Hyderabad Deccan Chargers will play 2 of its 7 home cricket matchess in Visakhapatnam in IPL 2009. Indian Premier League authorities are planning to extend Twenty20 cricket matches to new avenues to increase awareness about IPL and also to escape from the effects of the economic slowdown. Cities like Ahmedabad, Cuttack, Baroda, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Kanpur, Nagpur and Gauhati have mad cricket lovers. They missed IPL action in 2008.
According to IPL rules, each franchise can select 2 grounds to conduct some their home games in order to spread the popularity of T20 cricket beyond their city. This will help to attract more audience to the Twenty20 cricket games. These 2 games will surely attract packed houses as most of the cricket fans from Vizag have never watched “big T20 matches”.
My suggestion:
Mumbai should play some matches in Nagpur while Bangalore should allot 2 matches to Kochi. It is good for IPL if Delhi plays 2 games in Kanpur while Jaipur can play in Baroda and Ahmedabad.
According to Bengal Cricket Association sources, no match in 2009 will be played in Dhaka. In 2009, all home games of Kolkata Knight Riders will be held in Eden Gardens only. But Rajasthan Royals may play some matches in Ahmedabad, a cricket mad city. Chennai may play some matches in Colombo to cash on the popularity of Muralidharan.
Australia in IPL 2009:
Along with Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson, some other Australian players will also skip this IPL 2009 due to busy International schedule. Brett Lee and Mike Hussey may not be available for Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2009. Andrew Flintoff is also facing pressure in England over IPL.
Sponsor news: Coca-Cola is the new sponsor for Kolkata Knight Riders. This is Shahrukh’s tit for tat for Pepsi.
Rumor of the day: Kolkata Knight Riders decided to sell Australia cricket captain, Ricky Ponting, and contacted many IPL franchisees. But surprisingly, no IPL team had shown interest in buying Ponting. Ponting was bought by Kolkata IPL for $4,00,000 (3-year contract).
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IPL Players' Auction List
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| Player | Team | Amount | Base price |
| Nathan Bracken | Bangalore | $3,25,000 | $2,25,000 |
| RP Singh | Hyderabad | $8,75,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Murali Kartik | Kolkata | $4,25,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Makhaya Ntini | Chennai | $2,00,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Lasith Malinga | Mumbai | $3,50,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Chaminda Vaas | Hyderabad | $2,00,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Ramesh Powar | Mohali | $1,70,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Umar Gul | Kolkata | $1,50,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Dale Steyn | Bangalore | $3,25,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Dilhara Fernando | Mumbai | $1,50,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Ishant Sharma | Kolkata | $9.50,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Piyush Chawla | Mohali | $4,00,000 | $1,25,000 |
| Munaf Patel | Jaipur | $2,75,000 | $1,00,000 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | Hyderabad | $1,10,000 | $1,00,000 |
| Gautam Gambhir | Delhi | $7,25,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Robin Uthappa | Mumbai | $8,00,000 | $2,00,000 |
| VVS Laxman | Hyderabad | $3,75,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Wasim Jaffer | Bangalore | $1,50,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Rohit Sharma | Hyderabad | $7,50,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Mohammad Kaif | Jaipur | $6,75,000 | $1,25,000 |
| Suresh Raina | Chennai | $6,50,000 | $1,25,000 |
| Manoj Tiwary | Delhi | $6,75,000 | $1,00,000 |
| Chamara Silva | Hyderabad | $1,00,000 | $1,00,000 |
| David Hussey | Kolkata | $6,25,000 | $1,25,000 |
| Albie Morkel | Chennai | $6,75,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Ajit Agarkar | Kolkata | $3,50,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Shaun Pollock | Mumbai | $5,50,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Irfan Pathan | Mohali | $9,25,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Scott Styris | Hyderabad | $1,75,000 | $1,75,000 |
| Farveez Maharoof | Delhi | $2,25,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Tillekeratne Dilshan | Delhi | $2,50,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Cameron White | Bangalore | $5,00,000 | $1,00,000 |
| Yusuf Pathan | Jaipur | $4,75,000 | $1,00,000 |
| Joginder Sharma | Chennai | $2,25,000 | $1,00,000 |
| Dinesh Karthik | Delhi | $5,25,000 | $2,00,000 |
| AB de Villiers | Delhi | $3,00,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Mark Boucher | Bangalore | $4,50,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Parthiv Patel | Chennai | $3,25,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Kamran Akmal | Jaipur | $1,50,000 | $1,50,000 |
| Ricky Ponting | Kolkata | $4,00,000 | $3,25,000 |
| Brett Lee | Mohali, | $9,00,000 | $3,00,000 |
| Andrew Symonds | Hyderabad | $1.35 million | $2,50,000 |
| Daniel Vettori | Delhi | $6,25,000 | |
| Matthew Hayden | Chennai | $3,75,000 | |
| Brendon McCullum | Kolkata | $7,00,000 | $1,75,000 |
| Jacob Oram | Chennai | $6,75,000 | $2,00,000 |
| Shane Warne | Jaipur | $4,50,000 | $4,50,000 |
| MS Dhoni | Chennai | $1.50 million | $4,00,000 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Hyderabad | $7,00,000 | $3,00,000 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Mohali | $4,75,000 | $2,50,000) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Chennai | $6,00,000 | $2,50,000 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | Kolkata | $4,25,000 | $2,50,000 |
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