IPL teams' Logos released

Though the franchises seem to show little creativity in naming their teams, which not only seem boring and trite but also stupid. Take for instance, the Chennai Super Kings or Mumbai Indians. Chennai Super Kings sounds a lot more like Chennai Super Stars, the name of a rebel Cricket league. And How about Mumbai Indians? Well who loves Indians being beaten? Mumbai team should do a quick rethink, whether they really want to keep the name for the next nine years.
Coming to the Logos and Jerseys, Here are a few.

The Deccan Chargers
The Kolkata KnightRiders
Bangalore Royal Challengers
Kings XI Punjab
Rajasthan Royals
Chennai Super Kings
Delhi Daredevils
The MUMBAI Indians

IPL teams' official names and Logos released

Though the franchises seem to show little creativity in naming their teams, they have

IPL teams' official names and Logos released

The official names and Logos of the IPL teams have been released.

Mumbai	-	Indians
Kolkata	-	Knight Riders
Chennai	-	Super Kings
Bangalore	-	Royal Challengers
Hyderabad	-	Deccan Chargers
Jaipur	-	Rajasthan Royals
Delhi	-	Dare Devils
Mohali	-	Kings XI Punjab

The IPL Schedule.

The IPL Schedule is out. 44 days of exciting cricket, 59 matches of nail biting finishes. 8 teams pitted against each other, Sachin playing against Ganguly, Symonds against Hayden, Kolkata crowds cheering for Shoaib Akhtar such rare sights shall be a certain sight in the days to come. Twenty20 is here to stay.

The IPL schedule is here, all timings in IST. Subtract 12 from the timings to get it in standard 12 hr format, and all the matches are either in the afternoon or in the evening.

Please note the change in Schedule, due to the elections in Karnataka, match no. 31 will be played on May 28 as against the earler cited date May 10. And also note that the Bangalore matches have been Swapped. The Fixture table has been accordingly updated.

01.	Fri 18 APRIL- 19:00	- Bangalore v Kolkata, Bangalore
02.	Sat 19 APRIL- 15:00	- Mohali v Chennai, Mohali
03.	Sat 19 APRIL- 20:00	- IPL Delhi v Jaipur, Delhi
04.	Sun 20 APRIL- 15:00	- Mumbai v Bangalore, Mumbai
05.	Sun 20 APRIL- 20:00	- Kolkata v Hyderabad, Kolkata
06.	Mon 21 APRIL- 19:00	- Jaipur v Mohali, Jaipur
07.	Tue 22 APRIL- 19:00	- Hyderabad v Delhi - Hyderabad
08.	Wed 23 APRIL- 19:00	- Chennai v Mumbai - Chennai
09.	Thu 24 APRIL- 19:00	- Hyderabad v Jaipur - Hyderabad
10.	Fri 25 APRIL- 19:00	- Mohali v Mumbai - Mohali
11.	Sat 26 APRIL- 15:00	- Bangalore v Jaipur - Bangalore
12.	Sat 26 APRIL- 20:00	- Chennai v Kolkata - Chennai
13.	Sun 27 APRIL- 15:00	- Mumbai v Hyderabad - Mumbai
14.	Sun 27 APRIL- 19:00	- Mohali v Delhi - Mohali
15.	Mon 28 APRIL- 19:00	- Bangalore v Chennai - Bangalore
16.	Tue 29 APRIL- 19:00	- Kolkata v Mumbai - Kolkata
17.	Wed 30 APRIL- 19:00	- Delhi v Bangalore - Delhi
18.	Thu 1 MAY- 15:00	- Hyderabad v Mohali, Hyderabad
19.	Thu 1 MAY- 20:00	- Jaipur v Kolkata, Jaipur
20.	Fri 2 MAY- 19:00	-Chennai v Delhi, Chennai
21.	Sat 3 MAY- 15:00	- Hyderabad v Bangalore, Bangalore
22.	Sat 3 MAY- 20:00	- Mohali v Kolkata, Mohali
23.	Sun 4 MAY- 15:00	- Mumbai v Delhi, Mumbai
24.	Sun 4 MAY- 20:00	- Jaipur v Chennai, Jaipur
25.	Mon 5 MAY- 19:00	- Bangalore v Mohali, Bangalore
26.	Tue 6 MAY- 19:00	- Chennai v Hyderabad, Chennai
27.	Wed 7 MAY- 19:00	- Mumbai v Jaipur, Mumbai
28.	Thu 8 MAY- 15:00	- Delhi v Chennai, Delhi
29.	Thu 8 MAY- 20:00	- Kolkata v Bangalore, Kolkata
30.	Fri 9 MAY- 19:00	- Jaipur v Hyderabad, Jaipur
31.	Sat 28 MAY- 15:00	- Bangalore v Mumbai, Bangalore
32.	Sat 10 MAY- 20:00	- Chennai v Mohali, Chennai
33.	Sun 11 MAY- 15:00	- Hyderabad v Kolkata, Hyderabad
34.	Sun 11 MAY- 20:00	- Jaipur v Delhi, Jaipur
35.	Mon 12 MAY- 19:00	- Mohali v Bangalore, Mohali
36.	Tue 13 MAY- 19:00	- Kolkata v Delhi, Kolkata
37.	Wed 14 MAY- 15:00	- Mumbai v Chennai, Mumbai
38.	Wed 14 MAY- 20:00	- Mohali v Jaipur, Mohali
39.	Thu 15 MAY- 19:00	- Delhi v Hyderabad, Delhi
40.	Fri 16 MAY- 19:00	- Mumbai v Kolkata, Mumbai
41.	Sat 17 MAY- 15:00	- Delhi v Mohali, Delhi
42.	Sat 17 MAY- 20:00	- Jaipur v Bangalore, Jaipur
43.	Sun 18 MAY- 15:00	- Hyderabad v Mumbai, Hyderabad
44.	Sun 18 MAY- 20:00	- Kolkata v Chennai, Kolkata
45.	Mon 19 MAY- 19:00	- Bangalore v Delhi, Bangalore
46.	Tue 20 MAY- 19:00	- Kolkata v Jaipur, Kolkata
47.	Wed 21 MAY- 15:00	- Mumbai v Mohali, Mumbai
48.	Wed 21 MAY- 20:00	- Chennai v Bangalore, Chennai
49.	Thu 22 MAY- 19:00	- Delhi v Kolkata, Delhi
50.	Fri 23 MAY- 19:00	- Mohali v Hyderabad, Mohali
51.	Sat 24 MAY- 15:00	- Delhi v Mumbai, Delhi
52.	Sat 24 MAY- 20:00	- Chennai v Jaipur, Chennai
53.	Sun 25 MAY- 15:00	- Bangalore v Hyderabad, Hyderabad
54.	Sun 25 MAY- 20:00	- Kolkata v Mohali, Kolkata
55.	Mon 26 MAY- 19:00	- Jaipur v Mumbai, Jaipur
56.	Tue 27 MAY- 19:00	- Hyderabad v Chennai, Hyderabad

Fri 30 MAY- 20:00 GMT - 1st Semi Final (2nd v 3rd), Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Sat 31 MAY- 20:00 GMT - 2nd Semi Final (1st v 4th), Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Sun 1 June - 20:00 GMT - The Final, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

The IPL teams, Jaipur

One of the weakest teams in the IPL, it won't be surprisisng if it doesn't go past the round robin stage. No one in this team is worth the money spent except of course Graeme Smith, and may be to an extent Munaf Patel. The Emerging Media could have done better at choosing a team for its side. It remains to be seen how good the management shall use the team that they have.

The Jaipur team which cost $ 2.5 million stands thus.

Shane Warne{Captain & Coach}
Graeme Smith
Younis Khan
Kamran Akmal
Yusuf Pathan
Mohammed Kaif
Munaf Patel
Justin Langer
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Shane Watson
Sohail Tanvir
Morne Morkel
Taruwar Kohli
Ravindra Jadeja
Pankaj Singh
Anup Revandkar

The IPL teams, Bangalore.

The UB group chairman should be a happy man in $ 3.6 Millions he got a top class bowling line-up perfect for the Twenty20's, and not to forget the wicket keeper batsman Mark Boucher and India's strike bowler until very recently Zaheer Khan. Its Icon player and captain Rahul Dravid should be a proud man too. The Bangalore team for the IPL looks like this:

Rahul Dravid - Icon Player
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Anil Kumble (India)
Cameron White (Australia)
Zaheer Khan (India)
Mark Boucher (South Africa)
Nathan Bracken (Australia)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
Wasim Jaffer (India)
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
Abdur Razzaq (Bangladesh)
Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
Virat Kohli (Delhi) (U-19)
Srivats Goswami (Bengal) (U-19)

The IPL teams, MUMBAI

Sachin Tendulkar opening an innings with Jayasurya, Could there be any deadlier opening combination than this? Not likely, Well only Mumbai team can boast about such a combination. It's only possible in the IPL. This team strikes a good balance in terms of experience and youth. It has Shaun Pollock and Lasith Malinga, to quote. The team has spent $ 3.825 Million.

The team has only 8 international cricketers
Sachin Tendulkar (Captain)
Harbhajan Singh
Sanath Jayasuriya
Shaun Pollock
Robin Uthappa
Lasith Malinga
Loots Bosman
Dilhara Fernando
Ajinkya Rahane
Abhishek Nayar
Yogesh Takawale
Iqbal Aabdullah
Pinal Shah
Ashwell Prince
Manish Pandey
Saurabh Tiwary

The IPL team, MOHALI

Priety Zinta, Ness Wadia and Co. did Some player-shopping at the Oberoi-Hilton, and they shopped for some good looking cricketers, like Brett Lee and Irfan Pathan not to mention their ICON player Yuvraj Singh. The Mohali team also looks good as a Team. It contains Ramnaresh Sarwan, and the aggressive Sreesanth. The Mohali Team costs 4.62 million dollars, and it stands thus:

Mohali team members

Yuvraj Singh (India)
Kumar Sangakarra (Srilanka)
Mahela Jayawardene (Srilanka)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies)
Simon Katich (Australia)
Brett Lee (Australia)
Piyush Chawla ( India)
Irfan Pathan (India)
S Sreesanth (India)
James Hopes (Australia)
Luke Pomersbach (Australia)
Kyle Mills (New Zealand)
Tanmay Srivastava (U-19 Uttar Pradesh)
Ajitesh Argal (U-19 Baroda)