Pakistan includes three ICL players in World twenty20 probables

Pakistan has included three ICL-signed players- Abdul Razzaq, Imran Nazir and Rana Naved in the list of 30 probables for ICC World twenty20 2009 to be held in England. Three of them have been playing in ICL for more than a year. Razzaq signed ICL after he was not included in the previous version of ICC World T20.


Earlier, PCB has allowed ICL players to play for its domestic tournament after the court's order. If they are to be included in the team for ICC World twenty20 2009, they must seek permission from ICC.

In the list, Younis Khan is appointed as the captain. Apart from regular players and three ICL players, players like Umer Amin, Aizaz Cheema, Muhammad Aamir, Imran Ali are included in the squad.

Here is the of 30 players included in the 30-men list:
Younis Khan (capt), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Shahzaib Hassan, Ahmed Shehzad, Umer Amin, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faisal Iqbal, Fawad Alam, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat, Kamran Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Aizaz Cheema, Muhammad Aamir, Wahab Riaz, Imran Ali, Danish Kaneria, Abdul Rehman, Yasir Shah, Kamran Akmal (wk), Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Imran Nazir

Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2009

Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League is lead by Indian captain MS Dhoni. Chennai were the runner-up in the 1st edition of IPL in 2008. Last season they had MS Dhoni as the most expensive cricketer and this season's most expensive player Andew flintoff is also in their squad.


Squad of Chennai Super Kings in DLF IPL 2009:
International: Muttaih Muralitharan and Thilhan Thushara (Sri Lanka), George Bailey, Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey (will not play)(Australia), Albie Morkel and Makhaya Ntini (South Africa), Jacob Oram and Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) and Andrew Flintoff (England)

Indian players: MS Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, S Badrinath, Suresh Raina, L. Balaji, M. Vijay, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Singh Gony, R Ashwin, Sudeep Tyagi Abhinav Mukund, Viraj Kadbe, Shadab Jakati, Aniruddh Srikanth, Vidyut Sivaramakrishna, Palani Amarnath, KB Arun Karthik, N Einstein and Suresh Kumar

Head Coach: Stephen Fleming
Assistant Coach: Venkatesh Prasad
Physiotherapist: Tommy Simsek
Physical Trainer: Gregory King

Owner - India Cements Ltd.
CEO - TBA
Ambassadors - Joseph Vijay, Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Chief Selector - V. B. Chandrasekhar

Players to Watch:
Muttiah Muralitharan, MS Dhoni(c), Andrew Flintoff, S Raina and M Hayden

Changes in 2009:
Chennai have had lots some changes in 2nd edition of Indian Premier League. First change is that they brought English player A Flintoff as the most expensive player. Australian Micheal Hussey is not going to play the 2nd IPL edition as he was given rest. New Zealander Jacob Oram, who was ruled out of test series in India is also in doubt due to injury to play.

TV channels broadcasting IPL 2009 live in India, USA, UK, Australia and other countries

Sony and WSG has got the global broadcasting rights of Indian Premier League. So, the IPL 2009 will be broadcasted live definitely on Sony's channel Set Max in India. Other TV channels have got broadcasting rights for different countries. Here is a list of countries and TV channels broadcasting IPL 2009:

India: Sony has the broadcasting rights of IPL in India and some South Asian countries like Nepal. Matches will be shown live on Set Max.

Middle east including UAE, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Libya: Arab Digital distribution via. ART prime

USA: Direct TV schedule , W and Echostar

UK and Ireland: Setanta Sports has the broadcasting rights of IPL 2009 in UK and Ireland.

Australia : Network 10 ten or Channel 10 will broadcast IPL 2009 on TV in Australalia.

South Africa: Supersport will broadcast IPL 2009 in television in South Africa. It will also be shown in other African coutries like Nigeria via. this channel. The channel is supersport2.

New Zealand: Sky Network Television

Pakistan: Geo Sports

Canada: ATN (Asian Television Network)

Hong Kong : i-cable

Malaysia : Astro

Bangladesh: BTV

Sri Lanka : MTV (according to official website)

Singapore : Starhub

India Vs New Zealand 2009, 3rd test- day 3: Highlights

At the end of day 3India are: 349/5 in second innings after starting at 51/1

India has extended their lead to 531 in the third day in which they completely dominated New Zealand. Man in a superb form, Gautam Gambhir 167 runs. He lead the team from the front to extend the lead in which Dravid and Laxman who made 60 and 61 gave good support.

India were 51/1 at the end of day 2 with Gambhir and Dravid at the crease. They played beautifully and got their 50's each. Gambhir got his 50 and Dravid followed a bit later. At lunch they got to 170/1. Gambhir got his century immediately after the lunch. Dravid was then out after a superb interpretation from wicket keeper McCullum. Dravid swept the ball of Vettori but McCullum got to the leg side earlier and got the man at 60.

Tendulkar was out early at 9. VVS Laxman then played fine inning of 61. Gambhir got out making 167 being lbw off O'Brien followed by Laxman shortly. So, Yuvraj and Dhoni are at crease. The day got ended earlier but the 4th day will start 30 minute earlier.

India will look to extend the lead to about 600 and will probably declare after first session. India has almost 90% chances of winning the match and the series 2-0. I don't think New Zealand can comeback and win and there is very less chance of raining. Cheers! Indian fans, India is about to create history.

Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009

Rajasthan Royals the defending champions of IPL won the previous version of the tournament without much of big names in the team. Their coach and captain, Shane Warne has been a great inspirational leader. Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan and Morne Morkel are players to watch out this season.


Changes for Royals in 2009:
Sohail Tanvir who was the best bowler of IPL 2008 will not be playing along with Kamran Akmal and Younus Khan who are also Pakistani players. Tyron Henderson, the mystrious South African has been Included along with Shaun Tait. Inclusion of thhree top South Africans will be a advantage for the team.

International players: Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Rob Quiney, Lee Carseldine, Shane Harwood and Shaun Tait (Australia), Graeme Smith, Tyron Henderson and Morne Morkel (South Africa) and Dimitri Mascarenhas.


Indian players: Md. Kaif, Munaf Patel, Dinesh Salunke, Swapnil Asnodkar, Niraj Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Mahesh Rawat, Siddarth Trivedi, Anup Revandkar, Naman Ojha, Siddarth Chitinis, Paras Dogra, Amit Singh, Ahed Malik, Kamran Khan, Yusuf Pathan, Ashraf Makda, Raphi Vincent Gomez, Paul Valthaty, Srideep Mangela, Md. Arif, Gajendra Singh, Atul Sharma, Pratmesh Salunke, Pushkaraj Chavan

Players to watch: Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Morkel, Yusuf Pathan, Graeme Smith

India Vs New Zealand 3rd test 2009 -LIVE

The third test between India and New Zealand is set to start from 3rd March, 2009 in Wellington. THe series is 1-0 in favour of India and even a draw can make India win a test series in New Zealand for the first time. India will play for a win however and so will New Zealand.


To watch the match live on TV, you may get live coverage from Sony Max in India. Click here for more countries......

Watch the match live on computer:
You may check Tvnsports.com or willow.tv. Though its the last match, you may subscribe on pay per view and watch the final test live.

Live scorecard:

Delhi Daredevils in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009

Delhi Daredevils is led by Virender Sehwag and is owned by GMR group. Its backed by strong batting of Sehwag, Gambhir, AB de and AB de Villars with great bowling from McGrath, Yo Mahesh, Vettori and all round performance from Mahroof. Delhi Daredevils finished in top 4 in IPL 2009.

Changes in 2009: One of their best players in 2008, Shikhar Dhawan has been transferred to Mumbai in place of Ashish Nehra. Asif and Shoaib Malik being Pakistani players will not play in IPL 2. Collingwood, Owais Shah are the new faces in the team.

Squad of Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2009 (second season):
International players: Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood (England), David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes and Glen McGrath (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Farvez Mahroof and Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) and Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)

Indian players: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Avishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Yo Mahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar and Tejashwi Yadav

Owners - GMR group
Vice President - Amrit Mathur>
Vice President - T. A. Sekhar
Selector - Adhishwar
Head Coach - Greg Shipperd
Assistant Head Coach - David Saker
Physiotherapist - Justin Steer
Brand Ambassador - Akshay Kumar

Players to watch: Sehwag, Vettori, Gambhir, Yo Mahesh and Mahroof.