Sachin Tendulkar wants to continue the winning streak

Mumbai Indians is in good form in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League. This franchise has regained their top position in the IPL point table with a 32-run victory over Delhi Daredevils. This victory has helped the team to keep their dominance in the 10-team tournament. Skipper Sachin Tendulkar is not going to take rest despite his team performing well. He is eyeing IPL consistency for Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians is leading the IPL point table with 16 points from 10 matches where they won 8 and lost 2. They have almost secured their place in the knock-out stage. However, Sachin Tendulkar aware his team of satisfaction and don’t take the pressure to be consistent in the IPL.

Sachin Tendulkar should want his team finishing at the top of the table. Last year they became the runners-up team after losing to Chennai Super Kings in the final.

As knock-out format is changing this season, Tendulkar should want his team to be one of the top two teams getting some benefits. According to the new rules, the loser of the first knock out will get advantage to keep their hope alive of playing in the final round.

Top two teams will face each other to make their place in the final round and the winner of this match will be able to play in the final round. However, the loser of the first knock-out will get another chance as the team will play against the winner of the match between third and fourth placed teams.

Kolkata Knight Riders gets 10-run victory over Chennai Super Kings by D/L method

Chennai Super Kings failed to continue their winning streak as they lost to Kolkata Knight Riders by 10 runs in a rain affected match. The defending champion saw their first defeat after their four consecutive victories.

With this victory, KKR is hoping to play in the semi-final round in this cash-rich tournament for the first time.

This victory helped Kolkata to be one of the second top ranked teams in the IPL point table with 14 points from 11 matches. Beating Delhi Daredevils by 32 runs, Mumbai Indians regained their top position once again.

Before the match called off due to rain, Kolkata Knight Riders could score 61-2 in 10 overs after coming to chase 115 at the Eden Garden. Kolkata Knight Riders was declared winner on the D/L method as they scored more runs in 10 overs compared to their opponent.

After losing Eoin Morgan for 5 and Gautam Gambhir for 16, KKR were fuelled by South African Jacques Kallis and in-form Manoj Tiwary as they scored respectively 21 and 15. Both the wickets were taken by offspinner, Ravichandran Ashwin.

CSK won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 114 for 4 after the match was delayed by an hour due to rain. Subramaniam Badrinath played an important innings of 41-ball 54 on a low and slow pitch that led the touring team pass 100 runs. Both Badrinath and Albie Morkel contributed 65 runs in the fourth wicket stand.

Kolkata left-arm spinner, Iqbal Abdulla, was declared man of the match for his superb bowling line up. Bowling 4 overs, he took 1 wicket for giving 15 runs.

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IPL Auction 2011: List of IPL players and Live TV channels

Multi Screen Media, Sex Max, will telecast live the players’ auction for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 10 am in the morning. The IPL 2011 auction will be held on January 8 and January 9 in Bangalore. IPL auction is going to be broadcast live on the television for the first time since its inauguration in 2008.

Except Sex Max TV channel, no other TV channels will show the auction live. However, cricket fans can expect to get extensive coverage from many Indian news channels like CNN-IBN, TimesNow, NDTV, AajTak etc. To get live flash updates, one can visit the news channels.

Live coverage or commentaries can be found in various websites. One can visit ESPN cricinfo (www.espncricinfo.com), Cricket Next (http://cricketnext.in.com) websites for live updates.

Ten teams will bid for 350 players who have been listed in the IPL 2011 auction. These players from different countries will be bid for over two-day period.

Here, I have given the link of the list of IPL 2011 Auction players being bid in two days-

http://www.sify.com/sports/auction-2011-list-of-ipl-players-news-cricket-lbfsMTfjjgb.html

The increasing popularity of IPL will see a sharp rise from ad revenues during the auction for the fourth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on SET Max. SET Max will sell ad slots for Rs 50,000 per 10 seconds, a premium of about five times compared to a regular day.

In the fourth edition of Indian Premier League, there will be ten teams competing against each other. Pune Warriors and Kochi are two new teams included in the IPL 2011. These two franchises are joining the players’ auction for the first time. They are aiming to get star players available in the auction and they are expected to give tough fight in the latest edition.

Many teams have retained their old players. The number of retained players is only 12 while three clubs, Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders, are opting to release all their players into the auction pool. The name of retained players are given below-

Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli

Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne and Shane Watson

Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag

Deccan Chargers (Hyderabad): None

Kolkata Knight Riders: None

Kings XI Punjab: None

Pune Warriors: - NA

Kochi: - NA

Here is given a list of players arranged based on their base price.

USD $ 4,00,000

Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly.

USD $ 3,00,000

Zaheer Khan, Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews.

USD $ 2,00,000

Gautam Gambhir, Michael Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Dirk Nannes, Eoin Morgan, Robin Uthappa, Sanath Jayasuriya.

USD $ 1,00,000

Tamim Iqbal, R Ashwin, Morne Morkel, Ben Hilfenhaus

The fourth edition of Indian Premier League will start from April 8, 2011.