According to Internet Media: The two month long world cup 2011 matches are now over and India won the cup after 28 years. All of you might have enjoyed the online streaming of World cup 2011 on ESPN Star Sports. Well, the cricketing season is not yet over. From April 8, India will witness the IPL 2011 matches. This time the schedule of the matches got bigger with the addition of two new teams to the league.The first T20 match in IPL 2011 season will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. Last year there was an agreement for live online streaming of IPL matches on a special YouTube channel. Unfortunately Youtube doesn’t have IPL 4 streaming and other related rights. The media and content rights of IPL 2011 are sold to Times Group in India and they have made arrangements for ball to ball live coverage of all matches. You can watch IPL 2011 live streaming, schedule, highlights, scores and results online at their portal here.
Two New Teams For IPL 2011
The upcoming IPL tournament has many surprises waiting, somewhat it going to transform into a big Bollywood sports parade. Many of the new features will be included like the use of pink color ball and four fielding substitutes are to be used instead of lone 12th man. And the most amusing part of this session is going to be the entry of two more new teams are likely to enter this tournament and the best part is the ownership dealing.
Rumors is spreading that Salman Khan is also taking a keen interest in buying a team and also on the other hand Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Dutt are also interested in buying a team. These new trends not only transform the phase of Indian but will mix cricket with Bollywood. IPL chief Lalit Modi has made official statement regarding the inclusion of two more new teams. The likely position of these teams is that of Ahmedabad and Lucknow respectively.
And not only that the base price of these new teams is to start at as huge as $225 million! The league is also likely to expand the number of matches to 94 matches in the upcoming session.
IPL has gained the highest viewership last year even beating NHL Super Bowl and English Premier League.
Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders secured the services of Gautam Gambhir for $2.4 million, Yusuf Pathan for $2.1 million, Jacques Kallis for $1.1 million, Brad Haddin for $325,000, Shakib Al Hasan for $425,000, Eoin Morgan for $350,000, Manoj Tiwary for $475,000 and Brett Lee at $400,000.
Latest entrants, Sahara Pune Warriors got Robin Uthappa, $2.1 million; Yuvraj Singh, $1.8million; Graeme Smith, $500,000; Tim Paine, $270,000; Angelo Mathews, $950,000, Ashish Nehra for $850,000.
Mumbai Indians got Rohit Sharma, $2 million; Andrew Symonds, $850,000; David Jacobs, $190,000; James Franklin, $100,000.
Delhi Daredevils successfully placed the winning bids for Irfan Pathan, $1.9 million; David Warner, $750,000; Naman Ojha, $270,000; James Hopes, $350,000, Morne Morkel for $475,000, Aaron Finch for $300,000.
The Asin Khan-promoted and Shashi Tharoor-supported Kochi Team bought Mahela Jayawardene, $1.5 million; V.V.S. Laxman, $400,000; Brendon McCullum, $475,000; S. Sreesanth, $900,000; R.P. Singh, $500,000; Parthiv Patel, $290,000; Ravindra Jadeja, $950,000; Steven Smith, $200,000, Muttiah Muralitharan for $1.1 mn, Nathan McCullum for $100,000, Ramesh Powar for $180,000, Brad Hodge for $425,000, Callum Ferguson for $300,000 .
Liquor baron, Vijay Mallya secured for Royal Challengers Bangalore: AB de Villiers, $1.1 million; Dilshan Tillakaratne, $650,000; Zaheer Khan, $900,000; Daniel Vettori, $550,000; Saurabh Tiwary, $1.6 million, Dirk Nannes for $ 650,000.
Deccan Chargers got the winning bids for Cameron White, $1.1 million; Kevin Pietersen, $650,000; Kumar Sangakkara, $700,000; J.P. Duminy, $300,000; Shikhar Dhawan, $300,000, Ishant Sharma for $450, 000, Dale Steyn for $1.2 mn, Pragyan Ojha for $500,000, Amit Mishra for $300,000.
Big Boss winner, Shilpa Shetty's Rajasthan Royals got Ross Taylor, $1 million; Rahul Dravid, $500,000; Johan Botha, $950,000, Cheteshwar Pujara for $700,000, Paul Collingwood for $250,000.
Bollywood actress, Priety Zinta's King’s XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist, $900,000; Shaun Marsh, $400,000; David Hussey, $1.4 million; Dinesh Karthik, $900,000; Stuart Broad, $400,000; Abhishek Nayar, $800,000, Praveen Kumar for $800,000, Ryan Harris for $325,000, Piyush Chawla for $900,000..
Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings bought Michael Hussey, $425,000; Wriddhiman Saha, $100,000; Dwayne Bravo, $200,000, Doug Bollinger for $700,000, Ravichandran Ashwin for $850,000 and Subramaniam Badrinath for $800,000.
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