DLF Indian Premier League Season 2009 schedules announced

Source : http://www.iplt20.com/dlf-indian-premier-league-season-2009-scheduled-announced.html

Mumbai: The DLF Indian Premier League today announced its schedule for Season 2009, to be held in South Africa. The league is set to kick-off in Cape Town with an exciting double-header weekend, which will see all eight teams pitted against each other. The double header on April 18th will see the winner of the inaugural season the Rajasthan Royals face-off against the Royal Challengers, while the Mumbai Indians will do battle against the Chennai Super Kings. On Sunday – April 19th the Deccan Chargers will face the Kolkata Knight Riders and the second game will see the Delhi Dare Devils take on the Kings XI Punjab. The entire schedule is available for download on www.IPLT20.com the official online destination for the Indian Premier League.

DLF Indian Premier League’s Season 2009 in South African Season will see the eight franchises play a league phase comprising a total of 56 matches to be played on 34 days at eight venues. The eight venues finalized for Season 2009 are Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, East Lodon, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein and Kimberley. The schedule also features 22 days of action packed double-headers. The two semi-finals have been scheduled for May 22nd and 23rd at Pretoria and Johannesburg respectively, with the Grand Final schedule for May 24th at Johannesburg.

At www.IPLT20.com the official online destination for the DLF Indian Premier League, fans from around the world will now have access to the 36 day long season starting in Cape Town on April 18th 2009. The site will offer access to official league content including live video & audio, photographs, live scoreboards and summaries, match results, Fantasy Cricket, player interviews, profiles, schedules, statistics, ticketing and a fan community with interaction through polls, contests, newsletters and more. Not to mention video blog updates from the Chairman and Commissioner of the DLF Indian Premier League himself Mr. Lalit Modi. Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and former India Captain Ravi Shastri will further add to the flavor of the league with video-blogs of their own over the duration of the league and will also interact directly with the fans. But for all the IPL fans across India and the globe this would perhaps be the best chance to experience a new web broadcast format never ever experienced before – taking the IPL fans closer to the LIVE entertainment and excitement of the on-field game. Thus, for all this and more on the inside stories of Season II log on to www.IPLT20.com