Saturday, March 14, 2009

IPL releases list of final playing squads


Mumbai: Even as a final decision on the fate of the second edition of the IPL is awaited, the franchisees on Friday announced their squad lists for the second season.
Despite the financial downturn this year, the franchises have bolstered their squads. Kolkata Knight Riders announced the biggest pool of players with 57 while Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab have 24 to choose from.
There are a total of 189 Indian players participating this season with 80 international players accompanying them.
"The finalisation of the playing squads by each of the eight franchises is truly a major milestone for Season II of the Indian Premier League," IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said.
"I am particularly pleased by the fact that all the franchisees have invested in grooming young Indian talent, who will undoubtedly benefit immensely from their experiences with the international players and their interactions with the India seniors."
Squads:
Bangalore Royal Challengers: Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, Jesse Ryder, Roelof van der Merwe, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami, Suteesh R, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvnesh Kumar, Karan Sharma, Saurav Bandekar, Tinu Yohanan, Bharat Chipli, B Akhil, Devraj Patil, J Arun Kumar, K P Appanna, Sunil Joshi, Gaurav Dhiman, Jitendra Patil, Udit Patel, Mithun A, Aravind S, Kedar Jadhav, Gautam C M, Raju Bhatkal, Rajesh Bishnoi, Ishank Jaggi, Rohit Sabharwal.
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (captain), Muttiah Muralitharan, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Stephen Fleming, Thilan Thushara, Andrew Flintoff, George Bailey, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, L Balaji, Murali Vijay, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Singh Gony, Sudeep Tyagi, Viraj Kadbe, Shadab Jakati, R Ashwin, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth, Sivaramakrishnan Vidyut, Palani Amarnath, KB Arun Karthik, Nepoleon Einstein, Suresh Kumar.
Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (captain), AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Glenn McGrath, Farveez Maharoof, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Avishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Yo Mahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Tejaswi Yadav, Amit Mishra.

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