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Sreesanth Rajasthan Royals' players arrested for spot-fixing

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Kerala pacer S. Sreesanth and two other players of the Rajasthan Royals Indian Premier League team have been arrested by the Delhi Police and charged with spot-fixing in the on-going tournament.

Sreesanth and the others, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, were arrested in Mumbai and will be brought to Delhi to be produced in court. While 29-year-old Chandila has played for Haryana and Delhi Daredevils previously and Chavan (27-year-old) has played for Mumbai, Sreesanth is a veteran of 53 ODIs and 27 Tests.

The police have also arrested seven bookies. Police sources said the players have been accused of spot-fixing in different matches this week. They also said that investigtions have been on for some time into alleged spot-fixing in the cash-rich IPL tournament, the sixth edition of which is being played now.

The Rajasthan Royals IPL franchise is co-owned by Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.

Kolkata Knight Riders

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Labels: Hyden, IPL, Kolkata Knight Ridres, LAtest IPL News, Preity Zinta, Rajasthan Royals, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurabh Ganguly, Shahrukhan, Yuvraj Singh

Sourav Ganguly

Country: India

Left-hand bat, Right-arm medium

Bid price: Icon player

Yet to make his international T20 debut.

India`s most successful Test captain; was sacked as One-day player in October 2005 and from Tests four months later but made a strong comeback in the South Africa Test series and subsequent home One-day series wins over West Indies and Sri Lanka. Thereafter, he has bailed India out many times with his heroics.

Ishant Sharma

Country: India

Right-hand bat, Right-arm fast

Bid price: $ 950,000

Twenty20 Internationals: Bowling averages: 1 match, 8 runs, Econ 6.00

Ishant Sharma, India’s new pace sensation came to limelight during the 2007-08 Australia series. A promising youngster, who creates havoc among its opponents with his fiery pace and bounce.

Chris Gayle

Country: West Indies

Right-hand bat

Bid price: $800,000

Twenty20 Internationals: 5 matches, 193 runs@38.60, one century, one fifty, strike rate: 164.94.

An aggressive opening batsman who loves to go on the attack early in an innings; Gayle`s approach is ideally suited for the One-day game and while critics have pointed out his lack of footwork, his stroke play has rarely suffered due to that deficiency.

Brendon McCullum

Country: New Zealand

Right-hand bat

Bid price:$700,000

Twenty20 Internationals: 15 matches, 299 runs@23.00, strike rate: 121.54, 9 catches, 3 stumpings.

Acrobatic wicketkeeper and dangerous attacking batsman with a Caribbean flourish to his strokes and a strike rate of 80. New Zealand have experimented with him at opener with mixed results.

David Hussey

Country: Australia

Right-hand bat, Right-arm offbreak

Bid price: $625,000

Twenty20 Internationals: 1match vs India, 2008

David Hussey, brother of Australian Michael Hussey, has been a prolific scorer in the English County side Nottinghamshire as well as his home team Victoria. He has scored 9119 runs in first-class cricket. A hard-hitting batsman and a great entertainer.

Murali Kartik

Country: India

Left-hand bat, Left-arm spinner

Bid price: $425,000

Twenty20 Internationals: 1 match, vs Australia 2007

A left-arm spinner who has been in and out of the team due to injuries. He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2002, and since then has played second fiddle to Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.

Ricky Ponting

Country: Australia

Right-hand bat

Bid price: $400,000

Twenty20 Internationals: 10 matches, 315 runs@39.37, 0 centuries, 2 fifties, strike rate: 138.15, 6 catches.

He is one of the best cricketers Australia has ever produced; Ricky Ponting, nicknamed Punter, provides a harrowing experience to opponents on the field. A master batsman who has made Australian cricket scale new heights under his captainship. Loves winning, and winning convincingly.

Ajit Agarkar

Country: India

Right-hand bat, Right-arm medium fast

Bid price: $350,000

Twenty20 Internationals: Bowling averages: 4 matches, 85 runs, 3 wickets, Best: 2/10.

One of the most experienced seamer in the Indian team, capable of producing sharp pace that belies his thin frame, but has suffered repeated injuries. Has cut down on pace by focusing on line and length and swing.

Umar Gul

Country: Pakistan

Right-hand bat, Right-arm fast

Bid price: $150,000

Twenty20 Internationals: Bowling averages: 8 matches, 162 runs, 13 wickets, Best: 4/25.

Gul is one of Pakistan`s great success stories who spearheaded the attack in the absence of the top bowlers. Has improved a lot and can be a handful on his day. Made his T20 debut against Kenya in 2007.

Tatenda Taibu

Country: Zimbabwe

Right-hand bat

Bid price: $125,000

Twenty20 Internationals: 2 matches, 2 runs, strike rate: 20.00

A promising batsman, who is improving in Tests as well as ODIs. Captained Zimbabwean side after Heath Streak resigned. He made his T20 debut against Australia in 2007

Salman Butt

Country: Pakistan

Left-hand bat

Bid price: $100,000

Twenty20 Internationals: 7 matches, 107 runs@17.83, strike rate: 81.06.

A fine left-hander with sharp techniques; he has played many crucial knocks for Pakistan. One of Pakistan’s reliable batter, he made his T20 debut against Bangladesh in 2007

Mohd. Hafeez

Country: Pakistan

Right-arm offbreak, Right-hand bat

Bid price: $100,000

He is one of the top fielders in the Pakistan side; his organised approach to batting at opener and his ability to bowl tight off-spin are invaluable.

Coach: John Buchanan (Australia)

Chennai Super Kings

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Labels: Albie Morkel, Jacob Oram, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, MS Dhoni, Muttiah Muralitharan, Parthiv Patel, Stephen Fleming, Suresh Raina

MS Dhoni

Country: India

Bid price: $1.5 million

Right-hand batsman and wicketkeeper

Twenty 20 internationals: 10 matches, 172 runs @ 24.57, 0 centuries, 0 fifties,strike rate 111.68. 2 catches, 0 stumpings.

Explosive batsman who struck 148 in his fifth ODI in a home series against Pakistan in April 2005 and a match-winning 183 not out against Sri Lanka at home later that year to record the highest one-day score by a wicketkeeper.

Muttiah Muralitharan

Country: Sri Lanka

Bid price: $600,000

Right-hand batsman
Right-arm offbreak

Twenty 20 internationals: 1 match, 2 wickets @13.50, best bowling 2/27, economy rate 6.75, strike rate 12.0.

Sri Lanka`s chief bowling weapon since 1993. Divides world opinion with his unusual bowling action that generates prolific spin from a super-flexible wrist and permanently bent arm.

Jacob Oram

Country: New Zealand

Bid price: $6,75,000

Right-arm fast-medium bowler
Left-hand batsman

Twenty 20 internationals: 9 matches, 2 wickets @101.00, best bowling 1/14, economy rate 10.10, strike rate 60.0.

A powerful batsman who can smash the ball huge distances, Oram also uses his 1.98-metre height to good effect with deceptively quick deliveries from a leisurely approach. Athletic in the field as befits a schoolboy soccer goalkeeper.

Stephen Fleming

Country: New Zealand

Bid price: $350,000

Left-hand batsman

Twenty 20 internationals: 5 matches, 110 runs @ 22.00, 0 centuries, 0 fifties, strike rate 129.41

New Zealand`s most experienced and successful captain. Fleming is an intelligent tactician and fine fielder either at slip or in the inner circle.

Albie Morkel

Country: South Africa

Bid price: $6,75,000

Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium-fast

Twenty 20 internationals: 11 matches, 196 runs @ 28.00, 0 centuries, 0 fifties, strike rate 133.33

As one of the biggest suprises in the 2008 IPL Player Auction, Albie fetched USD 675,000 from IPL franchise the Chennai Super Kings. Morkel was picked for the Africa squad to play Asia in the 2005 Afro-Asian Cup, but withdrew due to injury, but appeared in 2007 and opened the bowling with brother Morne.

Suresh Raina

Country: India

Bid price: $650,000

Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium-fast

Twenty 20 internationals: 1 match, 3 runs @ 3.00, 0 centuries, 0 fifties, strike rate 75.00

He is primarily a left-hand batsman, who is known for his ability to hit the stumps from the infield. He is also a very occasional off-spinner.

Matthew Hayden

Country: Australia

Bid price: $375,000

Left-hand batsman

Twenty 20 internationals: 9 matches, 308 runs @ 51.00, 0 centuries, 4 fifties, strike rate 143.92

Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left hand opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and T20 levels.

Michael Hussey

Country: Australia

Bid price: $350,000

Left-hand batsman

Twenty 20 internationals: 12 matches, 137 runs @ 22.00, 0 centuries, 4 fifties, strike rate129.24

A left-handed batsman, he is a relative latecomer to both the Test and ODI Australian sides, but he has made a highly successful start to his international career. At one stage, he was the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world.

Parthiv Patel

Country: India

Bid price: $350,000

Left-hand batsman

Twenty 20 internationals: 12 matches, 137 runs @ 22.00, 0 centuries, 4 fifties, strike rate129.24

an Indian cricketer (wicketkeeper-batsman) and former member of the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and is of a very short stature at 160cm.

Joginder Sharma

Country: India

Bid price: $225,000

Right-handed batsman

Twenty 20 internationals: 4 matches, 4 wickets@ 34.50, 0 centuries, 0 fifties, strike rate 0.

A bowling all rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler and captains his state, Haryana.

Nuwan Zoysa

Country: Sri Lanka

Bid price: $110,000

Right-handed batsman

Twenty 20 internationals: Yet to play.

An aggressive lower order batsman, Zoysa once won an ODI game against Australia with an unbeaten 47.

Also Chennai Super Kings has local players in:

R. Ashwin, S. Anirudha, Sudeep Tyagi

Indian Premier League - Teams

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Labels: IPL Teams

	Rahul Dravid
	Jacques Kallis
	Anil Kumble
	Cameron White
	Zaheer Khan
Bangalore Royal Challengers	Mark Boucher
	Nathan Bracken
	Dale Steyn
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul
	Wasim Jaffer

	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
	Jacob Oram
	Suresh Raina
	Albie Morkel
	Muttiah Muralitharan
	Matthew Hayden
Chennai Super Kings	Michael Hussey
	Stephen Fleming
	Parthiv Patel
	Joginder Sharma
	Makhaya Ntini




	Virender Sehwag
	Gautam Gambhir
	Manoj Tiwary
	Mohammad Asif
	Daniel Vettori
Delhi DareDevils	Dinesh Karthik
	Shoaib Malik
	Glenn McGrath
	AB de Villiers
	Tillakaratne Dilshan
	Farveez Maharoof


	Andrew Symonds
	R. P. Singh
	Rohit Sharma
	Adam Gilchrist
	Shahid Afridi
IPL Hyderabad	Herschelle Gibbs
	V. V. S. Laxman (c)
	Chaminda Vaas
	Scott Styris
	Nuwan Zoysa
	Chamara Silva


	Mohammad Kaif
	Yusuf Pathan
	Graeme Smith
	Shane Warne
IPL Jaipur	Munaf Patel
	Younis Khan
	Justin Langer
	Kamran Akmal


	Sourav Ganguly
	Ishant Sharma
	Chris Gayle
	Brendon McCullum
	David Hussey
IPL Kolkata	Shoaib Akhtar
	Murali Kartik
	Ricky Ponting
	Ajit Agarkar
	Umar Gul
	Tatenda Taibu


	Yuvraj Singh
	Irfan Pathan
	Brett Lee
	Kumar Sangakkara
	Sreesanth
IPL Mohali	Mahela Jayawardene
	Piyush Chawla
	Ramnaresh Sarwan
	Simon Katich
	Ramesh Powar


	Sachin Tendulkar
	Sanath Jayasuriya
	Harbhajan Singh
IPL Mumbai	Robin Uthappa
	Shaun Pollock
	Lasith Malinga
	Loots Bosman

IPL Schedule - Fixtures and Matches

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Labels: IPL Schedule

April 18: Bangalore v Kolkata at Bangalore
April 19: Mohali v Chennai at Mohali and Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi
April 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai; Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata
April 21: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur
April 22: Hyderabad v Delhi at Hyderabad
April 23: Chennai v Mumbai at Chennai
April 24: Hyderabad v Jaipur at Hyderabad
April 25: Mohali v Mumbai at Mohali
April 26: Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore; Chennai v Kolkata at Chennai
April 27: Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai; Mohali v Delhi at Mohali
April 28: Bangalore v Chennai at Bangalore
April 29: Kolkata v Mumbai at Kolkata
April 30: Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi.
May 1: Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Kolkata at Jaipur
May 2: Chennai v Delhi at Chennai.
May 3: Hyderabad at Bangalore at Hyderabad; Mohali v Kolkata at Mohali
May 4: Mumbai v Delhi at Mumbai; Jaipur v Chennai at Jaipur
May 5: Bangalore v Mohali at Bangalore
May 6: Chennai v Hyderabad at Chennai
May 7: Mumbai v Jaipur at Mumbai
May 8: Delhi v Chennai at Delhi; Kolkata v Bangalore at Kolkata
May 9: Jaipur v Hyderabad at Jaipur
May 10: Bangalore v Mumbai at Bangalore; Chennai v Mohali at Chennai
May 11: Hyderabad v Kolkata at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Delhi at Jaipur
May 12: Mohali v Bangalore at Mohali
May 13: Kolkata v Delhi at Kolkata
May 14: Mumbai v Chennai at Mumbai; Mohali v Jaipur at Mohali
May 15: Delhi v Hyderabad at Delhi
May 16: Mumbai v Kolkata at Mumbai
May 17: Delhi v Mohali at Delhi; Jaipur v Bangalore at Jaipur
May 18: Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad; Kolkata v Chenna at Kolkata
May 19: Bangalore v Delhi at Bangalore
May 20: Kolkata v Jaipur at Kolkata
May 21: Mumbai v Mohali at Mumbai; Chennai v Bangalore at Chennai
May 22: Delhi v Kolkata at Delhi
May 23: Mohali v Hyderabad at Mohali.
May 24: Delhi v Mumbai at Delhi; Chennai v Jaipur at Chennai
May 25: Bangalore v Hyderabad at Bangalore; Kolkata v Mohali at Kolkata
May 26: Jaipur v Mumbai at Jaipur
May 27: Hyderabad v Chennai at Hyderabad
May 28 and 29: Rest days
May 30: First semi-final at Mumbai
May 31: Second semi-final at Mumbai
June 1: Final at Mumbai