The Indian Premier League is a Twenty20 cricket match competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and  sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was formed on September 13, 2007. The aim of the league is to revitalize the domestic cricket. Indian Premier League 3 The 2010 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 3 or the 2010 IPL, will be the third season of the Indian Premier League. The tournament will be hosted by India and will be played between March 12 and April 25, 2010. The matches of IPL 3 will be telecast live on Set Max channel in India. It will be the first ever cricket tournament which will be officially broadcast live on YouTube via internet. The final four Matches of IPL 3 will be screened in 3D across movie halls in India.. To post comments about Indian Premier League 3 at [click here]. The league is run and managed by a separate Governing body which comprises the following members: Lalit Modi Niranjan Shah Dr. F. Abdullah I. S. Bindra Chirayu Ameen M.P. Pandove Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi N. Srinivasan Arun Jaitly Rajeev Shukla Ravi Shastri Sunil Gavaskar Shashank Manohar The first season of the Indian Premier League was hosted by India. It commenced on April 18, 2008, and ended on June 1, 2008 with the victory of the Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super Kings in the final at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2, was the second season of the Indian Premier League. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and scheduled between April 18 and May 24, 2009. The matches of IPL 2 was telecast live on Set Max channel. IPL 2 was expected the second biggest cricket tournament in the world, after the Cricket World Cup. Concerns were raised in India that the tournament was the prime target of terrorists. Because the second season of the IPL coincided with multi-phase 2009 Indian General Elections, India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) refused to commit security by Indian paramilitary forces. As a result, the BCCI decided to host the second season of the league outside India. Initially England and South Africa were considered the front-runners to host the league. South Africa was chosen as the venue primarily due to concerns over England's weather. On March 24, 2009, the BCCI officially announced that the second season of the IPL will be held in South Africa. Though India did not host the second season, the format of the tournament was same as the 2008 season format. All the 59 matches of the second season held as per schedule. The league featured eight teams. Each team played twice against each other. Each team had a pool of 17 players of whom, four were international and four from the Under-19 level or from the catchment area where the team was based. The league works in a similar pattern to Britain’s English Premiership League where clubs are the franchises of BCCI and players of the said clubs are sold and purchased like any other professional club. All the matches are played under the rules and regulations of ICC. The eight teams and winning bidders for each team were as follows: Bangalore Royal Challengers : Dr. Vijay Mallya and UB Group Kolkata Knight Riders : Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Juhi Chawla  and Jai Mehta Delhi DareDevils : GMR Holdings Mumbai Indians : Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries Limited Chennai Super Kings : India Cements and N. Srinivasan Deccan Chargers : Deccan Chronicle Rajasthan Royals : Emerging Media Group and Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra Kings XI Punjab : Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul and Mohit Burman

The player auction was held on February 6, 2009 in Goa. There was a two-million dollar cap for team buying at the auction. The match schedule of 2009 Indian Premier League was as follows: Date Matches Venue Results 18-Apr-09 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town Mumbai Indians won by 19 runs 18-Apr-09 Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Cape Town Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 75 runs 19-Apr-09 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Cape Town Delhi Daredevils won by 10 wickets (D/L method) 19-Apr-09 Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town Deccan Chargers won by 8 wickets 20-Apr-09 Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth Chennai Super Kings won by 92 runs 21-Apr-09 Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs (D/L method) 21-Apr-09 Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Durban Match abandoned due to rain 22-Apr-09 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers Cape Town Deccan Chargers won by 24 runs 23-Apr-09 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils Durban Delhi Daredevils won by 9 runs 23-Apr-09 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town Rajasthan Royals won the match (Super Over Method) 24-Apr-09 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab Durban Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets 25-Apr-09 Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Durban Deccan Chargers won by 12 runs 25-Apr-09 Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town Match abandoned due to rain 26-Apr-09 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils Port Elizabeth Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets 26-Apr-09 Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town Kings XI Punjab won by 27 runs 27-Apr-09 Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings Durban Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets 27-Apr-09 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth Mumbai Indians won by 92 runs 28-Apr-09 Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets 29-Apr-09 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets 29-Apr-09 Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Durban Kings XI Punjab won by 3 runs 30-Apr-09 Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets 30-Apr-09 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs 1-May-09 Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders East London Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs 1-May-09 Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 8 runs 2-May-09 Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets 2-May-09 Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings Johannesburg Chennai Super Kings won by 18 runs 3-May-09 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Port Elizabeth Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets 3-May-09 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians Johannesburg Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 9 wickets 4-May-09 Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers East London Chennai Super Kings won by 78 runs 5-May-09 Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Durban Rajasthan Royals won by 78 runs 5-May-09 Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets 6-May-09 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians Pretoria Deccan Chargers won by 19 runs 7-May-09 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets 7-May-09 Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs (D/L method) 8-May-09 Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians East London Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets 9-May-09 Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab Kimberley Kings XI Punjab won by 3 wickets 9-May-09 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Kimberley Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets 10-May-09 Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth Mumbai Indians won by 16 runs 10-May-09 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets 11-May-09 Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers Kimberley Deccan Chargers won by 53 runs 12-May-09 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Pretoria Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 6 wickets 12-May-09 Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Pretoria Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets 13-May-08 Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Durban Delhi Daredevils won by 12 runs 14-May-09 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings Durban Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 2 wickets 14-May-09 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Durban Rajasthan Royals won by 2 runs 15-May-09 Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets 16-May-09 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets 16-May-09 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets 17-May-09 Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg Kings XI Punjab won by 1 run 17-May-09 Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein Delhi Daredevils won by 14 runs 18-May-09 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets 19-May-09 Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Johannesburg Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 7 wickets 20-May-09 Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets 20-May-09 Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab Durban Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs 21-May-09 Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria Delhi Daredevils won by 4 wickets 21-May-09 Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Pretoria Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 12 runs 22-May-09 Semi Final 1: Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Pretoria Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets 23-May-09 Semi Final 2: Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Johannesburg Bangalore Royal Challengers  won by 6 wickets 24-May-09 FINAL: Deccan Chargers vs  Bangalore Royal Challengers Johannesburg Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs Standings             Teams MP W L N/R Pts NRR Delhi DareDevils 14 10 4 0 20 +0.311 Chennai Super Kings 14 8 5 1 17 +0.951 Bangalore Royal Challengers 14 8 6 0 16 -0.191 Deccan Chargers 14 7 7 0 14 +0.203 Kings XI Punjab 14 7 7 0 14 -0.483 Rajasthan Royals 14 6 7 1 13 -0.352 Mumbai Indians 14 5 8 1 11 +0.297 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 3 10 1 7 -0.789     League Leaders Orange Cap Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) M: 12 l R: 572 Purple Cap Rudra Pratap Singh (Deccan Chargers) M: 16 l W: 23 Four teams had qualified for the semi - final matches - Delhi DareDevils, Chennai Super Kings, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers. The first semi-final match was held on May 22, 2009. Deccan Chargers defeated the Delhi DareDevils and booked its place in the final match. The second semi-final match was held on May 23, 2009. Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Chennai Super Kings and entered in the final. The final match of the IPL 2 was played between Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers on May 24, 2009 at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Deccan Chargers defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers in the final match and won the Indian Premier League 2009 (IPL 2). Anil Kumble (Bangalore Royal Challengers) was honored with the Man of the Match Award. Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers) won the Best Indian Under-23 Player Award. Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) was honored with the Player of the Tournament. Kings XI Punjab bagged the Fly Kingfisher Fair Play Award.

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