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Watch here live updates of IPL 4 2011 for every matches played and details of next ipl 4 matches going to be played today.

This time ipl 4 is in news for a long time. It is so because this time there are two new teams added in the list of ipl teams. Auction of these teams takes a long time and that's why from last 3 months the ipl 4 is in news. Both teams are very costly and the amount paid to both team by the owners to the players is also very high. These two new teams are Sahara pune warriors and kochi ipl. Both the teams are very strong because most of players are international players and they are not from India.

There is a huge craze of ipl 4 this time. People are waiting very eagerly for ipl 4 2011 to watch their favorite cricket stars playing. They know that all the matches of ipl 4 2011 are going to be very interesting. So no one wants to miss ipl 4 20-20. Most tickets of ipl 4 20-20 is already sold. People plan the whole month schedule by seeing the ipl 4 cricket 2011. They start booking there tickets by seeing the schedule of ipl 4 cricket 2011. Ipl 4 cricket 2011 schedule is given on the official website of the ipl.

Ipl 4 is starting from the 08th of April 2011 and end on the 22nd of May 2011. So this season of ipl 4 is going to be very interesting. Daily two matches will be played in ipl 4 2011. The time is not given that at what time these match will but tentatively the time will be 1600 hours for first match and 2000 hours for second match. Very soon this time will get confirm by the ipl 4 2011 officials authorities. Ipl 4 20-20 this time will really come with the new things. The officials authorities said that don't miss the single match of the ipl 4 20-20. You can watch all the match of ipl 4 cricket 2011 on the website also. The ipl 4 cricket 2011 will show live on the official website of ipl 4.

IPL merchandise of your favourite teams, exclusively on eBay India

eBay India ( www.eBay.in ) in association with the Hot Muggs (brand owned by Rajesh Metal Industries) offer avid cricket fans a chance to own exquisite merchandise of their favourite Indian Premier League teams: Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings. This would be an opportunity for enthusiastic cricket buffs to choose from a wide range of merchandise that include Lassi Glasses, Mugs, Badges and Autographed Collectors' Merchandise . This official merchandise would be available on eBay India from April 29 , 2008 all throughout the duration of the IPL series.

Rajesh Metal Industries has entered into a licensing rights agreement with 'Kings XI Punjab' and 'Chennai Super Kings' to produce select merchandise and market them under the Hot Muggs brand name in retail stores along with an exclusive online partnership with eBay India.

Ms. Deepa Thomas, Senior Manager- Pop Culture, eBay India said, "We are delighted to partner with Hot Muggs to power the sale of these exquisite IPL merchandise as part of eBay's attempt to cater to the wide interests of its online shoppers. We are sure true cricket fans will be thrilled to buy and own the merchandise at great prices."

Mr. Rishi Jain, Managing Director – Rajesh Metal Industries, said, "Our partnership with eBay India is another strong step in the direction of shaping the L&M (licensing and merchandising) division of the company, and creating our impression on the still nascent merchandise market in India ."

Some interesting merchandise that would be sold on eBay India :

Interesting badges for Kings XI Punjab with your favourite stars and motivating slogans embossed in an array of colours at

Rs. 49 and Rs. 125 respectively.

Punjab Kings XI Born to Win Mug

Wanna sip your cup of coffee while ogling at your favorite cricketers. This bright red coffee mug features some of the star players of Kings XI Punjab like Yuvraj Singh (captain), Brett Lee, Irfan Pathan and Sreesanth.

Price: Rs. 250

Punjab Kings XI Lassi Da Gilass

They say to get a feel of the Real taste of Punjab you need to have the world famous Punjabi lassi. A really cool lassi glass with interesting graffiti scribbled on it which shows the cool attitude of the team.

Price: Rs. 99

Chennai Super Kings I Rule Mug

Super Kings is not just about royalty, but about absolute monarchy.
Take your own sip from this mug that represents the same fire in the belly – combining authoritarian black along with energetic vibrancy

Price: Rs. 300

Chennai Super Kings Fearless Warrior Mug

The Lords of the Pitch… the Chennai Super Kings…. Fearless Warriors… Dhoni, Muralitharan and Hayden come alive on this mug – donning the garb of Kings of ancient dynasties and replicating the exploits of their ancestors.

Price: Rs. 250

So log on to www.ebay.in to own the official merchandise and tune into the IPL buzz.

About Hot Muggs:

Hot Muggs is present in nearly 45 cities through leading malls, multiplexes and bookstores where the merchandise shall also be available. Hot Muggs plans to promote the merchandise through a multi-channel promotion campaign with emphasis on Below the Line activities and Contact programmes with the end customer. The company has been involved in merchandising with companies like Yash Raj Films for movie "Fanaa" and Balki's "Cheeni Kum" starring Amitabh Bachchan.

About eBay India

eBay India ( www.ebay.in ) is India 's leading online marketplace. It is a unique and exciting marketplace with the largest person-to-person trading community in the country. eBay India is a trading platform offering auctions, fixed price and classifieds modes of person-to-person trading. eBay India has 2 million registered users from 670 cities in India . eBay India (formerly Baazee.com) is a 100% subsidiary of eBay Inc. The popular categories on eBay India include technology, lifestyle, media and collectibles. Thousands of sellers sell on eBay India daily across 2,000 categories of products.

About eBay

Founded in 1995, eBay created a powerful platform for the sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and businesses. On any given day, there are millions of items across thousands of categories for sale on eBay. eBay enables trade on a local, national and international basis with customized sites in markets around the world. Through an array of services, such as its payment solution provider PayPal, eBay is enabling global eCommerce for an ever-growing online community.

ESPN ad rates soar to 20 lakh per 10 seconds for India-Pakistan semifinal

If you think it was only the tickets for India-Pakistan semi-final match which were getting sold for more than one lakh, then probably you are wrong. Even the advertisers are ready to shell out moolah just to get a ten second ad spot during the India-Pakistan semi final match.

Media experts feel that India Pakistan semi final match is biggest marketing opportunity on the planet and it will attract crores of eyeballs. No GEC or IPL can provide that viewership. So the advertisers can’t let it go. Even on the online platform the match will register record number of online streaming.

Subhrangshu Neogi of Religare, one of the on air advertisers in the cricket world cup told BestMediaInfo.com, “One of the biggest advantages with advertising on ESPN for the world cup is that its not cluttered as an IPL environment. The brand gets good visibility. That’s not in the case of IPL or any other event. We are not sponsors but we have cherry picked some matches and fortunately it has worked for us as India and Pakistan are clashing in the semifinal.”

ESPN is charging over Rs.20 lakh per 10 seconds for the last minute ad inventory and advertisers are even to ready to pay the amount as they know that never in coming years they’ll get a bigger marketing opportunity than the India-Pakistan semi-final world cup match .

The rates ranged from Rs 4-5 lakh for 10-second spots before the start of the tournament to Rs 10-11 lakh when it was clear that India will play Australia in the quarter final.

IPL 2011 – IPL season 4, Schedule, Auction, Teams, Players

The IPL or better sounded as Indian Premier League was a conventional approach by the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) in the year 2007. This form of league brought a revolution in Indian Cricket course and now it is extended to this year 2011. IPL season 4 or IPL 2011 has entered its domain this year with the auction of players from all around the globe.

IPL Season 4

India will be the host country for this IPL 4 this season. Chepauk Stadium located in Chennai, where the home side Chennai Super Kings conveyed the IPL Cup in 2010, will be the luckiest venue where the opening ceremony will be conducted. This year 2011 season will start from 8th April till 28th May, with full excitement all over the country. Indi Commandos Kerala and Pune Warriors are the 2 new squads introduces this year in IPL 4.

IPL 2011 Game Format

Total of 74 competitions will be viewed this season as there were 2 new teams introduced in IPL 2011. In the previous season there were 60 Matches and this season the number has drastically increased as the teams will play against each other in a dual Round-Robin format. The playoff is a new format initiated instead of Knockout. Super Over will be determining the winner incase of a tie.

There are 2 groups in which these 10 teams are divided. Each team from their respective group will play 14 games with a home and away match with each team in their group. After the group stages there will be playoff stage where we will see 4 games.

The points are divided in the following system, 2 points for winner and 1 divided among each other if there is no result between them.

The top 3 teams from playoff will succeed for the next 2011 Champions League Twenty20.

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IPL Teams 2011

30 Players has been included in each team with 9 million US dollar as a maximum to spend for the purchasing. The previous teams in the IPL 3 were dispersed as 2 new teams were included in this season. Each team had the capability to retain 4 players from their previous squad, with 3 Indian Players.

The entire franchises retained total of 12 players, where Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indian were the team to retain maximum of the players and Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab released all.

IPL Players Auction

Under the auctioneer Richard Madley the auction was assumed at ITC Royal Gardenia in Bangalore on 8th and 9th January 2011. 350 players were placed in the auction and the reserved price set was fixed for all players for $20,000 – $400,000

On 22nd March 2010 2 new teams were auctioned from Kochi and Pune with a sum of Rs 3,235 crore ways above the very first auction on January 24th in 2008 for eight franchises (Rs 2,853 crore).

Due to unreported ownership amendments 2 teams Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals were provisionally ejected of IPL season 4.

Ipl 2011 Schedule

The robust IPL season 4 will be on move as soon the ICC Word Cup id finished. The action begins from the very first week of April (8th April) till 28th March with 10 teams. There will be 74 matches over 13 venues in 51 days.

IPL 2011 Tickets

There have been different distributors for IPL season 4 Tickets. The fans are already prepared themselves for the IPL and started their purchase with the tickets. KyaZoonga.com is the official website for IPL Tickets all over the nation. Bulk tickets are an option, where you can buy all the IPL Tickets for your favourite teams at their respective venues.

Now an IPL like Wrestling League from November 2011

NEW DELHI: Indian Wrestling League, an event on the lines of hugely successful IPL, will be launched later this year, the Wrestling Federation of India announced on Monday.

The WFI in collaboration with Kolkata based Leisure Sports will organise the League during November and December this year.

"Each team shall be named after the franchisee owner and will be permitted to have two foreign wrestlers in each style," G S Mander, President of the Wrestling Federation of India, said.

The League will be held in seven weight categories for both men and women. During the first year, there will be six city based teams competing in the league.

The bouts in the five-week long competition will be held at different venues on last three days of the week.

The wrestlers will obtain classification points after every bout and at the conclusion of the league, prize money will be awarded to the winning team and also to the Champion wrestlers.

The Broadcaster of IPL 2011

IPL T20 Fans would miss the next generation CEO Lalit Modi being barred by IPL Committee this year. He was removed because of mismanagement of funds as well as back door participation in the IPL teams. He believed to have stack in Mohali, Kolkata and Rajasthan IPL Teams. The new chairman for IPL 2011 would be Chirayu Amin.

If we look at the IPL Highlights, performance of Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings was remarkable. Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings XI were the bottom teams who performed consistently low throughout the tournament. For IPL Scorecard refer IPL Live Score

IPL 2011 will constitute ten teams rather than alike earlier years eight teams. The new teams added this year are Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi IPL. If the format of the IPL remain unchanged then the matches to be played will increase from 60 to 94. Lalit Modi tweeted on his account on April 14, 2010 – “We are going to start the 2011 IPL season a few days after the World Cup in the first week of April. We are going back to the schedule of April-May that we had in the 2008 first season. We will keep this (schedule) in future,”. Lalit Modi also mentioned that because of increase in teams and matches schedule will be of 51 days instead of regular 45 days IPL Schedule. Because of just after World Cup, there might be low interest in the IPL Tournament. Although critics hold that IPL 2012 would decide the future of the IPL.

Chirayu Amin – Chairman of Indian Premier League (IPL T20) told that 2011 year would be much more better and amazing the previous years. Although doubts rolls because of non presence of former Commissioner Lalit Modi.

The Broadcaster of IPL 2011 would be as follow

Winning Bidder	Regional Broadcast Rights
Sony/World Sport Group	India
ONE HD	Australia: Free-to-air HD and SD television. Owned by Network TEN.
Sky Network Television	New Zealand
PCCW	Hong Kong: Broadcast on Now Sports.
StarHub	Singapore: Broadcast on Cricket Extra.
Astro	Malaysia: Broadcast Astro Box Office Sport.
SuperSport	Central Africa, South Africa, Niger
Arab Digital Distribution	United Arab Emirates,  Bahrain,  Iraq,  Jordan,  Kuwait,  Lebanon,  Oman,  Qatar,  Palestine,  Saudi Arabia,  Syria,  Turkey,  Algeria,  Morocco,  Tunisia,  Egypt,  Sudan,  Libya,  Nigeria
GEO Super	Pakistan
Willow TV	Rights to distribute on television, radio, broadband and Internet, for the IPL in North America.
DirecTV	United States: Exclusive broadcast rights on CricketTicket.
Asian Television Network	Canada: Aired on Pay-per-view channel. Aired on XM Radio's ATN-Asian Radio as well.
SportsMax	Caribbean
ITV	United Kingdom: Broadcast on ITV4.

IPL 2011 Schedule and IPL Fixtures for Season 4 is yet to be announced. Once they are announced, we will post it here.