Thursday, April 30, 2009

Abdullah Replaces Taylor In King’s XI Punjab

King's XI PunjabSouth African pace bowler Yusuf Abdullah will be a part of Preity-Wadia owned IPL team King's XI Punjab.

Yusuf will put back the injured Jerome Taylor, West Indies pace bowler for the forthcoming second season of the IPL.

While talking over this, Abdullah stated that he’s very happy about his new challenge.

The IPL is going to be held at his home town, and this is a good chance for him, and he can do well.

The 26 year old left arm bowler made an inspirational international debut for South Africa in a twenty20 international, which was played against Australia during the last week.

Presently, Abdulla is one of the most knowledgeable bowler for the South African cricket group in domestic fight.

He has played 26 T20 matches up till now.

Moreover, his economy rate is 5.83, considered one of the best in the world.

While commenting over Abdullah addition in the squad, Ness Wadia, Kings XI Punjab Co-Promoter, stated, “We are thrilled to have Yusuf as part of our group, as he will bring with him the local knowledge and knowledge of playing in a T20 format in South Africa.”

Earlier this year, the King’s XI had picked pace bowler Taylor. But, he has been eliminated out of the IPL after having an injury from a car accident.

It can be remembered that Kings XI's pace battery is stricken by injury troubles.

Taylor is the third on its injury list after S. Sreesanth and Aussie fast bowler Brett Lee, who is improving from a foot injury.

Despite this, the team from Punjab has also appointed head coach of the Lions Dave Nosworthy to help Coach Tom Moody.

Wadia also confirmed that the franchise had chosen Port Elizabeth as their base for the tournament.

The much-awaited second season of IPL is all set to start from April 18 with a bang.

IPL 2009 Data Card

Indian Premier League -2 Team Standings

Team

P

W

L

NR

Pts

NRR

Most Runs

Most Wickets

Deccan Chargers

4

4

0

0

8

1.32

Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) - 215

Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians) - 11

Kings XI Punjab

5

3

2

0

6

0.21

Herschelle Gibbs (Deccan Chargers) - 183

Yusuf Abdulla (Kings XI Punjab) - 9

Delhi Daredevils

4

3

1

0

6

0.21

AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils) - 176

Rudra Singh (Deccan Chargers) - 9

Mumbai Indians

5

2

2

1

5

1.20

Kumar Sangakkara (Kings XI Punjab) - 165

Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers) - 8

Rajasthan Royals

5

2

2

1

5

-1.13

Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) – 164

Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore) - 8

Bangalore Royal Challengers

6

2

4

0

4

-0.45



Chennai SuperKings

5

1

3

1

3

0.70

P : Played

W : Won

L : Lost

Pts : Points

NR : No Result

NRR: Net Run Rate

Kolkata Knight Riders

6

1

4

1

3

-1.61

Fly Kingfisher

2009 Fair Play Standings
1. 41pts 2. 40pts 3. 40pts 4. 40pts
5. 39pts 6. 39pts 7. 38pts 8. 30pts

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Yuvraj Singh is all rounder and left-hand batsman. Yuvraj has the ability to strike the ball very hard. But Yuvraj Singh will always be remembered for his remarkable performance in Twenty-20 World Cup, bringing the trophy back and making India proud. He is slow left-arm bowler.

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Jerome Taylor is Right arm fast Striking Bowler from West Indies international Cricket Team. His pacy burst bowling Getting the ball to lift off a good length. Jerome Taylor the most promising West Indian fast bowler of this era known fro magnificent post-lunch spell.Jerome Taylor had been bought for $150,000 by the Punjab Kings of the Indian Premier League.

Ravi Bopara (England) Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL Team Squad photo

Ravi Bopara (Ravinder Singh Bopara) is Former England cricketer who plays for Essex is from native India. He is Right-hand batman and Right-arm medium Pacer. Not Famous So much as about Batting Skill but play some important inning for England. Recently is in his outstanding Form. IPL Mohali Kings XI Punjab team pay $450,000 For him.

Brett Lee

Brett Lee is an express bowler From Australia, one of the fastest the game has known, and is capable of bowling at 160km/h. Brett Lee has the rank in one of the fastest bowler in ODI. He is a very fast bowler in Kings XI Punjab Team. Brett Lee is one of the most colorful personalities of world cricket.

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S Sreesanth as Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL season 2 2009

S Sreesanth is a very good and very faster leg-spinner bowler. However, his habit of bowling yorkers led to fast bowling. He is very good player as a faster bowler from Kings XI Punjab Team. Sreesanth initially was in his childhood, modeling his action on India's leading Test wicket-taker Anil Kumble, who was to become his test caption.

Mahela Jayawardene as Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL season 2

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Piyush Chawla in Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL 2009

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Ramesh Powar in Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL 2009

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Ramnaresh Sarwan from Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL

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Simon Katich from Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL

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Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL James Hopes photo

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Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL Tanmay Srivastava photo

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Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL V R V Singh photo

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 Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL Uday Kaul is a Wicketkeeper of IPL Mohali Team

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 Mohali Kings XI Punjab IPL Ajitesh Argal photo

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New IPL Schedule 2009 South Africa

Date Match Venue Time
April 18 Rajasthan vs Bangalore Cape Town 4 PM
April 18 Mumbai vs Chennai Cape Town 8 PM
April 19 Kolkata vs Hyderabad Cape Town 4 PM
April 19 Delhi vs Punjab Cape Town 8 PM
April 20 Bangalore vs Chennai Port Elizabeth 8 PM
April 21 Rajasthan vs Mumbai Durban 4 PM
April 21 Kolkata vs Punjab Durban 8 PM
April 22 Delhi vs Chennai Durban 4 PM
April 22 Banglore vs Hyderabad Cape Town 8 PM
April 23 Kolkata vs Rajasthan Port Elizabeth 4 PM
April 24 Punjab vs Banglore Johannesburg 4 PM
April 25 Kolkata vs Chennai Cape Town 4 PM
April 25 Hyderabad vs Mumbai Durban 8 PM
April 26 Rajasthan vs Punjab Cape Town 4 PM
April 26 Banglore vs Delhi Port Elizabeth 8 PM
April 27 Kolkata vs Mumbai Cape Town 4 PM
April 27 Chennai vs Hyderabad Durban 8 PM
April 28 Delhi vs Rajasthan Pretoria 4 PM
April 29 Mumbai vs Punjab Durban 4 PM
April 29 Kolkata vs Banglore Durban 8 PM
April 30 Delhi vs Hyderabad Pretoria 4 PM
April 30 Rajasthan vs Chennai Pretoria 8 PM
May 1 Banglore vs Punjab East London 4 PM
May 1 Mumbai vs Kolkata Durban 8 PM
May 2 Rajasthan vs Hyderabad Johannesburg 4 PM
May 2 Chennai vs Delhi Port Elizabeth 8 PM
May 3 Mumbai vs Banglore Durban 4 PM
May 3 Punjab vs Kolkata East London 8 PM
May 4 Hyderabad vs Chennai Port Elizabeth 4 PM
May 5 Delhi vs Kolkata Durban 4 PM
May 5 Punjab vs Rajasthan Durban 8 PM
May 6 Mumbai vs Hyderabad Pretoria 4 PM
May 7 Punjab vs Chennai Pretoria 4 PM
May 7 Banglore vs Rajasthan Pretoria 8 PM
May 8 Delhi vs Mumbai East London 4 PM
May 9 Hyderabad vs Punjab Port Elizabeth 4 PM
May 9 Chennai vs Rajasthan Port Elizabeth 8 PM
May 10 Kolkata vs Delhi East London 4 PM
May 10 Banglore vs Mumbai Johannesburg 8 PM
May 11 Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Bloemfontein 4 PM
May 12 Banglore vs Kolkata Pretoria 4 PM
May 12 Punjab vs Mumbai Pretoria 8 PM
May 13 Hyderabad vs Delhi Durban 4 PM
May 14 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Durban 4 PM
May 14 Chennai vs Banglore Durban 8 PM
May 15 Punjab vs Delhi at Kimberley 4 PM
May 16 Chennai vs Mumbai Johannesburg 4 PM
May 16 Hyderabad vs Kolkata Port Elizabeth 8 PM
May 17 Rajasthan vs Delhi Kimberley 4 PM
May 17 Punjab vs Hyderabad Johannesburg 8 PM
May 18 Chennai vs Kolkata Pretoria 4 PM
May 19 Delhi vs Banglore Johannesburg 4 PM
May 20 Chennai vs Punjab Durban 4 PM
May 20 Rajasthan vs Kolkata Durban 8 PM
May 21 Hyderabad vs Banglore Pretoria 4 PM
May 21 Mumbai vs Delhi Pretoria 8 PM
May 22 SeMumbai-final 1 Pretoria 4 PM
May 23 SeMumbai-final 2 Johannesburg 4 PM
May 24 FINAL Johannesburg 8 PM
Note: Please note that this is a tentative schedule and subject to change