Since Sportsnet ONE has picked up 34 of the 72 IPL matches this season, this is a thread to discuss the tournament which starts on April 8 and for those who have never seen cricket to ask any questions in case you happen to channel surf by it and have no clue what's going on. Matches will either be played at 4:30AM MT or 8:30AM MT plus probably some tape delayed replays.
This is a very fast-paced game that I believe is tailor-made for the 21st century with the very best players in the world. Matches take less than 3 hours and involve hitting the ball as far as possible.
Here is informations for 2011 IPL Season
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-p...es/466304.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_...#Fourth_season
There are 10 teams in the league. Listed here with captain
Mumbai Indians - Sachin Tendulkar
Royal Challengers Bangalore - Daniel Vetorri
Deccan Chargers -
Kumar Sangakkara
Chennai Super Kings - MS Dhoni
Kolkata Knight Riders -
Gautam Gambhir
Kings XI Punjab - Adam Gilchrist
Rajasthan Royals - Shane Warne
Dehli Daredevils - Virender Sehwag
Pune Warriors - Yuvraj Singh
Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Mahela Jayawardene
Pune and Kochi are expansion teams.
The ten teams are divided into two groups of five. In the group stage, each team plays 14 games: facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times.
Four games will be played in the playoffs (curling page system!)
- Game A, between the teams ranked first and second in the group stage.
- Game B, between the teams ranked third and fourth in the group stage.
- Game C, between the loser of Game A and winner of Game B.
- Final, between the winners of Games A and C.