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IPL 2 Schedule - Indian Premier League 2009 Schedule Announced
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by Ravi Dixit | March 26, 2009 at 09:00 pm
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IPL that has Moved out of India to its new home for this year has now announced its schedule. Most importantly there will be no home ground for any team. The 45 day tournament that was supposed to start in India on 10th April, has now been truncated to a 37 day tournament and is starting on 18th April in Newlands Cape Town, South Africa. In All 59 IPL matches will be played across 8 venues as mentioned below.
However the new schedule is still not up on the Officel IPL website.
It will mean that the teams will have to do a bit a travel between these venues but it will be worth their while for the players for the monies that they are getting for this effort. The 2008 edition was played across 9 venues and 8 cities with two venues in Mumbai itself.
Kingsmead in Durban, which has a large number of South Asians, has been alloted the lion's share of 16 matches while the Centurion Park in Pretoria would host 12 ties.
The Wanderers in Johannesburg and Newlands in Cape Town come next best with eight matches each, with the latter playing host to four of these on the first two days of the cash-rich, high-profile competition.
Seven matches are to be held in St George's Park in Port Elizabeth while Buffalo Park in East London has been allotted four matches.
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The first match following the opening ceremony will be between last years winners Rajasthan Royals led by Shane Warne and Royal Challengers. Royal Challengers will take the ground under a new captain Kevin Pietersen. On teh same day the second match will see Mumbai Indians under Sachin Tendulkar clashing with Chennai Super Kings.
Grounds where the matches will be played aer as under:
1. Newlands, Cape Town
2. St. George Park, Port Elizabeth
3. Kingsmead, Durban
4. Wanderers, Jo'burg
5. Supersport Park, Pretoria
6. Buffalo Park, East London
7. Outsurance Park, Bloemfontein
8. De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Semi Finals to be played on 21st and 22nd April @ Supersport Park, Pretoria & Wanderers, Jo'burg
And the FINALS WILL BE held at Wanderers, Jo'burg on 24th May 2009.
Complete Schedule of IPL 2009 in South Africa:
April Schedule: All Timings in IST for readers in India.
April 18: Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore (4 pm) at Cape Town;
Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings (8pm) at Cape Town
April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers (4 pm) at Cape Town
Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab (8 pm) at Cape Town.
April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth.
April 21: RR 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 RR (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: RR v KXIP (4 pm) at Cape Town; RCB v DD (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 27: KKR v MI (4 pm) at Cape Town; CSK v DC (8 pm) at Durban.
April 28: DD v RR (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; RR v CSK (8 pm) at Pretoria.
IPL May Schedule: All timings in IST.
May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria
May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) at Pretoria; RCB v RR (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 RR (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 RR (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 RR (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: RR 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; RR v KKR (8 pm) at Durban
May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) at Pretoria; MI v DD (8 pm) at Pretoria
Defending champions Rajasthan Royals will take on Royal Challengers in the first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Newlands, Cape Town April 18.
These are the kind og monies that have been paid out to get the best cricketers to come in and play in the league.
Sr. NOPlayer Name Nationality Speciality Reserve Price US$ Winning Bid US$ Winning Franchise 1 Shaun Tait Australia/SA Bowler 250,000 375,000 Rajasthan Royals 2 Kevin Pieterson England Batsman 1,350,000 1,550,000 Royal Challengers 3 Andrew Flintoff England All rounder 950,000 1,550,000 Super Kings 4 J P Duminy South Africa Batsman 300,000 950,000
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at 21:26 on March 26th, 2009
Thanks for the comprehensive piece, Ravi.
at 21:29 on March 26th, 2009
IPL is a big rage in India and have tried to get every piece of information in one place. Last time it was a huge on ground and television event, but crashing it into 37 days? will it work or not is something to be seen.
Thanks for your comments.
at 21:52 on March 26th, 2009
Nice work, Ravi.
at 22:11 on March 26th, 2009
It is shocking for millons of the passinate cricket fans, elitisation of cricket will serve the businessman not the cricket in long run.
Security of players is under threat any where in the world, but the political fear of loosing the attention in the election time, is also not solved.
Security threat is there, and political agenda is also not solved, so whole episode of shifting venue is useless.
at 22:21 on March 26th, 2009
Hi Amit,
I think IPL is all about great showbiz and the saying goes like this.. the show must go on. This was the best possible solution. Inconvenient for sporting fans.. but will make for great television :-).
Its better to be safe than sorry!!
Thanks for your comments and reco.
Ravi
at 21:29 on April 9th, 2009
IPL is nothing but just a waistage of time and money not only this it is also decreasing the value of internation cricket in earlier times every game whether it is football cricket etc and many more games were used to play for the Pride of the nations but now because of this tournament and Players are playing for there financial benifits they are not focusing on there national pride but moreover they are focusing for this types of the tournaments where they can earn more and more money
Not only they are selling themselves in the hands of the celebrities and politicians but also slapping there teammates of the country with whome they will have to play for the nation
at 03:40 on April 15th, 2009
Mumbai Indian is the favourite team to win the IPL this yera.........
this team will rock this session......
at 06:05 on April 16th, 2009
ipl would only be won by the chennai super kings
superkings will crush down all other uselessly fighting teams
at 20:28 on April 17th, 2009
IPL is really the huge blow of attraction for all the indians as well as all the short overs cricket lover. i think the entire world will watch out this game due to the completeness of enjoyment,excitement and more over lack of boring ness can be felt..
at 20:41 on April 23rd, 2009
Its great to see ipl is back this year. i think Deccan charges will this year.
at 07:16 on April 26th, 2009
I like new idea of ipl 20,20 cricket but this time will be boring without Pakistani players.
Waseem ZIA
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