IPL Season 2 in South Africa Schedule
03/30/2009:
After much internal discussions the IPL’s governing body has decided to move the second season of the IPL Twenty20 League to South Africa. The Indian goverment was concerned about security during the IPL match as well as the general election that are scheduled for the same time frame and hence IPL decided to move the matches to South Africa. The opening match, on April 18 2009, will be held at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town and the final on May 24 2009 in the Wanderers in Johannesburg. The opener will be a double header, with last year's winners Rajasthan Royals taking on the Royal Challengers, Bangalore; followed by Mumbai Indians taking on the last year's runners up Chennai Super Kings. Below is the April 2009 schedule of matches in South Africa:
April 18: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Cape Town
April 18: MUMBAI INDIANS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 19: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v DECCAN CHARGERS (4 pm) at Cape Town
April 19: DELHI DAREDEVILS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 20: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE V CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 21: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v MUMBAI INDIANS (4 pm) at Durban
April 21: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (8 pm) at Durban
April 22: DELHI DAREDEVILS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Durban
April 22: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v DECCAN CHARGERS (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 23: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 24: KINGS XI PUNJAB v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Johannesburg
April 25: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Cape Town
April 25: DECCAN CHARGERS v MUMBAI INDIANS (8 pm) at Durban
April 26: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at Cape Town;
April 26: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v DELHI DAREDEVILS (8 pm) Port Elizabeth
April 27: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v MUMBAI INDIANS (4 pm) at Cape Town
April 27: CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v DECCAN CHARGERS (8 pm) at Durban
April 28: DELHI DAREDEVILS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (4 pm) at Pretoria
April 29: MUMBAI INDIANS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at Durban
April 29: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (8 pm) at Durban
April 30: DELHI DAREDEVILS v DECCAN CHARGERS (4 pm) at Pretoria
April 30: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (8 pm) at Pretoria
After much internal discussions the IPL’s governing body has decided to move the second season of the IPL Twenty20 League to South Africa. The Indian goverment was concerned about security during the IPL match as well as the general election that are scheduled for the same time frame and hence IPL decided to move the matches to South Africa. The opening match, on April 18 2009, will be held at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town and the final on May 24 2009 in the Wanderers in Johannesburg. The opener will be a double header, with last year's winners Rajasthan Royals taking on the Royal Challengers, Bangalore; followed by Mumbai Indians taking on the last year's runners up Chennai Super Kings. Below is the April 2009 schedule of matches in South Africa:
April 18: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Cape Town
April 18: MUMBAI INDIANS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 19: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v DECCAN CHARGERS (4 pm) at Cape Town
April 19: DELHI DAREDEVILS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 20: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE V CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 21: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v MUMBAI INDIANS (4 pm) at Durban
April 21: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (8 pm) at Durban
April 22: DELHI DAREDEVILS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Durban
April 22: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v DECCAN CHARGERS (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 23: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth
April 24: KINGS XI PUNJAB v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Johannesburg
April 25: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Cape Town
April 25: DECCAN CHARGERS v MUMBAI INDIANS (8 pm) at Durban
April 26: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at Cape Town;
April 26: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v DELHI DAREDEVILS (8 pm) Port Elizabeth
April 27: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v MUMBAI INDIANS (4 pm) at Cape Town
April 27: CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v DECCAN CHARGERS (8 pm) at Durban
April 28: DELHI DAREDEVILS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (4 pm) at Pretoria
April 29: MUMBAI INDIANS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at Durban
April 29: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (8 pm) at Durban
April 30: DELHI DAREDEVILS v DECCAN CHARGERS (4 pm) at Pretoria
April 30: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (8 pm) at Pretoria
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The question is will the South African cricket fans watch it?
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Viswanathan |
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:22:00 PM EDT