There are a total of eight teams in the "Indian Premier League". The Indian Premier League teams are as follows.
Mumbai Indians
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"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
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"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
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"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.
Delhi dare devils
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“Delhi dare devils” will be representing the Delhi team in the Indian Premier League. Indian opening batsmen Virender sehwag is the iconic player for this team.
Previously this team was bought by the GMR group for an amount of $84 million at the auction conducted on 26th January.
The Delhi team has grabbed quite a few big names to their team list. The iconic player Virender Sehwag will be the captain of the team. The team also has Top Indian Players like Gautam Ghambir, Murali karthik. It also has some great names like Glenn McGrath, Shoaib Malik etc.
The GMR group has recently announced that the Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will be the Brand Ambassador for this team.
Yogesh shetty is the CEO. The Delhi team picked up Greg Sheppard as their team coach.
Delhi Feroz Shah Kotla ground will be the Home ground for this team.
Deccan Chargers
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“Deccan Chargers” will be representing the Hyderabad team in the Indian Premier League. There is no iconic player for this team.
Previously this team was bought by the Deccan Chronicle group for an amount of $107 million. This was the third highest amount after the Mumbai Indians and Bangalore Royal Challengers.
This team has a very strong line up. VVS laxman will be the captain of this team. This team has some great names like Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds, wicket-keeper Adam Gilcrist, Indian Young stars like Rohith Sharma. It also has some experienced players like Sanath Jayasurya, Chamindha vaas.
The team is still in a search for a Brand Ambassador. Everyone is expecting a Tollywood star for that.
J Krishnan will be the CEO for this team and the Uppal stadium in Hyderabad will be the home ground for this team.
Kolkata Knight Riders
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“Kolkata Knight Riders” will be representing the Kolkata team in the Indian Premier League. Indian ex Captain Sourav Ganguly is the iconic player for this team.
This team was previously bought by the Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for an amount of $75.09 million at the auction conducted on 26th January.
Shah Rukh has selected very good players for his team. First among them is the Australian captain Ricky Ponting. Indian upcoming super star Ishath Sharma is also there in the team. He was bid for the highest amount in the team.
Shah Rukh himself and actress Juhi Chawla will be the brand Ambassadors for this team.
The Ceo and President for this team are not yet announced and the home ground for this team will be the Eden Gardens which has a huge capacity to facilitate around 88,000 people.
John Buchanan, the former Australian coach will be the head coach for this team.
Kings IX Punjab
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“Kings IX Punjab” will be representing the team Mohali for the Indian Premier league. Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh is the iconic player for this team.
This team was previously bought by the Bollywood Actress Preethi Zintha and her Boy friend for an amount of $76 million at the auction conducted on 26th January.
This team has a few quite a good players in it. Yuvraj Sigh is the captain foe this team. Australian fast Bowler Brett Lee is also included in this team. This is team is completely swadesi except for a few foreign players.
The CEO and President for this team are not yet announced. Former Sri Lankan coach Tom Moody will be the head coach for this team.
The Punjab Cricket Stadium in Mohali will be the home ground for this team.
Rajasthan Royals
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“Rajasthan royals” will be representing the team Jaipur in the Indian Premier League. There is no iconic player for this team.
This team was previously bought by the Emerging Media group for an amount of $67 million at the auction conducted on 26th January. This team was bid for the lowest amount in the Indian Premier League.
Shane Warne is the captain of this team. It also has some good players in its list like Grame Smith, Justin Langer, Irfan Pathan’s brother Yousuf on its list.
Shane Warne is the Brand Ambassador for this team.
Fraser Castellino is the Ceo for this team. Shane Warne will be he head coach for this team.
The Jaipur cricket stadium will be the home ground for this team.
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