AB Devilliers and Dwayne Smith - Two IPL Superstars on Super Sunday...

What a Sunday it has been... Two amazing matches and amazing chases... am speechless after watching the match..

De Villiers' innings has been a simply superb one.. 17 balls 47 with 5 fours and 3 amazing sixers... don't have words to express his innings... He totally destroyed his countryman Dale Steyn, the best bowler in the world... taking him for 23 runs in the 17th over to turn the match in the favour of Bangalore Royal Challengers.  Royal Challengers chased out a target of 181 set by Deccan Chargers thanks to the De Villiers carnage and Dilshan's innings at the top.

IPL Superstar: Amazing AB de Villiers' innings of 47 from 17 balls taking RCB to a great win over DC. Pics courtesy: AFP

AB de Villiers' innings has been the best I've ever seen in quite a while!!

Another amazing match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians... Dwayne Smith hit 6, 4 and 4 off the last 3 balls.... 14 of the last 3 balls.. Anyone would bet the bowling team to win the match but T20 game is quiet weird... anything can happen and that magical turnaround happened with Dwayne Smith hitting the 14 runs in the remaining 3 balls off Hilfenhaus.

 

IPL Superstar Dwayne Smith hits a winning 6, 4 and 4 of the last 3 balls to win the match for Mumbai Indians against the reigning IPL Champs CSK
Pics courtesy: AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade

This has been an amazing day for IPL and T20 fans... two wonderful matches...  This years IPL has brought us quite a few amazing matches... looking forward for more such matches...

Amazing Morkel snatches victory for Delhi Daredevils

Amazing bowling performance from Morkel (this time from Morne Morkel and not his brother Albie Morkel) inspired a great win for the Delhi Daredevils against the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2012 match today.

 

IPL Delhi Daredevils' player Morne Morkel's inspired performance took them to an improbable victory over the Rajasthan Royals

Pics courtesy:  PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/GettyImages

Rajasthan Royals were chasing a target of 153 and were going along easily courtesy of another great innings by Ajinkya Rahane. Only 15 was required of 12 balls when Morne Morkel bowled a great penultimate over for the Delhi team giving away only 3 wickets and taking Hodge's prized wicket too.
Rahane tried hard but could score only 10 runs in the last over and Rajasthan Royals were beaten by only one run!!!

Today there was one another splendid bowling performance by Dale Steyn for the Deccan Chargers but it was for a losing cause. Steyn's hot bowling took Mumbai Indians by surprise as they found him too hard to handle. Steyn's figures of 2 for 10 doesn't show how well he has bowled. It should have been 3 for 9 but for a dolly catch miss by Amit Mishra.

 

Deccan Charger's Dale Steyn bowled an inspiring spell against the Mumbai Indians today

Poor Dale Steyn... he must be feeling that he got a raw deal by playing for Deccan Chargers.. his bowling spells should be winning matches but instead the rest of the Deccan Chargers team is giving it up so easily with many easy runs and dropped catches!!

Today's IPL Performances: Dale Steyn's bowling and Morne Morkel's penultimate over

Celebrities at IPL 2012

IPL 2012 saw a few celebrities coming to the stadium to watch the IPL matches and supporting local IPL teams..

Here are a few pictures of celebrities who came to watch IPL 2012 edition matches..

 

Sahara Force India drivers Nico Hulkenburg and Paul di Resta with the owners Vijay Mallya and Subrata Roy, and Sri Lankan spin wizard Muralitharan

 

 

Subrata Roy brings tennis star Sania Mirza and her husband cricketer Shoaib Malik to watch his Pune Warriors' team take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on April 17th

 

IPL 2012 - Indian tennis star Sania Mirza cheering for Pune Warriors in Bangalore against the RCB team

 

Bollywood heroine Priyanka Chopra danced at the IPL 2012 Pune stadium inauguration

 

Bollywood star Bipasha Basu dances at the IPL 2012 edition during the Pune stadium opening

 

Kings XI Punjab owner Priety Zinta dances at the IPL 2012 edition

 

Bollywood celebrity Saif Ali Khan watches IPL 2012 match

 

Kolkata Knight Riders' owner Shah Rukh Khan at the stadium watching his team playing in the IPL 2012 edition

Pics courtesy: APPhotos and pics from the internet..

Ganguly's wild run and an allround victory for Pune Warriors

Ever see Ganguly run so fast like today after Pietersen's victory?? That should be ranked second amongst Ganguly's special moments after his shirtless act after the Natwest series victory in Lords.. :)

It has to be Dada's day today... Whatever Sourav Ganguly was doing today turned out to be a master stroke.... be it his batting, promotion of Smith, bowling, field placements.. everything went for him today...
Ganguly was due for some good performances in this IPL 2012 but what a match-winning performance it was today.

Picture this - Ganguly running rather sprinting like a 100meters champion.... taking off after Pietersen got bowled off the very first ball Dada bowled in this IPL.

 

Pune Warriors' captain Sourav Ganguly starts his wild celebration run after the dismissal of Delhi Daredevils Kevin Pietersen which was the turning point in the match today

A swashbuckling knock from Jesse Ryder (86 runs) and an all-round performance by Sourav Ganguly (41 runs and 2 wickets) gave Pune Warriors a convincing 20-run win over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) game at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi today.

Dada got the wicket of Pietersen who was in a dangerous mood and the allrounder Irfan Pathan.. He should have got a 3rd wicket too but for Mathews' drop catch.

 

Ganguly's famous run after taking the key wicket of Kevin Pietersen in th IPL match

 

Dada being mobbed by his Pune Warriors' teammates after his celebratory run taking Pietersen's wicket

Pics courtesy: AP Photo

Delhi Daredevil's captain Virender Sehwag said in the presentation ceremony that he has never seen Ganguly running so fast like how he did today after taking Pietersen's wicket.

 

Sourav Ganguly taking off his shirts after India beat England in Lords during the famous Natwest Series...This act ranks first amongst Ganguly's finest moments :)

After the Natwest series famous celebration that Ganguly did by taking off his shirts, this amazing run celebrating Pietersen's wicket would probably rank second... 
I was also pretty amused by the way Ganguly's hair was behaving :)  There is something fishy in it ;) you know what I mean.. hehe..
Hail Dada!!  Looking forward to many such moments :)

Sourav Ganguly torments umpire Asad Rauf

IPL Umpire Asad Rauf had a tough time at the office today officiating as an umpire for the IPL match between Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils in the Ferozshah Kotla ground in New Delhi on April 21st 2012. The chief tormentor in this was Sourav Ganguly of Pune Warriors who kept hitting the ball in Asad Rauf's direction as Rauf ran for cover. This happened not once but twice...

First, Rauf was standing at square leg when Ganguly's powerful sweep caught him off guard and hit him hard on his hands. He couldn't move fast to avoid the hit..
The second time Ganguly charged down the track and hit a straight shot for four which made Asad Rauf fall trying to avoid the ball. He even signalled the four lying flat on the ground. Rauf also humorously signalled for a helmet for protection.

Check out the video of Azad Rauf's troubles with Ganguly's shot in IPL T20's official site at this link... 

All in a day's work for poor Asad Rauf :) 
If T20 is the future of cricket, then we might see umpires in full protection with helmets and guards in the near future... 

Kevin Pietersen scores century number 2 in IPL 2012

We've got centurion number 2 in the IPL 2012 edition.... Kevin Pietersen, the swashbuckling English batsman scored his first T20 century against the Deccan Chargers to take his Delhi Daredevil's team to a great victory.
IPL 2012 witnessed its first century just three days ago in the form of Ajinkya Rahane's century.

Pietersen took just 64 balls to score the 103 run and hit 9 sixers in all. Pietersen also hit the winning runs in the form of his 9th sixer to take his score to 103 runs and remained not out.

 

Delhi Daredevil's Kevin Pietersen acknowledges the crowd after scoring his first T20 century against the Deccan Chargers in IPL 2012

 

Pietersen hit 9 sixers in his amazing century making it the second century in the IPL 2012 after Ajinkya Rahane scored the first one

Pics courtesy: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images

Kevin Pietersen mentioned that his first T20 century will be his favourite one too... and said its an amazing feeling to score century in this form too.

Looking forward to some more centuries this year.. My next bet would be Gayle.. he might not be far behind.. :)

Gayle sixers.. stay away from them :)

IPL 2012 edition got a Gayle special.... 5 sixers in an over by Royal Challenger's Chris Gayle against Pune Warriors' spinner Rahul Sharma.. it was a special innings which took Royal Challengers to an improbable victory in the last over... courtesy another beautiful innings by AB de Villiers in the end.....

 

IPL 2012 - Chris Gayle hit 5 sixers off Rahul Sharma's over

Chasing 183 for victory after Pune Warriors posted a challenging score of 182 for 6, Chris Gayle started slowly but then quickly shifted gears to score five sixers in one over of Rahul Sharma who has got the best economy rate in IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore came back into the game courtesy of the Gayle-storm innings but his wicket shifted the match in Pune Warriors. But, AB de Villiers and Saurabh Tiwary scored 24 runs of the final over by Ashish Nehra to snatch an amazing victory.

 

De Villiers celebrates after taking RCB to an improbably victory against Pune Warriors in the IPL 2012 edition

Pics courtesy: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images

One of the five sixers that Gayle scored off Rahul Sharma hit a girl spectator and broke her nose. But thankfully, she was quickly taken to Vijay Mallya's hospital and treated quickly for a fracture.  Gayle and Mallya visited the injured girl at the hospital and made her happy. She was even given a free tickets for RCB's  Bangalore matches.

I hope there wouldn't be any more freakish injuries due to the Gaylestorm :) Its best to avoid those hits...
Love watching Chris Gayle's hits.. looking forward to more sixers from Gayle. 

Centurion Ajinkya Rahane - IPL 2012 gets its first century

IPL 2012, the fifth edition, got its first century today in the form of Ajinkya Rahane of Rajasthan Royals who scored a swashbuckling century against Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.

 

Ajinkya Rahane of Rajasthan Royals scored the first century of this IPL 2012 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore

Pics courtesy: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images

Ajinkya Rahane showed his class and temperament during this innings as he initially settled down to build partnership with Dravid and then took over the responsibility of hitting some quality shots with Owais Shah who supported him with a quickfire 60. Atlast the Royals amassed a total of 195 runs in their 20 overs, a score which the Royal Challengers found difficult to chase and they folded out for 136 runs.

 

IPL 2012 saw its first century by Rajasthan Royal's Ajinkya Rahane who scored an unbeaten 103 off 60 balls with 12 fours and 5 sixes

Pics courtesy: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images

Enroute to his first IPL century, Rahane also smashed six consecutive fours off an over of S Aravind, which is a first in Twenty20 history. Ajinkya Rahane ended up wioth an unbeaten 103 off 60 balls with 12 fours and five sixes.

I hope the selectors would've taken a note of this innings and the one before where he narrowly missed his century.... These innings were of supreme quality stroke making and deserves to be rewarded with a longer run in the Indian squad.

IPL Controversy: Marlon Samuels reported for suspect action

Yet another IPL controversy and topic of discussion this year as Pune Warriors' all-rounder Marlon Samuels of West Indies has been reported for a suspect action after the Pune Warriors' game against Chennai Super Kings yesterday.

 

 Pune Warriors' part time bowler Marlon Samuels reported for a suspect bowling action in IPL 2012

Marlon Samuels who bowls part-time offspin has been reported following his spell against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, according to a media advisory posted on the tournament's official website IPLT20.com.
The suspected ball could be his fast deliveries which he bowls at a speed of a fast bowler. 


As per the IPL's official site, Marlon Samuels has been reported for bowling certain deliveries with a suspected illegal action during the DLF IPL match against Chennai Super Kings, played in Pune on 14 April 2012.
The bowler was reported by on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Bruce Oxenford, along with third umpire Vineet Kulkarni, at the conclusion of the match.

Under the IPL Suspected Illegal Bowling Action policy, Samuels may continue to be selected to play and bowl for Pune Warriors India in the DLF IPL 2012 season but should he be reported a second time, he will be suspended from bowling for the remainder of the season.

If you remember, Samuels was reported for a suspect action earlier playing for West Indies too in the year 2008 in one of the test matches against South Africa. He was cleared by the ICC for bowling in international cricket after he went for a remedial work.

Albie Morkel blitz - CSK beats RCB

What an incredible match it was!! Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers.... This was the match of the tournament so far by a huge margin....

Chasing a target of 208 set by the Bangalore Royal Challengers, I thought it was out of their reach when they were requiring 43 runs in the last two overs with Dhoni just getting out. Who would have thought that an over from Virat Kohli with Albie Morkel just coming in would cost 28 runs!! Amazing finish from Albie and Bravo...

 

Albie Morkel's blitz in the end took Chennai Super Kings to an improbable win against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2012 tournament

Chris Gayle went all guns blazing in the first half for the Royal Challengers with Virat Kohli giving good support. But, a responsible innings from Du Plessis and supported by Dhoni set up the finish for Albie and Bravo...

 

Ravindra Jadeja of CSK is ecstatic after scoring the winning runs against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the match of the IPL 2012 so far

 

 

IPL Superstar for Chennai Super Kings Faf du Plessis played an important role in CSK's win over RCB in IPL 2012

Turning Point: Albie Morkel's 19th over burst for 28 runs of Virat Kohli's medium pace bowling.

It was an important victory for the Chennai Super Kings and Dhoni as they can't afford to lose 3 out of 4 matches and languish at the bottom of the table.

 

IPL season 5 - Match of the tournament so far - Captains Dhoni and Vettori in the presentation ceremony after the CSK's incredible win over RCB

Pics courtesy: AFP and Getty Images

As for the Bangalore Royal Challengers, they do have a great team and hope they do well in their remaining matches.

IPL Controversy : Harbhajan & Munaf argue with umpire

IPL is never out of controversies.. and there was another controversy witnessed today evening with Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh and bowler Munaf Patel argued with umpire and made him overturn his decision..

The incident happened when Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara got an inside edge of Munaf Patel's delivery onto his stumps and deflecting again onto the stumps from the keeper Dinesh Karthik's pad. The square leg umpire JD Cloete of South Africa declared it as not out since he thought that the stumps were disturbed off the keeper's pads. But, the big screen showed the truth leading to Harbhajan Singh and Munaf the bowler arguing for a long time making umpire Cloete to refer to the third umpire.

 

Munaf Patel arguing with umpires to refer Sangakkara's dismissal to the third umpire

Pic courtesy: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images

According to me, this is truly against the spirit of cricket.. Umpires are bound to make mistakes and even though that was a mistake from the umpire to start with by not referring, the players are not allowed to argue and threaten the umpire to refer. I didn't expect this from veteren international cricketers like Bhaji n Munaf.   Am sure the match referee will have something to say today..

I don't think Mumbai Indians will get any points today for the IPL Spirit of cricket award..

Definitely rooting for Deccan Chargers in this match after what happened.. Go Chargers go!!!

Updates: Mumbai Indians won courtesy to a brilliant batting and final over heroics by Rohit Sharma though Steyn bowled his heart out...
Also, Mumbai Indians fast bowler Munaf Patel was fined 25 percent of his match fee and received an official warning and reprimand for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team's match against Deccan Chargers on Monday night.
Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh also received an official warning and reprimand for breaching the Code of Conduct during the same match.
Both players admitted the Level 1 offence (Article 2.1.3) of showing dissent at an Umpires decision and accepted their respective sanctions.

Katy Perry at IPL 5 Opening Ceremony

International Pop Diva Katy Perry of US came to India to perform at the IPL season 5 inauguration ceremony held at the YMCA stadium in Chennai on April 3rd.

Here are some of the pictures of the pop diva Katy Perry performing at the IPL 5 opening ceremony.

 

US Pop singer Katy Perry sings at the IPL 5 opening nite event in Chennai

US pop singer Katy Perry dressed up in Bollywood clobber as she took to the stage to launch the Indian Premier League. She dazzled with a power packed performance on her super-hits like ‘Fireworks’ and ‘California Girls’.

 

Doug Bollinger of Australia teaches some batting skills to US pop singer Katy Perry at the IPL 5 opening ceremony in Chennai

 

Katy looked a little unsure when Australian cricketer Doug Bollinger cuddled up to her to perfect her batting technique

 

Katy Perry meets IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla

 

International pop singer Katy Perry poses for press before her IPL inaguration night performance in Chennai

 

Katy Perry strikes a pretty pose besides a Nataraj idol in Chennai

 

A stunning Katy Perry, international pop sensation, at the DLF IPL 2012 Opening Nite event held in Chennai on April 3rd

Pics courtesy: BCCI and AP Photos

Moving over to the IPL 2012 season 5 matches.... May the best team win :)

IPL 5 Opening Ceremony Pictures

 April 3rd was a big day for the city of Chennai as the IPL 5 got off to a great start with a star-studded opening ceremony.
Here are some of the pictures from the opening ceremony of IPL season 5 which was held at the YMCA stadium in Chennai. The star lists included - US Pop Diva Katy Perry, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Prabhu Deva, Kareena Kapoor.

The evening began with Amitabh Bachchan’s rendition of a poem ‘If I were to be born again’, written by renowned lyricist Prasoon Joshi, with the creative dance performance choreographed by Shiamak Davar at the background.

 

Amitabh Bachchan reciting a poem at the IPL season 5 opening ceremony

Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor danced to some of their popular numbers and impressed the audiences.

 

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra performing at the opening ceremony of IPL season 5 in Chennai 

 

Bollywood sexy actress Kareena Kapoor grooving at the IPL season 5 opening ceremony

Then came the Bollywood star Salman Khan who gave a wonderful performance to wow everyone.

 

Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan performing at the opening ceremony of IPL season 5

The oath taking ceremony was held with all the skippers of the nine teams signing the MCC Spirit of Cricket Pledge.

 

Captains of the 9 IPL teams taking the MCC Spirit of Cricket pledge at the IPL season 5 opening nite event held in Chennai on April 3rd night

 

Priyanka Chopra quizzing Dhoni and Ashwin of Chennai Super Kings

US pop diva Katy Pery, a greatinternational pop sensation, dazzled with a power packed performance on her super-hits like ‘Fireworks’ and ‘California Girls’.

 

International Pop Sensation Katy Perry of US performing at the IPL season 5 opening ceremony in Chennai

All pics courtesy: BCCI and AP Photos

The stunning night ended with a sparkling and glittering fireworks in the sky to signal the start of the season 5 of IPL.

The IPL 2012 season 5 will feature 76 games across 12 venues in India starting April 4. Lets hope we get to see some wonderful matches in the next one month.. hope the audience wouldn't be bored (76 games!!!) by the end of the IPL like last year... :) 

IPL Auction Results - Winners and Losers

The fifth season of IPL is about to begin in a couple of months. Last Saturday 4th February 2012, the players' auction for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League was conducted for the Kochi Tuskers Kerala players and some new players trying to break into the IPL "big purse" league.

As expected Ravindra Jadeja was the big fish that everyone were eying to datch and atlast the Chennai Super Kings caught him for a whopping USD 2 million (Rs 9.71 crore).

 

Ravindra Jadeja joins Chennai Super Kings for the IPL 2012 season for a whopping 2 million dollars

The 23-year-old Jadeja from Saurashtra had the base price of $100,000, but went to Chennai after the tie-breaker clause was invoked when both CSK and Deccan Chargers bid the maximum ($2 million). Chennai won the tie-breaker and got Jadeja.

The second prized catch for the day was Mahela Jayawardene, the former Sri Lankan captain, who went for a huge sum of USD 1.4 million (Rs 6.80 crore) to the Delhi Daredevils team. Jayawardene said afterwards that he was eying the finisher's role for the Daredevils team.

 

IPL Auctions - Mahela Jayawardene was bought by Delhi Daredevils for 1.4 million US Dollars

The third big gainers in the IPL auctions was the new Indian medium pacer Vinay Kumar from Karnataka.
He comes back to his home team Royal Challengers Bangalore after RCB bought him for USD 1 million (Rs 4.86 crore).

 

Vinay Kumar joins the 1 million dollar club as RCB bought him for that sum for the IPL Fifth season

The top three big losers in the IPL Auctions were:

VVS Laxman with base price of USD 400,000
Graeme Swann with base price USD 400,000
James Anderson with base price USD 300,000

All the English players were snubbed by the IPL team bosses as the English players snubbed IPL in the earlier seasons.

Chris Gayle retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore

So with the first window of transfers for IPL 2012 season closing on 20th January, 2012, the big question in everyone's mind was where will Chris Gayle go? Will he be retained by the Royal Challengers Bangalore or will he go into the open auctions?

 

Chris Gayle retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2012 and the next season too

No prize for guessing where he goes.... with an impact player like Chris Gayle in hand, no IPL team would let him loose even if they've to shell out a huge sum of money. And, as expected Royal Challengers Bangalore retain Chris Gayle for an undisclosed amount. This amount though would be disclosed before the IPL Auctions begin this year and the amount would be deducted for the Bangalore IPL Team from the 2 million cap for each team.

"We are delighted to make Chris Gayle a permanent member of our IPL squad. We are confident that with players like him in our side, we will take the extra step this season, and win our maiden IPL title," Sidhartha Mallya, Director of Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd, said in a press release. 

"To me, Bangalore has been a home away from home. I wanted to continue playing for them, and it turned out that they were keen to retain my services," Chris Gayle said.  

Pragyan Ojha is the other person to be transferred for this season of IPL. The India left-arm spinner Ojha has been transferred from Deccan Chargers to Mumbai Indians for an undisclosed fee for the fifth season of the IPL.

 

Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha transferred to Mumbai Indians for IPL 2012

In other IPL news, Sourav Ganguly and Allan Donald have been added to the Pune Warriors coaching staff ahead of the IPL 2012 season. South African fast bowler Donald will be the team's bowling coach and left-handed Ganguly will play a dual role as player and mentor. The Pune team would be without the services of a head coach as Geoff Marsh took the coaching role for Sri Lanka. You can recall that Pravin Amre was their batting coach for their first season in IPL which turned out to be a disasterous one. 

Now, the action shifts to the IPL Auctions to be conducted on February 4th 2012...  With a lot of good players in the auction list, it'll be interesting to see who the big buys will be in this IPL auction for the 2012 season....

IPL Transfers begin for 2012 season

Indian Premier League popularly known as the IPL League has started making buzz for its IPL 2012 season transfers.

Five IPL transfers have been made till now.

Kevin Pietersen - Delhi Daredevils from Deccan Chargers
Dinesh Karthik - Mumbai Indians from Kings XI Punjab
Andrew McDonald - Royal Challengers Bangalore from Delhi Daredevils
Harmeet Singh - Kings XI Punjab from Deccan Chargers
R Sathish - Kings XI Punjab from Mumbai Indians

The auction for players from the terminated franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala will be conducted on February 4th. The first window for trading between IPL franchises will close on January 20, 2012. There will be another short window for trading after the February 4 auction.

1) Big fish England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been transferred to Delhi Daredevils from Deccan Chargers for the 2012 season of the IPL. Sehwag will have Pietersen as his teammate for this season. What a deadly combo to watch out for - Sehwag and Pietersen

 

England batsman Kevin Pietersen transferred from Deccan Chargers to Delhi Daredevils for the IPL 2012 season

2) Another big transfer - in terms of money - was the Tamil Nadu wiketkeeping batsman Dinesh Karthik who will move from Kings XI Punjab to the Mumbai Indians. This was the first transfer to happen this year and it is believed that Mumbai Indians bought the transfer of Dinesh Karthik for a whopping $2.35 million approx. Rs 12.4 crores.

Mumbai Indians badly needed a wicketkeeper after the debacle in the last season where they struggled without a proper keeper and Ambati Rayudu, the makeshift keeper, fared poorly.

 

Dinesh Karthik has been transferred to Mumbai Indians from Kings XI Punjab for the IPL 2012 season

3) Australian Allrounder Andrew McDonald has been transferred to Royal Challengers Bangalore from Delhi Daredevils in a bid to boost up the allrounders in the Royal Challengers team.

 

Australian allrounder Andrew McDonald goes to Royal Challengers Bangalore from Delhi Daredevils for the 2012 season of IPL

Lets see who gets where in the IPL Transfers and Auctions for the 2012 season.... gonna be an interesting one..