Owners: Ness Wadia & Preeti Zinta (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendra Group) & Mohit Burman (Dabur)
Bought for: USD 76 million
Captain: Yuvraj Singh
Coach: Tom Moody
Highest Paid Player: Yuvraj Singh – USD 1,063,750
Icon Player: Yuvraj Singh
Celebrity Ambassador: Preeti Zinta
IPL 2008 Standing: Three
Last Year Record: Played – 15, Won –10, Lost – 5, Tie – 0, No Result -0
Watch Out For:
Kumar Sangakkara – The mental preparedness and form of the newly appointed Sri Lankan captain will be a decisive factor and will be the sign of things to come for Sri Lankan cricket after cruel terror experience in Pakistan. His positive approach and good show on field will surely boost the morale of other Sri Lankan cricketers.
Shaun Marsh – He was one of IPL’s find last season by topping the scoring charts with 614 runs in the tournament. Opening the batting for the Punjab team he impressed everyone with his superb strokeplay. However, he hasn’t yet cemented his place in the Australian team.
Dark Horse:
Yusuf Abdulla – This 26-year old South African pacer will make his IPL debut this season. He was drafted in as a replacement for injured Jerome Taylor. However, his local knowledge and experience of playing domestic T20 will help the side. In addition, Punjab playing six out of their 14 matches in Durban which is Abdulla’s home ground will be of a great advantage for team Mohali. In the absence of pace trio Sreesanth, Lee and Taylor, Abdulla is likely to play more games.
The Squad:
Yuvraj Singh (captain), Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, Burt Cockley (Australia), Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Ravi Bopara (England), Jerome Taylor (West Indies), Yusuf Abdulla (South Africa), Irfan Pathan, S Sreesanth, Ramesh Powar, VRV Singh, Piyush Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Yash Gandhi
Owners: Deccan Chronicle
Bought for: USD 107 million
Captain: Adam Gilchrist
Coach: Darren Lehman
Highest Paid Player: Andrew Symonds – USD 1.35 million
IPL 2008 Standing: Eight
Last Year Record: Played – 14, Won –2, Lost – 12, Tie – 0, No Result -0
Watch Out For:
Rohit Sharma – The Mumbai boy scored a match winning 50 in his debut against South Africa in the ICC World T20 match in 2007. He also was the lone consistent performer for Chargers last year. Rohit will be hoping for another good show at IPL to cement his place in the Indian team.
Andrew Symonds – Mr. Roy has plenty at stake in this year’s IPL. After he was pulled up for unruly behavior six times in last six months he has undergone rehabilitation program with Cricket Australia recently. A good showing on and off the field will help him reclaim the tainted international stature and also confirm his place in the team for T20 World Cup in England.
Dark Horse:
RP Singh – The left-arm fast bowler was out of the Indian team in the recent past due to injury. His form has not been good but he enjoys the confidence of the Indian team captain Dhoni. He was an integral part of the T20 World Cup winning team in 2007. Happy memories of South Africa should help him regain his confidence and form to get back his place in the national team.
The Squad:
Adam Gilchrist (Captain), Herschelle Gibbs(South Africa), Scott Styris (New Zealand), Andrew Symonds, Ryan Harris (Australia), Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith(West Indies), Chamara Silva, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka), VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Venugopal Rao, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Tirumalasetti Suman, Arjun Yadav, Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna, Paidikalva Vijay Kumar, Abhinav Kumar, Manvinder Bisla, Jaskaran Deep Singh, Harmeet Singh, Sarvesh Kumar, Haladhar Das, Syed Mohammad, Shoaib Ahmed
Owners: Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla & Jai Mehta
Bought for: USD 75.09 million
Captain: Sourav Ganguly
Coach: John Buchanan
Highest Paid Player: Sourav Ganguly – USD 1,092,500
Icon Player: Sourav Ganguly
Celebrity Ambassador: Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla
IPL 2008 Standing: Six
Last Year Record: Played – 14, Won –6, Lost – 7, Tie – 0, No Result -1
Watch Out For:
Sourav Ganguly – He is certainly not the fittest player and a vibrant fielder in the tournament but he is also not of the kind to take criticism lying down. Sourav Ganguly is a fighter and he has already started proving his critics wrong by scoring big in the warm-up matches for KKR. The Bengal Tiger is likely to roar big in IPL’s African Safari.
Ishant Sharma – The star bowler didn’t make an impressive performance in the first year after surprising all with an auction price of USD 950,000. Sharing the new ball, Ishant has grown up leaps and bounds since last IPL and he will be raring to lead KKR bowling attack.
Dark Horse:
Cheteshwar Pujara – He had a remarkable Ranji Trophy this season scoring 906 runs at an average of 71.45. His consistent performance in domestic matches earned him a nickname ‘the Wall’ with reference to Rahul Dravid. However a national call is eluding him for a while. This IPL could provide him the big break he is looking for.
The Squad:
Sourav Ganguly (captain), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Brad Hodge, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Moises Henriques, Mark Cameron (Australia), Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangaladesh), Debabrata Das, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashoke Dinda, Ajit Agarkar, Ishant Sharma, Murali Kartik, Iqbal Abdullah, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yashpal Singh, Aakash Chopra, Anureet Singh, Rajesh Verma, Aditya Dole, S Niyaz, Ishwar Chaudhury, Mohnish Parmar, ME Sanauth, Sheldon Jackson, Amit Das, Sanjib Sanyal, Avik Chowdhury, Sachin Rana, Sunny Singh, Gaurav Chhabra, Nataraj Behera, Shatrunjay Gaekwad, Shoaib Sheikh, Rohan Prem, Sanjay Bangar, Gnaneshwar Rao, Bhavik Thakkar, Kedar Jadhav, P Prashant, Prashant Parmeshwar, Kshemal Waingmankar, Murtaza Hussain, Sourav Sarkar, Arindam Ghosh, Ameya Shrikhande, Chetan Suryavanshi, Abhishek Banerjee, Anustup Mazumdar, Dhiran Salvi, Sanju Samson, Vinit Indulkar
Owners: Emerging Media Group & Shilpa Shetty
Bought for: USD 67 million
Captain & Coach: Shane Warne
Highest Paid Player: Mohammad Kaif –USD 675,000
Celebrity Ambassador: Shilpa Shetty
IPL 2008 Standing: One
Last Year Record: Played – 16, Won –13, Lost – 3, Tie – 0, No Result -0
Watch Out For:
Shane Warne – All eyes will be on this magician leg-spinner after he spurred his team of unknown players to a title win last year. Royals will be without Shoail Tanvir and Shane Watson – their top performers last season. Warne has a challenging task at hand to retain the crown.
Yusuf Pathan – He was the biggest gainer from the IPL first edition. His international career took off after IPL and he is now a permanent face in the Indian one-day and T20 teams. Today Yusuf Pathan is a household name in international circuit. All eyes will be on him with expectations of some brutal blows from his willow when he walks out to bat.
Dark Horse:
Shaun Tait– A familiar name but an unfamiliar recent past is the story of this Australian fast bowler. He has been out of the national team for more than a year due to injury and mental stress. IPL will provide him the stage to knock at the selector’s door again. Tait finished the second highest wicket taker with 23 wickets in 2007 World Cup.
The Squad:
Shane Warne (captain), Graeme Smith, Morne Morkel, Tyron Henderson (South Africa), Shane Watson, Robert Quiney, Shaun Tait, Shane Harwood, Lee Carlesdine (Australia), Dmitri Mascarenhas (England), Mohammad Kaif, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Siddharth Trivedi, Swapnil Asnodkar, Niraj Patel, Mahesh Rawat, Anup Revandkar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Salunkhe, Naman Ojha, Siddharth Chitnis, Paras Dogra, Amit Singh, Ahad Malek, Raphi Vincent Gomes, Kamran Khan, Ashraf Makda, Paul Valhaty, Srideep Mangela, Mohammad Arif, Gajendra Singh, Atul Sharma, Pratmesh Salunkhe, Pushkarraj Chavan
Owner: Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries
Bought for: USD 111.9 million
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
Coach: Praveen Amre
Highest Paid Player: Sachin Tendulkar – USD 1,121,250
Icon Player: Sachin Tendulkar
Celebrity Ambassador: Hrithik Roshan
IPL 2008 Standing: Five
Last Year Record: Played – 14, Won –7, Lost – 7, Tie – 0, No Result -0
Watch Out For:
Sanath Jayasuria – He is the oldest player in the circuit at 40 years of age, but his superiority with the bat has not gone down a bit even today. If anyone had seen his recent century against India this year, one can only admire his power hitting. T20 version will suit him the best and he can be a big match winner if he gets going.
Zaheer Khan – He is considered the number one bowler in world cricket today. Zaheer has excelled in reverse swing and consistently troubled the batsmen all over the world. He will play for his home side Mumbai after playing for Bangalore Royal Challengers last year.
Dark Horse:
Dhawal Kulkarni – A street smart cricketer, Kulkarni is primarily a medium pace bowler. His call to the national squad for the New Zealand tour would have done a world of confidence though he didn’t play any matches in the tour His dressing room experience will come in handy in South Africa.
The Squad:
Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Jean-Paul Duminy, Ryan McLaren (South Africa), Graham Napier (England), Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh), Kyle Mills (New Zealand), Luke Ronchi (Australia), Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jude Singh, Jaydev Shah, Raahil Shaikh, Yogesh Takawale, Pinal Shah, Ajinkya Rahane, Chetanya Nanda, Rohan Raje and Saurabh Tiwary
Owner: GMR Holdings
Bought for: USD 84 million
Captain: Virender Sehwag
Coach: Greg Sheppard
Highest Paid Player: Virender Sehwag – USD 833,750
Icon Player: Virender Sehwag
Celebrity Ambassador: Akshay Kumar
IPL 2008 Standing: Four
Last Year Record: Played – 15, Won –7, Lost – 7, Tie – 0, No Result -1
Watch Out For:
Virender Sehwag – His murderous form with the bat in the past one year should be a big boost for Delhi. Sehwag has been scoring at an average of above 60 during this period in international cricket and not surprisingly he was chosen Wisden Cricketer for the year 2008.
David Warner - Opening the batting for Australia he blasted 89 runs off 43 balls in his debut T20 match against South Africa. Tipped to be a big hitter IPL should be a tailor-made one for him. It will be interesting to see if he opens the batting along with skipper Sehwag, with Gambhir dropping one down.
Dark Horse:
Farveez Maharoof – A quality all-rounder Maharoof did a decent job with both the bat and the ball last year. His all-round skills will be of most importance to the team as they will not have Shaoib Malik in their side.
The Squad:
Virender Sehwag (captain), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand), Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood (England), David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Glenn McGrath (Australia), Farveez Maharoof, Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Avishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Yo Mahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Tejaswi Yadav, Amit Mishra
Owner: N. Srinivasan, India Cements
Bought for: USD 91 million
Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Coach cum Player: Stephen Fleming
Highest Paid Player: Andrew Flintoff – USD 1.55 million
Celebrity Ambassador: Actor Vijay
IPL 2008 Standing: Two (Finalist)
Last Year Record: Played – 16, Won –9, Lost – 7, Tie – 0, No Result - 0
Watch Out For:
MS Dhoni – Dhoni has almost won everything as a captain starting with ICC World Twenty20, CB Series, home series against Australia and England and now the New Zealand series. He also took Chennai Super Kings to the final, losing out on the final ball of the match. Now he has also been named the captain of Wisden Test XI ahead of Graeme Smith. All eyes will again be on him to get a hint or two about his plans for the World Twenty20 the following month.
Andrew Flintoff – Chennai Super King’s latest and one of the costliest recruit Flintoff will add the balance to the team with his all-round ability. However, he will be available only for first two weeks of the tournament.
Dark Horse:
Subramaniam Badrinath – a household name in domestic cricket, the right-handed batsman feels that he is yet to get a fair run at the international level. True to his ability and reliability the 29-yr old will keep his hopes floating to find a place in the World Twenty20 in England.
The Squad:
MS Dhoni (captain), Muttiah Muralitharan, Thilan Thushara (Sri Lanka), Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, George Bailey (Australia), Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini (South Africa), Jacob Oram, Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Andrew Flintoff (England), Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, L Balaji, Murali Vijay, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Singh Gony, Sudeep Tyagi, Viraj Kadbe, Shadab Jakati, R Ashwin, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth, Sivaramakrishnan Vidyut, Palani Amarnath, KB Arun Karthik, Nepoleon Einstein, Suresh Kumar
Owner: Dr. Vijay Mallya, UB Group
Bought for: USD 111.6 million
Captain: Kevin Pietersen
Coach: Ray Jennings
Highest Paid Player: Kevin Pietersen – USD 1.55 million
Icon Player: Rahul Dravid
Celebrity Ambassadors: Deepika Padukone & Katrina Kaif
IPL 2008 Standing: Seven
Last Year Record: Played – 14, Won – 4, Lost – 10, Tie – 0, No Result – 0
Watch Out For:
Kevin Pietersen – a destructive batsman and arguably the team’s best bet for shortest format of the game. Being the highest paid player in the league he would like to do some justice to his price tag with match winning performances.
Robin Uthappa – the Bangalore boy is certain to play in all matches and will desperately try to push hard for a place in the Indian team for the World Twenty20 with some eye catching performances. The fact that the tournament is played in South Africa and that he was a part of the winning team two years back by itself will be a huge positive sign for this talented cricketer.
Dark Horse:
Praveen Kumar – he has performed well for India since CB series in 2008 however his weakness in batting and agility in the field might cost him his place in the T20 team. Can he put up a good all-round show? If he does he will be the likely replacement for Joginder Sharma.
The Squad:
Kevin Pietersen (Captain), Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Roelof van der Merwe (South Africa), Cameron White, Nathan Bracken (Australia), Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder (New Zealand), Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami, Suteesh R, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvnesh Kumar, Karan Sharma, Saurav Bandekar, Tinu Yohanan, Bharat Chipli, B Akhil, Devraj Patil, J Arun Kumar, K P Appanna, Sunil Joshi, Gaurav Dhiman, Jitendra Patil, Udit Patel, Mithun A, Aravind S, Kedar Jadhav, Gautam C M, Raju Bhatkal, Rajesh Bishnoi, Ishank Jaggi and Rohit Sabharwal
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