IPL teams and players

Chennai Super Kings: M S Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel (all retained), Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Joginder sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey and Francois Du Plessis.
Deccan Chargers: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manpreet Gony, Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Chris Lynn, Juan Theron and Michael Lumb.
Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (retained), Irfan Pathan, Naman Ojha, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav, Venugopal Rao, David Warner, James Hopes, Morne Morke l, Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade, Roelof van der Merve, Andrew McDonand, Travis Birt, Colin Ingram and Robert Frylinck.
Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga (all retained), Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Andrew Symonds, David Jacobs, James Franklin, Clint McKay, Moises Henriques and Aiden Bllzzard.
Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne, Shane Watson (both retained), Rahul Dravid, Pankaj Singh, Ross Taylor, Johan Botha, Paul Collingwood and Shaun Tait.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (retained), Zaheer Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammed Kaif, T Dilshan, A B De Viliers, Daniel Vettori, Dirk Nannes, Charl Langeveldt, Luke Pomersbach, Johan van der Wath, Rile Rossouw, Nuwan Pradeep and Jonathan Vandlar.
Team Kochi: V V S Laxman, S Sreesanth, R P Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ramesh Powar, R Vinay Kumar, Mahela Jayawardene, Brendon McCullum, Steven Smith, M Muralidharan, Brad Hodge, Tisara Perera, Stephen O’Keefe, Owais Shah, Michael Klinger and John Hastings.
Team Pune: Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Graeme Smith, Tim Paine, Agelo Mathews, Nathan McCullum, Callum Ferguson, Wayne Parnell, Mitchell Marsh, Jerome Taylor, Alfonson Thomas and Jesse Ryder.
King XI Punjab: Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Ryan Harris, Dimitri Mascarenhas and Nathan Rimmington.
Kolkara Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwari, L Balaji, Jaidev Unadkat, Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hasasn, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Ryan ten Doeschate and James Pattinson

Favourites

In this addition of the Indian Premier League the number of teams participating is increased to 10 which will add more thrill to this competition. As 8 teams fought for glory in the last three IPL's with Rajasthan Royals winning the inaugural tournament in 2008 and Deccan chargers and Chennai Super Kings winning in 2009 and in 2010.
This year with increased number of teams it will be hard to pick the favourite. Cricket is the game of  uncertainty and with t20 addition it becomes more tougher to pick a champion. Any team can win IPL 2011.

If we have to choose any favourite this year's IPLt20 tournament there will be no clear choice. There are few teams with great players which can win the tournament and are the favourites.

1. Chennai Super Kings: Defending champions and the winner of champions league 2010 are certainly the hot favourites. In the captaincy of MS Dhoni this team looks very solid and will be the prime contenders to win this years IPLt20 and retain their title. This team retained all four players M S Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel and again shown faith in them.
2. Mumbai Indians: In the captaincy of  cricketing God Sachin Tendulkar Mumbai Indians can beat any opposition. Their captain master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is in tremendous form which he has already shown in the world cup and he will love to win this year's IPLt20 tournament as they failed last year and were first runner up. Mumbai Indians also retained its all four players Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga

There are few other teams to watch which can win this t20 tournament, if played to potential can cause big upset. Those teams are Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders and  Delhi Daredevils.

IPL Schedule 2011

Indian Premier League Season 4 starts from April 8 to May28.
IPL Schedule 2011

Date	IST	Match Details	Venue
8-Apr-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st IPL T20	Chennai
9-Apr-11	16:00	Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd IPL T20	Hyderabad
9-Apr-11	20:00	Team Kochi vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3rd IPL T20	Kochi
10-Apr-11	16:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, 4th IPL T20	Delhi
10-Apr-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab, 5th IPL T20	Navi Mumbai
11-Apr-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers, 6th IPL T20	Kolkata
12-Apr-11	16:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils, 7th IPL T20	Jaipur
12-Apr-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, 8th IPL T20	Bangalore
13-Apr-11	16:00	Pune Warriors vs Team Kochi, 9th IPL T20	Navi Mumbai
13-Apr-11	20:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, 10th IPL T20	Mohali
14-Apr-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 11th IPL T20	Hyderabad
15-Apr-11	16:00	Mumbai Indians vs Team Kochi, 12th IPL T20	Mumbai
15-Apr-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 13th IPL T20	Delhi
16-Apr-11	16:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 14th IPL T20	Chennai
16-Apr-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab, 15th IPL T20	Hyderabad
17-Apr-11	16:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 16th IPL T20	Jaipur
17-Apr-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils, 17th IPL T20	Navi Mumbai
18-Apr-11	20:00	Team Kochi vs Chennai Super Kings, 18th IPL T20	Kochi
19-Apr-11	16:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers, 19th IPL T20	Delhi
19-Apr-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, 20th IPL T20	Bangalore
20-Apr-11	16:00	Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors, 21st IPL T20	Mumbai
20-Apr-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Team Kochi, 22nd IPL T20	Kolkata
21-Apr-11	20:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, 23rd IPL T20	Mohali
22-Apr-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 24th IPL T20	Mumbai
23-Apr-11	16:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 25th IPL T20	Kolkata
23-Apr-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, 26th IPL T20	Delhi
24-Apr-11	16:00	Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians, 27th IPL T20	Hyderabad
24-Apr-11	20:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Team Kochi, 28th IPL T20	Jaipur
25-Apr-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors, 29th IPL T20	Chennai
26-Apr-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 30th IPL T20	Delhi
27-Apr-11	16:00	Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings, 31st IPL T20	Navi Mumbai
27-Apr-11	20:00	Team Kochi vs Deccan Chargers, 32nd IPL T20	Kochi
28-Apr-11	16:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab, 33rd IPL T20	Kolkata
28-Apr-11	20:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, 34th IPL T20	Jaipur
29-Apr-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors, 35th IPL T20	Bangalore
30-Apr-11	16:00	Team Kochi vs Delhi Daredevils, 36th IPL T20	Kochi
30-Apr-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, 37th IPL T20	Mumbai
1-May-11	16:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors, 38th IPL T20	Jaipur
1-May-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers, 39th IPL T20	Chennai
2-May-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Team Kochi, 40th IPL T20	Delhi
3-May-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 41st IPL T20	Hyderabad
4-May-11	16:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 42nd IPL T20	Chennai
4-May-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians, 43rd IPL T20	Navi Mumbai
5-May-11	16:00	Team Kochi vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 44th IPL T20	Kochi
5-May-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils, 45th IPL T20	Hyderabad
6-May-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, 46th IPL T20	Bangalore
7-May-11	16:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, 47th IPL T20	Kolkata
7-May-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, 48th IPL T20	Mumbai
8-May-11	16:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Team Kochi, 49th IPL T20	Bangalore
8-May-11	20:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors, 50th IPL T20	Mohali
9-May-11	20:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 51st IPL T20	Jaipur
10-May-11	16:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, 52nd IPL T20	Mohali
10-May-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors, 53rd IPL T20	Hyderabad
11-May-11	20:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 54th IPL T20	Jaipur
12-May-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, 55th IPL T20	Chennai
13-May-11	20:00	Team Kochi vs Kings XI Punjab, 56th IPL T20	Indore
14-May-11	16:00	Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers, 57th IPL T20	Mumbai
14-May-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 58th IPL T20	Bangalore
15-May-11	16:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, 59th IPL T20	Dharamshala
15-May-11	20:00	Team Kochi vs Rajasthan Royals, 60th IPL T20	Indore
16-May-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 61st IPL T20	Kolkata
17-May-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers, 62nd IPL T20	Pune
18-May-11	16:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 63rd IPL T20	Dharamshala
18-May-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Team Kochi, 64th IPL T20	Chennai
19-May-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 65th IPL T20	Pune
20-May-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, 66th IPL T20	Mumbai
21-May-11	16:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers, 67th IPL T20	Dharamshala
21-May-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors, 68th IPL T20	Delhi
22-May-11	16:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 69th IPL T20	Bangalore
22-May-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 70th IPL T20	Kolkata
24-May-11	20:00	TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 IPL T20	Mumbai
25-May-11	20:00	TBC vs TBC, Eliminator IPL T20	Mumbai
27-May-11	20:00	TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 IPL T20	Chennai
28-May-11	20:00	TBC vs TBC, Final IPL T20	Chennai

Indian premier league

World cup fever is about to end with the India and Srilanka reaching the finals. Now its the matter of time who will become the world champion. India has hosted this world cup with SriLanka and Bangladesh successfully. And is prepare to host another big cricketing tournament to keep the cricketing fever alive in this cricket crazy nation and this will be the Indian Premier league T20.

Indian Premier League T20 2011 will be beginning on 8 April 2011 with the match between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai will be hosting this opener.