The document provides a guide to the 8 teams participating in the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament to be held in South Africa. It gives details on each team's owners, most expensive players, performances in 2008, and star players to watch. It also includes a schedule of all 59 matches to be played between April 18 and May 24, 2009 in various South African cities. Former England cricket star Darren Gough will serve as a studio expert on Setanta Sports' live coverage of all IPL matches.

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Africa, below; India’s
batting hero Sachin
Tendulkar, of Mumbai
Indians, bottom; Kevin
Pietersen, of Bangalore
Royal Challengers,
left; paceman Dale
Steyn, Pietersen’s
team-mate, far left
Guide to the teams By Huw Turberville
Deccan Chargers Kings XI Punjab ZIMBABWE
Owner: Deccan Chronicle Star player: Owner: Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia availability is MOZAMBIQUE
Team worth: $107m Andrew Symonds (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul restricted. AFRICA
Most expensive player: Andrew has had a (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Star player: The BOTSWANA
Symonds (Australia) $1.35m frustrating time Mohit Burman (Dabur) Essex all-rounder Ravi
Watchability: They won just two after run-ins with the Australian Team worth: $76m Bopara has a big chance. He will be
games out of 14 last year, but the cricket authorities, and will seek to Most expensive player: Yuvraj brimming with confidence after his Pretoria
enterprising Adam Gilchrist has work out his frustrations with Singh (India) $1.06m jetlagged Test century in Barbados. Johannesburg
assumed the captaincy. The some trademark brutal batting. Watchability: They recovered Firework factor: India’s dynamic SWAZILAND
Australian is one of the most Firework factor: Extreme. from a poor start in 2008 to reach batsman Yuvraj and Sri Lanka’s NAMIBIA
thrilling batsmen the game has Gilchrist, Herschelle Gibbs and the semi-finals. Australian Shaun Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela
produced, and last year had a Symonds like nothing more than Marsh won the tournament’s Jayawardene should sparkle
alongside Marsh and Bopara. Kimberley
strike-rate of 137.1. It is hard to see whacking the ball for six. ‘orange cap’ for hitting the most
2008: P14, W10, L4, Pts 20
how they can be so poor again. 2008: P14, W2, L12, Pts 4 runs, 616 (26 sixes), but his Bloemfontein
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Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Knight Riders
Owner: Emerging Media, gives them a Owner: Shah Rukh Khan’s Red They are coached
Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra strong engine Chillies Entertainment, Juhi by quirky Aussie East London
Team worth: $67m room on home soil. Chawla Mehta and her husband, John Buchanan.
Most expensive player: Star player: Watson (472 runs, Jai Mehta Star player: McCullum Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
Mohammad Kaif (India) $675,000 17 wickets) will not be around as Team worth: $75.09m hammered 158 from
much this time, so Warne is the 73 balls against the
Watchability: The least-fancied Most expensive player: Sourav
man.Canheworkanothermiracle? Bangalore Royal
outfit last year ran out as surprise Ganguly (India) $1.09m Challengers in last INDIAN OCEAN
champions. They had the He hadn’t played much before last Watchability: They won their first year’s opener, including 13
inspirational leadership of Shane year, but still took 19 wickets. two matches last season, but sixes; it gave his side a
Warne, the all-round brilliance of Firework factor: England’s failed to build on that. They have whopping 140-run win.
Shane Watson and the thumping Dimitri Mascarenhas could step an exciting batting line-up, with
batting of Yusuf Pathan. The Firework factor: McCullum
up in Watson’s absence to smash Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle
South African trio of Graeme should provide plenty, while
some sixes alongside Henderson. and Sourav Ganguly. Sri Lankan
Smith, Morne Morkel and mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis Gayle also loves to clear the ropes.
2008: P14, W11, L3, Pts 22 2008: P14, W6, T1, L7, Pts 13
newcomer Tyron Henderson should take plenty of wickets.
Mumbai Indians Delhi Daredevils
Owner: Reliance Industries Ltd Star player: You Owner: GMR Group Star player:
Team worth: $111.9m can’t look Team worth: $84m Gambhir was
Most expensive player: Sachin beyond Jayasuriya, who smashed Most expensive player: Virender one of the best batsmen, and
Tendulkar (India) $1.12m 514 runs in last year’s tournament, Sehwag $834,000 surprise packages, in last year’s
Watchability: Sanath Jayasuriya including the highest number of Watchability: Last year’s losing tournament with 534 runs.
and Sachin Tendulkar will form sixes, 31, including 11 in one semi-finalists have an exciting Obdurate in Test cricket, he really
probably the most explosive innings. Squat and brutal. opening duo in Gautam Gambhir comes out of his shell in Twenty20.
opening partnership. Jean-Paul Firework factor: Jayasuriya, and captain and compatriot Firework factor: Sehwag,
Duminy is a tremendous one-day Tendulkar, Napier and Dwayne Virender Sehwag, who had the Gambhir and Collingwood should
improviser, while the Essex Bravo combined should alert best strike-rate of last year’s
all-rounder Graham Napier, who tournament (184.54). English duo hit more than enough sixes to keep
spectators to flying missiles. the South African crowds content,
hit 16 sixes in one Twenty20 The spinner Harbhajan Singh is Paul Collingwood and Owais Shah
innings against Sussex last year,
could be a dark horse. Zaheer
capable of match-turning spells.
2008: P14, W7, L7, Pts 14
are also in the squad. Glenn
McGrath and Daniel Vettori are
while McGrath is expert at dousing
opponents’ fireworks. The best of 2008
Khan is a canny bowler. smart operators with the ball. 2008: P14, W7, T1, L6, Pts 15 Most runs: Shaun Marsh (Kings XI
Punjab) 616 (11 inns; average
score 68.44), Gautam Gambhir
Chennai Super Kings Bangalore Royal Challengers (Daredevils) 534 (14; 41.07), Sanath
Jayasuriya (Indians) 514 (14; 42.83)
Owner: Indian Cements must work on Owner: Vijay Mallya Star player: Top scores: Brendon McCullum (Knight
Team worth: $91m staying power. Team worth: $111.6m Pietersen will not be Riders) 158no (73 balls;
Most expensive player: Andrew Suresh Raina and Most expensive player: Kevin able to play in the 10 fours; 13 sixes), Andrew Symonds
Flintoff (England) $1.55m Parthiv Patel will offer lusty batting. Pietersen ($1.55m) entire tournament because of (Chargers) 117no (53; 11; 7), Michael
Watchability: Last year’s finalists Star player: India captain Dhoni is Watchability: The Challengers England commitments, but he will Hussey (Super Kings) 116no (54; 8; 9)
have lined up potentially the most one of the great entertainers. His finished only seventh in 2008, but love a stage like this to show the Most wickets: Sohail Tanvir (Royals) 22
explosive batting partnership in MS swashbuckling batting delivered they have brought in Kevin selectors that they were wrong to (11 matches; average 12.09),
Dhoni and Andrew Flintoff. They 414 runs in 14 innings last year. Pietersen as captain and he should take the captaincy from him. Shane Warne (Royals) 19 (15; 21.26),
started off last year with four Firework factor: Dhoni and provide some dynamic batting Firework factor: Pietersen is Sreesanth (Kings XI Punjab) 19 (15; 23.26)
straight wins, thanks to the solid Flintoff (as long as he can alongside New Zealander Jesse fantastic to watch when he is going Best bowling: Sohail Tanvir (Royals) 6-
batting of Australians Matthew rediscover the form that he lost Ryder and Australian Cameron well, while Ryder and White are
in the Caribbean) should hit 14 (economy 3.50), Amit Mishra
Hayden and Michael Hussey, but White. The pace of Dale Steyn, of renowned six-hitters and Steyn (Daredevils) 5-17 (4.25), Lakshmipathy
plenty of sixes.
then went downhill, so the South Africa, gives the team a loves shattering the stumps. Balaji (Super Kings) 5-24 (6.00)
2008: P14, W8, L6, Pts 16
player-coach Stephen Fleming potent weapon. 2008: P14, W4, L10, Pts 8
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April 18 am Mumbai v Chennai Super
May 3 am Kolkata Knight v Kings XI Punjab
May 19 pm Delhi Daredevils (DD) v Bangalore Royal
Indians (MI) Kings (CSK) Riders (KKR) (KXIP) Challengers (BRC)
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April 20 pm Challengers (BRC) v Kolkata Knight pm
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