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Friday, April 18, 2008

Kings Punjab

Yuvraj Singh (Captain)

Specialisation: Left hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodoxAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Indian
Irfan Pathan

Specialisation: Left hand batsman, Left-arm fast mediumAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Indian
Brett Lee

Specialisation: Right arm fast bowler, Right hand batsmanAvailability: Not in 2008 Nationality: Australian
Kumar Sangakkara

Specialisation: Left-hand batsman, wicketkeeperAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Sri Lankan
S Sreesanth

Specialisation: Right arm fast medium, Right hand batsmanAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Indian
Mahela Jayawardene

Specialisation: Right hand batsman, Right arm mediumAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Sri Lankan
Piyush Chawla

Specialisation: Left hand batsman, Leg break googlyAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Indian
Ramesh Powar

Specialisation: Right hand batsman, Off breakAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Indian
Ramnaresh Sarwan

Specialisation: Right hand batsmanAvailability: Until May 16Nationality: West Indian
Simon Katich

Specialisation: Left hand batsmanAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Australian
James Hopes

Specialisation: Right arm fast medium, Right hand batsman Availability: Whole TournamentNationality: Australian
Kyle Mills

Specialisation: Right arm fast mediumAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: New Zealander
Tanmay Srivastava

Specialisation: Left hand batsmanAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Indian
Ajitesh Argal

Specialisation: Right arm fast mediumAvailability: Whole TournamentNationality: Indian
Sahil Kukreja

Speciality: Right hand batsman Availability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Wilkin Mota

Speciality: Right hand batsman, Right arm mediumAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Yash Gandhi

Availability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
V R V Singh

Speciality: Right hand batsman, Right arm fastAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Karan Goel

Speciality: Left hand batsman, Left arm offbreakAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Uday Kaul

Speciality: Left hand batsman, WicketkeeperAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
P Dharmani

Speciality: Right hand batsman, WicketkeeperAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Sunny Sohal

Speciality: Right hand batsman, Leg breakAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Rishi Dhawan

Speciality: Right hand batsman, Right arm medium fastAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Mohd Mudasir

Availability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Nitin Saini

Speciality: Right hand batsman, WicketkeeperAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Indian
Luke Pomersbash

Speciality:Left hand batsman, Right arm offbreakAvailability: Whole tournamentNationality: Australian
Tom Moody

CoachNationality: Australia

Delhi Daredevils

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was on Monday roped in as brand ambassador of the Indian Premier League's 'Delhi Daredevils' team.
Akshay, born and brought up in the capital's Chandni Chowk area, surprised a packed room at a five star hotel when he emerged in dim light making a batting gesture with helmets and a willow in Daredevils' red and black shirt.
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"My heart beats for Delhi. I consider myself a pucca Dilliwalah. I would like to thank the GMR Group (team owners) for choosing me as the first fan of Delhi Daredevils. I hope I become a lucky mascot for the team," the actor said with his trademark mischievous smile.
The actor, who gave two big hits recently, advised probing journalists not to think of his involvement in IPL as taking on fellow actor Shah Rukh Khan and think of him as a Delhiite, who wish to bring success to the team.
"Please keep such things aside. Why do you think of such things? I am sportsman also. Let us talk about cricket. I want to commit myself on some things which are very dear to me, that is why I am here."
"I have endorsed very few products in my 18-year film career - Coca Cola and Grasim. This (becoming brand ambassador of Delhi IPL team) is very dear to me since I am Delhiite in my heart," Akshay said.
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He laughed at a suggestion that actors are involving in cricket because of Bollywood's diminishing entertaining value to the people. "When we are invited in many cricket functions, do they mean that cricket is reaching out to Bollywood to attract people," he countered.
Akhsay praised Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag for scoring a triple century in India's first Test against South Africa in Chennai and also welcomed Pakistani stars Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Asif to the team.

Bangalore Chanllengers

With proven Twenty20 performers like Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Nathan Bracken and Misbah-ul-Haq in its ranks, Bangalore Royal Challengers are confident they can take on all other teams in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) starting April 18.
The tourney kicks off with a home game for them against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Vijay Mallya paid $111.6 million to own the team for 10 years, but then spent a relatively meagre $3.6 million in the players' auctions.
The team management thinks it has got a good deal and has its strategies all worked out.
Bracken, Steyn and Zaheer Khan can bowl well in the death overs and that's ideal for the shortest version of the game. Though Bracken's injury has made him unavailable for the first part of the league, the team's chief executive Charu Sharma said the Aussie speedster would be available midway through the league.
'As of now the injury will keep him out till May. We will speak to his doctor and we are hopeful that he will be fit by then,' Sharma told IANS.
Sharma was happy with the current form of the team's overseas players.
'It is great news that all our foreign players are in good touch, but we don't want them overstressed when they turn out for Royal Challengers. We want them to enjoy the game and we know they are all match winners.'
As for the availability of the overseas players, Sharma said: 'We were aware of the fact that all players won't be available right through the tournament. Some would be available at the start of the season, some in the middle and some others at the end of the season. So we are not worrying about it.'
Strengths: The mix of youth and experience is the strength of the team that has concentrated more on its batsmen than its bowlers. Young players like Goswami, Kohli, Ross Taylor and Cameron White can score runs quickly to complement the solid, experienced hands like Kallis and Dravid. The presence of young players makes the team an exuberant fielding side.
Weaknesses: Despite some big names, bowling seems to be the weak link. Bracken is recovering from a foot injury and the availability of Steyn and Kallis for the full league is not guaranteed. Zaheer is also making a comeback from injury, which forced him to miss the home series against South Africa. Anil Kumble and swing bowler Parveen Kumar, a sensation in the recent Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia, have to shoulder the responsibilities.
Overseas players to watch out for:
Mark Boucher: He has a bagful of records. Last October he broke Australian Ian Healy's record for most Test dismissals in his 103rd match against Pakistan. At the age of 31, he is an asset for South Africa in every form of the game.
Dale Steyn: His rise in international cricket was as fast as his bowling speed. Steyn is leading the renaissance of genuine fast bowlers in South Africa, which was on the decline after the retirement of Allan Donald and Fannie De Villiers. Steyn has gone past Allan Donald's record of the quickest South African to 100 Test wickets.
Misbah-ul-Haq: He made his debut for Pakistan in 2001 but went into oblivion after a string of dismal scores. Four years later he caught the selectors' eye after a run-filled domestic season. He was surprisingly selected in place of Mohammed Yousuf in the Twenty20 World Championship and nearly won the title for Pakistan in South Africa.
Indian players to watch out for:
Zaheer Khan: After Srinath's retirement Zaheer took over as spearhead of India's pace battery and performed with distinction. Though his career has been dogged by injuries, his never-say-die-attitude is what helped him make a comeback to the national side in 2006. Zaheer's yorkers are accurate and his ability to bowl in the death overs will come in handy.
Virat Kohli: The captain of the under-19 World Cup winning team has proved that he is ready to join the seniors. His attacking flair, clubbed with a cool head, has made him a mature cricketer. Being an athletic fielder gives him another advantage.
Sreevats Goswami: A key member of the under-19 World Cup-winning squad, this Kolkata opening batsman and good wicketkeeper brings a lot of exuberance to the side.
Team jersey: Red and golden yellow.
Captain: Rahul Dravid
Indian players: Anil Kumble ($500,000), Zaheer Khan ($400,000), Wasim Jaffer ($150,000), Praveen Kumar, Sunil Joshi, B. Akhil, Vinay Kumar, Devraj Patil, Bharat Chipli, K.P. Appanna, B. Arun Kumar, Virat Kohli, Sreevats Goswami
Overseas players: Jacques Kallis (South Africa, $900,000), Mark Boucher (South Africa, $450,000), Dale Steyn (South Africa, $325,000), Nathan Bracken (Australia, $325,000), Cameron White (Australia, $500,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies, $200,000), Misbah-ul Haq (Pakistan, $180,000), Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh, $50,000), Ross Taylor (New Zealand, $100,000)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata: Even as the second auction was on, one team unveiled its name - Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata team will be called the Kolkata Knight Riders and the star was in his element at the launch.
"Iss team mein do gundey hain - ek lamba gundey hai aur ek 'Dada' hai - hum Delhi mein gundey ko dada bolte hai (We have two bad guys in our team)," said Shah Rukh Khan.
Shahrukh Khan's tongue-in-cheek humour had the media rolling over as he touched down in the City of Joy to launch the Kolkata Knight-Riders, the city's IPL team and with the famed Aussie coach John Buchanan and team skipper Sourav Ganguly in town, Khan said it was a matter of time before things would fall in place for the Knight-Riders.
We have mashalla really really good players in our team already. Now how they gel together is a thing. Once that works, we are really happy with what we have at this point of time," said King Khan.
"We have a series against South Africa - three Test matches which finishes two days before the first IPL game. So, we need to sit with John (Buchanan) and work it out because other than the Indian players, others would be available. We will work something out - to train them and get used to the conditions," said Ganguly.
Shahrukh also released the team's official song and playing shirts. The colours of the team are black and gold. And the team's mascot will be a tiger called "Hoog Lee".
"I have already requested Sourav and John to dance at the beginning of every game. So, they have relented and we all are learning the Bollywood steps. John is doing very well," said Shah Rukh.
Now that's a clever one if you are want to draw the average Bengali to the stadium.
"Whenever the Kolkatans scream very loud for me to dance, I will dance for you guys. I will be there for every match," assured the Bollywood's superstar.
By the body-language of Shah Rukh Khan, it seems that his Tigers are just waiting to roll.

Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers Squad
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VVS Laxman
Captain
Age: 33 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm offbreak

Adam Gilchrist
Wicketkeeper
Age: 36 years
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsmanBatting: Left-hand batBowling: Right-arm offbreak

Andrew Symonds
Age: 32 years
Playing role: All-rounderBatting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak

Hershelle Gibbs
Age: 34 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm bowler

RP Singh
Age: 22 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Left-arm fast-medium

Shahid Afridi
Age: 28 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm medium, Legbreak googly

Chaminda Vaas
Age: 34 years
Batting: Left-hand batBowling: Left-arm fast-medium

Chamara Silva
Age: 28 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm medium, Legbreak googly

Scott Styris
Age: 32 years
Playing role: All-rounderBatting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm medium

Rohit Sharma
Age: 20 years
Playing role: All-rounderBatting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm offbreak

Venugopala Rao
Age: 26 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm offbreak

Pragyan Ojha
Age: 21 years
Playing role: BowlerBatting: Left-hand batBowling: Left-arm slow

Halhadar Das
Wicketkeeper
Age: 21 years
Batting: Right-hand bat

Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Age: 20 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Legbreak googly

Arjun Yadav
Age: 26 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm offbreak

Nuwan Zoysa
Age: 29 years
Batting: Left-hand batBowling: Left-arm fast-medium

Paidikalva Vijay Kumar
Age: 21 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm medium

Kalyan Krishna
Age: 24 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm medium-fast

Sarveesh Kumar
Age: 18 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm medium

Sanjay Bangar
Age: 35 years
Batting: Right-hand batBowling: Right-arm medium-fast

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals will go into the Indian Premier League with a big support staff, which inc-ludes a psychologist and a director of coaching. Former Leicestershire captain Jeremy Snape, who also played 10 one-day internationals for England has been roped in as psychologist of the team, while Australian Darren Berry will be the director of coaching, Fraser Castellino, CEO of Emerging Media, said here on Tuesday.

Rajasthan Royals have appointed former Ranji players Vinod Mathur, Shamsher Singh and Harish Joshi as assistant coaches. There will be a preparatory camp for the team starting on April 12. Rajasthan Royals have a strong Pakistani presence with Younis Khan, Sohail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal in the side. "The Pakistan players were busy with the one-day series against Bangladesh and are expected to arrive by April 15." he said.