IPL Match Schedule 2008

April 2008
Fri 18 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	1st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 19 17:00 local, 11:30 GMT	2nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 19 20:30 local, 15:00 GMT	3rd match - Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sun 20 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	4th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun 20 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	5th match - Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Mon 21 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	6th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Tue 22 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	7th match - Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Wed 23 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	8th match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Thu 24 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	9th match - Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Fri 25 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	10th match - Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 26 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	11th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sat 26 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	12th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sun 27 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	13th match - Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sun 27 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	14th match - Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Mon 28 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	15th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue 29 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	16th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 30 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	17th match - Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May 2008
Thu 1 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	18th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Thu 1 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	19th match - Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Fri 2 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	20th match - Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sat 3 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	21st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 3 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	22nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sun 4 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	23rd match - Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Sun 4 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	24th match - Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon 5 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	25th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue 6 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	26th match - Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed 7 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	27th match - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Thu 8 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	28th match - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu 8 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	29th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Fri 9 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	30th match - Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sat 10 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	31st match - Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 11 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	32nd match - Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Sun 11 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	33rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon 12 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	34th match - Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Tue 13 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	35th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 14 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	36th match - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Thu 15 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	37th match - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri 16 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	38th match - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Sat 17 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	39th match - Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sat 17 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	40th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sun 18 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	41st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun 18 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	42nd match - Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Mon 19 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	43rd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue 20 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	44th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 21 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	45th match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Wed 21 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	46th match - Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Thu 22 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	47th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri 23 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	48th match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 24 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	49th match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sat 24 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	50th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sun 25 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	52nd match - Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Sun 25 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	51st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon 26 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	53rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Tue 27 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	54th match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Wed 28 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT	55th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Wed 28 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	56th match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Fri 30 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sat 31 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
June 2008
Sun 1 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Second Public Sale will take place on 11 March

The eight permitted authority is going to meet again on 11 March to choose their players. It is the second public sale for selecting the players to the inaugural IPL. IPL selected 8 authorities to become the team owners. In the first public sale some of it selected its teas members.

Moreover IPL has collected the players from different cricket paying country except England. But after visiting and an informal meeting, IPL commissioner Latit Modi became success to collect some English players. IPL had to face a contradiction because of time schedule. The month April is the season of English country Cricket. So, English players do not feel interest to join IPL.

The auction is within the scope of the IPL's rules, which specify that "if more than one franchise is interested in a particular player, the DLF IPL may hold a further auction to determine which franchise will sign that player."

However, the kind of money to be put up this time is unlikely to be anywhere near the first auction, on February 20, which raked in US$42 million. Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, confirmed to Cricinfo that franchises will have to follow the original purchase cap of US$5 million.

The public sell will be followed some rules on 11 march. You can see more rules by visiting the links.

Inaugural IPL will be held without English?

IPL and England country cricket is going to hold in the same time. For this reason no English players will join in IPL inaugural ceremony. So IPL is thinking to make a mutual contact abut ECB. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi met with ECB and discuss about the problem. May from the next time this kind of problem will not come again.

Cricinfo reported

"I know a lot of our owners are in touch with the English players," he told the Daily Telegraph. "I know that the players' agents have been in touch with me, and I've been telling them we cannot do anything for the moment. After this season, it will be more difficult to do that."

Modi had earlier suggested that the dates for future IPL events could be altered to ensure that it doesn't overlap with the English county season to allow England players to be accommodated.

England Country Cricket is a tradition of English. So it is clear that the inaugural ILP will be held without English. Now, it is a question how IPL authority will make up their players?

A dozen of highest payer in IPL

I have collected a list of the highest 12 payer in IPL. BCCI organized IPL will be taken place from April 2008. On aim is to start the tournament just time IPL chairman Lalit Modi is touring England now. What is the main problem that IPL is on pressure to collect their players for the inaugural tournament. Do you think that all players do not satisfy on IPL’s payment system?

• 1. Bangalore

a. Rahul Dravid, India, £530,000;

b. Jacques Kallis, S Africa, £460,000;

• 2. Kolkata

a. Sourav Ganguly, India, £560,000;

b. Ishant Sharma, India, £490,000;

• 3. Chennai

a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India, £770,000;

• 4. Hyderabad

a. Andrew Symonds, Australia, £695,000;

b. RP Singh, India, £450,000;

• 5. Mohali

a. Yuvraj Singh, India, £547,000;

b. Irfan Pathan, India, £476,000;

c. Brett Lee, Australia, £460,000;

• 6. Mumbai

a. Sachin Tendulkar, India, £575,000;

b. Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka, £500,000;

1. You can see the 6 team among the eight. Now, it is a question where is tow teams. Yes, they have but they are paying so low that I cannot list them on the top twelve. In Delhi and Jaipur team there no player who will be paid over £450,000. Important thing is that still now this two team’s owner did not collect all their players, so it could be change.

Shoeb Akte will play in IPL

During the home sires along with Zimbabwe Shoeb Akter was kept out in spite of his better performances against India in the Future Cup series in India home series and test series too. That is why he become upset and was a rumor that he can join in the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL). Now the rumor has come to end after signing with IPL. There are more news about that he has make a contact with IPL/

"My commitment to the DLF IPL is absolute. There is a lot of talk flying around players at the moment regarding the new Twenty20 competitions, but I have signed with the DLF IPL and I am so excited about the upcoming bid process and finding out which franchisee I will play for," Akhtar said in a statement.

"This is an exciting week for Shoaib and all other players contracted to the DLF IPL," said Akhtar's agent, David Ligertwood of Essentially Group, the international sports business.

"We have just agreed the long form player contract, which Shoaib and all other players will sign in the next 48 hours. We are now waiting to find out on the 20th which city and franchises will Shoaib service."

I also have got a news source that the Rawalpindi Express could get $10,00000 for three years. Not only Shoeb Akter but also Md Sami and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has signed with ICL.

Sourav-Sachin-Dravid will be paid higher than others

Indian leading batsmen Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tenduakar, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni will attend in the inaugural IPL cricket tournament that will be started from 18 April 2008. IPL authorities are going to mark them as an icon player and they will be paid higher than the others players.

Sources said BCCI has shortlisted five cricketers — Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh — who will be called "icon players" and will be the highest paid players in the league. They will not be auctioned if they have a city team.

IPL chairman Lalit Modi confirmed, "This is one of the BCCI suggestions and it awaits the nod of the IPL board. The player bids will take place next month."

A top BCCI official added that regular members of the Indian team will probably make Rs 1.2 crore to Rs 2 crore from the 44-day event, with the icon players getting the highest amount.

BCCI stands opposite ICL but I think it is making another ICL by stabling IPL with their activities

Sony Entertainment Television has got the Broadcast right of IPL

After a bid, Sony Entertainment Television has got the IPL broadcasting right. The Twenty20 formatted IPL will commence on April. Sony Entertainment Television and sports marketing and management agency World Sports Group (WSG) have won the broadcasting rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) for $1.03 billion (around Rs 4,000 crore) for ten years.

BCCI is pleased with Sony Entertainment Television and sports marketing and management agency World Sports Group (WSG) that it has got the right to telecast the IPL tournament on April.