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IPL 2011 Fixtures Schedule IPL 4 (2011) Schedule – Indian Premier League Cricket Match Timetable 2011 is placed below. Chennai play Kolkata in opening match of IPL-4‎. Date Time Teams Venue April 8 8 PM IST Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai April 9 4 PM IST Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals Hyderabad April 9 8 PM IST Kochi v Royal Challengers Bangalore Kochi April 10 4 PM IST Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians Delhi April 10 8 PM IST Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab Navi Mumbai April 11 8 PM IST Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Kolkata April 12 4 PM IST Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Jaipur April 12 8 PM IST Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Bangalore April 13 4 PM IST Pune Warriors vs Kochi Navi Mumbai April 13 8 PM IST Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Mohali April 14 8 PM IST Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad April 15 4 PM IST Mum

The 2011 season of the IPL will begin with defending champions Chennai Super Kings taking on Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The preliminary schedule released by the BCCI has the ten franchises playing at 13 venues over 51 days. The schedule may undergo changes keeping in view the state assembly elections to be held in a number of the host venues. The Indian board has also said that the four play-off games after the league stage - as per the revised format announced last year - will be split evenly between the Wankhede Stadium and the MA Chidambaram Stadium, with Chennai hosting the final on May 28. The finalists and the losing team from the third play-off match will qualify for the Champions League Twenty20 2011. Meanwhile, the new Kochi franchise has announced that the side will be called "Indi Commandos."  Source - espncricinfo.com

CHENNAI As many as 13 light houses across the country, four of them in Tamil Nadu, are set to become heritage centres that would portray maritime history of India. The project, is the first of its kind, is the initiative of the directorate of light houses and light ships, and envisages turning light houses into major tourist with spas, cottages and hotels. Ancient light houses in Chennai, Mamallapuram, Muttam near Kanyakumari and Rameswaram are to be renovated in the first phase. "The proposed National Maritime Heritage Museum at Mamallapuram will showcase centuries-old vessels being used in the Indian sub-continent. As maritime history and the ocean always excites the common man, we are trying to portray the life of mariners and vessels in these museums, near the light house structure near Mamallapuram," said K K Braroo, deputy director general of light houses and light ships. "In Chennai, the proposed museum depicting maritime history will be showca