Chennai Outclass Banglore in the Final of IPL Season 4 to clinch the title for second time!!!

This is  second cheering time for Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in a year as his team Chennai Super Kings blew away the Royal Challengers Bangalore, winning by 58 runs, in the 2011 IPL final at Chennai to clinch the title in emphatic style.

This was their second IPL crown in four years of competition and they have made the knock-out stage every single year. For Bangalore this was second time unlucky in the finals after they finished runners-up in 2009.

Chennai won the toss and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni didn’t have any hesitation opting to bat first in the high stakes game. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay gave them a flying start bringing up the 50 in only six overs and then went on to put on a record partnership for the first wicket.

The duo added 159 runs during their stay at the wicket spanning 14.5 overs. Hussey seemed to play a holding role and even so made 63 runs off 45 balls, with three fours and three sixes. But it was Vijay's belligerence put paid to Bangalore’s chances. He made 95 runs off only 52 balls, hitting four fours and six sixes. 

Vijay was out in the 19th over, cramping up obviously and exhaustion robbing him a chance to complete a chanceless hundred. Dhoni who had promoted himself to number three garnered 29 runs with Vijay in quick time, taking most of the strike himself.

He scored a blazing 22 runs off 13 balls with two sixes. The following batsmen all tried to slog with around ten balls remaining, as Chris Gayle took two wickets in the last over, and for a minute it appeared as if Chennai might just fall short of 200. But Dwayne Bravo came in and hit the last ball for six, taking them to 205 for five.

The runchase was all about what Gayle could do. Unfortunately he was out for a three-ball duck as Ravichandran Ashwin had him caught behind the wicket and the was taken by captain Mahendra Sing Dhoni.

Mayank Agarwal was out for ten and they were already 16 for two in the third over. If any hope was remaining, it was in Virat Kohli who tried his best in the losing cause, scoring 35 runs off 32 balls.

But that the top score of the innings was 42 runs by Saurabh Tiwary who came down later in the order told a tale of woe for Bangalore. Ashwin took three for 16 in four overs and Shadab Jakati finished with two for 21 as Chennai outplayed their opponents on the day.For full score details click here.

2011 IPL 4 Awards List with Price Money

IPL 4 Champions: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Got Around Rs. 10 Crore

IPL 4 Runners Up: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Got Around Rs. 5 Crore

IPL 4 Third Place: Mumbai Indians (MI) Got Around Rs. 1 Crore

IPL 4 Rising Star of the Year: Iqbal Abdulla Got Rs. 10 Lac

IPL 4 Best Individual Performance in IPL 4: Paul Valthaty

IPL 4 Orange Cap: Chris Gayle Got Rs. 10 Lac

IPL 4 Purple Cap Award: Lasith Malinga Got Rs. 10 Lac

IPL 4 Kingfisher Fair Play Award: Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

IPL 4 Maximum Catches in the Tournament: Kieron Pollard Got Rs. 10 Lac

IPL 4 Golden Player Award: Chris Gayle Got Rs. 5 Lac

IPL 4 Best Pitch and Outfield: Punjab Cricket Association

IPL 4 Best inning – Paul Valthaty 119* Runs Got Volkaswagen Vento Car

IPL 4 Final Man of the Match: Murali Vijay (CSK) Got Rs. 5 Lac

IPL 4 Final Maximum sixes Award - Murali Vjay (CSK)

IPL 4 Final Karbonn Kamaal Catch - MS Dhoni (CSK)

IPL 4 Vodafone Star of the Match - MS Dhoni (CSK)

Chennai to Face Banglore in the final of IPL 4 2011 at chennai!!!

The fourth Season of the IPL 2011  tournament started almost month and half with 10 Indian Premier League franchises now has been narrowed to two. The 2011 Indian Premier League is not as grandeur of ICC Criket World Cup but IPL franchises throws millions and millions of US dollars on this league plus the acquisition of the world's top cricketers.

In last night IPL Eliminator matchup few would have expected Royal Challenger Bangalore defeated the seems dominant Mumbai Indians in IPL Playoff.

In the 2009 IPL semifinal RCB beat the Chennai Super Kings convincingly who were led by M.S.Dhoni and crushed their hopes of winning the title.Chennai Super Kings.

In the 2010 IPL season the Royal Challengers played their semi-final against the Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings who had topped Group A. The injury hit Challengers eventually lost the match by 52 runs. With good spells from their bowlers and a magnificent innings from Suresh Raina the Super Kings successfully managed to defend their total to eliminate the Bangalore team out of the tournament.

Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Final Prediction

In their first meeting RCB won the toss and elected to field in which they won the match. On their second meeting Super Kings won the toss and elected to field again in which CSK won. Both teams has excellent players who can score 75 runs with Suresh Raina and Chris Gayle respectively. Therefore who will win the toss of the IPL finals will be a vital position on each team.

CSK has full of talented guys that each rises to any given challenge, plus considering the home advantage. Although the result would be decided by both teams best efforts but CSK has the edge of this matchup. Super Kings will win on slight edge the IPL 4 Championship.

Chance of winning

CSK - 52%

RCB - 48%

For live updates IPL Finals of CSK vs RCB, CLICK HERE

IPL Season 4 to cick off from today i.e. 8th of March !! Watch it live and get updates!!!!

 After the grand success of ICC World cup 2011 in India, Srilanka & Bangladesh, another cricket fever, the fourth edition of much anticipated Indian Premier League will start on Friday April 8 with 10 teams to feature this season.The two inclusions in the league are Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Pune Warriors. The opening match will be played between defending champion Chennai Super Kings, who will lead by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kolkata Knight Riders who will have the new skipper this time i.e. Gautam Gambhir.

The twenty20 cricket has changed the way cricket is watched and played.Initiated by Board of cricket council of India (BCCI) the IPL is now one of the most successful cricketing event till date.According to global sports salaries review, IPL is the second highest-paid league, based on first-team salaries on a pro rata basis, second only to the NBA.

The fourth season of IPL is going to air on April 08 2011 and here is the list of participating teams and other realated information

Franchise	City	Inception	Owner(s)	Captain	Coach
Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	2008	Mukesh Ambani(Owner of Reliance Industries)	Sachin Tendulkar	Robin Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	2008	Vijay Mallya (UB Group)	Daniel Vettori	Ray Jennings
Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	2008	Deccan Chroniclegroup	Kumar Sangakkara	Darren Lehmann
Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2008	India Cements(N.Srinivasan)	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Stephen Fleming
Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	2008	GMR Group	Virender Sehwag	Greg Shipperd
Kings XI Punjab	Chandigarh	2008	Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Dabur, Apeejay Surendera Group	Adam Gilchrist	Michael Bevan
Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	2008	Red Chillies Entertainment (Shah Rukh Khan)	Gautam Gambhir	Dav Whatmore
Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	2008	Emerging Media (Lachlan Murdoch), Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra	Shane Warne	Shane Warne
Pune Warriors India	Pune	2011	Sahara	Yuvraj Singh	Geoff Marsh
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Kochi	2011	Kochi Cricket Private Limited	Mahela Jayawardene	Geoff Lawson

Amitabh Bachan & Aamir Khan to host opening ceremony of IPL Season 4!!!!

If rumours are to be believed, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan would be hosting the opening ceremony of Indian Premier League  season four 2011.

Sources have revealed to a leading daily that three companies– Wizcraft, DNA Entertainment and Encompass - who have bid to stage the opening ceremony of IPL 2011, have listedAmitabh Bachchan in their presentations and all of them intend to have the legendary actor on board.

Amitabh bachan

Moreover, the bidders have made a detailed presentation to the IPL governing council and one of them has also shown eagerness to include actor Aamir Khan as a co-host with Big B. 

The actual cost of the ceremony will be considered while making the final decision. But if Amitabh and Aamir are both roped in to host the ceremony, be assured to witness a spectacular event at the IPL this year. I wish IPL will have great start this year.

Aamir Khan

King Khan to Shake A Leg With pop princess Shakira in KKR New Music Video

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan will be seen  dancing with Latin songstress Shakira in a music video for his team Kolkata Knight Riders. The song will be composed by  know music director of Indan movie industry Salim-Sulaiman(who has already given hits like chak de) and sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

The video of the song will be shot once Shahrukh wraps up the shooting of Farhan Akhtar film Don 2. Last year, Shahrukh Khan got an opportunity to meet the Waka Waka girl Shakira during the World Cup soccer final in South Africa.

It was then when Shahrukh Khan confessed to her that he was a big fan of hers. Now the duo will be seen in the music video of Kolkata Knight Riders. We are sure that it is going to be the most awaited video of the season.  Lets wait and watch the video

Yuv Raj Singh to lead Pune Warriors while Gambhir to lead KKR!!! & Virender Sehwag to lead Delhi Daredevils

As the countdown for fourth seasons of IPL T20 had begun early different teams started choosing their captain for the tournament. Yuvraj Singh was Tuesday named the captain of Pune Warriors for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj, who is having a good World Cup so far, is one of the four domestic players in the side. The other three are Ashish Nehra, Robin Uthappa and Murali Karthik.

"The 30 member Sahara's Pune Warriors squad will be lead by Captain of the team Mr. Yuvraj Singh," said a Pune Warriors release.

The new franchise also bought 10 foreign players during the IPL auction. Some of the international cricketers include South African captain Graeme Smith, Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Matthews and New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder.

Proposed stadium of pune warriors

The major chunk of the 30-member squad comprises 16 uncapped players from the domestic circuit. As Yuvraj Singh is seeing doing role as all-rounder in the ongoing ICC world cup and regaining the form. I wish him great success ahead as a captain 

Logo Of Pune warriors

 

 In other news, Kolkata Knight Riders Monday named India's star batsman Gautam Gambhir as its captain for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting next month.

Gautam Gambhir

 
 "We are delighted that Gautam Gambhir will be leading our team," KKR chief executive and managing direct Venky Mysore said in a release.
 
 Mysore termed Gambhir as a “thorough professional” whose performance and leadership qualities speak for themselves.

 Gambhir said it was an honour to lead KKR. ”It's a pleasure and an honour to lead the KKR team. I am looking forward to the season and feel very optimistic," he said.

Logo Of KKR

 
 KKR purchased Gambhir for a record Rs 11.04 crore in the IPL auction at Bangalore in January.

 It was previously declared that India's dashing opening batsman Virender Sehwag will lead the Delhi Daredevils in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Sehwag

The 32-year-old Delhi opener has been part of the Delhi Daredevils since the IPL began in 2008. Under his leadership, Delhi Daredevils reached the semi-finals in the first two editions of the IPL and also topped the league stage in 2009.

Logo of Delhi dare devils

Sehwag said he was looking forward to taking the Daredevils to new heights in IPL-4.

"For me there cannot be any other team than Delhi Daredevils in the IPL. As someone who grew up playing cricket in Delhi I am very proud to be playing for the Delhi Daredevils. I am delighted to be part of the Delhi Daredevils and lead the team," said Sehwag.

Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif to be Ambassador of IPL's Kochi team 'Indi Commandos''!!!!!!

As we know cricket and bollywood are interrelated to each other. Moreover IPL is not only about of cricket, and glamour plays an important part, with the likes of Shilpa Shetty adding zing for Rajasthan Royals and Shah Rukh Khan doing the same for Kolkata Knight Riders, while Preity Zinta ensures glamour for Kings XI Punjab. There is news that Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif will be the brand ambassadors of the Indian Premier League's Kochi team 'Indi Commandos'. 

Ex pair Katrina and Salman khan

However Duo haven’t signed the deal with kochi team. Kochi team is an Indian Premier League team based in the city of Kochi, a major seaport located on the south-west coast of India by the Arabian Sea, in Ernakulam district of the state of Kerala. The team was one of two new franchisees added to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2011 season, alongside the Sahara Pune Warriors. The team franchise is owned by Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd., which is a consortium of multiple companies.

Team logo of IPL's Kochi team

“We are currently talking to Salman and Katrina for endorsement deals,” Kochi IPL Team co-owner Mukesh Patel says. While Katrina has been seen promoting the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the past, Salman has been reported to be keen on buying an IPL team.

Industry observers pointed out that if the deal is signed, the Kochi IPL team would get the much-needed boost on the glamour front with Salman promoting the team along with Katrina.

The Kochi IPL team is ready with a promotional video directed by noted film maker Priyadarshan, which is likely to be on air in the coming days. The fourth season of the IPL will kickstart on April 8.

Katrina kaif 

The Kochi team’s owners are desperate to invest a huge sum, in order to rope in Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif worth Rs 14 crores. According to sources, Salman Khan has demanded Rs 12 crores in order to become an ambassador of Kochi IPL team ‘Indi Commandoes’. Katrina on the other hand has demanded Rs 2 crores to become the ambassador of Kochi IPL team

It is almost official that Katrina will no longer endorse any Kingfisher brand or its IPL team royal challengers Bangalore as Deepika has ordered to her boyfriend Siddharth Malaya, to make his company cut of ties with Katrina Kaif. Katrina was surprised with this decision of Vijay Malaya as she was a good friend of Sid and Vijay Malaya till last year and now they are showing her the door. So, now Katrina has chosen Kochi IPL team and will be surely a part of it in promotion. All the work which an ambassador has to do is to cheer the team, during their cricket match days in IPL.

Home ground of Kochi team