Posts Tagged ‘Indian Premier League’

IPL merchandise online

The Indian Premier League cricket fever is all set to spread online with teams selling merchandise like T Shirts, Cap in their website.

Here is the list

  • Chennai Super Kings : You can buy Chennai Super Kings T-Shirts & Caps online here
  • Kings XI Punjab:

Readers , if you know other IPL teams online store ..share it

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals is the franchise that will represent the city of Jaipur and the state of Rajasthan in the Indian Premier League (IPL) . The team will be led and coached by Shane Warne.

The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group. The group acquired the franchise for $67 million.

Official Website: www.rajasthanroyals.com

Indian Premier League Prices Paid For the Players

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Indian Premier League complete list of the players of each team and the money that they are being paid.

  • The price mentioned is for one year in USD and the contract is for three years.
  • Each Franchisees have a window in February to trade players if they wish.

Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai), Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata), Rahul Dravid (Bangalore), Yuvraj Singh (Mohali) and Virender Sehwag (Delhi) are considered as “The five icons”. These five icons will get 15 % more than the highest-paid player in their side.

Team: Bangalore
Jacques Kallis (RSA), $900,000
Anil Kumble (Ind) $500,000
Cameron White (Aus) $500,000
Zaheer Khan (Ban) $450,000
Mark Boucher (RSA) $450,000
Nathan Bracken (Aus) $325,000
Dale Steyn (RSA) $325,000
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (WI) $200,000
Wasim Jaffer (Ind) $150,000

Team: Kolkata

Ishant Sharma (Ind) $950,000
Chris Gayle (W.I) $800,000
Brendon McCullum (NZ) $700,000
David Hussey (Aus) $625,000
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) $425,000
Murali Karthik (Ind) $425,000

Mahendra Singh Dhoni costs Rs 6 crore at IPL auction

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Indian charismatic one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was sold to Indian Premier League franchise Chennai for a $1.5 million (approximately Rs 6 crore) in the IPL auction at Mumbai.

The 26-year-old Dhoni set the mark for the first-ever auction of world’s top cricketers when he was acquired by the Chennai franchisee for a three-year period.

Indian Premier League (IPL) Schedule

The 44-day, Twenty20 tournament gets underway between April 18 – June 1.

Here is the Indian Premier League match Schedule

  • April 18: Bangalore v Kolkata at Bangalore
  • April 19: Mohali v Chennai at Mohali and Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi
  • April 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai; Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata
  • April 21: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur