IPL 3 Opening Match in Mumbai

The Indian Premier League's opening match was on Friday shifted from Hyderabad to Mumbai.

Decision was taken owing to the political unrest in Andhra Pradesh over the Telangana issue.

"It remains a Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders match but instead of Hyderabadb, it would be held in Mumbai. The opening game, the opening ceremony and the opening gala dinner (on March 11) are very important for us. People from all over the world are coming and we are going to make sure that everything is in order. We don't want to take any chances," Modi said.

"There are no changes to other matches, everything looks fine. We have worked it out with franchises and the teams and decided that match would be held in Mumbai," he added.

Buy IPL Tickets 2010 Online

IPL 2010 Tickets will be on sale for Hyderabad IPL Twenty20 Matches soon.

After their 1st match with Kolkata IPL Team on April 20 at Kolkata, Hyderabad's Deccan chargers will play their 1st Home Match with Delhi Daredevils on April 22 at Uppal International Stadium.

THIS INFORMATION IS ONLY FOR HYDERABAD MATCHES

How to Buy IPL 3 Tickets 2010 Online

1. Online at http://www.deccanchargers.com

2. Online at http://www.ticketpro.in

3. ICICI Bank branches in Hyderabad, Vizag, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar and Secunderabad.

IPL Season 3 Tickets are available from

1. 2 PM to 8 PM on Saturday.
2. 8 AM to 8 PM on Sunday and Monday.

IPL Season 3 Ticket Rates

1. East Pavilion - Rs 250.
2. West Pavilion - Rs 500.
3. North Pavilion (Level 2 - terrace) - Rs 1,000.
4. South Pavilion (Level 2 - terrace) - Rs 1,500.
5. North Pavilion (ground, level 1) - Rs 2,000.
6. South Pavilion (Ground, level 1) - Rs 2,500.

Benefits for IPL Season 3 ticket buyers:

1. Refreshments are free for all the IPL Season 3 ticket holders.
2. Prizes like 1-Mercedez Benz cars, 7- Maruti Swift, 35 TVS, 35 Yamaha Motorcycles.

IPL Season 3 Ticket Applications will be available at booking counters and will be published on the Deccan Chronicle Newspaper on April 11th and 12th.

You can buy 4 IPL3 Tickets on 1 IPL Season 3 Ticket Application.

DLF IPL 3 Schedule | IPL Season 3 Fixtures

The wait is over and IPL Season 3 Schedule is out. The IPL Schedule 2010 is available here. Subscribe to IPL Ticket to stay updated with Latest IPL Schedule of 2010. If there are any changes in it, we will bring you with the sooner updates right in your mail box. Subscribe Now before its too late.

March 12th, the date fixed for the very first ball of the IPL Season 3 to be bowled (IPL 2010 Match Schedule below).

2010 IPL 3 Schedule | IPL Season 3 Fixtures 2010

Sr	Day / Dt	IST	GMT	Team vs Team	Venue
Mar2010
1	Fri-12	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders	HCA – Hyderabad
2	Sat-13	16:00	10:30	Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai/Nagpur
3	Sat-13	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils	PCA – Mohali
4	Sun-14	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers	MAC – Chennai
5	Sun-14	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Eden – Kolkata
6	Mon-15	20:00	14:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils	SMS – Jaipur
7	Tue-16	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab	MCS – Bangalore
8	Tue-16	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings	Eden – Kolkata
9	Wed-17	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians	FSK – Delhi
10	Thu-18	20:00	14:30	Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals	MCS – Bangalore
11	Fri-19	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab	Visakhapatnam
12	Sat-20	16:00	10:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Ahmedabad
13	Sat-20	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Mumbai/Nagpur
14	Sun-21	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab	MAC – Chennai
15	Sun-21	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers	FSK – Delhi
16	Mon-22	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai/Nagpur
17	Tue-23	20:00	14:30	Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings	MCS – Bangalore
18	Wed-24	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals	PCA – Mohali
19	Thu-25	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils	Eden – Kolkata
20	Fri-26	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians	MAC – Chennai
21	Fri-26	20:00	14:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers	Ahmedabad
22	Sat-27	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils	MCS – Bangalore
23	Sat-27	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders	PCA – Mohali
24	Sun-28	16:00	10:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings	Ahmedabad
25	Sun-28	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians	Visakhapatnam
26	Mon-29	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders	FSK – Delhi
27	Tue-30	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai/Nagpur
28	Wed-31	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	MAC – Chennai
29	Wed-31	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals	FSK – Delhi
Apr2010
30	Thu-01	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers	Eden – Kolkata
31	Fri-02	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	PCA – Mohali
32	Sat-03	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals	MAC – Chennai
33	Sat-03	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers	Mumbai/Nagpur
34	Sun-04	16:00	10:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	FSK – Delhi
35	Sun-04	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab	Eden – Kolkata
36	Mon-05	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals	HCA – Hyderabad
37	Tue-06	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai/Nagpur
38	Wed-07	20:00	14:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab	Ahmedabad
39	Thu-08	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers	MCS – Bangalore
40	Thu-08	20:00	14:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils	MAC – Chennai
41	Fri-09	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians	PCA – Mohali
42	Sat-10	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders	MCS – Bangalore
43	Sat-10	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings	HCA – Hyderabad
44	Sun-11	16:00	10:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians	SMS – Jaipur
45	Sun-11	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab	FSK – Delhi
46	Mon-12	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	HCA – Hyderabad
47	Tue-13	20:00	14:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders	MAC – Chennai
48	Wed-14	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai/Nagpur
49	Thu-15	16:00	10:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	SMS – Jaipur
50	Thu-15	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers	Dharmasala
51	Fri-16	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings	FSK – Delhi
52	Sat-17	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians	MCS – Bangalore
53	Sat-17	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals	Eden – Kolkata
54	Sun-18	16:00	10:30	Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils	HCA – Hyderabad
55	Sun-18	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings	Dharmasala
56	Mon-19	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians	Eden – Kolkata
57	Wed-21	20:00	14:30	1nd Semi-Final – Team 1 vs Team 2	TBC
58	Thu-22	20:00	14:30	2nd Semi-Final – Team 3 vs Team 4	TBC
59	Sat-24	20:00	14:30	Play-off for 3rd Place – Team A vs Team B	TBC
60	Sun-25	20:00	14:30	Final of IPL 2010 – Team 1 vs Team 2	TBC

4 New Stadiums in 2010 IPL Season 3

IPL3 will have 4 Additional Stadiums

• Nagpur
• Vishakhapatnam
• Ahmedabad
• Dharamsala

IPL Season 3 will also stage 1 Extra Match, the 60th, for the 3rd Place Play-off, Modi said.

Buy IPL 3 Tickets 2010 Online

As you all know, the DLF IPL Season 3 is beginning on March 12 2010. As always many of you would want to catch the excitement Live on the Grounds rather than Online or on TV.

The crazy of buying IPL Tickets Online as always will also be high this time as well in the Season 3. The IPL Season 3 Tickets 2010 will soon become available online and we will bring you the information as soon as its available. We will make sure that you get the IPL Season 3 Match Tickets before anyone else with the information provided here.

The Fake IPL Player Blogspot 2010 Season 3
The Fake IPL player is perhaps the biggest talking point of the IPL Matches. The Fake IPL Player is perhaps the most popular Blogspot. The blog has gathered a huge fan following within a very short period of time and it has managed to keep its rating very high throughout.

The best part about the fake IPL Player’s Blog has to be the nick names. The popular players participating in the tournament are given nicknames that will surely tickle your funny bone. For example Ramesh Powar is more popularly known as Arnold Power, Aila is the nick name for the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Some of the nick names are not very flattering like that of Buchanan is Bhuka Naan.

If you are new to the blog you might want to brush up on the nick names or you might find yourself lost. The Fake IPL Player has provide clues that indicate that he hails from West Bengal and he is currently a non playing member of the Kolkata Knight Riders Squad, but his actual identity has not been revealed yet.

The Fake IPL Player Story

The fact remains that although the identity of the blogger remains shrouded in mystery, the way he has covered the IPL Matches is commendable and hilarious to the hilt.

IPL 3 Auction 2010

2010 IPL Players Auction – 66 Players short listed for IPL Auction 2010 – 11 Players Sold - No Pakistani Player sold.

IPL 3 Auction Video

Registered Players	Shortlisted	Picked Up By	Contract Price
Sri Lanka
Thisara Perera	Yes	Chennai Super Kings	$50,000
South Africa
Yusuf Abdulla	Yes	Kings XI Punjab	$50,000
Justin Kemp	Yes	Chennai Super Kings	$100,000
Wayne Parnell	Yes	Delhi Daredevils	$610,000
New Zealand
Shane Bond	Yes	Kolkata Knight Riders	$750,000+
West Indies
Kieron Pollard	Yes	Mumbai Indians	$750,000+
Kemar Roach	Yes	Deccan Chargers	$720,000
Australia
Damien Martyn	Yes	Rajasthan Royals	$100,000
Adam Voges	Yes	Rajasthan Royals	$50,000
England
Eoin Morgan	Yes	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$220,000
India
Mohammad Kaif	Yes	Kings XI Punjab	$250,000
Ashok Meenaria	Yes	Kings XI Punjab	Unknown
Harmeet Singh	Yes	Deccan Chargers	Unknown
Harshal Patel	Yes	mumb|R}	Unknown

Watch IPL 2010 Live on YouTube: For all those people who are glued to their computers 24x7, now there is a great way to stay updated with the Latest IPL Matches as well. The World Wide Web has made things super fast for all of us and it has also made sure that everyone can get access to all types of information.



So when it comes to knowing the exact score of your favorite IPL Matches you can just go to YouTube and view the Live IPL Matches Streaming of each and every match. If you have a fast Broadband Connection you can even watch Two or Three Matches side by side by opening two browser windows. This journey of the IPL Franchisee to the Internet will see a boost in its popularity and it will certainly get a lot of traffic for the Google run video hosting website as well.

The IPL Season 3 Matches will be shown Live and this move will give IPL Season 3 the much desired access to the global market that might prove vital to the survival of this nascent league. So if you want to follow all the IPL matches closely you can simply log on to YouTube and start cheering for your favorite teams.

2010 IPL Live on Youtube

This IPL season you can enjoy all the action on your Internet enabled phone as IPL Season 3 Matches will be Streamed on Youtube.

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Pakistan Plans Quitting IPL - Angoor Khate Hain?

Hurt Pakistani cricketers have decided to "avoid" the Indian Premier League until Indo-Pak diplomatic ties don't normalise, sources in the team revealed on Thursday.

The players, who didn't find a buyer in the third IPL auction on Tuesday, held a meeting in Brisbane, where the team will play an ODI series against Australia. They decided it was best to ignore the event at least for the time being.

"The players unanimously decided to avoid playing in the IPL in future and until at least relations between the two countries normalised," one source said.

Kings 11 Punjab Season 3 Team

The Kings 11 Punjab have announced their team for the Season 3 of the DLF IPL T20 Cricket Tournament. Here are the players.

Brett Lee

V R V Singh

Piyush Chawla

Karan Goel

Uday Kaul

Wilkin Mota

Ajitesh Argal

Tanmay Srivastava

Sunny Sohal

Ryan Ninan

Ramesh Powar

S Sreesanth

Irfan Pathan

James Hopes

Shaun Marsh

Simon Katich

Kumar Sangakkara

M Jayawardene

Burt Cockley

Ravi Bopara

Jerome Taylor

Yuvraj Singh

Yash Gandhi

Delhi Daredevils Season 3 Team

Here is the Delhi Daredevils team for the Season 3 of the DLF IPL Season 3 captained by Virender Sehwag

AB de Villiers

Mithun Manhas

Aavishkar Salvi

Ashish Nehra

Yo Mahesh

Pradeep Sangwan

Umesh Yadav

Yogesh Nagar

Tejaswi Yadav

Amit Mishra

Rajat Bhatia

Dinesh Karthik

Gautam Gambhir

Daniel Vettori

Paul Collingwood

David Warner

Andrew McDonald

Dirk Nannes

Glenn McGrath

Farveez Maharoof

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Virender Sehwag

Moises Henriques

Kolkata Knight Riders Season 3 Team

Here is the Kolkata Knight Riders Team owned by Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla with its captaincy by Saurav Ganguly for the IPL Season 3.

Shoaib Sheikh

Shatrunjay Gaekwad

Gaurav Chabbra

Sunny Singh

Sachin Rana

Avik Chowdhury

Sanjib Sanyal

Amit Das

Sheldon Jackson

Sanjay Bangar

Bhavik Thakkar

Charl Langeveldt

Manoj Tiwary

Vinit Indulkar

Ameya Shrikhande

Arindam Ghosh

Sourav Sarkar

Murtuza Hussain

Gnaneshwar Rao

Kshemal Waingankar

Mohnish Parmar

Ishwar Choudhary

Laxmi Ratan Shukla

Debabrata Das

Sourav Ganguly

Ajantha Mendis

Mashrafe Mortaza

Angelo Mathews

David Hussey

Brad Hodge

Brendon McCullum

Wriddhiman Saha

Ashoke Dinda

Aditya Dole

Rajesh Verma

Anureet Singh

Chris Gayle

Owais Shah

Iqbal Abdulla

Murali Kartik

Ishant Sharma

Ajit Agarkar

Cheteshwar Pujara

Deccan Chargers Season 3 Team

Here are the members of the Deccan Chargers for the IPL Season 3 Captained by Adam Gilchrist.

Adam Gilchirst

Dwaraka Ravi Teja

T Suman

Arjun Yadav

Kalyankrishna

Paidikalva Vijay Kumar

Abhinav Kumar

Manvinder Bisla

Jaskaran Deep Singh

Harmeet Singh

Venugopal Rao

Pragyan Ojha

RP Singh

Herschelle Gibbs

Scott Styris

Andrew Symonds

Ryan Harris

Fidel Edwards

Dwyane Smith

Chaminda Vaas

VVS Laxman

Rohit Sharma

Azhar Bilakhia

Bangalore Royal Challengers Season 3 Team

Here are the underdogs who made it to the semifinals last year, they are sure back with a bang this time. A brand new looking team full of momentum and youth, go challengers go!

Rohit Sabharwal

J Arun Kumar

Devraj Patil

B Akhil

Bharat Chipli

Tinu Yohanan

Saurav Bendekar

Karan Sharma

Aravind S

K P Appanna

Sunil Joshi

Gaurav Dhiman

Ishank Jaggi

Rajesh Bishnoi

Raju Bhatkal

Gautam.C.M

Kedar Jadhav

Mithun.A

Udit Patel

Jitendra Patil

Bhuvanesh Kumar

Vinay Kumar

Jesse Ryder

Kevin Pietersen

Ross Taylor

Nathan Bracken

Cameron White

Dillon Du Preez

Dale Steyn

Mark Boucher

Roelof van der Merwe

Rahul Dravid

Anil Kumble

Pankaj Singh

Suteesh R

Srivats Goswami

Manish Pandey

Wasim Jaffer

Virat Kohli

Praveen Kumar

Robin Uthappa

Jacques Kallis

Mumbai Indians Season 3 Team

Here is the Gigantic Mumbai Indians Team for Season 3 owned by Mukesh Ambani and Captained by Sachin Tendulkar. Hope to see some similar fireworks this time as well as the last time with Sachin and Jayasuriya batting together.

Lasith Malinga

Abhishek Nayar

Dhawal Kulkarni

Jude Singh

Jaydev Shah

Rahil Shaikh

Yogesh Takawale

Pinal Shah

Ajinkya Rahane

Chetanya Nanda

Rohan Raje

Shikhar Dhawan

Harbhajan Singh

Zaheer Khan

Jean Paul Duminy

Graham Napier

Ryan McLaren

Dilhara Fernando

Sanath Jayasuriya

Dwayne Bravo

Mohammad Ashraful

Kyle Mills

Luke Ronchi

Sachin Tendulkar

Saurabh Tiwary

Chennai Super Kings Season 3 Team

The most demanded and favorite team of the Indian IPL Fans. Just because of Dhoni, it always marcks a niche in its wins and is a very strong competitor of the IPL Season 3 Winning Trophy.

M Muralidaran

Joginder Sharma

Manpreet Gony

Sudeep Tyagi

Viraj Kadbe

Shadab Jakati

R Ashwin

Abhinav Mukund

Anirudha Srikanth

Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan

Palani Amarnath

K B Arun Karthik

N Einstein

M Vijay

L Balaji

S Badrinath

Matthew Hayden

Michael Hussey

Albie Morkel

Makhaya Ntini

Jacob Oram

Stephen Fleming

Thilan Thushara

Andrew Flintoff

George Bailey

M S Dhoni

Parthiv Patel

Suresh Raina

Suresh Kumar

Rajasthan Royals Season 3 Team

Here is the classy looking team of the Season 1 Winners. Hope they prove right to their campaign saying they will do wonders back in India.

Shane Watson (Captain)

Dinesh Salunkhe

Naman Ojha

Sidharth Chitnis

Paras Dogra

Amit Singh

Raphi Vincent Gomez

Kamran Khan

Ashraf Makda

Paul Valthaty

Srideep Mangela

Mohd Arif

Gajendra Singh

Atul Sharma

Pratmesh Salunkhe

Pushkarraj Chavan

Ravindra Jadeja

Anup Revandkar

Mahesh Rawat

Shane Warne

Graeme Smith

Dimitri Mascarenhas

Morne Morkel

Robert Quiney

Tyron Henderson

Shaun Tait

Shane Harwood

Lee Carseldine

Mohd Kaif

Munaf Patel

Yusuf Pathan

Sidharth Trivedi

Swapnil Asnodkar

Niraj Patel

Johan Botha

Ricky Ponting out of IPL Season 3

Australian captain Ricky Ponting won't be playing in the Indian Premier League this year after his franchise, the Kolkata Knight Riders, bought out his contract.

Ponting had been set to spend about four weeks on the subcontinent in April, but the Knight Riders opted to pay out the batsman. They will aim to purchase another international at the auction in Mumbai, scheduled to start later on Tuesday.

2010 IPL Season 3 Auction - Strongest Team?

IPL 3 Auction saw some surprises. Where the most expected players failed to get a buyer for them and most unexpected players got price for their game. Now the curtain has been raise and we know players of each team.

I think Chennai Super Kings stands very great chances of winning Season 3. They already had best of the players and now with experience of Justin Kemp and Perera would add to more fireworks. Its time for the other teams to gear up for a competition to look for.

IPL Auction 2010 Round 1 Pictures

IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi with Co-owner of Rajasthan Royals Shilpa Shetty and Co-owners of Kings XI Punjab Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia at a press conference after players' auction for the third edition of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai

IPL Teams 2010 Season 3 Auction 1st Round

The complete team structure is not out yet but below are the teams that will be keeping the below NEW foreign players. We think that the previous players will remain in their original teams only well of course what will DC look like without Gilchrist and Gibbs ;). Have a look at the few below.

Gilchrist Playing IPL Season 3

Earlier we had told you that Gilchrist will NOT be playing in IPL Season 3 owing to the Shiv Sena threat, now read on.

Ending all speculations, retired Australian Adam Gilchrist on Friday said he would play in this year's Indian Premier League even if some of his compatriots decide otherwise.

Flintoff Out of IPL Season 3

Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) after another operation on his troublesome knee that is expected to sideline him for about six months.

The Lancashire all-rounder has been out of action since undergoing a micro-fracture operation on his right knee after retiring from Tests having helped England regain the Ashes last year.

Gilchrist Shiv Sena Threat

Worried by Shiv Sena's threat against Australian players, reigning IPL champion Deccan Chargers' skipper Adam Gilchrist could consider giving the Twenty20 event a miss if security experts rule India unsafe.

IPL Season 3 Teams 2010

IPL 2010 would see 8 IPL T20 Teams as before. Listed below are the 2010 IPL Teams

IPL Auction 2010 Players Prices

The IPL Auction 2010 scheduled for 19th January 2010 had about 96 players in total initially with 26 of them from Pakistan alone.

This list has been cut down to a final list of 66 overseas players based on the ipl franchise interest for the 2010 IPL Auction. The list also includes the 8 English players – Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan, Rob Key, Anthony McGrath, Monty Panesar, Mark Ramprakash, Graeme Swann and Jonathan Trott.

Rohan Gavaskar Kolkata Knight Riders

Rohan Gavaskar, left hand batsman who played in ICL for Bengal Tigers, has joined Shahrukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Team in IPL.

Kolkata Knight Riders had a two day training camp at Eden Gardens in Kolkata under Dav Whatmore’s (newly appointed KKR coach) supervision. Rohan Gavaskar was also a part of the camp along with Eklak Ahmid (played only 2 first class matches till now for Bengal). Rohan Gavaskar is the son of Legendary Indian Batsman, Sunil Gavaskar.

Pakistani Players in 2010 IPL Season 3

All these players have Registered for IPL 2010 Season 3 which will be played during March-April 2010. Registering, however, does not guarantee the player will be included in the auction list. This list of players will be sent to IPL franchises who will select the names of the players whom they want to auction for. The selected players will be informed of their inclusion by January 5.

2010 IPL Season 3 Auctioned Players

97 players registered to be a part of Indian Premier League Season 3 Auctions. This list was sent to all the franchises who then selected the players whom they would like to auction for.

This list has been cut down to 51 players based on the franchise interest. There are no English players in the new list which means all 8 players registered has been removed. IPL commissioner, Lalit Modi, told on twitter that English players have been removed because of the new NOC conditions imposed by ECB.

Sangakkara Announced KXP Captain IPL 2010

Sangakkara has been named as Captain for Kings XI Punjab team for IPL 2010. There were speculations over this issue since past some time but nothing was being said from the team owners. Sangakkara replaces KXP’s star batsman Yuvraj Singh who lead the team in 2008 and 2009 seasons of Indian Premier League.

No reasons have been specified for Yuvraj Singh’s removal. Yuvraj Singh has been the leading batsman for KXP team. He was the leading scorer for KXP in IPL 2009, which was played in South Africa.

SRK Visits KKR Practice Session

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan who is also co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), a team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) twenty20 cricket tournament visited his team practicing at the nets in Kolkata.

He interacted candidly with the players as well as the skipper Sourav Ganguly and coaches Wasim Akram of Pakistan and Dave Whatmore, conducting the training sessions.
He also watched the practice session of the team and met the young players.

IPL Season 3 Schedule IPL 2010 Match Fixtures IPL 3 Schedule

IPL Season 3 Schedule IPL 2010 Match Fixtures IPL 3 Schedule

Title holder Deccan Chargers will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad in the opening match of the 60-match IPL season 3 to be played from March 12 to April 25, 2010. This was announced by Lalit Modi, Chairman of the IPL Governing Council here on Monday.

The additional match will be a play–off for the third and fourth position between the losing semifinalists.

It was also announced that Mumbai Indians will play a few matches at Nagpur, Deccan Chargers at Visakhapatnam, Kings XI Punjab at Dharamsala and Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad.

Download IPL 2010 Season 2 Match Schedule and Fixtures

It’s been proposed that players should not be paid lower than Rs. 8 lakh and in excess of Rs. 20 lakh. It’s up to the BCCI to draft the guidelines and identify players in the two categories.

“If a franchise had signed in a player from the former ICL group, it will be treated as null and void,” said Modi.

Revealing that the expenses for season II held in South Africa were much higher, Mr. Modi said the modalities of making up the shortfall of the eight franchises will be addressed at a meeting next week with the team owners.

Change in the Rules

A significant change has also been made to the strategic time out (seven and half minutes after the first 10 overs in South Africa) for the season III next year. The fielding captain will have the option to take a two and half minute STO between the 6th and 10th overs and the batsman will have the option to take a two and half minute STO between the 11th and 16th overs.

Mar 12: Deccan Chargers (DC) v Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Hyderabad.

Mar 13: Mumbai Indians (MI) v Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Mumbai/Nagpur; Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) v Delhi Daredevils (DD) at Mohali.

Mar 14: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) v Deccan Chargers in Chennai; Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Kolkata.

Mar 15: RR v DD in Jaipur.
Mar 16: RCB v KXIP in Bangalore; KKR v CSK in Kolkata.
Mar 17: DD v MI in Delhi.
Mar 18: RCB v RR in Bangalore.
Mar 19: DC v KXIP in Vishakapatnam.
Mar 20: RR v KKR in Ahmedabad; MI v RCB in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Mar 21: CSK v KXIP in Chennai; DD v DC in Delhi.
Mar 22: MI v KKR in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Mar 23: RCB v CSK in Bangalore.
Mar 24: KXIP v RR at Mohali.
Mar 25: KKR v DD in Kolkata.
Mar 26: CSK v MI in Chennai; RR v DC in Ahmedabad.
Mar 27: RCB v DD in Bangalore; KXIP v KKR at Mohali.
Mar 28: RR v CSK in Ahmedabad; DC v MI in Vishakapatnam.
Mar 29: DD v KKR in Delhi.
Mar 30: MI v KXIP in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Mar 31: CSK v RCB in Chennai; DD v RR in Delhi.
Apr 1: KKR v DC in Kolkata.
Apr 2: KXIP v RCB in Mohali.
Apr 3: CSK v RR in Chennai; MI v DC in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Apr 4: DD v RCB in Delhi; KKR v KXIP in Kolkata.
Apr 5: DC v RR in Hyderabad.
Apr 6: MI v CSK in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Apr 7: RR v KXIP in Ahmedabad.
Apr 8: RCB v DC in Bangalore; CSK v DD in Chennai.
Apr 9: KXIP v MI at Mohali.
Apr 10: RCB v KKR in Bangalore; DC v CSK in Hyderabad.
Apr 11: RR v MI in Jaipur; DD v KXIP in Delhi.
Apr 12: DC v RCB in Hyderabad.
Apr 13: CSK v KKR in Chennai.
Apr 14: MI v DD in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Apr 15: RR v RCB in Jaipur; KXIP v DC at Dharamsala.
Apr 16: DD v CSK in Delhi.
Apr 17: RCB v MI in Bangalore; KKR v RR in Kolkata.
Apr 18: DC v DD in Hyderabad; KXIP v CSK at Dharamsala.
Apr 19: KKR v MI in Kolkata.

Apr 20: Rest day.

Apr 21: 1st Semifinal.
Apr 22: 2nd Semifinal.

Apr 23: Rest day.

Apr 24: Play-off for 3rd place.

Apr 25: Final

No Icon Players in IPL Season 3

The ‘icon status’ of India’s most cherished cricketers will soon come to an end. From 2010 onwards, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh, who enjoyed this special status in the inaugural two seasons, will be like any other player in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

“In the original plan itself, ‘icon status’ was only for two years. That time IPL was a new concept and we wanted to build a strong base for teams. But it is not mandatory to keep these players after the next season,” IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said here on Tuesday.

“They can be traded or other teams can bid for them in the fresh auctions after the 2010 season. They will not be icon players anymore,” he added.

Abolishing the ‘icons’ tag would mean that these players no more stand to earn 15% more than the highest-earning player from his franchise. The fees will be at the discretion of the franchise. This was among the many decisions taken during the IPL governing council meeting held in Mumbai on Tuesday.

It also decided to add four new venues to the IPL tournament, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala and Vishakapatnam, which will act as home venues for Mumbai Indians, Team Jaipur, Kings XI and Team Hyderabad respectively. The franchisees can decide the number of matches at these venues. IPL season III will be played from March 12-April 25, for which the schedule has already been charted out.

The opening match will be between Team Hyderabad and Knight Riders in Hyderabad while the total number of matches has been increased from 59 to 60, to include a third place play-off after the two semifinals. “The schedule has been prepared eight months in advance to help franchisees and sponsors get ready in time for the event,” Modi said.

The IPL has also brought a change in strategy (time-out) breaks that were introduced in 2009. Instead of a seven-and-half minute break per innings (which equals to 15 minutes per game), there will now be two two-and-half minute breaks per innings (equaling to 10 minutes per game).

The first break will be called by the bowling captain between the sixth and the tenth over while second by the batsman at the crease between the 11th and 15th over.

The IPL has also decided to tweak the NOC rule a bit to deal with players not signing their board contracts in time and missing out on FTP commitments.

IPL Season 3 Start Date When will IPL 3 Start

IPL Season 3 First Match

A significant change has also been made to the strategic time out (seven and half minutes after the first 10 overs in South Africa) for the season III next year. The fielding captain will have the option to take a two and half minute STO between the 6th and 10th overs and the batsman will have the option to take a two and half minute STO between the 11th and 16th overs.


Mar 12: Deccan Chargers (DC) v Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Hyderabad.