Mumbai: Breaking News! The D-day has finally arrived. The Indian Premier League or IPL T20  is back! The IPL 3 fever has gripped the entire cricket-crazy nation. The first match of IPL 3 will be played between the Deccan Chargers (DC) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Mumbai tonight.

 

There will be 60 matches in total. The final will be held in Navi Mumbai on April 25, 2010. There will be a play-off for the third and fourth position this time. 

 

The IPL 3 will see a few new venues such as Nagpur, Cuttack, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad. While there will be 8 teams in the IPL 3, two more teams will be added in the IPL 4 in 2011.

 

There will be certain changes during the IPL 3. They are:

 

1) The fielding captain will have the option to take a two and half minute strategic time out between the 6th and 10th overs and the batsman will have the option to take a two and half minute strategic time out between the 11th and 16th overs.

2) Icon player status to be abolished.

 

IPL 3 Schedule & Fixture:

 

March 12 (8:00 PM) - Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders - (Navi Mumbai) [KKR beat DC by 11 Runs]

March 13 (3:00 PM) - Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals - (Mumbai) [MI beat RR by 4 runs]

March 13 (8:00 PM) - Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils- (Mohali) [DD beat KXIP by 5 wickets]

March 14 (4:00  PM) - Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Kolkata) [KKR beat RCB by 7 wickets]

March 14 (8:00 PM) - Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers - (Chennai) [DC beat CSK by 31 runs]

March 15 (8:00  PM) - Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils- (Ahmedabad) [DD beat RR by 6 wickets]

March 16 (4:00 PM) - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kings XI Punjab- (Bangalore) [RCB beat KXIP by 8 wickets]

March 16 (8:00 PM) - Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings- (Kolkta) [CSK beat KKR by 55 runs]

March 17 (8:00 PM) - Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians- (Delhi) [MI beat DD by 98 runs]

March 18 (8:00 PM) - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Rajasthan Royals - (Bangalore) [RCB beat RR by 10 wickets]

March19 (4:00 PM) - Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings – (Delhi) [CSK beat DD by 5 wickets]

March 19 (8:00 PM) - Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab (Cuttack) [DC beat KXIP by 6 runs]

March 20 (4:00 PM) - Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Ahmedabad) [RR beat KKR by 34 runs]

 

March 20 (8:00 PM) - Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Mumbai) [RCB beat MI by 7 wickets]

 

March 21(4:00 PM) - Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi DareDevils - (Cuttack) [DC beat DD by 10 runs]

 

March 21 (8:00  PM) - Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab - (Chennai) [KXIP beat CSK in Super Over]

 

March 22 (8:00  PM) - Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders-  (Mumbai) [MI beat KKR by 7 wickets]

 

March 23 (8:00  PM) - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Chennai Super Kings- (Bangalore) [RCB beat CSK by 36 runs]

 

March 24 (8:00 PM) - Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals - (Mohali) [RR beat KXIP by 31 runs]

 

March 25 (4:00 PM) - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils - (Bengaluru ) [DD beat RCB by 17 runs]

 

March 25 (8:00 PM) - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - (Mumbai) [MI beat CSK by 5 wickets]

 

March 26 (8:00  PM) - Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers - (Ahmedabad) [RR beat DC by 8 wickets]

 

March 27 (8:00 PM) - Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Mohali) [KKR beat KXIP by 39 runs]

 

March 28(4:00 PM) - Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings- (Ahmedabad) [RR beat CSK by 17 runs]

 

March 28 (8:00  PM) - Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians - (Mumbai) [MI beat DC by 41 runs]

 

March 29 (8:00  PM) - Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders - (Delhi) [DD beat KKR by 40 runs]

 

March 30 (8:00 PM) - Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab - (Mumbai) [MI beat KXIP by 4 wickets]

 

March 31 (4:00 PM) - Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Chennai) [CSK beat RCB by 5 wickets]

 

March 31 (8:00 PM) - Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals - (Delhi) [DD beat RR by 67 runs]

 

April 1 (8:00 PM) - Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers - (Kolkata) [KKR beat DC by 24 runs]

 

April 2 (8:00 PM) - Kings XI Punjab Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Mohali) [RCB beat KXIP by 6 wickets]

 

April 3 (4:00 PM) - Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals - (Chennai) [CSK beat RR by 23 runs]

 

April 3 (8:00 PM) - Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers - (Mumbai) [MI beat DC by 63 runs]

 

April 4(4:00 PM) - Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab- (Kolkata) [KXIP beat KKR by 8 wickets]

 

April 4 (8:00 PM) - Delhi Daredevils Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore-  (Delhi) [DD beat RCB by 37 runs]

 

April 5 (8:00 PM) - Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals - (Nagpur) [RR beat DC by 2 runs]

 

April 6 (8:00 PM) - Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians - (Chennai) [CSK beat MI by 24 runs]

 

April 7 (4:00 PM) - Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab - (Jaipur) [RR beat KXIP by 9 wickets]

 

April 7 (8:00 PM) - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils - (Kolkata) [KKR beat DD by 14 runs]

 

April 8 (8:00 PM) - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Deccan Chargers- (Bangalore) [DC beat RCB by 7 wickets]

 

April 9 (8:00 PM) - Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians- (Mohali) [KXIP beat MI by 6 wickets]

 

April 10 (4:00 PM) - Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings - (Nagpur) [DC beat CSK by 6 wickets]

 

April 10 (8:00 PM) - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Bangalore) [RCB beat KKR by 7 wickets]

 

April 11 (4:00 PM) - Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab- (Delhi) [KXIP beat DD by 7 wickets]

 

April 11 (8:00 PM) - Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians- (Jaipur) [MI beat RR by 37 runs]

 

April 12 (8:00 PM) - Deccan Chargers Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Nagpur) [DC beat RCB by 13 runs]

 

April 13 (4:00 PM) - Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils - (Mumbai) [MI beat DD by 39 runs]

 

April 13 (8:00 PM) - Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Chennai) [CSK beat KKR by 9 wickets]

 

April 14 (8:00 PM) - Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - (Jaipur) [RCB beat RR by 5 wickets]

 

April 15 (8:00 PM) - Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils - (Chennai) [DD beat CSK by 6 wickets]

 

April 16 (8:00 PM) - Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers- (Dharamsala)[DC beat KXIP by 5 wickets]

 

April 17 (4:00 PM) - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians- (Bangalore) [MI beat RCB by 57 runs]

 

April 17 (8:00 PM) - Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals - (Kolkata) [KKR beat Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets]

 

April 18 (4:00 PM) - Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings- (Dharamsala) [CSK beat KXIP by 6 wickets]

 

April 18 (8:00 PM) - Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers - (Delhi) [DC beat DD by 11 runs]

 

April 19 (8:00  PM) - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians - (Kolkata)[KKR beat MI by 9 wickets]

 

April 21 (8:00  PM) - 1st Semifinal - Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Navi Mumbai) [MI beat RCB by 35 runs]

 

April 22 (8:00  PM) - 2nd Semifinal - Deccan Chargers beat Chennai Super Kings (Navi Mumbai) [CSK beat DC by 38 runs]

 

April 24 (8:00  PM) - 3rd Place play-off (Navi Mumbai)- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers [RCB beat DC by 9 wickets]

 

April 25 (8:00  PM) – FINAL (Navi Mumbai) - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings [CSK beat MI by 22 runs]

Chennai Super Kings won the DLF IPL 2010. Mumbai Indians finished runners-up, while Royal Challengers Bangalore finished third. These three teams qualified for the Champions League T20.

http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/cricket/1771-chennai-super-kings-crowned-champions-of-dlf-ipl-2010.html

 

IPL Teams:

Chennai Super Kings:

MS Dhoni (C), KB Arun Karthik, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, M Hayden, MEK Hussey, SK Raina, M Vijay, R Ashwin, L Balaji, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, SB Jakati,M Muralidaran, M Ntini, S Tyagi, T Thushara, JA Morkel, JDP Oram, NLTC Perera, JM Kemp, PA Patel.


Deccan Chargers:

AC Gilchrist (C), AA Bilakhia, HH Gibbs, VVS Laxman, DB Ravi Teja, RG Sharma, TL Suman, AS Yadav, Anirudh Singh, PP Ojha, Harmeet Singh, RP Singh, KAJ Roach, R Sharma, Jaskarandeep Singh Bhuttar, RJ Harris, DR Smith, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, MR Marsh, B Sumanth, MD Mishra, AA Reddy.

Delhi Daredevils:

G Gambhir (C), AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, M Manhas, V Sehwag, DA Warner, KM Jadhav, MC Henriques, MF Maharoof, Joginder Singh, Y Nagar, KD Karthik, A Nehra, AM Salvi, PJ Sangwan,U Yadav, WD Parnell, S Ladda, Sarandeep Singh, VY Mahesh.


Kings XI Punjab:

Kumar Sangakkara (C), AB Barath, K Goel,DPMD Jayawardene, M Kaif, RS Bopara, SE Marsh, TM Srivastava, Yuvraj Singh, IK Pathan, JR Hopes, RS Sodhi, Bipul Sharma, AB Barath, K Goel, DPMD Jayawardene, L Ablish, B Lee, PP Chawla, RR Powar, SJ Srivastava, S Sreesanth, VS Malik, YA Abdulla.


Kolkata Knight Riders:

SC Ganguly (C), BJ Hodge, CA Pujara, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, AD Mathews, G Vignesh, LR Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, VR Aaron, AB Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla.


Mumbai Indians:

SR Tendulkar (C), S DhawanN, J-P Duminy, AT Rayudu, SS Tiwary, DJ Bravo, ST Jayasuriya, R McLaren, GR Napier, AM Nayar, KA Pollard, I Malhotra, AG Murtaza, C Madan, AP Tare, CRD Fernando, Zaheer Khan, DS Kulkarni, SL Malinga, Harbhajan Singh, AN Ahmed.


Rajasthan Royals:

SK Warne (C), SA Asnodkar, GC Smith, DR Martyn, MJ Lumb, FY Fazal, AA Jhunjhunwala, AG Paunikar, AS Raut, NV Ojha, AD Mascarenhas, YK Pathan, S Narwal, SB Wagh, AD Mascarenhas, Paras Dogra, Shane Watson, Kamran Khan, M Morkel, MM Patel, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, A Uniyal, AP Dole.


Royal Challengers Bangalore:

A Kumble (C), R Dravid, V Kohli, MK Pandey, LRPL Taylor, RV Uthappa, Eoin Morgan, MV Boucher, SP Goswami, B Akhil, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JH Kallis, KP Pietersen, RE van der Merwe, CL White, Steven Smith, S Sriram, KP Apanna, D du Preez, A Mithun, Praveen Kumar, DW Steyn, R Vinay Kumar.

IPL 2010 Points Table