IPL 2011 Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Chennai Super Kings Team:

MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay , Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Joginder Sharma, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sudeep Tyagi, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis

Kolkata Knight Riders Team:

Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hasan, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Manoj Tiwary, Laxmipathy Balaji, Jaidev Unadkat, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Pattinson

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Sangakkara would be Deccan Chargers Captain in IPL 4

Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara will lead the Deccan Chargers in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, it was announced on Monday.

Australian cricketer Cameron White will be Sangakkara's deputy in the Twenty20 tournament, beginning April 8.

Former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist had led Deccan Chargers to title win in 2009 in South Africa.

Gilchrist has moved to Kings XI Punjab for the fourth edition.

The appointment of Sangakkara, who led Sri Lanka to World Cup final, as Chargers' skipper was made at a promotional event of the franchisee.

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Vettori to Captain Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2011

New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori was on Tuesday named captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League.

Vettori, who led New Zealand to a record sixth semi- final appearance in the just- concluded World Cup, will replace spin legend Anil Kumble who captained the team in the last two seasons of the Twenty20 league.

Kumble will also be a part of the Bangalore franchise as a chief mentor. “ We are very excited for the upcoming season.

Vettori is a highly experienced and respected leader and we hope to ride to the pinnacle of success this IPL under his leadership,” RCB chairman Vijay Mallya said in a statement.

Vettori represented Delhi Daredevils in the first three editions of the IPL and his predecessor Kumble hailed the leftarm spinner’s appointment to the leadership position.

“ Vettori is a hugely respected professional not only within his team but amongst his international peers as well. His unique ability to get players to perform as a unit and deliver more than just the sum of their parts, as he has done time and again with New Zealand, will be a big asset to any team,” said the former India skipper.

RCB coach Ray Jennings was of the view that Vettori’s experience and skill on the spinfiendly Indian pitches will be of great help for the team in the upcoming tournament.

“ Vettori is also probably the best spinner in the world at the moment and brings in tremendous skills that will be extremely useful on the Indian pitches,” Jennings insisted.

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Tainted 2G scam funds traced to IPL

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigations into the 2G scam is unravelling the flow of tainted funds into Bollywood productions and Indian Premier League (IPL). Arrest of Shahid Balwa, Managing Director of D B Realty has thrown light on the role of a key figure in the flow of 2 G tainted funds from D B Realty to Kalaignar TV and funding routes linking to film financing and investments made by Balwa in IPL franchisees.

CBI sources revealed that the arrests of Shahid's brother Asif and Kusegaon Fruit and Vegetable Private Limited promoter Rajiv Agarwal has brought to light the fact that it reportedly loaned Cineyug a sum of Rs 212 crore through a financial route which Enforcement Directorate is currently probing into.

DB Realty was owned by Shahid Balwa who has a stake in Swan Telecom, which is one of the companies named in the 2G scam. The ED has highlighted in its status report filed in the Supreme Cout early this week that money was loaned by DB Realty group to DMK's Kalaignar TV through Kusegaon Fruit and Vegetable Pvt Ltd via Cineyug Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd.

It has been established that loans were made to Kalaignar TV, where. Karunanidhi's wife MK Dayalu owns 60 per cent and daughter Kanimozhi owns another 20 percent in the DMK TV channel. Rs 214.84 crore which is reflected in Kalaignar TV's balance sheet for the financial year 2009- 2010 as an unsecured loan was routed from Cineyug Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd.

Cineyug got the loan from as per the Cineyug balance sheet via the Kusegaon Fruit and Vegetables Pvt Ltd. Bollywood personality Karim Morani runs Cineyug and Balwas are investors in the company.

"2G scam investigations are now giving fresh leads on Balwas investing tainted funds in not only Bollywood productions but also financing an IPL's franchisee holding stakes in one of the teams. The probe is deepening as Shahid's funding routes are being unravelled in the probe," claimed an ED official.

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