi at 4:00 pm
5th May: Deccan Chargers Vs. Delhi Daredevils - In Hyderabad at 8:00 pm

6th May: Royal CHallengers Vs. Kings XI Punjab - In Bangalore at 8:00 pm

7th May: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Chennai Super Kings - In Kolkata at 4:00 pm
7th May: Mumbai Indians  V s. Delhi Daredevils - In Mumbai at 8:00 pm

8th May: Royal Challengers Vs. Kochi - In Bangalore at 4:00 pm
8th May: Kings XI Punjab Vs. Pune Warriors - In Mohali at 8:00 pm

9th May: Rajasthan Royals Vs. Chennai Super Kings - In Jaipur at 8:00 pm

10th May: Kings XI Punjab Vs. Mumbai Indians - In Mohali at 4:00 pm
10th May: Deccan Chargers Vs. Pune Warriors - In Hyderabad at 8:00 pm

11th May: Rajasthan Royals Vs. Royal CHallengers - In Jaipur at 8:00 pm

12th May: Chennai Super kings Vs. Delhi Daredevils - In Chennai at 8:00 pm

13th May: Kochi Vs. Kings XI Punjab - In Indore at 8:00 pm

14th May: Mumbai Indians Vs. Deccan Chargers - In Mumbai at 4:00 pm
14th May: Royal Challengers Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders - In Bangalore at 8:00 pm

15th May: Kings XI Punjab Vs. Delhi Daredevils - In Dharamshala at 4:00 pm
15th May: Kochi Vs. Rajasthan Royals - In Indore at 8:00 pm

16th May: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Mumbai Indians - In Kolkata at 8:00 pm

17th May: Pune Warriors Vs. Deccan Chargers - In Pune at 8:00 pm

18th May: Kings XI Punjab Vs. Royal CHallengers - In Dharamshala at 4:00 pm
18th May: Chennai Super Kings Vs. Kochi - In Chennai at 8:00 pm

19th May: Pune Warriors Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders - In Pune at 8:00 pm

20th May: Mumbai Indians Vs. Rajasthan Royals - In Mumbai at 8:00 pm

21st May: Kings XI Punjab Vs. Deccan Chargers - In Dharamshala at 4:00 pm
21st May: Delhi Dare Devils Vs. Pune Warriors - In Delhi at 8:00 pm

22nd May: Royal Challengers Vs. Chennai Super Kings - In Bangalore at 4:00 pm
22nd May: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Rajasthan Royals - In Kolkata at 8:00 pm

24th May: Qualifier 1 - In Mumbai at 8:00 pm

25th May: Eliminator - In Mumbai at 8:00 pm

27th May: Qualifier 2 - In Chennai at 8:00 pm

28th May: Final - In Chennai at 8:00 pm

DLF IPL 2011

So IPL 2011 is making its mark from 8th April 2011. The ICC World Cup 2011 fever was just getting over and here comes IPL 2011 20-20. This year there are few changes though with arrival of new teams and no more Lalit Modi. So we have Kochi TeaM as the new entrant.

Till now there have been 3 IPL Matches so far. The winners till date are:

- Rajasthan Royals who won the first IPL in 2008.

- Deccan Chargers who won 2nd IPL in year 2009.

- And finally in the 3rd year it was Chennai Super Kings who won the IPL for 2010.

Lets see who would be the 4th? Any guesses..

Read: IPL 2011 Schedule