IPL 2011 Teams Players List

According to Internet Media:

Chennai Super Kings Squad

    Batsmen: Suresh Raina (retained), M Vijay (retained), Michael Hussey ($425,000), S Badrinath ($850,000), George Bailey ($50,000)
    Bowlers: Doug Bollinger ($700,000), R Ashwin ($850,000), Ben Hilfenhaus ($100,000), Joginder Sharma ($150,000), Nuwan Kulasekara ($100,000), Sudeep Tyagi ($240,000), Suraj Randiv ($80,000), Faf du Plessis ($120,000)
    Allrounders: Albie Morkel (retained), Dwayne Bravo ($200,000), Scott Styris ($200,000)
    Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni (retained), Wriddhiman Saha ($100,000)

Deccan Chargers Squad

    Batsmen: Kevin Pietersen ($650,000), Cameron White ($1.1m), JP Duminy ($300,000), Shikhar Dhawan ($300,000), Michael Lumb ($85,000), Chris Lynn ($20,000)
    Bowlers: Ishant Sharma ($450,000), Dale Steyn ($1.2m), Pragyan Ojha ($500,000), Amit Mishra ($300,000), Manpreet Gony ($290,000), Rusty Theron ($85,000)
    Allrounders: Dan Christian ($900,000)
    Wicketkeepers: Kumar Sangakkara ($700,000)

Delhi Daredevils Squad

    Batsmen: Virender Sehwag (retained), David Warner ($750,000), Aaron Finch ($300,000), Venugopal Rao ($700,000), Travis Birt ($20,000), Colin Ingram ($100,000)
    Bowlers: Morne Morkel ($475,000), Ajit Agarkar ($210,000), Ashok Dinda ($375,000), Umesh Yadav ($750,000), Robert Frylinck ($20,000)
    Allrounders: Irfan Pathan ($1.9m), James Hopes ($350,000), Roelof van der Merwe ($50,000), Andrew McDonald ($80,000)
    Wicketkeepers: Naman Ojha ($270,000), Matthew Wade ($100,000)

Kings XI Punjab Team

    Batsmen: Shaun Marsh ($400,000), David Hussey ($140,000)
    Bowlers: Stuart Broad ($400,000), Praveen Kumar ($800,000), Ryan Harris ($325,000), Piyush Chawla ($900,000), Nathan Rimmington ($20,000)
    Allrounders: Abhishek Nayar ($800,000), Dimitri Mascarenhas ($100,000)
    Wicketkeepers: Adam Gilchrist ($900,000), Dinesh Karthik ($900,000)

Kochi Squad

    Batsmen: Mahela Jayawardene ($1.5m), VVS Laxman ($400,000), Brad Hodge ($425,000), Owais Shah ($200,000), Michael Klinger ($75,000)
    Bowlers: Sreesanth ($900,000), RP Singh ($500,000), Muttiah Muralitharan ($1.1m), Ramesh Powar ($180,000), Vinay Kumar ($475,000), Steve O’Keefe ($20,000)
    Allrounders: Ravindra Jadeja ($950,000), Steven Smith ($200,000), Thisara Perera ($80,000), John Hastings ($20,000)
    Wicketkeepers: Brendon McCullum ($475,000), Parthiv Patel ($290,000)

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad

    Batsmen: Gautam Gambhir ($2.4m), Manoj Tiwary ($475,000), Eoin Morgan ($350,000)
    Bowlers: L Balaji ($500,000), Brett Lee ($400,000), Jaidev Unadkat ($250,000), James Pattinson ($100,000)
    Allrounders: Yusuf Pathan ($2.1m), Jacques Kallis ($1.1m), Shakib Al Hasan ($425,000), Ryan ten Doeschate ($150,000)
    Wicketkeeper: Brad Haddin ($325,000)

Mumbai Indians Squad

    Batsmen: Sachin Tendulkar (retained), Rohit Sharma ($2m), Aiden Blizzard ($20,000)
    Bowlers: Harbhajan Singh (retained), Lasith Malinga (retained), Munaf Patel ($700,000), Clint McKay ($110,000)
    Allrounders: Kieron Pollard (retained), Andrew Symonds ($850,000), James Franklin ($100,000), Moises Henriques ($50,000)
    Wicketkeeper: Davy Jacobs ($190,000)

Pune Warriors Squad

    Batsmen: Robin Uthappa ($2.1m), Yuvraj Singh ($1.8m), Graeme Smith ($500,000), Callum Ferguson ($300,000)
    Bowlers: Ashish Nehra ($850,000), Murali Kartik ($400,000), Wayne Parnell ($160,000), Jerome Taylor ($100,000)
    Allrounders: Angelo Mathews ($950,000), Mitchell Marsh ($290,000), Jesse Ryder ($150,000), Nathan McCullum ($100,000), Alfonso Thomas ($100,000)
    Wicketkeeper: Time Paine ($270,000)

Rajasthan Royals Squad

    Batsmen: Ross Taylor ($1m), Rahul Dravid ($500,000)
    Bowlers: Shane Warne (retained), Johan Botha ($950,000), Shaun Tait ($300,000), Pankaj Singh ($95,000)
    Allrounders: Shane Watson (retained), Paul Collingwood ($250,000)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

    Batsmen: Virat Kohli (retained), Saurabh Tiwary ($1.6m), Cheteshwar Pujara ($700,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan ($650,000), Mohammad Kaif ($130,000), Luke Pomersbach ($50,000), Rilee Rossouw ($20,000), Jonathan Vandiar ($20,000)
    Bowlers: Zaheer Khan ($900,000), Dirk Nannes ($650,000), Abhimanyu Mithun ($260,000), Charl Langeveldt ($140,000), Nuwan Pradeep ($20,000)
    Allrounders: Daniel Vettori ($550,000), Johan van der Wath ($50,000)
    Wicketkeepers: AB de Villiers ($1.1m)
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Pune Warriors (PW) team players for the IPL 2011 announced

According to Internet Media:   Pune Warriors has announced the team for the IPL 2011 season. The fouth edition of the Indian Premiere League will start from April 8, 2011. The Warriors play their first match against the Kings XI Punjab at Navi Mumbai on April 10, 2011. Subrata Roy of Sahara Group is the owner of the Pune IPL team

Pune is one of the newer teams in the competition and as expected, went for Indian player Yuvraj Singh for a sum of $1.8 million. See the complete squad of Pune Warriors.

Yuvraj may not have been in the best of form, but he is a good asset as a batsman-cum-spinner and if he is asked to lead the side, so much better!
Amongst others, there is Graeme Smith ($500,000) but the biggest package went to Robin Uthappa who was bought for a sum of $2.1 million.

In getting both Tim Paine ($270,000) and Angelo Matthews ($950,000) the Pune team has shown great acumen while some of the rest are Ashish Nehra, Nathan McCullum, Callum Ferguson and Wayne Parnell ($160,000).
Interestingly, Mitchell Marsh ($290,000) will be on the team which is coached by his father, Geoff Marsh.

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Vettori to lead Bangalore in IPL 2011

According to Internet Media:   Daniel Vettori who led New Zealand in the 2011 World Cup, has been named the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2011. Vettori, who was in the Delhi Daredevils line-up for the first three seasons, takes over from Anil Kumble, who has retired from the game, but will mentor the Bangalore team this year. Ray Jennings will continue to be the side's coach.

"Vettori is a hugely respected professional not only within his team but among his international peers as well," Kumble was quoted in the team's website. "His unique ability to get players to perform as a unit and deliver more than just the sum of their parts, as he has done time and again with New Zealand, will be a big asset to any team."

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