Date – Venue – Match
Feb 19 – Dhaka – India Vs Bangladesh
Feb 20 – Chennai – New Zealand vs Kenya
Feb 20 – Hambantota – Sri Lanka vs Canada
Feb 21 – Ahemdabad – Australia vs Zimbabwe
Feb 22 – Nagpur – England vs Netherlands
Feb 23 – Hambantota – Pakistan vs Kenya
Feb 24 – New Delhi – South Africa vs West Indies
Feb 25 – Nagpur – Australia vs New Zealand
Feb 25 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs Irelans
Feb 26 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
Feb 27 – Kolkatta – India vs England
Feb 28 – New Delhi – West Indies vs Netherlands
Feb 28 – Nagpur – Zimbabwe vs Canads
Mar 1 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Kenya
Mar 2 – Bangalore – England vs Irelans
Mar 3 – Mohali – South Africa vs Netherlands
Mar 3 – Colombo – Pakistan vs Canada
Mar 4 – Ahemdabad – New Zealand vs Zimbabwe
Mar 4 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs West Indies
Mar 5 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Australia
Mar 6 – Bangalore – India vs Ireland
Mar 6 – Chennai – England vs South Africa
Mar 7 – New Delhi – Kenya vs Canada
Mar 8 – Pallekele – Pakistan vs New Zealand
Mar 9 – New Delhi – India vs Netherlands
Mar 10 – Pallekele – Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe
Mar 11 – Mohali – West Indies vs Ireland
Mar 11 – Chittagong – Bangladesh vs England
Mar 12 – Nagpur – India vs South Africa
Mar 13 – Mumbai – New Zealand vs Canada
Mar 13 – Bangalore – Australia vs Kenya
Mar 14 – Pallekele – Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
Mar 14 – Chittagong – Bangladesh vs Netherlands
Mar 15 – Kolkatta – South Africa vs Ireland
Mar 16 – Bangalore – Australia vs Canada
Mar 17 – Chennai – England vs West Indies
Mar 18 – Mumbai – Sri Lanka vs New Zealand
Mar 18 – Kolkatta – Ireland vs Netherlands
Mar 19 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs South Africa
Mar 20 – Kolkatta – Zimbabwe vs Kenya
Mar 20 – Chennai – India Vs West Indies
Mar 23 – Dhaka – First Quarter Final
Mar 24 – Colombo – Second Quarter Final
Mar 25 – Dhaka – Third Quarter Final
Mar 26 – Ahmedabad – Fourth Quarter Final
Mar 29 – Colombo – First Semi Final
Mar 30 – Mohali – Second Semi Final
Apr 2 – Mumbai – Final
IPL 2011 Schedule
IPL 4 Reduced to 8 Teams. Punjab Rajasthan Scrapped
In what could add more fire to already burning Indian Premier League issue, today in an emergency meeting of the Indian Premier League’s Governing Council, the BCCI scrapped Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab and terminated the contracts with these two teams.
BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said “It was unanimously decided that the Franchise agreements with KPH Dream Cricket Pvt. Ltd. and Jaipur IPL Cricket Pvt. Ltd. be terminated forthwith, based on the legal opinions obtained by BCCI in the matters.”
The reason cited for this termination are the irregularities during the period of their contract and severe breach of terms and conditions of IPL franchise agreement.
On the other hand IPL Kochi got yet another chance to solve the issue as soon as possible so that they can participate in IPL-4.
“It was further unanimously decided to issue a notice to the Unincorporated Joint Venture holding the Kochi franchise calling upon them to resolve all their disputes and form a joint venture company which will hold the IPL franchise rights,” the BCCI said.
According to some news sources, the BCCI has acted after legal opinion from the Attorney General of India as Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI are alleged to have been involved in serious breaches as per the reports from the Enforcement Directorate, the IT and Ministry of Corporate Affairs and also has also violated FEMA.
This news spread like fire in the jungle and many people were shocked with the decision of BCCI. Shilpa Shetty said that she was too shocked to react and just disheartened because it was more than just a team for all of them. Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne also expressed his shock after listening to this news. Preity Zinta also expressed her shock and dismay. Vijay Mallya said “I wonder if IPL franchisees are serious stakeholders whose investments in participation are respected or are they slaves who only come and play.”
Gavaskar No Longer Part of IPL
Sunil Gavaskar has finally called it off, the Indian Legend has turned down the IPL’s governing council offer after BCCI said that members would not be paid.
“I have been contacted and I have declined because after yesterday I had second thoughts. The IPL is a commercial enterprise and non-BCCI members, former cricketers included, should be remunerated for the expertise, experience and time that they bring to the table.” Gavaskar told NDTV.
No Decision Yet On Matches in IPL 2011
On Friday August 20, The Indian Premier League’s governing council’s member met in Mumbai to take a final decision on how many number of matches will be played in the IPL 2011. But again the meeting proved to be unsuccessful as final decision could not be taken. It should be kept in mind that IPL-5 will have 10 teams as two new teams, IPL Pune and Kochi will also join the remaining 8 teams in IPL 2011. Due to this number of matches in current form would be 94 in total. Many experts believe that these many matches will be too much for players and can cause excessive injuries and fatigue.
Next meeting of IPL council is now scheduled to be in first week of September
Indian Premier League Season 4 – New Concept
With the ouster of Modi, IPL council is now preparing to make huge changes in the cash rich Indian Premier League. Earlier the new chairman Chirayu Amin had made it very clear that from now onwards IPL will mean only cricket and thus the new concept of IPL 4 is being formulated.
As per some reports, some of the proposed changes are:-
1) Team might be divided in two groups to reduce the number of matches from 94 to 65.
2) IPL parties to be banned.
3) Strategy breakouts to be abolished.
4) Players might get incentives in salary if they perform well for India in international matches.