One of the biggest sporting events in Asia and in Cricket is Indian Premier League which is a Domestic Cricket event of India and it has gone bigger over the last 4 years, there is a lot of money involved in IPL T20 with lot of pride and fame which makes this tournament a great event to watch.
The world biggest cricket war IPL 5 or IPL 2012 is on the last step, it would be start on Wednesday, 4 April and conclude on Sunday, 27 May 2012. It will go for 53 day and 74 matches, opening ceremony will held on Chepak Stadium, Chennai before one day on 3 April 2012. IPL 2012 is going held after Indian cricket team return back from Australia where they will play five Tests and 2 Twenty20 and a Tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka.It will be the longest season of the IPL tournament yet and also will clash many international tours where this time 9 teams will take part for cricket planet warfare instead of 10 teams, Kochin Tuskers Kerala was terminated by BCCI.
BCCI have to find a way of coping without players who want to take part in the money-spinning IPL 2012. According to the ICC's prospect tours Programmed, West-Indies host Australia for 3 Test and 5 ODIs in the March and April, before heading to England to play 3 Tests, 3 ODIs and a T20I in May and June.
IPL5 Chairman Rajiv Shukla had not cleared yet whether Pakistan players will involve in IPL 5 or not but Pakistan has scheduled in Bangladesh in for 2 Tests and 3 one day in April and May.
Former captain of West-Indies Chiris Gyle who starred Royal Challenge Bangalore in IPL 4 and has not played for his country since the world cup, all-rounder Kireon Pollard and Diyane Bravo given no Objection Certificates by the West-Indies Cricket Board.
>> IPL 5 Teams
- Bangalore Royal Challengers
- Chennai Super Kings
- Deccan Chargers
- Delhi Daredevils
- Kings XI Punjab
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Mumbai Indians
- Rajastan Royals
- Pune Warriors India
The agreed format is every team will be playing two matches against every other team. This means a plethora of matches played at different venues all over India and there is a lot of cricketing action to excite the cricket lovers both within and outside India.
