The phenomenon that IPL is…..
Hi there…
Well since today is the inception of the most awaited sporting spectacle of the entire calendar year, I thought I’d myself give it a tribute of sorts through this modest medium of mine.
Yes, IPL is here as you know, as I know,,, hell, as everybody knows. And, akin to last year, it is expected to be a cracker of a tournament. Lalit Modi has sure pulled just the right cards for bringing about this fiesta which has transcended cricketing borders and has taken a toll on everything else, be it the households, offices,,, even the elections. Amidst this frenzy, while all other businesses have come to a standstill, the entertainment industry is anticipated to score ahead due to the relationship it enjoys with the game…
Entertainment… ah!! This brings to my mind the thought of the angelic cheerleaders who satiate every hot-bloodied Indian’s optically virile desires courtesy their mind-numbing shakes and moves. Though IPL itself scores quite high on the glamour front featuring the perky Priety Zinta,the ooh-la-la Shilpa Shetty as team owners, or the petite Riya Sen as the brand ambassador, this baby has got it all. Being the most exciting version of the most revered sport of the entire country, it is bound to attract people from all walks of life who’d be following every ball-action in the electrifying atmosphere of the stadium or within a similar ambience in the confines of their living rooms. But, IPL has arrived and is here to stay…
the scheduled itinerary of IPL 2009is as follows:
April 18: Opening ceremony followed by Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers and Mumbai
Indians v Chennai Super Kings (Newlands, Cape Town )
April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers (Newlands, Cape Town); Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab (Newlands, Cape Town)
April 20: Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings ( St. George’s Park , Port Elizabeth )
April 21: Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 22: Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings (Kingsmead, Durban ); Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers (Newlands, Cape Town )
April 23: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals ( St. George’s Park , Port Elizabeth )
April 24: Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
April 25: Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings (Newlands, Cape Town ); Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 26: Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab (Newlands, Cape Town); Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils (St. George’s Park, Port Elizabeth)
April 27: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians (Newlands, Cape Town ); Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 28: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
April 29: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers (Kingsmead, Durban )
April 30: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers (Supersport Park, Centurion, Pretoria); Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings (Supersport Park, Centurion, Pretoria)
May 1: Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab ( Buffalo Park , East London); Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 2: Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers (Wanderers, Johannesburg ); Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils ( St. George’s Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 3: Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders ( Buffalo Park , East London )
May 4: Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings ( St. George’s Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 5: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban ); Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 6: Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 7: Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 8: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians ( Buffalo Park , East London )
May 9: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab ( Outsurance Park , Bloemfontein ); Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals ( St. George’s Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 10: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils ( Buffalo Park , East London); Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 11: Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals ( Outsurance Park , Bloemfontein )
May 12: Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 13: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 14: Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals (Kingsmead, Durban ); Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 15: Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils (De Beers Diamond, Oval, Kimberley )
May 16: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians (Wanderers, Johannesburg ); Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders ( St. George’s Park , Port Elizabeth )
May 17: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils (De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley ); Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 18: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 19: Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers (Wanderers, Johannesburg )
May 20: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab (Kingsmead, Durban ); Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders (Kingsmead, Durban )
May 21: Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria ); Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils ( Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria )
May 22: Semifinal 1 at Supersport Park , Centurion, Pretoria
May 23: Semifinal 2 at Wanderers, Johannesburg
May 24: Closing ceremony followed by final (Wanderers, Johannesburg ).
HAPPY WATCHING……
By the way, here’s a compilation of few of the most striking sites of last year’s edition. I hope u guys’d appreciate it…
Bye for now..
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