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Kolkata Knight Riders
Last updated on: April 2, 2013 08:10 IST

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders are among the favourites. They have one of the most complete squads in the tournament, with back-ups for every position.

Captain Gautam Gambhir, who will be looking to lead from the front with the bat, and counting on support from experienced players like Jacques Kallis and Brett Lee.

In Brendon McCullum and Yusuf Pathan they have two of the most dangerous batsmen in T20 cricket, while Sunil Narine can be a threat with the ball. Remember, his mystery spinners rocked the tournament last year?

Kolkata also have a load of other international players in James Pattinson, Shami Ahmed, Shakib Al-Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate and Manoj Tiwary among others.

Sri Lanka off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake will be the player to watch out for. He is relatively unknown but considered a dangerous bowler in T20 cricket. That's why he was picked up by KKR for $625,000!

 

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Mumbai Indians
Last updated on: April 2, 2013 08:10 IST

Mumbai Indians have a completely new set-up this year, with Ricky Ponting taking over the captaincy from Harbhajan Singh and John Wright named the head coach in place of Robin Singh. Anil Kumble took over the chief mentor's role from Shaun Pollock.

Mumbai stunned many at this years auction when they forked a mammoth $1million to purchase little-known Australian off-spinner Glenn Maxwell.

The Mukesh Ambani-owned franchise also made a few other signings in Western Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australia opener Phil Hughes, and veteran Kiwi all-rounder Jacob Oram.

Sachin Tendulkar, as always, will be the main attraction in the star studded line-up, also featuring Sri Lanka's pace ace Lasith Malinga, Indians Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha.

The West Indies' Kieron Pollard will be the player to watch out for in this side. He has the ability to change the course of a match with his big hitting. His medium pace also makes him useful bowler.

 

[Karthik]

Better you can post in ipl section friend.

 

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Pune Warriors India
Last updated on: April 2, 2013 08:10 IST

Pune Warriors India were dealt a big blow even before the start of the tournament when captain and batting mainstay Michael Clarke was ruled out with injury.

Their hopes will largely rest on dashing batsman Yuvraj Singh, who is back in the team this year after missing the last edition to recover from lung cancer. Sri Lanka's talented all-rounder Angelo Mathews will lead the team in Clarke's absence.

Pune made an interesting trade during the transfer window by buying New Zealand's dangerous batsman Ross Taylor, swapping him for Ashish Nehra.

Pune also secured the services of Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis, for $725,000, while they also bought Kane Richardson and Abhishek Nayar, who had a terrific domestic season for Mumbai.

Mathews lends a lot of balance to the team and so does Jammu and Kashmir's Parveez Rasool, who was a big hit last season in domestic cricket. Steven Smith and Tamim Iqbal are two other T20 specialists who will be expected to revive the team's fortunes this year, while Manish Pandey, Rahul Sharma and Robin Uthappa will also be looking to impress.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the player to watch out for, the young seamer having impressed with the ball in the recently-concluded Test series against Australia.

 

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Better you can post in ipl section friend.

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[Bapun]

IPL 7: Sixty games over six weeks.

The 2014 edition will see as few as 60 matches to be played over six weeks with the number of afternoon matches, which start at 4 PM, reduced due to the extreme heat in the summer months across India. The slot is also not a favourite with advertisers, who miss out on a chunk of the TV viewers.

 

[TushShar]

cricket chat thread

all of the users this thread is for chating about cricket

 

[Anup Tiwari]

RE: cricket chat thread

Wrong section bro.

 

[TushShar]

cricket chat thread

in this thread we can chat about cricket.i first created it in lounge but anup tiwari tell me that this is wrong section. i want to ask a question any guess which 4 teams will be in playoff

 

[Thakur]

RE: cricket chat thread

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