IPL 2010

Top England batsman, Ravi Bopara has said that he will delay his departure for the IPL 2010 due to the security concern in India. Bopara said that he has not yet decided on whether to go or not for the 3rd season of Indian Premier League.

Ravi Bopara plays for Kings XI Punjab team.

However, IPL commissioner, Mr Lalit Modi, said that he had had a talk with Bopara and that there was no truth in the fact that Bopara was pulling out of the tournament.

Bopara said that while he was looking forward to coming to India, the issue was Rig Dickason’s report which had cautioned the players from featuring in the tournament. The report had also said that the terror threat by the extremist elements was a creditable one, and the IPL Players need to get further clarity about the security situation in the country.

Earlier, Lalit Modi had lashed out at Ricky Ponting for trying to persuade the Australian cricketers into not going to play in the Indian Premier League. Modi had also said that the players were free to miss out on the tournament, but ran the risk of being dumped out of the tournament from net year onwards.

IPL 2010 Schedule begins from the 12th of March with the first match between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders. It will see also Dale Steyn go into the tournament as a favorite to end with the Purple Cap – awarded to the top wicket taker. He shares this position jointly with Muthiah Muralitharan. Deccan Chargers are said to be favorites to end up as a side to smash most sixes in the tournament and why not, given their power packed line up in Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Rohit Sharma.

The final squads of 23 for the IPL 2010 tournament schedule to start on March 12. The teams players are a mix of veterans and newcomers. The 3rd Season of Indian Premier League has 60 games over a 45 day period – the biggest spread of games and venues ever.

Here is the Final list of players selected for the 3rd season of the exciting tournament.

IPL 2010 Teams

Chennai Super Kings
Deccan Chargers
Delhi Daredevils
Kings XI Punjab
Kolkata Knight Riders
Mumbai Indians
Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bangalore

With the rising fever of IPL 2010, telecom service operator IDEA Cellular has stepped up the tempo by announcing a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the IPL 2009 Champions, Deccan Chargers. IDEA Cellular Ltd will be the main partner of Hyderabad IPL Team, starting with the third edition of Indian Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament, scheduled to start from March 2010.

During the upcoming season of IPL, all 27 players of Team Deccan Chargers, will be seen sporting the IDEA Cellular logo on the front of their jersey and trousers. Team Captain Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Chaminda Vaas, and several other leading international players such as Ryan Harris, Dwyane Smith, Scott Styris, Kemar Roach and Fidel Edwards will wear Brand IDEA during all their sporting action during the forthcoming T20 championship.

Announcing the deal, Mr. Pradeep Shrivastava, CMO, IDEA Cellular, said, “The Cricket fever is rising and IPL 3 will only add more excitement to it, further electrifying the cricket frenzy nation. Going with our essential brand promise of bringing champion ideas through the power of mobility, we have partnered with the Champions of IPL, to offer cricket entertainment by the Deccan Chargers to our 60 million subscribers across the country. With IPL being back in the country, we are confident that this tie up will offer a huge platform to create visibility for Brand Idea through on-ground cricket action, and magnify the impact by reaching out to a larger audience through various media platforms.”

IDEA will launch a range of value added services on Voice, SMS and WAP portal, for 60 million subscribers, across the country to bring them closer to the Deccan Chargers. IDEA subscribers will get a chance to win tickets for the matches, autographed merchandize, participate in Meet & Greet with the players, download special player messages and many more exciting interactions with Team Deccan Chargers.