Bangalore Royal Challengers skipper Kevin Pietersen won the toss and opted to bat against Rajasthan Royals in their first Indian Premier League match at Newlands cricket ground here on Saturday. The Teams: Bangalore Royal Challengers: Kevin Pietersen (C) Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, B Akhil, R Vinay Kumar, Praveen...
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Kevin Pietersen will prove says Royal Challengers Coach
Bangalore Royal Challengers coach Ray Jennings has said that he is confident that England batsman Kevin Pietersen will show his class as the skipper of the side during the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and ‘doesn’t care a damn’ about the star batsman’s controversial reign as England captain. He said: “I...
Cape Town awaits IPL Celebrities
Cape Town is getting ready for the biggest celebrity invasion of the year as the off-field stars of the Indian Premier League (IPL) converge on the Mother City. As a popular holiday destination and film-shoot location, Cape Town is no stranger to the rich and famous, but with the glamorous Twenty20 tournament due to...
IPL Season 2 Timetable
IPL 2009 TimeTable, New IPL Season 2 Schedule in South Africa: Date Time(IST) Match Venue 18 April 2009 4.00 pm Opening Ceremony followed by- Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Cape Town 18 April 2009 8.00 pm Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town 19 April 2009 4.00 pm Kolkata Knight Riders Vs...
IPL 2 opens in Cape Town and closes in Johannesburg
Cape Town will host the opening match of the Indian Premier League while Johannesburg will be the venue for the final of the Twenty20 event, which was shifted to South Africa due to a clash of dates with the general elections in India. In a double header on the first day, reigning champions Rajasthan...
South African players have advantage of IPL venue
IPL teams that have more South African players in their side, especially Bangalore, have a clear home advantage now that the tournament has been relocated to that country, coaches and players from the league have said. Ray Jennings, the coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has five South Africans in the team, the maximum...
Pietersen to Captain Royal Challengers
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen has been named as the captain of his new Indian Premier League side, the Bangalore Royal Challengers. Owner Vijay Mallya confirmed the decision over the weekend, despite Pietersen only being available for three of the IPL’s six weeks. Bangalore finished last season’s IPL seventh out of eight teams, with...
