IPL

IPL(Indian Premier League): It is a professional cricket league administered by BCCI (Board of Cricket Control in India). The matches played will be of 20-overs for each team.The matches will last around 3 and a half hours. They will be broadcasted around the world on Sony Network.There will be eight teams, each named after a city. All world's biggest cricketers will play in this league. Entertainment value will be huge as Cricket,Corporates and Bollywood are coming together. The teams are:

Delhi( Owned by GMR Group):
Players:
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir,Dinesh Karthik,Manoj Tiwary(India)Md. Asif,Shoaib Malik(Pakistan),Daniel Vettori(N Zeland),P Mahroof,T Dilshan(S Lanka),
AB Devilliers(S Africa),Glenn McGrath(Aus).

Kolkatta(Owned by Shahrukh Khan):
Players:
Sourav Ganguly,Ishant Sharma,M Karthik,A Agarkar(India),D Hussey,R Ponting(Aus),Shoaib Akhtar,U Gul(Pakistan),B McCullum(N Zeland),C Gayle(W Indies),Tatenda Taibu(Zimbabwe).

Mumbai(Owned by Mukesh Ambani):
Players:
Sachin Tendulkar,Robin Utthapa,Harbhajan Singh(India),Sanath Jayasuriya,Lasith Mallinga,Dilhara Fernando(S Lanka),Shaun Pollock,L Bosman(S Africa).

Chennai(Owned by India Cements):
Players:
MS Dhoni,Suresh Raina,Parthiv Patel,Joginder Sharma(India),Matthew Hayden,Micheal Hussey(Aus),M Murlitharan(S Lanka),Stephen Fleming,Jacob Oram(N Zeland),A Morkel,M Ntini(S Africa).

Bangalore(Owned by Vijay Mallaya):
Players:
Rahul Dravid,Anil Kumble,Z Khan,Wasim Jaffer(India),Cameroon White,Nathan Bracken(Aus),J Kallis,Mark Boucher,Dale Steyn(S Africa),S Chanderpaul(W Indies).

Hyderabad(Owned by Deccan Chronicles):
Players:
VVS Laxman,Rohit Sharma,RP Singh(India),Adam Gilchrist,Andrew Symonds(Aus),Shahid Afridi(Pakistan),C Silva,Chaminda Vaas,Nuwan Zoysa(S Lanka),Scott Styris(N Zeland),H Gibbs(S Africa).

Chandigarh/Mohali(Owned by Priety Zinta/Ness Wadia):
Players:
Yuvraj Singh,Irfan Pathan,S Sreesanth,Romesh Powar,P Chawla(India),Brett Lee,Simon Katich(Aus),Kumar Sangakara,Mahela Jayawardene(S Lanka),Ramnaresh Sarwan(W Indies).

Jaipur(Owned by Emerging Media Group):
Players:
Md. Kaif,Y Pathan,M Patel(India),Shane Warne,J Langer(Aus),Y Khan,K Akmal(Pakistan),G Smith(S Africa).

The rest of the players for the teams will be local players and U-21 players of that region.