IPL has no permanant slot | David Morgan

ICC chief David Morgan has confirmed that the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) does not have any fixed slot in the ICC cricketing calendar.This means that we are not sure when the IPL matches will start each year.Morgan also said that Lalit Modi is continuously insisting for a fixed date about IPL but with the busy International schedule the ICC cannot assure the exact dates.

Morgan was asked whether cricketers will miss International tours for cash rich tournaments such as IPL.Morgan replied that only cricketers who are about to retire from cricket will opt to play in these kind of tournaments,but the rest of the players will try to play for there nation.

IPL 2009 : Dream IPL team by APF agency

Indian Premier League which had 59 matches all together witnessed some most interesting matches and nail-biting finishes.The team which emerged as winners was the Deccan Charges who were the last in the table last time around.There are a lot of individual notable performances and based on strike rate average and the consistency the Dream team for IPL 2009 has been selected.
IPL DREAM TEAM 2009

1) Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings)

2) Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers, Captain / Wicketkeeper)

3) Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings)

4) AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils)

5) Tillakaratne Dilshan (Delhi Daredevils)

6) J.P.Duminy (Mumbai Indians)

7) Anil Kumble (Bangalore Royal Challengers)

8) Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)

9) Rudra Pratap Singh (Deccan Charges)

10) Ashish Nehra (Delhi Daredevils)

11) Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians)

IPL 2009 : Deccan Charges are the Champions

The story script for Deccan Charges was so perfect that they were the table bottom team last year.This year IPL they were the winners.Perfect finish to a team lead by one of the most humble persons in cricket "Adam Gilcrist".

Rohit Sharma, R.R.Singh were the main and they were instrumental for Deccan Charges win.Ever since Symonds came back to the squad he has been a very key plater for them.Even though if he does not score runs he sledges the batsman very well.Prime example for this would be when he sledged the 19 yer old Manish Pandey.Deccan skipper Adam as also told that Symonds has been really handy for them.

IPL 2009 : Statistics

The overall result of IPL to is a success.The beginning was not so good when compared to IPL 2008 when Mucullum smashed the RCB bowling part.This was different we had low scoring games and spinners had a major part to play and the runs scored in the 20 overs was drastically less when compared to last year.

Nevertheless the matches were very interesting and we witnessed some very close encounters and one match between the Rajasthan Royals and the Kolkata Knight Riders went to become a tie and we had the first Superb Over.The team which looked totally out of socks was the KKR team,but we cannot write them off.Sice the last year table had Deccan and RCB at the bottom of the table.This year those both where the teams which faced each other in the final and DECCAN CHARGES emerged as winners.

IPL 2009 : Adam Gilcrist the most valuable player of IPL

Adam Gilchrist ha been declared as the most valuable player of IPL.He is rated about Mathew Hayden mainly because of his match winning innings in a crucial game against the Delhi Daredevils to take the Deccan Charges team to the finals and then use his cricketing brain to win the most important encounter against the Royal Challengers Bangalore to clinch the title.

Adam Gilcrist and Mathew Hayden both from Australia and retired from Cricket and are of the same age were the most dangerous batsman of this year IPL.Adam Gilcrist at this age of 37 looks really fresh and the exuberance of youth is still there in him.He scored 495 runs at a strike rate of over than 150.Even at this age Adam Gilcrist is one of the dangerous and destructive openers of all time.He is surely a legend of Cricket.