2011 IPL Cricket Tournament preview

The Indian Premier League 2011 season, abbreviated as IPL 4 or the IPL 2011, will be the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament will be hosted by India and the opening ceremony will be held in Chepauk Stadium, Chennai, the home venue for 2010 Champions the Chennai Super Kings. The season will run from 8 April to 22 May 2011 and will consist of 70 games. The season saw the addition of new teams the Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi. With ten teams set to take part the BCCI has decided to limit each franchises schedule to just 14 group games with 7 at home and 7 away games. Each franchise will play 5 teams at home and away, another two just at home and the final two teams away from home.

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Top 10 most expensive players for the 2011 IPL (USD)

01. Gautam Gambhir (India-Kolkata Knight Riders) 2400000
02. =Yusuf Pathan (India-Kolkata Knight Riders) 2100000
02. =Robin Uthappa (India-Pune Warriors) 2100000
03. Rohit Sharma (India-Mumbai Indians) 2000000
04. Irfan Pathan (India-Delhi Daredevils) 1900000
05. =Sachin Tendulkar (India-Mumbai Indians) 1800000
05. =Shane Warne (Australia-Rajasthan Royals) 1800000
05. =Virender Sehwag (India-Delhi Daredevils) 1800000
05. =MS Dhoni (India-Chennai Super Kings) 1800000
05. =Yuvraj Singh (India-Pune Warriors) 1800000
05. =Virat Kohli (India-Royal Challenger Bangalore) 1800000
06. Saurabh Tiwary (India-Royal Challenger Bangalore) 1600000
07. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka-Kochi) 1500000
08. David Hussey (Australia-Kings XI Punjab) 1400000
09. =Harbhajan Singh (India-Mumbai Indians) 1300000
09. =Suresh Raina (India-Chennai Super Kings) 1300000
09. =Shane Watson (Australia-Rajasthan Royals) 1300000
10. Dale Steyn (South Africa-Deccan Chargers) 1200000

South African players in 2011 IPL (USD)

01. Dale Steyn (Deccan Chargers) 1200000
02. =Jacques Kallis (Kolkata Knight Riders)1100000
02. =AB de Villiers (Royal Challenger Bangalore) 1100000
03. Johan Botha (Rajasthan Royals) 950000
04. =Albie Morkel (Chennai Super Kings) 500000
04. =Graeme Smith (Pune Warriors) 500000
05. Morne Morkel (Delhi Daredevils) 475000
06. JP Duminy (Deccan Chargers) 300000
07. Davy Jacobs (Mumbai Indians) 190000
08. Wayne Parnell (Pune Warriors) 160000
09. Charl Langeveldt (Royal Challenger Bangalore) 140000
10. Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings) 120000
11. =Colin Ingram (Delhi Daredevils) 100000
11. =Alfonso Thomas (Pune Warriors) 100000
12. Johan van der Wath (Royal Challenger Bangalore) 95000
13. Rusty Theron (Deccan Chargers) 85000
14. Roelof van der Merwe (Delhi Daredevils) 50000
15. =Robert Frylinck (Delhi Daredevils) 20000
15. =Rilee Rossouw (Royal Challenger Bangalore) 20000
15. =Jonathan Vandiar (Royal Challenger Bangalore) 20000

2011 IPL Cricket team sheets

Mumbai Indians

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Sachin Tendulkar (retained) India 1800000
Harbhajan Singh (retained) India 1300000
Kieron Pollard (retained) West Indies 900000
Lasith Malinga (retained) Sri Lanka 500000
Rohit Sharma India 2000000
Andrew Symonds Australia 850000
Davy Jacobs South Africa 190000
James Franklin New Zealand 100000
Munaf Patel India 700000
Clint McKay Australia 110000
Moises Henriques Australia 50000
Aiden Blizzard Australia 20000
Total Spent 8,520,000
Money Left 480,000

Delhi Daredevils

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Virender Sehwag (retained) India 1800000
Irfan Pathan India 1900000
David Warner Australia 750000
Naman Ojha India 270000
James Hopes Australia 350000
Morne Morkel South Africa 475000
Aaron Finch Australia 300000
Matthew Wade Australia 100000
Ajit Agarkar India 210000
Ashok Dinda India 375000
Umesh Yadav India 750000
Roelof van der Merwe South Africa 50000
Venugopal Rao India 700000
Andrew McDonald Australia 80000
Travis Birt Australia 20000
Colin Ingram South Africa 100000
Robert Frylinck South Africa 20000
Total Spent 8,250,000
Money Left 750,000

Chennai Super Kings

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

MS Dhoni (retained) India 1800000
Suresh Raina (retained) India 1300000
M Vijay (retained) India 900000
Albie Morkel (retained) South Africa 500000
Michael Hussey Australia 425000
Wriddhiman Saha India 100000
Dwayne Bravo West Indies 200000
Doug Bollinger Australia 700000
R Ashwin India 850000
S Badrinath India 850000
Scott Styris New Zealand 200000
Ben Hilfenhaus Australia 100000
Joginder Sharma India 150000
Nuwan Kulasekara Sri Lanka 100000
Sudeep Tyagi India 240000
Suraj Randiv Sri Lanka 80000
George Bailey Australia 50000
Faf du Plessis South Africa 120000
Total Spent 8,665,000
Money Left 335,000

Deccan Chargers

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Kevin Pietersen England 650000
Cameron White Australia 1100000
Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 700000
JP Duminy South Africa 300000
Shikhar Dhawan India 300000
Ishant Sharma India 450000
Dale Steyn South Africa 1200000
Pragyan Ojha India 500000
Amit Mishra India 300000
Dan Christian Australia 900000
Manpreet Gony India 290000
Chris Lynn Australia 20000
Rusty Theron South Africa 85000
Michael Lumb England 80000
Total Spent 6,875,000
Money Left 2,125,000

Pune Warriors

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Yuvraj Singh India 1800000
Graeme Smith South Africa 500000
Robin Uthappa India 2100000
Tim Paine Australia 270000
Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka 950000
Ashish Nehra India 850000
Nathan McCullum New Zealand 100000
Callum Ferguson Australia 300000
Wayne Parnell South Africa 160000
Mitchell Marsh Australia 290000
Jerome Taylor West Indies 100000
Alfonso Thomas South Africa 100000
Jesse Ryder New Zealand 150000
Murali Kartik India 400000
Total Spent 8,070,000
Money Left 930,000

Kings XI Punjab

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Adam Gilchrist Australia 900000
Shaun Marsh Australia 400000
David Hussey Australia 1400000
Dinesh Karthik India 900000
Stuart Broad England 400000
Abhishek Nayar India 800000
Praveen Kumar India 800000
Ryan Harris Australia 325000
Piyush Chawla India 900000
Dmitri Mascarenhas England 100000
Nathan Rimmington Australia 20000
Total Spent 6,945,000
Money Left 2,055,000

Kochi Terrific Tuskers

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 1500000
VVS Laxman India 400000
Brendon McCullum New Zealand 475000
Sreesanth India 900000
RP Singh India 500000
Parthiv Patel India 290000
Ravindra Jadeja India 950000
Steven Smith Australia 200000
Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 1100000
Ramesh Powar India 180000
Brad Hodge Australia 425000
Thisara Perera Sri Lanka 80000
Vinay Kumar India 475000
Steve O’Keefe Australia 20000
Owais Shah England 200000
Michael Klinger Australia 75000
John Hastings Australia 20000
Total Spent 7,790,000
Money Left 1,210,000

Rajasthan Royals

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Shane Warne (retained) Australia 1800000
Shane Watson (retained) Australia 1300000
Ross Taylor New Zealand 1000000
Rahul Dravid India 500000
Johan Botha South Africa 950000
Paul Collingwood England 250000
Shaun Tait Australia 300000
Pankaj Singh India 95000
Total Spent 6,195,000
Money Left 805,000

Royal Challenger Bangalore

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Virat Kohli (retained) India 1800000
Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka 650000
Zaheer Khan India 900000
AB de Villiers South Africa 1100000
Daniel Vettori New Zealand 550000
Saurabh Tiwary India 1600000
Dirk Nannes Australia 650000
Cheteshwar Pujara India 700000
Charl Langeveldt South Africa 140000
Luke Pomersbasch Australia 50000
Abhimanyu Mithun India 260000
Johan van der Wath South Africa 95000
Rilee Rossouw South Africa 20000
Nuwan Pradeep Sri Lanka 20000
Jonathan Vandiar South Africa 20000
Total Spent 8,555,000
Money Left 445,000

Kolkata Knight Riders

Player Name Nationality Cost (USD)

Gautam Gambhir India 2400000
Yusuf Pathan India 2100000
Jacques Kallis South Africa 1100000
Brad Haddin Australia 325000
Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh 425000
Brett Lee Australia 400000
Eoin Morgan England 350000
Manoj Tiwary India 475000
L Balaji India 500000
Jaidev Unadkat India 250000
Ryan ten Doeschate Netherlands 150000
James Pattinson Australia 100000
Total Spent 8,575,000
Money Left 425,000

The Broadcasters of IPL 2011

Sony/World Sport Group – India
ONE HD – Australia
Sky – New Zealand
PCCW – Hong Kong
StarHub – Singapore
Astro – Malaysia
SuperSport – Central Africa, South Africa, Niger
Arab Digital Distribution – United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Nigeria
GEO Super – Pakistan
Willow TV – North America
DirecTV – United States
Asian Television Network – Canada
SportsMax – Caribbean
ITV – United Kingdom