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The best laid out plans are the ones that usually go awry first. So when Team Jaipur declared that they had a few to tackle Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one couldn't help but look at the pinch of salt hungrily.
Yusuf Pathan and Mohammad Kaif drummed up a crucial unfinished 81-run partnership as Rajasthan Royals confirmed their semi-final berth by cantering to a six-wicket victory over a lacklustre Kolkata Knight Riders here on Tuesday.
Yusuf Khan Pathan (born November 17, 1982 in Baroda) is an Indian cricketer. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He is a hard hitting right handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His younger brother Irfan Pathan is also an Indian cricketer.
Yusuf was a part of the Indian squad which won the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship, held in South Africa in September 2007. [1] He contributed both with the bat and bowl conceding just five runs in his debut T20 over and scoring 15 off 8 balls.
He represents Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He was signed for USD 475,000.

For weeks, Sachin Tendulkar sat on the sidelines clutching his painful groin; he even watched helplessly as his side jumped out of the frying pan into the Harbhajan Singh fire and back into the frying pan.Amit Mishra pronunciation (help·info) (born November 24, 1982 in Delhi) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and legbreak bowler.
Comparisons his critics have made with Shane Warne are by all means undeserved, despite a similar run-up, and bowl. Mishra is an attacking cricketer who bowls a praised leg break and googly.
Mishra was initially called into the Indian squad for the Test against the West Indies in 2002, but was not given a chance to play. He was allowed to play, however, during the TVS Cup in 2003, which took place in Dhaka.
Today we are going witness a nice clash between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders,whom are you supporting to??
| Most Valuable Players | Matches | Batting Pts | Bowling Pts | Fielding Pts | Captaincy Pts | Total Pts |
| 8 | 246 | 280 | 20 | - | 546 | |
| 7 | 395 | 23 | 50 | 25 | 493 | |
| 8 | 52 | 282 | 55 | 100 | 489 | |
| 7 | 52 | 345 | 35 | - | 432 | |
| 8 | 328 | 0 | 75 | - | 403 | |
| 8 | 321 | 70 | 10 | - | 401 | |
| 7 | 206 | 30 | 75 | 75 | 386 | |
| 8 | 18 | 334 | 25 | - | 377 | |
| 7 | 140 | 158 | 10 | 50 | 358 | |
| 8 | 299 | 0 | 50 | - | 349 |
| Best Batsmen | Innings | N.O | Runs | Average | Str Rate | Points |
| 7 | 1 | 270 | 45.00 | 190.14 | 395 | |
| 8 | 1 | 284 | 40.57 | 150.26 | 328 | |
| 7 | 1 | 305 | 50.83 | 139.9 | 328 |
| Top Bowlers | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Econ Pts | Wkts Pts | Total |
| 27.3 | 174 | 12 | 6.36 | 45 | 300 | 345 | |
| 31.0 | 239 | 13 | 7.7 | 9 | 325 | 334 | |
| 28.8 | 214 | 11 | 7.42 | 17 | 275 | 292 |
Minutes after landing in the country, controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said that he was looking forward to a fruitful stint in the Indian Premier League and thanked Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for his support. ( Watch )An allrounder, he is a hard-hitting left-handed batsman and left-arm fast-medium bowler who also bowls occasional left-arm orthodox spin. Despite not having taken a single wicket during his ten Twenty20 matches domestically, he was selected for Pakistan's squad for the inaugural World Twenty20 after Shoaib Akhtar was sent home. He made his Twenty20 debut in the tournament, and took six wickets in six matches, with best bowling figures of 3 for 31 in four overs against Australia. Though considered an allrounder, Tanvir did not get a chance to bat in the tournament until the final, where he made his first international runs, with a six off his first ball, aiding Pakistan back into the game.
After impressing in the ICC World Twenty20, he was selected to play in the ODI series against South Africa in October, 2007. He was then selected for the tour of India, and took eight wickets in the ODI series. He also took part in the Test series that followed, making his debut in place of the injured Umar Gul. On debut at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Dehli, he took three wickets which included Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.
On March 11, 2008, Tanvir was signed up in the second round of the Indian Premier League's players' auction by the Jaipur franchise, Rajasthan Royals, for $100,000.
Playing in his third match of tournament, on May 4, Tanvir took a match-winning six wickets against the Chennai Super Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. He ended with figures of 4-0-14-6, a record for Twenty20 cricket.For more of such interesting videos and discussions join our orkut community now-Click here
Mumbai IndiansOwned by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
The Team:-
Sachin Tendulkar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break, medium pace bowler)
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Harbhajan Singh (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)
Robin Uthappa (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Shaun Pollock (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Dilhara Fernando (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Loots Bosman (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Pinal Shah, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane and Yogesh Takawale
Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:
Ashwell Prince (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm slow bowler)
Saurabh Tiwary (India, Left-hand batsman)
Manish Pandey (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)
Mohali
Owned by Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia
The Team:-
Yuvraj Singh (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Irfan Pathan (India, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)
Brett Lee (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Piyush Chawla (India, Left-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)
Ramesh Powar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies, Right-hand batsman)
Simon Katich (Australia, Left-hand batsman)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
V.R.V. Singh, Karan Goel and Uday Kaul
Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:
James Hopes (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-hand medium pace bowler)
Luke Pomersbach (Australia, left-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)
Tanmay Srivastava (India, Left-hand Batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Ajitesh Argal (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Kyle Mills (New Zealand, Right-hand fast medium bowler, Right-hand batsman)
Kolkata Knight RidersOwned by Shah Rukh Khan and his company Red Chillies, which has as the partner, Juhi Chawla
Captain: Sourav Ganguly
The Team:-
Sourav Ganguly (India, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Ishant Sharma (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Chris Gayle (West Indies, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
David Hussey (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Ricky Ponting (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)
Ajit Agarkar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Murali Kartik (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Umar Gul (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Tatenda Taibu (Zimbwea, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:
Salman Butt (Pakistan, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)
Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler) Siddarth Kaul (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Iqbal Abdulla (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Rajasthan Royals (Jaipur)
Owned by Emerging Media
Captain: Shane Warne
The Team:
Shane Warne (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Leg-spin bowler)
Md. Kaif (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Graeme Smith (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Yusuf Pathan (India, Right-hand batsman)
Munaf Patel (Indian, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Younis Khan (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman)
Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)
Justin Langer (Australia, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Pankaj Singh, Anup Revandkar and Dinesh Salunkhe
Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:
Dimitri Mascarenhas (England, Right-han batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Morne Morkel (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Shane Watson (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Sohail Tanveer (Pakistan, Left-arm pace bowler, Left-arm batsman)
Taruwar Kohli (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Ravindra Jadeja (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Hyderabad
Owned by Deccan Chronicle
Captain: V.V.S.Laxman
The Team:
Andrew Symonds (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Rudra Pratap Singh (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium fast bowler)
Rohit Sharma (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Adam Gilchrist (Australia, Left-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa, Right-hand batsman)
V.V.S. Laxman (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)
Scott Styris (New Zealand, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)
Chamara Silva (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Hyderabad: Sanjay Bangar, Venugopal Rao, N. Arjun Yadav, D. Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, D. Kalyankrishna, P. Vijay Kumar, M. Sarveesh and Halahar Das.
Hyderabad did not pick any player in the second auction.

Royal Challengers (Bangalore)
Owned by Vijay Mallya
Captian: Rahul Dravid
The Team:-
Rahul Dravid (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Jacques Kallis (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Anil Kumble (India, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)
Cameron White (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)
Zaheer Khan (India, Right-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)
Mark Boucher (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Wasim Jaffer (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Dale Steyn (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (West Indies, Left-hand batsman)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Sunil Joshi, Balachandra Akhil, R. Vinay Kumar, Bharat Chipli, J. Arun Kumar, K.P. Appanna, Devraj Patil
Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:
Misbah ul Haq (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)
Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler) Virat Kohli (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Shreevats Goswami (India, Left-hand Batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Ross Taylor (New Zealand, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)
Chennai Super KingsOwned by India Cements
Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
The Team:-
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)
Jacob Oram (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)
Albie Morkel (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Suresh Raina (India, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Matthew Hayden (Australia, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium bowler)
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm slow medium bowler)
Parthiv Patel (India, Wicketkeeper, Left-hand batsman)
Joginder Sharma (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Makhaya Ntini (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)
Michael Hussey (Australia, Left-hand batsman)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Shadab Jakati, Sudeep Tyagi, R. Ashwin, Srikkanth Anirudha and S. Badrinath
Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:
Napoleon Einstein (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)
Abhinav Mukund (India, Left-hand batsman, Leg-break googly break bowler)
Viraj Kadbe (India, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)
Delhi DaredevilsOwned by GMR Group
Captain: Virender Sehwag
The Team:
Virender Sehwag (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Gautam Gambhir (India, Left-hand batsman)
Manoj Tiwari (Indian, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)
Mohammad Asif (Pakistan, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, slow left-arm orthodox bowler)
Dinesh Karthik (India, Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan; Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
AB de Villiers (South Africa, Right-hand batsman)
Tillekaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)
Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Glenn McGrath (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)
Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:
Yo Mahesh, Shikhar Dhawan, Mithun Manhas, Rajat Bhatia and Mayank Tehlan
Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:
Pradeep Sangwan (India, Left-arm medium pace bowler, Right-hand batsman)
Brett Geeves (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium)
After a tribunal on Wednesday rejected fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's appeal against the five-year ban imposed upon him by the Pakistan Cricket Board, the Kolkata Knight Riders, for whom the Rawalpindi Express had signed up, will now have to look for a replacement. But they seem to be in no hurry. According to Riders' skipper Sourav Ganguly, it is his team's batting, and not the bowling, that needs immediate attention.
In fact, there are three front-line bowlers like Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda and Ajit Agarkar. On top of that, we have Umar Gul who has come from Pakistan. It's our batting which needs to click," Ganguly said after his team's arrival here on Wednesday evening.
When Bhajji Slapped Sreesanth
The BCCI launched the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the lines of football's English Premier League and the National Basketball League (NBA) of the US. The IPL is a professional Twenty20 cricket league created and promoted by the BCCI and backed by the ICC. The Twenty20 league is set to debut in April 2008, with eight teams comprising a minimum of 16 players each. The league will last for 44 days and will involve 59 matches. The IPL works on a franchise-system based on the American style of hiring players and transfers. These franchises were put for auction, where the highest bidder won the rights to own the team, representing each city. The auction for the same took place on January 24, 2008 and the total base price for the auction was $400 million. The auction went on to fetch $723.59 million. The Mumbai franchise owned by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) was the most expensive franchise - fetching $111.9 million closely followed by Vijay Mallya's United Breweries which paid $111.6 million for the Bangalore franchise . Media house Deccan Chronicle won the Hyderabad chapter of the IPL for $107 million, while India Cements' Chennai franchise cost $91 million. Bollywood also made its presence felt with two of its leading stars bagging the ownership of their respective teams - Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla's Red Chillies Entertainment buying out Kolkata for $75.09, while Preity Zinta and her beau Ness Wadia bought the Mohali team for $76 million. GMR , the infrastructure development group which who are involved in a project for revamping the Delhi airport, bagged the ownership of the Delhi team for $84 million and the Emerging Media , consisting of its CEO Fraser Castellino, Manoj Badale and Lachlan Murdoch and other investors won the rights for the Jaipur franczhise for $67 million. IPL Teams: 1) Bangalore Royal Challengers: The Bangalore team was bought by Vijay Mallya's UB Group for $111.6 million to own the team for 10 years. 'Icon player' Rahul Dravid is the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers. Team India's bowling coach, Venkatesh Prasad is the coach of the team. 2) Kings XI Punjab: The Mohali team was bought by Bollywood diva Preity Zinta, her industrialist beau Ness Wadia, along with renowned industrialists Karan Paul and Mohit Burman for $76 million for a period of 10 years. 'Icon player' Yuvraj Singh is the captain of Kings XI Punjab. Australia's Tom Moddy is the coach of the team. 3) Chennai Super Kings: The Chennai team was bought by India Cements for $91 million to own the team for 10 years. Team India ODI and T20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings. Former South Africa cricket team captain Kepler Wessels is the coach of the team. 4) Kolkata Knight Riders: The Kolkata team is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for $75.09 million for a 10-year period. 'Icon player' Sourav Ganguly is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. Australia's John Buchanan is the coach of the team. 5) Deccan Chargers: The Hyderabad team was bought by Deccan Chronicle, a media house, for $107 million for a 10-year period. Team India's Test player VVS Laxman is the captain of Deccan Chargers. India's fielding coach, Robin Singh is the coach of the team. 6) Mumbai Indians: The Mumbai team is owned by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited for $111.9 million for a period of 10 years. 'Icon player' Sachin Tendulkar is the captain of Mumbai Indians. Former Team India manager, Lalchand Rajput is the coach of the team. 7) Delhi Daredevils: The Delhi team is owned by GMR Holdings for $84 million for a period of 10 years. 'Icon player' Virender Sehwag is the captain of Delhi Daredevils. Australia's Greg Shipperd is the coach of the team. 8) Rajasthan Royals The Jaipur team was bought by UK-based company Emerging Media for $67 million to own the team for a period of 10 years. Former Australian spin bowler Shane Warne is both the captain and coach of Rajasthan Royals. More on IPL: * Title Sponsorship Rights: On February 13 2008, Indian real estate developer DLF Universal secured exclusive rights to the IPL title sponsorship worth Rs 200 crore (over $50 million) for five years. * Television Rights: On January 14 2008, it was announced that a consortium consisting of India's Sony Television network and Singapore-based World Sports Group secured the rights of the IPL. The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of $1.026 billion. * On February 20 2008 , the auction of 77 players took place in Mumbai. Team India ODI and Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds emerged the costliest Indian and overseas players respectively. * Each team will play the other seven teams home and away, the top four teams at the end of the group stages will proceed through to the semi-finals. The first match is slated for April 18 between Team Bangalore and Team Kolkata. * Team Composition: All teams must have at least four players from their respective Catchment Areas and four Under-22 players. The players from Catchment Areas could be an iconic player, a Ranji player or an U-22 player. Each team can buy a maximum of eight overseas players but only four would be able to take the field in a match. | |
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