The third edition of the Indian Premier League starts tomorrow. Apart from World T20 and World Cup, IPL has become the most exciting and interesting cricket tournament ever. With all those theories and controversies about the commercialization of cricket what I believe is that it has now become a business, but still I don’t care about that as long as it gives entertainment. These days all those cricket experts talks about preserving test cricket and about limiting T20s.But I think its T20s that has made cricket more popular . And with T20s, cricket is no longer a game to be watched by old people and kids who have a lot of time to kill in their day time. It has become a game where people can enjoy even after coming home after a tiring day at the office without missing any moment of action.
It is still unclear whether some local TV channel is telecasting this tournament. In last two tournaments Sirasa TV (IPL 1) and Channel Eye (IPL 2) telecasted these matches. But still I did not see any advertisement on these channels about IPL 2010. Anyway this time all the matches of IPL will be broadcasted live on YouTube Official Channel for IPL 2010. This is done according to an agreement between IPL and Google (who owns YouTube). Though neither of them has revealed the conditions of the agreement it is believed that IPL and Google will share the revenues from advertisements and sponsorships. Anyway let’s hope that at least the telecast on YouTube is not interrupted by advertisements.
Most of the teams have same squads as last year but there are some new players in action as well. Hope this time Sri Lankan players will make their mark at IPL. Sanga has been given a chance to show his leadership skills this time.Also hope that Dilshan may play well and score a hundred this season. The Sri Lankan all rounder’s Thissara Perera and Angelo Mathews will be playing for CSK and KKR respectively. And hope that Sanath will play some wonderful innings at least to get some more votes :P
To watch IPL on YouTube use the below link.
Here is the official IPL schedule.
| No. | Date | IST | Match Details | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar-2010 | |||||
| 1 | March 12 | 20:00 | DC vs KKR | HCA – Hyderabad | |
| 2 | March 13 | 16:00 | MI vs RR | Mumbai/Nagpur | |
| 3 | March 13 | 20:00 | KXI vs DD | PCA – Mohali | |
| 4 | March 14 | 16:00 | CSK vs DC | MAC – Chennai | |
| 5 | March 14 | 20:00 | KKR vs BRC | Eden – Kolkata | |
| 6 | March 15 | 20:00 | RR vs DD | SMS – Jaipur | |
| 7 | March 16 | 16:00 | BRC vs KXI | MCS – Bangalore | |
| 8 | March 16 | 20:00 | KKR vs CSK | Eden – Kolkata | |
| 9 | March 17 | 20:00 | DD vs MI | FSK – Delhi | |
| 10 | March 18 | 20:00 | BRC vs RR | MCS – Bangalore | |
| 11 | March 19 | 20:00 | DC vs KXI | Visakhapatnam | |
| 12 | March 20 | 16:00 | RR vs KKR | Ahmedabad | |
| 13 | March 20 | 20:00 | MI vs BRC | Mumbai/Nagpur | |
| 14 | March 21 | 16:00 | CSK vs KXI | MAC – Chennai | |
| 15 | March 21 | 20:00 | DD vs DC | FSK – Delhi | |
| 16 | March 22 | 20:00 | MI vs KKR | Mumbai/Nagpur | |
| 17 | March 23 | 20:00 | BRC vs CSK | MCS – Bangalore | |
| 18 | March 24 | 20:00 | KXI vs RR | PCA – Mohali | |
| 19 | March 25 | 20:00 | KKR vs DD | Eden – Kolkata | |
| 20 | March 26 | 16:00 | CSK vs MI | MAC – Chennai | |
| 21 | March 26 | 20:00 | RR vs DC | Ahmedabad | |
| 22 | March 27 | 16:00 | BRC vs DD | MCS – Bangalore | |
| 23 | March 27 | 20:00 | KXI vs KKR | PCA – Mohali | |
| 24 | March 28 | 16:00 | RR vs CSK | Ahmedabad | |
| 25 | March 28 | 20:00 | DC vs MI | Visakhapatnam | |
| 26 | March 29 | 20:00 | DD vs KKR | FSK – Delhi | |
| 27 | March 30 | 20:00 | MI vs KXI | Mumbai/Nagpur | |
| 28 | March 31 | 16:00 | CSK vs BRC | MAC – Chennai | |
| 29 | March 31 | 20:00 | DDs vs RR | FSK – Delhi | |
| Apr-2010 | |||||
| 30 | April 01 | 20:00 | KKR vs DC | Eden – Kolkata | |
| 31 | April 02 | 20:00 | KXI vs BRC | PCA – Mohali | |
| 32 | April 03 | 16:00 | CSK vs RR | MAC – Chennai | |
| 33 | April 03 | 20:00 | MI vs DC | Mumbai/Nagpur | |
| 34 | April 04 | 16:00 | DD vs BRC | FSK – Delhi | |
| 35 | April 04 | 20:00 | KKR vs KXI | Eden – Kolkata | |
| 36 | April 05 | 20:00 | DC vs RR | HCA – Hyderabad | |
| 37 | April 06 | 20:00 | MI vs CSK | Mumbai/Nagpur | |
| 38 | April 07 | 20:00 | RR vs KXI | Ahmedabad | |
| 39 | April 08 | 16:00 | BRC vs DC | MCS – Bangalore | |
| 40 | April 08 | 20:00 | CSK vs DD | MAC – Chennai | |
| 41 | April 09 | 20:00 | KXI vs MI | PCA – Mohali | |
| 42 | April 10 | 16:00 | BRC vs KKR | MCS – Bangalore | |
| 43 | April 10 | 20:00 | Dc vs CSK | HCA – Hyderabad | |
| 44 | April 11 | 16:00 | RR vs MI | SMS – Jaipur | |
| 45 | April 11 | 20:00 | DD vs KXI | FSK – Delhi | |
| 46 | April 12 | 20:00 | DC vs BRC | HCA – Hyderabad | |
| 47 | April 13 | 20:00 | CSK vs KKR | MAC – Chennai | |
| 48 | April 14 | 20:00 | MI vs DD | Mumbai/Nagpur | |
| 49 | April 15 | 16:00 | RR vs BRC | SMS – Jaipur | |
| 50 | April 15 | 20:00 | KXI vs DC | Dharmasala | |
| 51 | April 16 | 20:00 | DD vs CSK | FSK – Delhi | |
| 52 | April 17 | 16:00 | BRC vs MI | MCS – Bangalore | |
| 53 | April 17 | 20:00 | KKR vs RR | Eden – Kolkata | |
| 54 | April 18 | 16:00 | DC vs DD | HCA – Hyderabad | |
| 55 | April 18 | 20:00 | KXI vs CSK | Dharmasala | |
| 56 | April 19 | 20:00 | KKR vs MI | Eden – Kolkata | |
| 57 | April 21 | 20:00 | 1nd Semi– T1 vs T 2 | TBC | |
| 58 | April 22 | 20:00 | 2nd Semi– T3 vs T4 | TBC | |
| 59 | April 24 | 20:00 | 3rd Place | TBC | |
| 60 | April 25 | 20:00 | Final | TBC | |
(At last i posted the article before i have to change "tomorrow" in the topic to "today" :) )
