Wednesday, May 4, 2011

IPL- Pune Warriors India

Pune Warriors India (Marathi:पुणे वॉरियर्स इंडिया ) is a franchise cricket team that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL) representing the city of Pune, Maharashtra. The team was one of two new franchisees added to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2011 season, alongside the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. On 21 March 2010, Sahara Adventure Sports Limited made the winning bid of $370 million for the Pune franchise. The bid is the highest bid by any company in the short history of IPL
                          During the 2010 franchise auction for two new Indian Premier League teams, Subrata Roy of Sahara Group purchased the Pune IPL team. Pune and Kochi joined the current eight teams from the fourth season of IPL to be held in 2011. On March 22, 2010 Sahara group bought Pune IPL team for 1,702 crore.The Videocon Group lost the bid for the Pune IPL Team.

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IPL- Royal Challengers Bangalore

 Royal Challengers Bangalore (Kannada:ರಾಯಲ್ ಚಾಲೆಂಜರ್ಸ್, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is a cricket team based in Bangalore that plays in the Indian Premier League. The team is owned by Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group[1] and coached by Ray Jennings.
                                     Indian Premier League is a cricket tournament being organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and backed by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[2] For the inaugural tournament held in Apr-Jun 2008, the BCCI had finalised a list of 8 teams who will be participating in the tournament. The teams representing 8 different cities of India, including Bangalore, were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008 and the Bangalore team was won by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team in the IPL, next only to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries' bid of $111.9 million for the Mumbai team. Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, and Sandalwood film stars Ramya and Puneeth Rajkumar are the brand ambassadors of the team.

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IPL- Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings (Tamil: ெசன்ைன சூப்பர் கிங்ஸ் (often abbreviated as CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai that plays in the Indian Premier League. The team is captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming. The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (often referred to as Chepauk) is the Super Kings' home ground. They are the current holders of the IPL trophy, having won the 2010 Indian Premier League. They were the runners-up of the inaugural season and semi-finalists of the second edition and are the only side to make it to the semi-finals in all the three editions of the tournament. The Super Kings have qualified for two Champions League tournaments, firstly the 2008 edition, although the tournament was subsequently cancelled, and the 2010 tournament of which they became Champions.

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IPL-Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals (Hindi: राजस्थान रॉयल्स) is a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, India that plays in the IPL. The team represents the city of Jaipur which is the capital of Rajasthan. The team is captained by Shane Warne for all the seasons. The team's mascot is a Lion named Moochu Singh . The team anthem, 'Halla Bol' is sung by Ila Arun. They became the champions of the inaugural IPL tournament in 2008. The IPL had terminated the agreement with Rajasthan Royals on 10th October 2010 along with Kings XI Punjab for violations in agreement and breach of contract on the part of the franchise. This decision was challenged by the respective teams and BCCI lost court cases against the Royals and decided to stop legal action and allowed them to participate in IPL. 2011 along with Kings XI Punjab

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