So friend the fever of IPL cricket is on, and internet has become the part of the fever. According to BBC world, It is new Indian revolution, the tournament will change the face of cricket forever. Today I am browsing all the official sites of 8 teams in IPL. Its excitement is no less than that of world cup cricket. For every IPL team there is a separate official website. However very few people know that Indian Cricket team and control board have not any official website. BCCI’s bcci.tv redirects to ticketpro.in. All the 8 teams are packed with start players. The competition is real tough due to plenty of talents. It is great opportunity for Twenty/20 to grow around the world. Twenty20 has become big revenue earner for BCCI and its perfect combination with IPL has overshadowed the English county season. This time cinema and cricket are together. It is a great trend and it has a great future because at the end of the day both of them are fields of entertainment and would benefit their viewers. There will be 59 matches on home and away basis in 44 days, very similar to the football leagues in Europe.
Now let’s discuss more about all the 8 teams of IPL –
Mumbai Indians – Mumbai Indians represents the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League cricket. Sachin Tendulkar is captain and icon player for the team and the team is coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former Manager of the Indian Cricket Team. Bollywood Actor Hrithik Roshan is the Brand Ambassador of the team. Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited is the owner of this team.
Royal Challengers represents the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament. Liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, the chairman of UB Group is the owner of the team. Charu Sharma is the CEO of the team and Rahul Dravid, the captain and Icon player of the team. Venkatesh Prasad, the former Indian fast bowler and the present bowling coach of Indian cricket team is also the coach of this team.
Deccan Chargers represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by V.V.S. Laxman and coached by Robin Singh, presently the fielding coach of the Indian cricket team. There is no Icon Player for the team.
Chennai Super Kings represents the city of Chennai in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest-paid IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels.
Delhi DareDevils represents the city of Delhi in the Indian Premier League cricket. The team is owned by the GMR Group. Virender Sehwag is the captain and the Icon Player of the team.
Kings XI Punjab represents the city of Mohali in Indian Premier League cricket. Yuvraj Singh is captain and also the Icon Player, Tom Moody is the coach for this team. India middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh is the designated icon player for the franchise and will also captain the team. In addition to Yuvraj, the team also contains the Indian allrounder Irfan Pathan, super fast Brett Lee and the Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are other important players.
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Kolkata Knight Riders represents Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. It was bought by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta. Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team is the icon player and the captain of the team. The team also includes the Australian captain Ricky Ponting, allrounder Chris Gayle and wicket keeper batsman Brendon McCullum. The other important players are Shoaib Akhtar, Ishant Sharma, Umar Gul. Others include Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik and David Hussey.
Rajasthan Royals represents the city of Jaipur in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led and coached by Shane Warne. There is no Icon Player for the team. It is the only IPL team to have a foreign captain and playing coach. The team’s mascot is a lion named Moochu Singh. The team anthem, ‘Halla Bol’, has been sung by Ila Arun. Leicestershire spinner Jeremy Snape is the coach of this team.
More IPL resources from world wide web ::
- IPL Cricket on Squidoo
- Indian Premier League Cricket Blog
- Latest information and live feed on IPL cricket.
- IPL cricket forums.
- Online magazine for IPL cricket.
- IPL cricket (yet another blog)
- IPL on The Times of India newspaper.
- IPL latest cricket news.
- Heroes of IPL cricket.
- Show live score of IPL on your website or blog.
- Live IPL cricket.
- Indian Premier League Live score and Commentary
- The Unofficial IPL blog.
- Buy Tickets online.
- IPL statistics online.
- Live Cricket Score from WidgetBox.
- IPL videos on YouTube.
- Watch IPL matches online.
- IPL on CricHome.
- IPL on Cricketnext.
- IPL on Live Cricket Scores.
How to get the IPL tickets ?
Bangalore Tickets
Online booking: http://www.ticketpro.in/ipl/buy_tickets.html
Hotline Numbers: All India: 99101 18888, Bangalore: 99002 38888
Chennai Tickets
Online booking: http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/ticket/ticket.aspx
Buying: Tickets available from April 11th noon at M.A. Chidambaram stadium, chepauk, Chennai
Delhi Tickets
Online booking: http://www.kyazoonga.com/delhidaredevils/default.aspx
Hotline Numbers: Call 011 4307-1010 to book tickets
Tickets also sold at box-office in Ambedkar Stadium.
Hyderabad Tickets
Online booking: http://www.deccanchargers.com/node/835
Hotline Numbers: For all queries on Online Ticketing, please call 040 66250311 between 7 AM and 10 PM on all days.
Tickets available at ICICI Bank Branches
From 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on April 12(Twin Cities only)
From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 13 and 14 (All Locations)
ICICI Branch Locations: http://www.deccanchargers.com/node/841
Jaipur Tickets
Online booking: http://www.ticketpro.in/ipl/buy_tickets.html
Hotline Numbers: All India: 99101 18888, Jaipur: 99283 38888
For information on Corporate Hospitality, contact: Amit Mehta: +91 99809 99900
or Kaunain Mechant: +91 99809 99983
Kolkata Tickets
Online booking: http://www.ticketpro.in/ipl/buy_tickets.html
Hotline Numbers: All India: 99101 18888, Kolkata: 98677 48888
Mohali Tickets
Online booking: http://www.ticketpro.in/ipl/buy_tickets.html
Hotline Numbers: All India: 99101 18888, Mohali: 98768 48888
For all enquiries on Corporate Hospitality tickets call Wizcraft no. +91 99309 09996.
Mumbai Tickets
Online booking: http://www.kyazoonga.com/mumbaiindians/default.aspx
Hotline Numbers: call 022 4064-7500 to book tickets
You can watch all the IPL cricket matches online on internet on this website http://iplt20.com/
I will try to update this list whenever I find any new resource. Happy watching IPL..
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