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Indian Premier League (IPL) Schedule-2008

Date	Time(GMT)	Match details	venue
Fri 18	13:30	IPL Bangalore v IPL Kolkata, 1st Match	Bangalore (D/N)
Sat 19	09:30	IPL Mohali v IPL Chennai, 2nd Match	Mohali
Sat 19	13:30	IPL Delhi v IPL Jaipur, 3rd Match	Delhi (D/N)
Sun 20	09:30	IPL Mumbai v IPL Bangalore, 4th Match	Mumbai
Sun 20	14:30	IPL Kolkata v IPL Hyderabad, 5th Match	Kolkata (D/N)
Mon 21	14:30	IPL Jaipur v IPL Mohali, 6th Match	Jaipur (D/N)
Tue 22	14:30	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Delhi, 7th Match	Hyderabad (D/N)
Wed 23	14:30	IPL Chennai v IPL Mumbai, 8th Match	Chennai (D/N)
Thu 24	14:30	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Jaipur, 9th Match	Hyderabad (D/N)
Fri 25	14:30	IPL Mohali v IPL Mumbai, 10th Match	Mohali (D/N)
Sat 26	09:30	IPL Bangalore v IPL Jaipur, 11th Match	Bangalore
Sat 26	14:30	IPL Chennai v IPL Kolkata, 12th Match	Chennai (D/N)
Sun 27	09:30	IPL Mumbai v IPL Hyderabad, 13th Match	Mumbai
Sun 27	14:30	IPL Mohali v IPL Delhi, 14th Match	Mohali (D/N)
Mon 28	14:30	IPL Bangalore v IPL Chennai, 15th Match	Bangalore (D/N)
Tue 29	14:30	IPL Kolkata v IPL Mumbai, 16th Match	Kolkata (D/N)
Wed 30	14:30	IPL Delhi v IPL Bangalore, 17th Match	Delhi (D/N)
May 2008
Date	Time (GMT)	Match Details	Venue
Thu 01	09:30	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Mohali, 18th Match	Hyderabad
Thu 01	14:30	IPL Jaipur v IPL Kolkata, 19th Match	Jaipur (D/N)
Fri 02	13:30	IPL Chennai v IPL Delhi, 20th Match	Chennai (D/N)
Sat 03	09:30	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Bangalore, 21st Match	Hyderabad
Sat 03	14:30	IPL Mohali v IPL Kolkata, 22nd Match	Mohali (D/N)
Sun 04	09:30	IPL Mumbai v IPL Delhi, 23rd Match	Mumbai
Sun 04	14:30	IPL Jaipur v IPL Chennai, 24th Match	Jaipur (D/N)
Mon 05	13:30	IPL Bangalore v IPL Mohali, 25th Match	Bangalore (D/N)
Tue 06	13:30	IPL Chennai v IPL Hyderabad, 26th Match	Chennai (D/N)
Wed 07	13:30	IPL Mumbai v IPL Jaipur, 27th Match	Mumbai (D/N)
Thu 08	09:30	IPL Delhi v IPL Chennai, 28th Match	Delhi
Thu 08	14:30	IPL Kolkata v IPL Bangalore, 29th Match	Kolkata (D/N)
Fri 09	13:30	IPL Jaipur v IPL Hyderabad, 30th Match	Jaipur (D/N)
Sat 10	09:30	IPL Bangalore v IPL Mumbai, 31st Match	Bangalore
Sat 10	14:30	IPL Chennai v IPL Mohali, 32nd Match	Chennai (D/N)
Sun 11	09:30	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Kolkata, 33rd Match	Hyderabad
Sun 11	14:30	IPL Jaipur v IPL Delhi, 34th Match	Jaipur (D/N)
Mon 12	13:30	IPL Mohali v IPL Bangalore, 35th Match	Mohali (D/N)
Tue 13	13:30	IPL Kolkata v IPL Delhi, 36th Match	Kolkata (D/N)
Wed 14	09:30	IPL Mumbai v IPL Chennai, 37th Match	Mumbai
Wed 14	14:30	IPL Mohali v IPL Jaipur, 38th Match	Mohali (D/N)
Thu 15	13:30	IPL Delhi v IPL Hyderabad, 39th Match	Delhi (D/N)
Fri 16	13:30	IPL Mumbai v IPL Kolkata, 40th Match	Mumbai (D/N)
Sat 17	09:30	IPL Delhi v IPL Mohali, 41st Match	Delhi
Sat 17	14:30	IPL Jaipur v IPL Bangalore, 42nd Match	Jaipur (D/N)
Sun 18	09:30	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Mumbai, 43rd Match	Hyderabad
Sun 18	14:30	IPL Kolkata v IPL Chennai, 44th Match	Kolkata (D/N)
Mon 19	13:30	IPL Bangalore v IPL Delhi, 45th Match	Bangalore (D/N)
Tue 20	13:30	IPL Kolkata v IPL Jaipur, 46th Match	Kolkata (D/N)
Wed 21	09:30	IPL Mumbai v IPL Mohali, 47th Match	Mumbai
Wed 21	14:30	IPL Chennai v IPL Bangalore, 48th Match	Chennai (D/N)
Thu 22	13:30	IPL Delhi v IPL Kolkata, 49th Match	Delhi (D/N)
Fri 23	13:30	IPL Mohali v IPL Hyderabad, 50th Match	Mohali (D/N)
Sat 24	09:30	IPL Delhi v IPL Mumbai, 51st Match	Delhi
Sat 24	14:30	IPL Chennai v IPL Jaipur, 52nd Match	Chennai (D/N)
Sun 25	09:30	IPL Bangalore v IPL Hyderabad, 53rd Match	Bangalore
Sun 25	14:30	IPL Kolkata v IPL Mohali, 54th Match	Kolkata (D/N)
Mon 26	13:30	IPL Jaipur v IPL Mumbai, 55th Match	Jaipur (D/N)
Tue 27	13:30	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Chennai, 56th Match	Hyderabad (D/N)
Fri 30	14:30 1st Semi Final	Mumbai (D/N)
Sat 31	14:30	2nd Semi Final	Mumbai (D/N)
June 2008
Sun 01	14:30	Final	Mumbai (D/N)

ICC ODI BATSMEN RANKINGS(TOP10)

Rank Player Team Points

1 Graeme Smith South Africa 792

2 MS Dhoni India 773

3 Ricky Ponting Australia 751

4 Michael Hussey Australia 750

5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 744

6 Sachin Tendulkar India 743

7 Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 738

8 AB de Villiers South Africa 733

9 Andrew Symonds Australia 730

10 Kumar Sangakkara Srilanka 729

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals is the franchise that will represent the city of Jaipur and the state of Rajasthan[original research?] in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led and coached by Shane Warne. There is no Icon Player for the team. This is the only IPL team to have a foreign captain and playing coach. The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group. The group acquired the franchise for $67 million.

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians will be representative of the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sachin Tendulkar, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former Manager of the Indian Cricket Team. Reliance Industries Limited through its subsidiary Reliance Retail Ltd purchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier league for a total of $111.9 million during the auction on January 24, 2008. The RIL bid has made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in IPL. More...

Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab is a sports franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player and coached by Tom Moody, the former Aussie all rounder. A blend of youth and experience, Kings XI Punjab is the youngest team with a core group of all-rounders. With eight proven international and eighteen domestic players, the team boasts of experience, leadership and talent. Positioning itself as a people-driven and community-led team, Kings XI Punjab will create and promote community-centric activities like the Golden Ticket initiative, Scholarship. The owners of the franchise include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise. More...

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sourav Ganguly, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by John Buchanan. The name of the team was revealed on March 10, 2008 with an official team unveiling ceremony on March 11, 2008. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colours are black and gold. Kolkata Knight Riders is a franchise of the eight team Indian Premier League. It was bought on January 24, 2008 by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta. More...