Dlf ipl cricket games 2009

Prior to selecting South Africa as the hosting country, IPL officials considered several other locations, including England. However, due to weather concerns, South Africa was chosen instead. Squads can now have ten international players, up from eight, although they are still only allowed to field four of them at any one time.

English cricketers can participate in the tournament for the first time this year and are allowed to participate in the 21 days between their West Indies tour and their return to England. Finally, the player purchase cap was increased, going from five million to seven million. Many international players who played in the IPL season signed multi-season deals, so many of them will be returning for Several teams sent scouts to international games to find new, up-and-coming players to sign.

No drafts were considered for , although one team, the Kolkata Knight Riders, have begun searching for young Indian players. There were few trades made before the season began. The IPL will see a few interesting and controversial moves by several teams.

Graem Smith and Yusuf Pathan to show some great performance. Delhi Daredevils is one of the favorite to win the IPL with a very balanced side in all departments. They won the 1st rain hit match convincingly and likely to retain the same team. Chennai Super Kings bounced back after defeat in the 1st match and won 2nd match by huge margin of 92 runs.

They also retain the same winning team as Hayden is in good touch. Buchanan seemed keen on trying out an all new strategy of having rotating captaincy to a team.

Ganguly however insists that as a professional, he will give his best to the team at whatever position he is. On the other hand, McCullum who played only four matches in the first season is slated to be free to play for the whole of the second season of IPL. Last year McCullum gave KKR a blazing start, if he maintains that level of performance this year, he might prove to be an invaluable asset to the team as captain. Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kings XI Punjab.