April 4, 2013
Don't know your Daredevils from your Super Kings? Follow this team-by-team guide to the 2013 T20 Cricket Indian Premier League.
Kolkatta Knight Riders – 2012 IPL 5 Champions
Chennai Super Kings:
April 4, 2013
Don't know your Daredevils from your Super Kings? Follow this team-by-team guide to the 2013 T20 Cricket Indian Premier League.
Kolkatta Knight Riders – 2012 IPL 5 Champions
Chennai Super Kings:
Having lost out in the grand final last year to the Kolkata Knight Riders, MS Dhoni’s team are back, boasting Mr. Cricket Mike Hussey, Dwayne Bravo and $625k man Chris Morris.
Squad: MS Dhoni (capt), Srikkanth Anirudha, Baba Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath, Dwayne Bravo, Akila Dananjaya, Faf du Plessis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jason Holder, Michael Hussey, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, R Karthikeyan, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ben Laughlin, Ronit More, Albie Morkel, Chris Morris, Dirk Nannes, Suresh Raina, Ankit Rajpoot, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma, Murali Vijay.
Delhi Daredevils:
Despite scouting missions to Australia, the Daredevils made no grandstand signings in the auction. Instead, they readied themselves for this season by retaining the quality they already have. Look out for Morne Morkel, Virender Sehwag and Mahela Jayawardene.
Squad: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Varun Aaron, Ajit Agarkar, Gulam Bodi, Johan Botha, Unmukt Chand, Royston Dias, Muralidharen Gautam, Kedar Jadhav, Manprit Juneja, Siddarth Kaul, Jeevan Mendis, Morne Morkel, Shahbaz Nadeem, Yogesh Nagar, Sujit Nayak, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, Andre Russell, Jesse Ryder, Virender Sehwag, Aristh Singhvi, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, David Warner, Umesh Yadav.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Last years champions did not rest on their laurels, splashing $625k on ‘mystery bowler’ Sachithra Senanayake. They also have Jacques Kallis and Eoin Morgan.
Squad: Gautam Gambhir (capt), Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla, Debabrata Das, Brad Haddin, Iqbal Abdulla, Jacques Kallis, Sarabjit Ladda, Brett Lee, Brendon McCullum, Ryan McLaren, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Yusuf Pathan, James Pattinson, Pradeep Sangwan, Sachithra Senanayake, Shami Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, Laxmi Shukla, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary.
Kings XI Punjab:
Old stager Adam Gilchrist again leads the notoriously frugal side. They only snapped up a few players to complement the likes of Dimitri Mascarenhas and Ryan Harris.
Squad: Adam Gilchrist (capt), Parvinder Awana, Azhar Mahmood, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Chitnis, Aniket Choudhary, Manpreet Gony, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Harmeet Singh, Ryan Harris, David Hussey, Praveen Kumar, Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, Dimitri Mascarenhas, David Miller, Luke Pomersbach, Nitin Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Sunny Singh, Paul Valthaty, Manan Vohra.
Mumbai Indians:
The only million dollar man came to the Indians, with Glenn Maxwell the priciest player in the auction. The franchise was also able to snap up Ricky Ponting for the base price of $400k. Add Sachin Tendulker, Harbhajan Singh and Lasith Malinga into the mix and this team is a big draw.
Squad: Ricky Ponting (capt), Abu Nechim, Amitoze Singh, Aiden Blizzard, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rishi Dhawan, James Franklin, Harbhajan Singh, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Dinesh Karthik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Lasith Malinga, Sushant Marathe, Glenn Maxwell, Pragyan Ojha, Jacob Oram, Akshar Patel, Munaf Patel, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Jalaj Saxena, Rohit Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav.
Pune Warriors India:
Australia captain Michael Clarke was re-signed by the Warriors in the auction, who joins up with Yuvraj Singh, Ross Taylor, Robin Uthappa and Marlon Samuels. The medium bowler Kane Richardson also arrives with a hefty price tag.
Squad: Angelo Mathews (capt), Eklavya Dwivedi, Udit Birla, Michael Clarke, Ashok Dinda, Raiphi Gomez, Harpreet Singh, Dheeraj Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Anustup Majumdar, Mithun Manhas, Mitchell Marsh, Ajantha Mendis, Ali Murtaza, Abhishek Nayar, Ishwar Pandey, Manish Pandey, Wayne Parnell, Parvez Rasool, Mahesh Rawat, Kane Richardson, Marlon Samuels, Rahul Sharma, Steven Smith, Tirumalasetti Suman, Tamim Iqbal, Ross Taylor, Krishnakant Upadhyay, Robin Uthappa, Shrikant Wagh, Luke Wright, Yuvraj Singh.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Chris Gayle and Daniel Vettori may be Challengers, but this team is no longer packed with famous names from bygone tests. They have bought more players than any others, with four overseas players coming in, but this is an exciting team.
Squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Mayank Agarwal, KP Appanna, Sreenath Aravind, Arun Karthik, Christopher Barnwell, Daniel Christian, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Sheldon Jackson, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Andrew McDonald, Abhimanyu Mithun, Abhinav Mukund, Muttiah Muralitharan, Karun Nair, Pankaj Singh, Prasanth Parameswaran, Harshal Patel, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravi Rampaul, Sandeep Warrier, RP Singh, Sunny Sohal, Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad, Saurabh Tiwary, Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Vettori, Vinay Kumar, Vijay Zol
Rajasthan Royals:
No flashy unveilings from the team who won the first ever IPL. The Royals are held together by Rahul Dravid, Brad Hodge, Fidel Edwards and Shane Watson. This team will battle through.
Squad: Rahul Dravid (capt), Samuel Badree, Stuart Binny, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan, Kevon Cooper, Fidel Edwards, James Faulkner, Shreevats Goswami, Harmeet Singh, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Ashok Menaria, Kusal Janith Perera, Ajinkya Rahane, Sachin Baby, Sanju Samson, Owais Shah, Rahul Shukla, Amit Singh, Sri Sreesanth, Shaun Tait, Pravin Tambe, Siddharth Trivedi, Shane Watson, Dishant Yagnik
Sunrisers Hydrabad:
This new franchise, replacing the Deccan Chargers, retained a large number of player previously contracted and took on another Indian and five overseas players. They are expected to struggle, though players like Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn and Thisara Perara will be expected to lift the standard.
Squad: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Quinton de Kock, Shikhar Dhawan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Chris Lynn, Nathan McCullum, Clint McKay, Amit Mishra, Parthiv Patel, Thisara Perera, Veer Pratap Singh, Sachin Rana, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Akshath Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Darren Sammy, Ishant Sharma, Karan Sharma, Dale Steyn, Thalaivan Sargunam, Sudeep Tyagi, Hanuma Vihari, Cameron White.
Courtesy: Daily Telegraph
