THE NEWEST Indian Premier League team, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, will start its IPL 4 journey with a match against the completely revamped Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kochi's home turf, Nehru Stadium Kochi, on Saturday night, April 9.
In the inaugural edition of IPL, Vijay Mallaya's Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finished at seventh spot, whereas in the next two years, Bangalore team reached up to the semi finals. From the last editions of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained only its young gun Virat Kohli.
In the IPL 2011, RCB bosses selected Daniel Vettori as captain. Many match winners are in the team of Vettori including, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Dirk Nannes, Saurabh Tiwary, Charl Langeveldt, Johan van der Wath. Former Indian bowling legend Anil Kumble is mentor of this team.
Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene is leading the brand new Kochi Tuskers Kerala in IPL 4. The Kochi Tuskers batting department will depend mainly on captain himself, VVS Laxman, Brendon McCullum, Parthiv Patel, and John Hastings.
Young all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was suspended last year by the IPL, is also playing for the Tuskers. One of the all-time greats spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, local boy Sreesanth, and RP Singh are the main bowlers of IPL debutant team Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the IPL 2011.
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, third match of the IPL 2011, will start from 8:00 PM tonight and the match will be telecast live on SET Max.
