Delhi Daredevils calls for volunteers to be part of IPL 4 crew

THE INDIAN Premier League (IPL), 2011, will be contested between ten teams with two new teams added by the BCCI, i.e., Sahara Pune Warriors from Pune and Kochi Tuskers Kerala from Kochi.
IPL 2011 will be played  form April 8 to May 28 2011 with the new format, which was announced by the IPL governing council.

The format is based on last year's domestic T20 Tournament in New Zealand. In new IPL format, there will be total of 74 matches in the IPL 4 Fixtures. Out of these 70 would be league matches and each IPL team will play at least 14 matches, 7 matches will be played at home venue and remaining at away venues.

IPL 2011's new format is as follows:

IPL 2011 Teams will be divided in two groups of five teams each. But IPL Standings table will not be separate.

Each IPL team in the same group will play two matches against each other, on “home-away” ground each, counting to 8 league matches per team.

Each IPL team will play 1 league match each against 4 teams of other group and 2 league matches home or away against the fifth team selected randomly, counting to 6 matches per team. It results in 14 (8+6) games in the league matches before the next playoff round.

All IPL 2011 league matches will count to 70 before 3 playoff matches begin, namely Game A, Game B and Game C.

Top 2 teams in the IPL points table will play each other in first playoff of Game A. Winner of Game A will go straight to the final.

Game B, 2nd playoff will be between teams at third and fourth spot in the IPL standings. Whoever looses Game B will be out of the league.

Game B winner will still need to contest in third playoff Game C against loser of first playoff i.e. Game A for entering into Finals of IPL 2011.

Then, off course, the last match, IPL 2011 Grand Finale, would be played between winner of Game A and Game C.

IPL 2011 to be held in new more rigorous IPL format

THE INDIAN Premier League (IPL), 2011, will be contested between ten teams with two new teams added by the BCCI, i.e., Sahara Pune Warriors from Pune and Kochi Tuskers Kerala from Kochi.
IPL 2011 will be played  form April 8 to May 28 2011 with the new format, which was announced by the IPL governing council.

The format is based on last year's domestic T20 Tournament in New Zealand. In new IPL format, there will be total of 74 matches in the IPL 4 Fixtures. Out of these 70 would be league matches and each IPL team will play at least 14 matches, 7 matches will be played at home venue and remaining at away venues.

IPL 2011's new format is as follows:

IPL 2011 Teams will be divided in two groups of five teams each. But IPL Standings table will not be separate.

Each IPL team in the same group will play two matches against each other, on “home-away” ground each, counting to 8 league matches per team.

Each IPL team will play 1 league match each against 4 teams of other group and 2 league matches home or away against the fifth team selected randomly, counting to 6 matches per team. It results in 14 (8+6) games in the league matches before the next playoff round.

All IPL 2011 league matches will count to 70 before 3 playoff matches begin, namely Game A, Game B and Game C.

Top 2 teams in the IPL points table will play each other in first playoff of Game A. Winner of Game A will go straight to the final.

Game B, 2nd playoff will be between teams at third and fourth spot in the IPL standings. Whoever looses Game B will be out of the league.

Game B winner will still need to contest in third playoff Game C against loser of first playoff i.e. Game A for entering into Finals of IPL 2011.

Then, off course, the last match, IPL 2011 Grand Finale, would be played between winner of Game A and Game C.

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 Tickets: buy IPL 4 tickets online

Fourth edition of IPL will take place from 8^th April 2011 to 22^nd May 2011. The ILP 4 will see 10 teams playing this time, after the earlier editions of Indian Premier League had 8 teams each. What is more interesting in IPL 2011 is that there will be 74 matches to be played in the tournament. If you are a diehard cricket fan, you can watch the matches live at various venues and stadiums that have also been raised this time.  You can easily buy the IPL 4 tickets from official IPL partnering website, KyaZoonga.com. The site offers the option of either selecting the by venue or by team matches so that you can book your IPL tickets without any hassle.

IPL cricket aficionados can buy the tickets easily from the net. IPL 2011 tickets for the fourth season of all the matches are readily available at various sites apart from KyaZoonga. These include official site of IPL and BookMyshow.com. The prices can also be seen at these sites as per the stands chosen. In fact, the demand for IPL 4 tickets is now increasing as the season tournament is approaching.

IPL 2011 Tickets

You can buy these tickets at affordable prices. It is worth remembering that you should read all details and terms and conditions mentioned on the sites and tickets before you buy the tickets from any website mentioned above. Last season, there was the option to buy bulk IPL tickets for all matches or for your favorite teams. The fans are hoping that this option should also be available this time so that they can buy the tickets in bulk for IPL cricket 2011 and enjoy the matches with their friends and family.

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.