***Official*** IPL 2009

[G.I.Joe]

The schedule is out : Matches to be held in 8 cities: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, East London, Kimberley, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth. Although there are 8 cities selected, seems there are no team-wise "homes".

April 18: Rajasthan Royals (Atul Sharma) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) (4 pm) at Cape Town; Mumbai Indians (MI) v Chennai Super Kings (CSK) (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) v Deccan Chargers (DC) (4 pm) at Cape Town; Delhi Daredevils (DD) v Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 21: Atul Sharma v MI (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v KXIP (8 pm) at Durban
April 22: DD v CSK (4 pm) at Durban; RCB v DC (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 23: KKR v Atul Sharma (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 24: KXIP v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg
April 25: KKR v CSK (4 pm) at Cape Town; DC v MI (8 pm) at Durban
April 26: Atul Sharma v KXIP (4 pm) at Cape Town; RCB v DD (8 pm) Port Elizabeth
April 27: KKR v MI (4 pm) at Cape Town; CSK v DC (8 pm) at Durban
April 28: DD v Atul Sharma (4 pm) at Pretoria
April 29: MI v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v RCB (8 pm) at Durban
April 30: DD v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria; Atul Sharma v CSK (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 1: RCB v KXIP (4 pm) at East London; MI v KKR (8 pm) at Durban
May 2: Atul Sharma v DC (4 pm) at Johannesburg; CSK v DD (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 3: MI v RCB (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v KKR (8 pm) at East London
May 4: DC v CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 5: DD v KKR (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v Atul Sharma (8 pm) at Durban
May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria
May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) at Pretoria; RCB v Atul Sharma (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 8: DD v MI (4 pm) at East London
May 9: DC v KXIP (4 pm) at Bloemfontein; CSK v Atul Sharma (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 10: KKR v DD (4 pm) at East London; RCB v MI (8 pm) at Johannesburg
May 11: DC v Atul Sharma (4 pm) at Bloemfontein
May 12: RCB v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria; KXIP v MI (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 13: DC v DD (4 pm) at Durban
May 14: MI v Atul Sharma (4 pm) at Durban; CSK v RCB (8 pm) at Durban
May 15: KXIP v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley
May 16: CSK v MI (4 pm) at Johannesburg; DC v KKR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 17: Atul Sharma v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley; KXIP v DC (8 pm) at Johannesburg
May 18: CSK v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria
May 19: DD v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg
May 20: CSK v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; Atul Sharma v KKR (8 pm) at Durban
May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) at Pretoria; MI v DD (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 22: Semi Final 1 at Pretoria
May 23: Semi Final 2 at Johannesburg
May 24: Atul Sharma

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[Burpmybelly]

Corrected

Atul Sharma plays directly in the finals??

 

[Goughy]

By Pretoria Im guessing they mean Centurian or are they actually playing in Pretoria?

 

[biased indian]

By Pretoria Im guessing they mean Centurian or are they actually playing in Pretoria?

yep its Centurion Park in Pretoria

 

[Goughy]

yep its Centurion Park in Pretoria

I thought it must be. Though Centurian isnt actually in Pretoria.

 

[TT Boy]

Kolkata have signed up Charl Langeveldt. Top signing, one of the best 20/20 bowlers going and it gives their depleted pace attack (no Gul or Shoaib) some class and experience.

 

[TT Boy]

Ryan McLaren has signed for Mumbai.

 

[Uppercut]

I am sorry to say but your location 'Sunderland' translates to "Beautiful Dick".

Haha, in what language?

 

[four_or_six]

How can any teams possibly need more players?

 

[TT Boy]

How can any teams possibly need more players?

Aus play Pak and England Windies means a number of international players won't be available. Also, I think a poster on here said that South Africans not signed in the auction will count as local (i.e. Indian) players but I haven't seen that reported anywhere else, though it makes sense.

 

[Manee]

Kolkata have signed up Charl Langeveldt. Top signing, one of the best 20/20 bowlers going and it gives their depleted pace attack (no Gul or Shoaib) some class and experience.

Yeh, tend to vaguely follow the SA domestic scorecards and he is always putting in an economical spell or taking some wickets.

Ryan McLaren has signed for Mumbai.

Great signing.

 

[kingkallis]

Kolkata have signed up Charl Langeveldt. Top signing, one of the best 20/20 bowlers going and it gives their depleted pace attack (no Gul or Shoaib) some class and experience.

Fantastic! A good catch by Buchanan!

 

[kingkallis]

Haha, in what language?

In Hindi!

Sunder = Beautiful
Land = You know it now

 

[kingkallis]

Yeah, I'm not used to thinking of elections in this way, I kind of think of them as a one-day thing that doesn't really make any impact in terms of going about usual business.

You aint an Indian citizen

 

[four_or_six]

Apparently Tait may not be cleared as fit to play. That could be a blow for the Royals, although Dimi and Henderson are both good T20 bowlers.

I'm interested to see how Warne does. He says he hasn't bowled at all since last time. Will he perform well enough to take up one of the international slots?

 

[biased indian]

if Bond is released by ICL i am sure some teams will like to have him in IPL

 

[TT Boy]

Apparently Tait may not be cleared as fit to play. That could be a blow for the Royals, although Dimi and Henderson are both good T20 bowlers.

I'm interested to see how Warne does. He says he hasn't bowled at all since last time. Will he perform well enough to take up one of the international slots?

No problem. Don’t they have that Indian fellow who bowls 100mph?

Morne is a good 20/20 bowler. He would have formed a good partnership with Tait.

Saw Warney on TV the other day and it was the biggest I have ever seen him...

 

[four_or_six]

No problem. Don’t they have that Indian fellow who bowls 100mph?

Morne is a good 20/20 bowler. He would have formed a good partnership with Tait.

Saw Warney on TV the other day and it was the biggest I have ever seen him...

Keep forgetting about Morne, probably because he missed last year.

 

[Ultimate]

I am eagerly waiting for season 2 of IPL. I expect it will be as interesting as IPL1

 

[cowboysfan]

edit-wrong thread.