| The Kolkata Knight Riders began their pre-season | | | | the tournament. |
| training under the watchful eyes of physio Andrew | | | | This amazing tournament established by the forward |
| Leipus without icon player Sourav Ganguly. | | | | thinking Board of Control for Cricket in India will be |
| The eagarly anticipated third season of IPL is due to | | | | played out to a television audience expected to be in |
| start in India on 12 March 2010 the fixtures are due | | | | excess of 200 million people in India alone. No other |
| to be played over a 45 day period. The 60-game | | | | tournament in the world can boast figures like that. |
| tournament will feature a third-place playoff between | | | | Hyderabad will stage the opening fixture between |
| the losing semi-finalists as a qualifier for the | | | | defending champions Deccan Chargers and Kolkata |
| Champions League and could also see the induction | | | | Knight Riders, while both semi-finals will be held in |
| of ICL players. The other main changes this year are | | | | Bangalore. The venue of the final hasn't been fixed |
| the addition of Four new venues, these are: | | | | but the season will end five days before the World |
| Nagpur, The Vidharba Cricket Association Stadium is | | | | Twenty20 opens in West Indies. |
| a new Test cricket ground in the city of Nagpur, | | | | Some other IPL News that will interest fans of this |
| Maharashtra, India. Replacing the old Vidarbha Cricket | | | | league are that it is reported that Salman Khan |
| Association Ground. Purpose built at the Jamtha area | | | | interested in buying IPL team. Salman Khan is a huge |
| of Nagpur to top international standards and the | | | | Bollywood star and he wants to own a cricket team. |
| opening game was an international match played | | | | It is reported that the actor has met IPL chairman |
| between India and Australia in November 2008. An all | | | | Lalit Modi in Mumbai to better understand the bidding |
| seater stadium with luxury suites and designed on | | | | process. He is obviously looking to the future |
| the Australian Cricket ground system. This Stadium | | | | because two new IPL teams are to be introduced in |
| will be one of those used during the 2011 cricket | | | | IPL 2011. Early reports say Khan is interested in |
| world cup. | | | | bidding for the Nagpur or Kochi team. Last year, the |
| Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Cricket | | | | average bid was 150 million dollars per team, so |
| Association-Vishakapatnam District Cricket | | | | Salman will need a serious amount of cash. |
| Association), a fairly modern stadium which was built | | | | Deccan Chargers' batsman Rohit Sharma has been |
| in 2003 and has a 46000 capacity it attained test | | | | named as the best Under-23 player of the last IPL |
| status in 2007 this is another ground that will host | | | | tournament which was held in South Africa. Selected |
| games in the 2011 Cricket world cup. | | | | unanimously for the award, which carries a cash prize |
| Ahmedabad Sardar Patel Stadium (Gujarat) commonly | | | | of Rs 10 lakh, by former India captains Sunil |
| known as Motera with a capacity of 48000 and | | | | Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and MAK Pataudi, the |
| equiped with flood lights this is a well known stadium | | | | adjudicators of the award. |
| in India built in 1982 it has hosted test matches in the | | | | Rohit Sharma who is a 22 year old right hander from |
| past. | | | | Mumbai won this award thanks to the 333 runs he |
| Dharamsala, HPCA Stadium located in the city of | | | | scored in the league stages of the tournament at an |
| Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. This is the home | | | | average of 27.75 and a strike rate of 119. As well as |
| ground for Himachal Pradesh Cricket Team and host | | | | brilliance with a bat he can also bowl having taken 11 |
| all their trophy matches as well as some limited over | | | | wickets at an average of 11.45 including a hat trick. |
| games. This ground will act as the home stadium for | | | | Rohit stated that he was elated with the award. "To |
| Kings XI Punjab and will have floodlights installed in | | | | be recognised for my achievements by three of the |
| preparation for the IPL games this ground is also | | | | living legends of Indian cricket is a great thrill for me," |
| scheduled to host some international cricket games in | | | | he added. |
| the near future. | | | | It looks like Australian pacer Glenn McGrath may have |
| Some further changes are the increase in the number | | | | played his last game for Delhi Daredevils according to |
| of matches which has been increased to 94. Perhaps | | | | reports attributed to the Australian player. There |
| one of the most important changes is the removal of | | | | were fears about his fitness so the player never |
| icon players and granting permission to players who | | | | actually got a game last year, lets see how this |
| were involved in the Indian Cricket League to play in | | | | transpires. |