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Revision as of 08:05, 18 April 2009

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2009 Indian Premier League
File:DLF IPL logo.png
Logo of the DLF Indian Premier League
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)South Africa South Africa[1]
Participants8
Official websitewww.iplt20.com

The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, will be the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament will be hosted by South Africa and is scheduled between April 18 and May 24 2009.[2] IPL 2 is expected to be the second biggest cricket tournament in the world, after the Cricket World Cup,[3] and will have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India alone.[4]

Concerns were raised in India that the tournament was the prime target of Islamic terrorists.[5] Because the second season of the IPL coincided with multi-phase 2009 Indian general elections, India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) refused to commit security by Indian paramilitary forces. As a result, the BCCI decided to host the second season of the league outside India.[6] On March 24, 2009, the BCCI officially announced that the second season of the IPL will be held in South Africa.[7]

Though India will not host the second season, the format of the tournament will remain unchanged from the 2008 season format.[8] According to Lalit Modi, chairperson of IPL, all the 59 matches of the second season will take place per schedule and an IPL official said that England and South Africa were initially being considered the front-runners to host the league.[9][10] South Africa was chosen as the venue primarily due to concerns over England's weather.[11]

Relocating the tournament will pose extreme logistical challenges for the BCCI since more than 10,000 cricketers and other staff members will be flown from India to South Africa within a span of a few weeks.[12] The IPL is expected to inject approximately US$100 million into South Africa's local economy.[13] In addition, the BCCI signed a Rs. 8,200 crores contract with Multi Screen Media to broadcast matches live from South Africa to India.[14]

Changes

Some of the rules were changed for the 2009 edition of the IPL. The number of international players allowed in any one squad was increased from 8 to 10 although the number allowed in any playing 11 remains at 4.[15] The players purchase cap was increased from 5 to 7 million. The BCCI also negotiated with the ECB to allow English cricketers to participate in the 2009 edition of the IPL. English players will be allowed to play for 21 days in between their tour to West Indies and the subsequent return tour.[16]

Pre-season trades and signings

Trade window

Teams were reluctant to trade initially due to the troubled economic times and the general desire to concentrate on building a well-rounded team as opposed to making profits out of trades.[17] Kolkata were initially inclined to present Pakistani express bowler Shoaib Akhtar for trade but later withdrew from a deal.[18][failed verification]

2009 To Mumbai Indians
Zaheer Khan 		To Bangalore Royal Challengers
Robin Uthappa
2009 To Delhi Daredevils
Ashish Nehra 		To Mumbai Indians
Shikhar Dhawan
2009 To Mumbai Indians
Jaydev Shah 		To Bangalore Royal Challengers
Gaurav Dhiman and Pankaj Singh

Signings

Delhi Daredevils scouts prompted management to sign David Warner early in the off-season

With most international players (barring members of the England squad and Indian Cricket League players) signing up for the first season on multi-season contracts, the emphasis for off-season signings for 2009 were possible up-and-coming young players from international domestic circuits. Some teams, including the Delhi Daredevils sent scouts to domestic and 'emerging player' matches held in Australia to sign up players.[19]

Suggestions of a draft for young Indian players were not considered this season, although the Kolkata Knight Riders have formed a Talent Research Development Wing (TRDW) to spot young talent and have begun training young Indian prospects for future Kolkata duty.[18][failed verification]

Pre-auction signings

Post-auction signings
Any 'unsold' players as well as players sought after as replacements for Pakistani players who would be unable to play for their IPL team in 2009 can be signed on after the auction. These include:

Re-signings

IPL Replacement Players, filling in for players away on national duty, and some under-19 players, were recruited with a one-year contract and hence their franchises had the choice to resign them or release them as free agents.

Retirements

  • Shaun Pollock opted not to return to the Mumbai Indians. Pollock retired from international cricket in 2008 prior to the first IPL, though he is going to be their bowling coach this season.
  • Darren Lehmann retired from The Rajasthan camp and is currently coaching Deccan Chargers.
  • Stephen Fleming retired as a player and is coaching the Chennai Super Kings team.

Withdrawals Other players opted to withdraw from this particular season from the IPL, but have not ruled out returning in the future. In most cases, the reason for withdrawal was that the players wanted a break from the hectic international schedule. There have also been withdrawals due to injury and also Pakistanis who have had their contracts terminated or suspended due to tensions between India amd Pakistan since the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks. Most withdrawals were Australian international players, for whom the IPL would be the only break between a series against Pakistan and the upcoming long tour of England which would include The Ashes series. Withdrawals included:


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Player auction

The player auction was held on 6 February 2009 in Goa. There was a two-million dollar cap for teams buying at the auction. The following acquisitions were made: [20]

Player Franchise Price (USD)
Owais Shah Delhi Daredevils 275,000
Paul Collingwood Delhi Daredevils 275,000
Fidel Edwards Deccan Chargers 150,000
Dwayne Smith Deccan Chargers 100,000
Kevin Pietersen Bangalore Royal Challengers 1,550,000
Jesse Ryder Bangalore Royal Challengers 160,000
Tyron Henderson Rajasthan Royals 650,000
Shaun Tait Rajasthan Royals 375,000
Andrew Flintoff Chennai Super Kings 1,550,000
Thilan Thushara Chennai Super Kings 140,000
George Bailey Chennai Super Kings 50,000
JP Duminy Mumbai Indians 950,000
Kyle Mills Mumbai Indians 150,000
Mohammad Ashraful Mumbai Indians 75,000
Ravi Bopara Kings XI Punjab 450,000
Jerome Taylor Kings XI Punjab 150,000
Mashrafe Mortaza Kolkata Knight Riders 600,000

Build-up

Kevin Pietersen was signed for a record 1.55 million USD by Bangalore Royal Challengers and made captain of the team

The media build-up to the second season of the IPL was largely centred around security concerns, but another focus was Kolkata Knight Riders' coach John Buchanan's radical four-captain plan, which was created to utilize the knowledge of Sourav Ganguly, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum and Brad Hodge together as captains. The plan met its fair share of criticism and approval, with critics claiming the plan would lead to too much conflict of opinion on the field while supporters claimed that Twenty20 is suited to such radical ideas.

Much of the other hype around the IPL was the impact of the new-look Bangalore Royal Challengers with their new captain Kevin Pietersen. Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya, disappointed with the team's 7th place performance last season and its categorization as a test team, sought radical changes and signed Pietersen for a record 1.55 million USD contract before making him captain of the side (replacing Rahul Dravid who captained last season as the icon player of the Royal Challenegers). The Challengers also acquired hard-hitting batsmen Robin Uthappa and Jesse Ryder.

Some of the other topics of discussion were the potential benefit teams with a large number of South African players, like the Challengers, could gain from local knowledge of the conditions. There was also some concern about how teams like Kings XI Punjab could deal with the mass exodus of some of its core unit during the series due to international duty and how teams would deal with the loss of Pakistani players who in some cases (eg. Sohail Tanvir with the Rajasthan Royals) played a large part in their teams' fortunes last season.

Stadiums

Durban Centurion Johannesburg Cape Town
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead
Capacity: 25,000
Matches: 17 		Supersport Park
Capacity: 20,000
Matches: 12 		New Wanderers Stadium
Capacity: 34,000
Matches: 8 		Sahara Park Newlands
Capacity: 25,000
Matches: 8
Port Elizabeth East London Kimberley Bloemfontein
St George's Park
Capacity: 19,000
Matches: 7 		Buffalo Park
Capacity: 15,000
Matches: 4 		De Beers Oval
Capacity: 11,000
Matches: 3 		OUTsurance Oval
Capacity: 20,000
Matches: 2

Rules and regulations

The rules and format are the same as previous season. Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:

Points
Results Points
Win 2 points
No Result 1 point
Loss 0 points

If the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a one over per side "Eliminator"[21] or "Super Over":[22] [23]

  1. Higher number of points
  2. If equal, higher number of wins
  3. If still equal, net run rate
  4. If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
  5. If still equal, result of head to head meeting.

Teams and standings

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Team Played Won Lost No Result Points Net Run Rate
Template:Cr-IPL 0 0 0 0 0 -
Template:Cr-IPL 0 0 0 0 0 -
Template:Cr-IPL 0 0 0 0 0 -
Template:Cr-IPL 0 0 0 0 0 -
Template:Cr-IPL 0 0 0 0 0 - Top 2 teams qualify for the T20 Champions League.
Template:Cr-IPL 0 0 0 0 0 -
Template:Cr-IPL 0 0 0 0 0 -
Template:Cr-IPL 0 0 0 0 0 -

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(C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Results

Group stage

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Chennai
Super Kings 		Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Deccan
Chargers 		Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Delhi
Daredevils 		Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Kings XI
Punjab 		Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Kolkata
Knight Riders 		Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Mumbai
Indians 		Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Rajasthan
Royals 		Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Royal Challengers
Bangalore
Template:Cr-IPL/Flags Chennai Super Kings
Template:Cr-IPL/Flags Deccan Chargers
Template:Cr-IPL/Flags Delhi Daredevils
Template:Cr-IPL/Flags Kings XI Punjab
Template:Cr-IPL/Flags Kolkata Knight Riders
Template:Cr-IPL/Flags Mumbai Indians
Template:Cr-IPL/Flags Rajasthan Royals
Template:Cr-IPL/Flags Royal Challengers Bangalore
Note: Results listed are according to the home and visitor teams.
Note: Click on the results to see match summary.
Home team win Visitor team win Match abandoned

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Knockout stage

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Warm-up games

The match between Cape Cobras and Rajasthan Royals was billed as the Clash of the Champions due to both teams being champions of their country's Twenty20 leagues. However, as an IPL warmup, both teams fielded understrength teams in order to try out new blood, with only 4 of Rajasthan's 2008 title-winning team playing the warm-up. Nashua Cape Cobras were the victors.

19:45 11 April 2009
(Scorecard)
Nashua Cape Cobras
142/7 (20 overs)
v
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115 (19 overs)
Cape Cobras won by 27 runs
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Earl Hendrikse and Adrian Holdstock
Player of the match: Rory Kleinveldt

Group stage

April

May

Semi-Finals

20:00 22 May 2009
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20:00 23 May 2009
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Finals

20:00 24 May 2009
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Times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30). Subtract 3.5 hours for local time in South Africa.

References

  1. ^ "South Africa to host IPL 2: Modi". Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  2. ^ "IPL second season set for April 2009". Cricinfo. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-06-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ South Africa chosen ahead of England to host Indian Premier League
  4. ^ England and South Africa race to host IPL
  5. ^ Another 26/11 type attack likely: US think-tank
  6. ^ IPL will be held outside India: BCCI
  7. ^ South Africa to host IPL
  8. ^ IPL shifted out of the country
  9. ^ IPL to be played outside India
  10. ^ England emerges as a frontrunner to host Indian Premier League The Times, March 22 2009
  11. ^ Weather Eye: South Africa beats England on the weather front
  12. ^ IPL will benefit South Africa's economy - Modi
  13. ^ Rain saves South Africa: Poms may be denied IPL due to English weather
  14. ^ IPL signs Rs. 8200-cr deal with MSM
  15. ^ "IPL auction shifted to February 6". Cricinfo. October 21, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ "England players agree three-week IPL window". Cricinfo. January 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "7 players transferred in IPL trades". AP via The Hindu. January 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ a b [1]
  19. ^ "Players unsold at auction available as replacements". Cricinfo. January 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ "Cricinfo: List of players sold". Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  21. ^ "One-over eliminator could replace bowl-out". Cricinfo. June 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "Windies edge NZ in Twenty20 thriller". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. December 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ "Benn stars in thrilling tie". Cricinfo. 2008-12-26. Retrieved December 26, 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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