Indian Premier League Teams

MUMBAI INDIANS

The name "Mumbai Indians" will represent the Mumbai team for the Indian Premier League . The team will be lead by the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, the iconic player of the Mumbai team.

This team was previously bought by the Reliance Industries chairman, Mukesh Ambani at the auction on the January 26th. They bought this team for the highest amount in the Indian Premier League, $111.6 million.

The colour of their costumes will be blue. The name Indians is really a blunder by the team management as it doesn’t seem to be apt for the team.

This team has successfully gained seven good players at the auction held in Mumbai for the players. This list includes the Harbajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, and Sanath Jayasurya.

It also has some all-rounders like Shawn Pollack included in the team. When it comes to the bowlers, there are a few good names in the list like Lasith Malinga and Dilshan. Ashish Nehra, ex-Indian pace bowler is also included in the team.

With this strong line-up Mumbai team is expected to perform well in the "Indian Premier League".

Lal Chand Rajputh, former Indian team manager is the coach for the Mumbai Indians. R.Balachandran will be the CEO and M.Ambani will be the President of the team.


BANGLORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS

The name "Bangalore Royal Challengers" will represent the Bangalore team in the Indian Premier League . This team is owned by the Liquor king in India Dr.Vijay Malaya. Former captain of Indian Cricket team Rahul Dravid is the captain of this team and is also the iconic player for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Previously the team was bought by the kingfisher group chairman Dr.Vijay Malaya for an astonishing amount of $111.6 million, which stood the second highest amount after the Mumbai team.

Malaya wanted to associate his top liquor brands McDowell’s or Royal challenge with his team but at last he selected the brand Royal Challenge for that.

Dipika Padukone and Katrina Kaif, top Bollywood actresses will be Brand Ambassadors for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

The Bangalore Royal Challengers have quit a few top players in their List. South African All-rounder Jacques Kallis was the costliest player in the team who was successfully bid for $900,000. Other players include Indian test team captain Anil Kumble along with Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Sivanarayan Chandra Paul, Mark Boucher…

Vekatesh Prasad, the bowling coach of the Indian Cricket Team will be the coach for this team.

Charu Sharma will be the CEO and Vijay Malaya will be the president of this team. Former New Zealand captain and cousin of Hollywood actor Russell Crowe will be the Advisor for this team.


CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

The name "Chennai Super Kings" will be representing the Chennai team in the Indian Premier League . This team was previously acquired by the Indian cement group for an amount of $91 million for the next ten years.

This is team which acquired the highest paid player of the Indian Premier League Mahender Singh Dhoni. He is made the captain of the team as there is no iconic player for this team.

Former India test player Kris Srikanth, Tamil Actor Vijay and Actress Nayana Tara are the brand ambassadors for this team.

Even this team has some great players in their list apart from Mahender Singh Dhoni. This list includes top players like Muralidharan, Mathew Hayden, Mike Hussey, Stephen Fleming and all-rounder like Albe Morkel, Jacob Oram… who performed well in the T20 World Cup. This team will also have players from Kerala and Railways.

Former Indian Opening Batsman V.B.Chandra Shekar will be the chief selector and Kepller Wessels will be the coach for this team.

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