Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians will be representative of the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sachin Tendulkar, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former Manager of the Indian Cricket Team.

Reliance Industries Limited through its subsidiary Reliance Retail Ltd purchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier league for a total of $111.9 million during the auction on January 24, 2008. The RIL bid has made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in IPL.

The team logo has the Sudarshan Chakra with the team’s name engraved in it. The team’s colour will be blue. The choice of the name “Indians” for a regional competition is widely regarded as a blunder.

The mascot is still unknown.
Players

Sachin Tendulkar is the designated icon player and also captain for Mumbai Indians. During the player auction Mumbai Indians successfully bid for 7 players, including two of the heroes of Indian Twenty-20 world cup side in Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa. Sanath Jayasuriya was also another prized catch, along with South African legend Shaun Pollock. The team also added the Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga.

Outside of the player auction, the franchise has also signed up Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar (from Mumbai), Yogesh Takawale (from Maharashtra) and Pinal Shah (from Baroda)

Batsmen

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Sachin Tendulkar (Captain) - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Robin Uthappa - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Loots Botsman - South Africa - Right-handed Batsman
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Ashley Prince - South Africa - Left-handed Batsman
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Manish Pandey - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Saurabh Tiwari - India - Left-handed Batsman

Wicket Keepers

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Yogesh Takawale - India - Right-handed Batsman - Wicket keeper
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Pinal Shah - India - Right-handed Batsman - Wicket keeper

All Rounders

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Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka - Slow left-arm orthodox spin
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Shaun Pollock - South Africa -Right-arm medium-fast
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Ajinkya Rahane - India - Right-arm medium

Bowlers

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Harbhajan Singh - India - Right-arm off-break
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Lasith Malinga - Sri Lanka - Right-arm fast
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Dilhara Fernando - Sri Lanka - Right-arm fast-medium
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Abhishek Nayar - India - Right-arm medium-fast
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Ashish Nehra - India - Left-arm fast-medium

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

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Owner - Reliance Industries Limited
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CEO - R Balachandran
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President - Mukesh Ambani

Coaches:

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Head Coach - Lalchand Rajput

Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab is a sports franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player and coached by Tom Moody, the former Aussie all rounder.

The owners of Kings XI Punjab include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.

India middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh is the designated icon player for the Kings XI Punjab and he will also captain the team. In addition to Yuvraj, the team also contains the promising Indian allrounder Irfan Pathan, Aussie speedster Brett Lee and the Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara in its ranks.
Players

India middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh is the designated icon player for the Kings XI Punjab and he will also captain the team. In addition to Yuvraj, the team also contains the promising Indian allrounder Irfan Pathan, Aussie speedster Brett Lee and the Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara in its ranks.

Batsmen

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Yuvraj Singh (Captain) - India - Left-handed Batsman
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Mahela Jayawardene - Sri Lanka - Right-handed Batsman
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Ramnaresh Sarwan - West Indies - Right-handed Batsman
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Simon Katich - Australia - Left-handed Batsman
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Luke Pomersbach - Australia - Left-handed Batsman
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Karan Goel - India - Left-handed Batsman
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Tanmay Srivastava - India - Left-handed Batsman
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Sahil Kukreja - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Wilkin Mota - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Yash Gandhi - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Sunny Sohal - India - Right-handed Batsman

Wicketkeepers

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Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka - Left-handed Wicket keeper
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Nitin Saini - India - Right-handed Wicket keeper
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Pankaj Dharmani - India - Right-handed Wicket keeper
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Uday Kaul - India - Right-handed Wicket keeper

All Rounders

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Irfan Pathan - India - Left-handed Batsman/Left-arm medium-fast
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Ramesh Powar - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm off-break
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James Hopes - Australia - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium

Bowlers

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Brett Lee - Australia - Right-arm fast
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Shanthakumaran Sreesanth - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Piyush Chawla - India - Right-arm leg-break
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Vikram Raj Vir Singh - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Kyle Mills - New Zealand - Right-arm fast-medium
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Ajitesh Argal - India - Right-arm medium
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Mohammed Mudasir - India - Right-arm medium

Administration and Coaching Staff

Front Office:

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Owners - Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul & Mohit Burman
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CEO - Neil Maxwell
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President - TBA

Coaches:

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Head Coach - Tom Moody .

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sourav Ganguly, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by John Buchanan. The name of the team was revealed on March 10, 2008 with an official team unveiling ceremony on March 11, 2008. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colours are black and gold.

Kolkata Knight Riders is a franchise of the eight team Indian Premier League. It was bought on January 24, 2008 by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta.

The logo of the team consist of a blazing golden viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold. The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) has been created by Vishal-Shekhar duo. A Knight Rider album with several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri will also be created. The tag line of the team is All the King's Men. The team's official colour is black and gold. Black stands for the courage of Maa Kali and gold stands for the spirit of winning. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra. The team also has a mascot named Hoog Lee, who is a lazy Royal Bengal Tiger and loves to eat burgers. The name was chosen after lot of research. The name Knight Riders has been chosen keeping in view of the kids and the youth., and is a obvious reference to the famous television show. Incidentally the Kolkata team playing in the ICL (the rebel league) is named as "Kolkata Tigers".
Players

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team is the icon player and will lead the Kolkata franchise. Also in the team is allrounder Chris Gayle and wicket keeper batsman Brendon McCullum. The most successful captain in world cricket Ricky Ponting follows suit with a bowling attack including Shoaib Akhtar, Ishant Sharma, Umar Gul. Others include Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik and David Hussey.

Batsmen

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David Hussey - Australia - Right-handed Batsman
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Ricky Ponting - Australia - Right-handed Batsman
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Salman Butt - Pakistan - Left-handed Batsman
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Akash Chopra - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Cheteshwar Pujara - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Rohan Banerjee - India - Left-handed Batsman
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Yashpal Singh - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Debabrata Das - India - Right-handed Batsman

Wicketkeepers

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Brendon McCullum - New Zealand - Right-handed Wicket keeper
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Tatenda Taibu - Zimbabwe - Right-handed Wicket keeper
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Wriddhiman Saha - India - Right-handed Wicket keeper

All Rounders

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Sourav Ganguly (Captain) - India - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium
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Chris Gayle - West Indies - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm off-break
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Ajit Agarkar - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm fast-medium
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Mohammad Hafeez - Pakistan - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm off-break
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Iqbal Abdulla - India - Left-handed Batsman/Left-arm orthodox spin
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Laxmi Ratan Shukla - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm fast-medium

Bowlers

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Ishant Sharma - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Shoaib Akhtar - Pakistan - Right-arm fast
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Murali Kartik - India - Left-arm orthodox spin
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Umar Gul - Pakistan - Right-arm fast-medium
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Siddarth Kaul - India - Right-arm medium
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Ranadeb Bose -India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Sourashish Lahiri - India - Left-arm orthodox spin

Administration and Coaching Staff

Front Office:

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Owners - Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla & Jai Mehta
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CEO - TBA
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President - TBA

Coaches:

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Head Coach - John Buchanan
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Assistant Head Coach - Matthew Mott
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Physiotherapist - Andrew Leipus
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Physical Trainer - Adrian Le Roux

Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers is the franchise that will represent the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by V.V.S. Laxman and coached by Robin Singh, presently the fielding coach of the Indian cricket team. There is no Icon Player for the team.

The Deccan Chargers franchise is owned by Deccan Chronicle. The media group acquired the franchise from IPL for $107 million on January 24, 2008. Group M later picked a 20% stake.
Players

The Chargers were among the most aggressive bidders during the first Indian Premier League player auction. The franchise added a lot of explosive power in batting by acquiring some renowned big hitters like Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Shahid Afridi, Scott Styris and Herschelle Gibbs. In addition to all these players, the franchise also includes the Indian test player V.V.S. Laxman, who is a Hyderabad local. They are also employing the services of well-known pacers R.P. Singh, Nuwan Zoysa and Chaminda Vaas. It's been announced by the franchise that Laxman will captain the side during the tournament.

V.V.S. Laxman was supposed to be the Icon Player for the Deccan Chargers, but this meant that the players mentioned above could not be bought as Icon Player's earn 15% more than the next highest earner in the team. However, VVS Laxman relinquished his Icon Player Status, and instead of earning $1 million like other Icon players he earns $375,000, which allows the team to buy the big names and still remain under the salary cap.

Batsmen

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V. V. S. Laxman (Captain) - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Rohit Sharma - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Herschelle Gibbs - South Africa - Right-handed Batsman
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Venugopal Rao - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Chamara Silva - Sri Lanka - Right-handed Batsman
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Arjun Yadav - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Paidikalva Vijaykumar - India - Right-handed Batsman
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D Ravi Teja - India - Right-handed Batsman

Wicketkeepers

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Adam Gilchrist - Australia - Left-handed Batsman/Right-handed Wicket keeper
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Halahar Das - India - Right-handed Batsman /Left-handed Wicket keeper

All Rounders

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Andrew Symonds - Australia - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm Medium/ Off-break
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Shahid Afridi - Pakistan - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm Medium/ Leg-break
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Scott Styris - New Zealand - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium
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Sanjay Bangar - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium

Bowlers

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Rudra Pratap Singh - India - Left-arm fast-medium
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Chaminda Vaas - Sri Lanka - Left-arm fast-medium
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Nuwan Zoysa - Sri Lanka - Left-arm fast-medium
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Pragyan Ojha - India - Left-arm orthodox spin
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D Kalyan Krishna 20 - India - Right-arm medium
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M Sarveesh Kumar - India - Right-arm medium

Administration and Coaching Staff

Front Office:

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Owner - Deccan Chronicle
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CEO - J Krishnan
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President - J Krishnan
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Manager - [[Vijay Mohan Raj]

Coaches:

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Head Coach - Robin Singh
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Assistant Head Coach - Kanwaljit Singh
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Team Manager - Shishir Hattangadi

Delhi DareDevils

Delhi DareDevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group. The team will be captained by Virender Sehwag, who is also the designated the Icon Player for the franchise.

During the franchise auction for the Indian Premier League teams GMR group acquired the rights for the Delhi franchise for $84 million.
Players

Virender Sehwag has been accorded the icon player status in the Delhi team.

Batsmen

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Virender Sehwag (Captain) - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Tillakaratne Dilshan - Sri Lanka - Right-handed Batsman
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Gautam Gambhir - India - Left-handed Batsman
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Manoj Tiwary - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Shikhar Dhawan - India - Right-handed Batsman

Wicketkeepers

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Dinesh Karthik - India - Right-handed Wicket keeper
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AB de Villiers - South Africa - Right-handed Wicket keeper

All Rounders

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Daniel Vettori - New Zealand - Left-handed Batsman/Left-arm orthodox spin
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Shoaib Malik - Pakistan - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm off-break
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Farveez Maharoof - Sri Lanka - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm fast-medium
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Rajat Bhatia - India - Right-handed Batsman//Right-arm medium-fast
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Mithun Manhas - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm off-break
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Mayank Tehlan - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm off-break

Bowlers

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Mohammad Asif - Pakistan - Right-arm fast-medium
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Glenn McGrath - Australia - Right-arm medium-fast
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Brett Geeves - Australia - Right-arm fast-medium
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Pradeep Sangwan - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Yo Mahesh - India - Right-arm fast-medium

Administration and Coaching Staff

Front Office:

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Owners - GMR Holdings
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CEO - Yogesh Shetty
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President - TBA
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Vice President - T. A. Sekhar

Coaches:

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Head Coach - Greg Shipperd

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai franchise for the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest-paid IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels. There is no Icon Player for the team.

Chennai Super Kings are a part of the eight club Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by India Cements, who paid $91 million to acquire the rights of the franchise for the next 10 years. Former India test player Kris Srikkanth is the brand ambassador for the franchise, and another former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar will be the chief selector. The brand ambasssadors for the team will be South Indian actor, Vijay and actress, Nayantara.

The M.A.Chidambaram stadium (often referred to as Chepauk, the place where the stadium is located) will be the home ground of the IPL team. The theme song of Chennai Super Kings, penned by Vairamuthu, is presently being composed by G V Prakash Kumar.

The name “Super Kings” is to honor the rulers of the golden era of Tamil culture, the team logo has a Lion to reflect the King of the Jungle. In addition the word “Super” is colloquially used in the state of Tamil Nadu to reflect all things thrilling and exciting and is a word of the lips of almost every one in Tamil Nadu. Incidentally the Chennai team playing in the ICL (the rebel league) is named as “Chennai Superstars”.
Players

Chennai Super Kings are one of the three franchises with no icon player. The lack of an icon player benefited the Super Kings during the bidding as they managed to bid successfully on two (Dhoni & Muralitharan) of the six A listed players.

The team plans to have twenty three players on its roster. Besides the list of players already acquired, the team will pick the remaining members from the three catchment areas - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Railways - that have been allocated to it.

Batsmen

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Matthew Hayden - Australia - Left-handed Batsman
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Stephen Fleming - New Zealand - Left-handed Batsman
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Suresh Raina - India - Left-handed Batsman
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Michael Hussey - Australia - Left-handed Batsman
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Anirudha Srikkanth - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Subramaniam Badrinath - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Napoleon Einstein - India - Right-handed Batsman

Wicketkeepers

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain) - India - Right-handed Wicket keeper
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Parthiv Patel - India - Left-handed Wicket keeper

All Rounders

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Jacob Oram - New Zealand - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium-fast
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Albie Morkel - South Africa - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm fast-medium
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Shadab Jakati - India - Slow left-arm orthodox spin
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Abhinav Mukund - India - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm leg-break
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Viraj Kadbe - India - Right-arm leg-break

Bowlers

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Muttiah Muralitharan - Sri Lanka - Right-arm off-break
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Joginder Sharma - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Makhaya Ntini - South Africa - Right-arm fast
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R. Ashwin - India - Right-arm off-break
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Sudeep Tyagi - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Lakshmipathy Balaji - India - Right-arm fast-medium

Administration and Coaching Staff

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Owner - India Cement Ltd.
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CEO - TBA
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Ambassador - Kris Srikkanth, film stars Joseph Vijay and Nayantara
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Chief Selector - V. B. Chandrasekhar

Coaches:

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Head Coach - Kepler Wessels
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Assistant Coach - TBA
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Physiotherapist - Tommy Simsek
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Physical Trainer - Gregory King

Bangalore Royal Challengers

Bangalore Royal Challengers is the team that is going to represent the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament to be held in India. The team is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, the chairman of UB Group. Charu Sharma is the CEO of the team and Rahul Dravid, the captain of the team is the Icon Player. Martin Crowe, the former New Zealand captain, has also been signed as a member of the management team. Venkatesh Prasad, the former Indian fast bowler and the present bowling coach of India has been declared the coach for the team.

Bangalore team was won by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team in the IPL, next only to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries’ bid of $111.9million for the Mumbai team.

Indian actresses Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif were signed as the brand ambassadors of the franchise.

Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either ‘No. 1 McDowell’s’ or ‘Royal Challenge’ with the team. Ultimately, ‘Royal Challenge’ was chosen, and hence the team was given the name ‘Bangalore Royal Challengers’. The jersey colours of the team are red and golden yellow, and the logo consists of the RC emblem with ‘Bangalore Royal Challengers’ in standard format.
Players

The players in the team (except for Rahul Dravid, who was the Icon Player), were selected in an auction conducted by BCCI on 20 February 2008. South Africa’s Jacques Kallis at $900,000 became the costliest player to be selected to play for the Royal Challengers. This meant that Rahul Dravid, being the Icon Player would be paid $1,035,000 (15% more than the highest bid player in the team). Other players selected included the Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble along with his team-mates Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan, West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Aussies Nathan Bracken and Cameron White, South Africa’s Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper) and Dale Steyn.

Batsmen

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Rahul Dravid (Captain/Icon Player) - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul - West Indies - Left-handed Batsman
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Wasim Jaffer - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Misbah-ul-Haq - Pakistan - Right-handed Batsman
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Ross Taylor - New Zealand - Right-handed Batsman
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Arun Kumar J. - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Appanna K. P. - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Bharat Chipli - India - Right-handed Batsman

Wicket Keepers

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Mark Boucher - South Africa - Right-handed Batsman / Wicket keeper
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Shreevats Goswami - India - Left-hand Batsman / Wicket keeper
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Devraj Patil - India - Right-handed Batsman / Wicket keeper

Allrounders

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Jacques Kallis - South Africa - Right-arm fast-medium
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Cameron White - Australia - Right-handed Leg-break googly
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Sunil Joshi - India - Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox spin
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Akhil B. - India - Right-arm medium-fast
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Virat Kohli - India - Right-arm medium

Bowlers

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Anil Kumble - India -Right-armleg-break googly
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Zaheer Khan - India - Left-arm medium-fast
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Nathan Bracken - Australia - Left-arm fast-medium
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Dale Steyn - South Africa - Right-arm fast
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Praveen Kumar - India - Right-arm medium-fast
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Abdur Razzak - Bangladesh - Slow left-arm orthodox
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Vinay Kumar R. - India - Right-arm medium-fast

Administration and coaching staff

Front Office:

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Owner- Vijay Mallya
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CEO - Charu Sharma
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Adviser - Martin Crowe

Coaches:

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Head Coach - Venkatesh Prasad
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Assistant Head Coach - TBA
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Physiotherapist - TBA