After a disappointing campaign by India, IPL is back to rejuvenate the broken hearts. This year 9 teams will play 76 matches in this battle of IPL T20 cricket. Entertainment guaranteed till May 27, and how could your summer vacation get better?
Here is all you want to know about IPL Season 5! Scroll down for team details, official site links and Facebook pages.
Points Table
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Schedule
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Chennai Super Kings: Known as CSK, this IPL team is captained by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and is coached by ex-New Zealand cricketer Stephen Fleming. The home ground for CSK is M.A. Chidambaram stadium. Chennai Super Kings can be said to be the most successful and the most dominating of all the 9 IPL teams. Having won the title in the last two consecutive years, the players under captain M.S. Dhoni are ready to make the hat trick for winning the IPL title. The highest run getter for CSK is Suresh Raina while the most successful bowler has been Albie Morkel. At 70.16 million USD, the Chennai Super Kings is the most expensive of all the IPL franchises. Andy Bichel is the bowling coach of the team while Steve Rixon is the fielding coach. The cricketers of CSK include:
Ravindra Jadeja
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni
Murali Vijay
Abhinav Mukund
Doug Bollinger
Albie Morkel
Mike Hussey
Sudip Tyagi
Suraj Randiv
Ben Hilfenhaus
Scott Styris
Dwayne Bravo
Faf deu Plessis
Joginder Sharma
Nuwan Kulasekara
Wriddhiman Saha
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (Facebook page - Deccan Chargers): Known as DC, this IPL team is a surprise package having won the IPL in 2009. Kumar Sangakkara is the captain while Cameron White is the vice captain of DC. This team is being coached by Darren Lehman, a former Australian cricketer. Deccan Chargers is the only team in IPL to have more than one home grounds. These are Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Hyderabad), Barabati Stadium (Cuttack), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam). DC already suffered a major setback with Ishant Sharma being ruled out from IPL 5 due to an ankle surgery. This is one of the three teams to be captained by a foreign cricketer. The cricketers of DC include:
Anand Ranjan
Akash Bhandari
Ankit Sharma
Amit Mishra
Cameron White
Chris Lynn
Darren Bravo
Daniel Christian
Daniel Harris
Dale Steyn
Jean Paul Duminy
Parthiv Patel
Tanmay Mishra
Tanmay Shrivastava
Manpreet Gony
Kumar Sangakkara
Shikhar Dhawan
Syed Quadri
Kolkata Knight Riders(Facebook page - Kolkata Knight Riders): Known as KKR, this IPL team is being captained by Gautam Gambhir and is coached by Trevor Bayliss. This is one of the few teams that offer a close connection between cricket and Bollywood. The owner of the team, Shah Rukh Khan is a well known Bollywood actor. The home ground for KKR is the Eden Gardens. Vijay Dahiya is the Assistant Coach while Wasim Akram is the bowling consultant for KKR. It is being said that on papers, KKR has the strongest T20 contingent. There are a few players who can change the game on their own accord. The squad for KKR includes:
Gautam Gambhir
Yusuf Pathan
Jack Kallis
Brendon McCullum
Sunil Narine
Manoj Tiwary
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Shakib al Hasan
Brett Lee
Eoin Morgan
Brad Haddin
Ryan Ten Doeschate
James Pattinson
Merchant de Lange
Delhi Daredevils(Facebook page - Delhi Daredevils): Known as DD, this IPL franchise is captained by Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag and is coached by Eric Simons. The home ground for DD is Feroz Shah Kotla. The IPL 5 will feature players like:
Virender Sehwag
Aaron Finch
David Warner
Kevin Pietersen
Mahela Jayawardhane
Ross Taylor
Irfan Pathan
Ajit Agarkar
Morne Morkel
Varun Aaron
Doug Bracewell
Umesh Yafav
Kings XI Punjab: There are no short abbreviations for Kings XI Punjab. This is the only team in IPL 5 that is both captained and coached by the same man, Adam Gilchrist. Gilchrist will be assisted by assistant coach Vikram Rathore and bowling coach Joe Dawes. This IPL team will play the home matches at two venues. These are the PCA Stadium in Mohali and HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. The players of Kings XI Punjab include:
Adam Gilchrist
Abhishek Nayar
Azhar Mahmood
David Hussey
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Stuart Broad
James Faulkner
Shaun Marsh
Praveen Kumar
Paul Valthaty
Paras Dogra
Piyush Chawla
Love Ablish
Sunny Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Known as RR, this IPL team will be captained by Rahul Dravid and is coached by Monty Desai. RR was the champion in the first IPL and hopes to repeat history after putting back all the controversies surrounding it. Sawai Man Singh Stadium located in Jaipur is the home ground for RR. The players of RR include:
Rahul Dravid
Shane Watson
Brad Hodge
Owais Shah
Paul Collingwood
Shaun Tait
Sreesanth
Brad Hogg
Swapnil Asnodkar
Kevon Cooper
Stuart Binny
Amit Singh
Sreevats Goswami
Ajinkya Rahane
Mumbai Indians(Facebook page - Mumbai Indians): Known as MI, this team was supposed to be captained by Sachin Tendulkar but he wants to hand over the baton to Harbhajan Singh. Robin Singh is the head coach of MI while Jonty Rhodes is the fielding coach. The Wankhede Stadium is the home ground of Mumbai Indians. The players of MI include:
Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
Keiron Pollard
Lasith Malinga
R.P. Singh
Munaf Patel
Mitchell Johnson
James Franklin
Herschelle Gibbs
Davy Jacobs
Dinesh Karthik
Sahara Pune Warriors: This IPL team gained entry into IPL in 2011. This team is captained by Sourav Ganguly and is coached by. This team was bought by Sahara Group in the highest ever bid of IPL history which was 370 million USD. There is no head coach of this team. Allan Donald is the bowling coach while Praveen Amre is the batting coach. The MCA Stadium is the home ground for Pune Warriors. Those playing for this team include:
Sourav Ganguly
Michael Clarke
Tamim Iqbal
Harpreet Singh
Anustup Majumdar
Jesse Ryder
Luke Wright
Angelo Matthews
Robin Uthappa
Rahul Sharma
Ashish Nehra
Ashok Dinda
Royal Challengers Bangalore(Facebook page - Royal Challengers Bangalore): Known as RCB, this IPL team has been runners up in two occasions. Captained by Daniel Vettori, RCB expects to become the champion this time. The team is being coached by Ray Jennings and is assisted by bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and mentor Anil Kumble. The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is the home ground for RCB. Those who will play for RCB are:
Daniel Vettori
Virat Kohli
Mohammad Kaif
Chris Gayle
Tilakratne Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Zaheer Khan
Dirk Nannes
Abhimanyu mithun
Vinay Kumar
Muttiah Muralitharan
Saurabh Tiwary
Cheteshwar Pujara
Source : http://ipl5teams.in/
Here is all you want to know about IPL Season 5! Scroll down for team details, official site links and Facebook pages.
Points Table
| Teams | P | W | L | Tie | N/R | PTS | RR |
| Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.026 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.432 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.033 |
| Royal Challengers | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -0.192 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.190 |
| Pune Warriors | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.064 |
| Mumbai Indians | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.305 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.436 |
| Deccan Chargers | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.709 |
Schedule
| Match | Date | Time (IST) | Teams | Venue |
| 1 | April 4 | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians won by 8 wkts | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 2 | April 5 | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wkts | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 3 | April 6 | 16:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors Pune Warriors won by 28 runs | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 4 | April 6 | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Rajasthan Royals won by 31 runs | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 5 | April 7 | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils RCB won by 20 runs | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 6 | April 7 | 20:00 | Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings CSK won by 74 runs | Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam |
| 7 | April 8 | 16:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders RR won by 22 runs | Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur |
| 8 | April 8 | 20:00 | Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab Pune Warriors won by 22 runs | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 9 | April 9 | 20:00 | Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indian won by 5 wkts | Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam |
| 10 | April 10 | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders KKR won by 42 runs | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 11 | April 10 | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings DD won by 8 wkts | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 12 | April 11 | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals MI won by 27 runs | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 13 | April 12 | 16:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore CSK won by 5 wkts | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 14 | April 12 | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors KXIP won by 7 wkts | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh |
| 15 | April 13 | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals KKR won by 5 wkts | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 16 | April 14 | 16:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 17 | April 14 | 20:00 | Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings PWI won by 7 wkts | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 18 | April 15 | 16:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab KXIP won by 2 runs | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 19 | April 15 | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals RR won by 59 runs | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 20 | April 16 | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils DD won by 7 wkts | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 21 | April 17 | 16:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers RR won by 5 wkts | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 22 | April 17 | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors RCB won by 6 wkts | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 23 | April 18 | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders KKR won by 8 wkts | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh |
| 24 | April 19 | 16:00 | Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils DD won by 5 wkts | venue TBC |
| 25 | April 19 | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors CSK won by 13 runs | M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 26 | April 20 | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB won by 5 wkts | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh |
| 27 | April 21 | 16:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals CSK won by 7 wkts | M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 28 | April 21 | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors PWI won by 20 runs | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 29 | April 22 | 16:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab KXIP won by 6 wkts | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 30 | April 22 | 20:00 | Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders KKR won by 5 wkts | venue TBC |
| 31 | April 23 | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB won by 46 runs | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 32 | April 24 | 16:00 | Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils DD won by 8 wkts | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 33 | April 24 | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Match abandoned | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 34 | April 25 | 16:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians MI won by 4 wkts | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh |
| 35 | April 25 | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings Match Abandoned | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 36 | April 26 | 20:00 | Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers DC won by 18 runs | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 37 | April 27 | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians DD won by 37 runs | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 38 | April 28 | 16:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 39 | April 28 | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 40 | April 29 | 16:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 41 | April 29 | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 42 | April 30 | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 43 | May 1 | 16:00 | Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| 44 | May 1 | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 45 | May 2 | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 46 | May 3 | 20:00 | Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 47 | May 4 | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 48 | May 5 | 16:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Pune Warriors | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 49 | May 5 | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh |
| 50 | May 6 | 16:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 51 | May 6 | 20:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 52 | May 7 | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 53 | May 8 | 16:00 | Pune Warriors vs Rajasthan Royals | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 54 | May 8 | 20:00 | Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad |
| 55 | May 9 | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 56 | May 10 | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 57 | May 11 | 20:00 | Pune Warriors vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 58 | May 12 | 16:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 59 | May 12 | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 60 | May 13 | 16:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 61 | May 13 | 20:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh |
| 62 | May 14 | 16:00 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 63 | May 14 | 20:00 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 64 | May 15 | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 65 | May 16 | 20:00 | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 66 | May 17 | 16:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala |
| 67 | May 17 | 20:00 | Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 68 | May 18 | 20:00 | Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| 69 | May 19 | 16:00 | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala |
| 70 | May 19 | 20:00 | Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 71 | May 20 | 16:00 | Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| 72 | May 20 | 20:00 | Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 73 | May 22 | 20:00 | Qualifier 1 – TBC vs TBC (1st vs 2nd) | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 74 | May 23 | 20:00 | Eliminator – TBC vs TBC (3rd vs 4th) | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 75 | May 25 | 20:00 | Qualifier 2 – TBC vs TBC (Winner Eliminator vs Loser Qualifier 1) | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| 76 | May 27 | 20:00 | Final – TBC vs TBC | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Chennai Super Kings: Known as CSK, this IPL team is captained by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and is coached by ex-New Zealand cricketer Stephen Fleming. The home ground for CSK is M.A. Chidambaram stadium. Chennai Super Kings can be said to be the most successful and the most dominating of all the 9 IPL teams. Having won the title in the last two consecutive years, the players under captain M.S. Dhoni are ready to make the hat trick for winning the IPL title. The highest run getter for CSK is Suresh Raina while the most successful bowler has been Albie Morkel. At 70.16 million USD, the Chennai Super Kings is the most expensive of all the IPL franchises. Andy Bichel is the bowling coach of the team while Steve Rixon is the fielding coach. The cricketers of CSK include:
Ravindra Jadeja
Suresh RainaMS Dhoni
Murali Vijay
Abhinav Mukund
Doug Bollinger
Albie Morkel
Mike Hussey
Sudip Tyagi
Suraj Randiv
Ben Hilfenhaus
Scott Styris
Dwayne Bravo
Faf deu Plessis
Joginder Sharma
Nuwan Kulasekara
Wriddhiman Saha
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (Facebook page - Deccan Chargers): Known as DC, this IPL team is a surprise package having won the IPL in 2009. Kumar Sangakkara is the captain while Cameron White is the vice captain of DC. This team is being coached by Darren Lehman, a former Australian cricketer. Deccan Chargers is the only team in IPL to have more than one home grounds. These are Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Hyderabad), Barabati Stadium (Cuttack), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam). DC already suffered a major setback with Ishant Sharma being ruled out from IPL 5 due to an ankle surgery. This is one of the three teams to be captained by a foreign cricketer. The cricketers of DC include:
Anand Ranjan
Akash Bhandari
Ankit Sharma
Amit Mishra
Cameron White
Chris Lynn
Darren Bravo
Daniel Christian
Daniel Harris
Dale Steyn
Jean Paul Duminy
Parthiv Patel
Tanmay Mishra
Tanmay Shrivastava
Manpreet Gony
Kumar Sangakkara
Shikhar Dhawan
Syed Quadri
Kolkata Knight Riders(Facebook page - Kolkata Knight Riders): Known as KKR, this IPL team is being captained by Gautam Gambhir and is coached by Trevor Bayliss. This is one of the few teams that offer a close connection between cricket and Bollywood. The owner of the team, Shah Rukh Khan is a well known Bollywood actor. The home ground for KKR is the Eden Gardens. Vijay Dahiya is the Assistant Coach while Wasim Akram is the bowling consultant for KKR. It is being said that on papers, KKR has the strongest T20 contingent. There are a few players who can change the game on their own accord. The squad for KKR includes:
Gautam Gambhir
Yusuf Pathan
Jack Kallis
Brendon McCullum
Sunil Narine
Manoj Tiwary
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Shakib al Hasan
Brett Lee
Eoin Morgan
Brad Haddin
Ryan Ten Doeschate
James Pattinson
Merchant de Lange
Delhi Daredevils(Facebook page - Delhi Daredevils): Known as DD, this IPL franchise is captained by Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag and is coached by Eric Simons. The home ground for DD is Feroz Shah Kotla. The IPL 5 will feature players like:
Virender SehwagAaron Finch
David Warner
Kevin Pietersen
Mahela Jayawardhane
Ross Taylor
Irfan Pathan
Ajit Agarkar
Morne Morkel
Varun Aaron
Doug Bracewell
Umesh Yafav
Kings XI Punjab: There are no short abbreviations for Kings XI Punjab. This is the only team in IPL 5 that is both captained and coached by the same man, Adam Gilchrist. Gilchrist will be assisted by assistant coach Vikram Rathore and bowling coach Joe Dawes. This IPL team will play the home matches at two venues. These are the PCA Stadium in Mohali and HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. The players of Kings XI Punjab include:
Adam Gilchrist
Abhishek Nayar
Azhar Mahmood
David Hussey
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Stuart Broad
James Faulkner
Shaun Marsh
Praveen Kumar
Paul Valthaty
Paras Dogra
Piyush Chawla
Love Ablish
Sunny Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Known as RR, this IPL team will be captained by Rahul Dravid and is coached by Monty Desai. RR was the champion in the first IPL and hopes to repeat history after putting back all the controversies surrounding it. Sawai Man Singh Stadium located in Jaipur is the home ground for RR. The players of RR include:
Rahul DravidShane Watson
Brad Hodge
Owais Shah
Paul Collingwood
Shaun Tait
Sreesanth
Brad Hogg
Swapnil Asnodkar
Kevon Cooper
Stuart Binny
Amit Singh
Sreevats Goswami
Ajinkya Rahane
Mumbai Indians(Facebook page - Mumbai Indians): Known as MI, this team was supposed to be captained by Sachin Tendulkar but he wants to hand over the baton to Harbhajan Singh. Robin Singh is the head coach of MI while Jonty Rhodes is the fielding coach. The Wankhede Stadium is the home ground of Mumbai Indians. The players of MI include:
Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit SharmaHarbhajan Singh
Keiron Pollard
Lasith Malinga
R.P. Singh
Munaf Patel
Mitchell Johnson
James Franklin
Herschelle Gibbs
Davy Jacobs
Dinesh Karthik
Sahara Pune Warriors: This IPL team gained entry into IPL in 2011. This team is captained by Sourav Ganguly and is coached by. This team was bought by Sahara Group in the highest ever bid of IPL history which was 370 million USD. There is no head coach of this team. Allan Donald is the bowling coach while Praveen Amre is the batting coach. The MCA Stadium is the home ground for Pune Warriors. Those playing for this team include:
Michael ClarkeTamim Iqbal
Harpreet Singh
Anustup Majumdar
Jesse Ryder
Luke Wright
Angelo Matthews
Robin Uthappa
Rahul Sharma
Ashish Nehra
Ashok Dinda
Royal Challengers Bangalore(Facebook page - Royal Challengers Bangalore): Known as RCB, this IPL team has been runners up in two occasions. Captained by Daniel Vettori, RCB expects to become the champion this time. The team is being coached by Ray Jennings and is assisted by bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and mentor Anil Kumble. The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is the home ground for RCB. Those who will play for RCB are:
Daniel Vettori
Virat KohliMohammad Kaif
Chris Gayle
Tilakratne Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Zaheer Khan
Dirk Nannes
Abhimanyu mithun
Vinay Kumar
Muttiah Muralitharan
Saurabh Tiwary
Cheteshwar Pujara
Source : http://ipl5teams.in/
