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Delhi Daredevils Captain – V Sehwag         Coach – G Shipperd Ground ·        Feroze Shah Kotla, New Delhi Squad Virender Sehwag (Captain) , Travis Birt,Ashok Dinda ,Aaron Finch,Robert Frylinck,James Hopes, Colin Ingram, Andrew McDonald, Morne Morkel ,Irfan Pathan ,Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Matthew Wade, David Warner,Umesh Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Robin Bist, Prashant Naik, Yogesh Nagar, Avishkar Salvi, Rajesh Pawar, Vivek Yadav, Vikas Mishra, Shahbaaz Nadeem, VR Aaron, Tejashwi Yadav, Sridharan Sriram, Naman Ojha (Wk) Best Performance in IPL – Semi Finalists 2008, Semi finalists 2009 Strengths ·          Sehwag & Warner’s presence at the top ·          Seasoned domestic players in Sriram, Venugopal Rao and Salvi ·          A good list of all rounders – Pathan, Hopes, Ingram, Van der Merwe ·          Naman Ojha, Umesh Yadav and Yogesh Nagar are important domestic players ·          Morne Morkel’s in good touch Weakness ·          Absence of Gambhir would surely hi

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

SOURCE - Espncricinfo.com Mahela Jayawardene will captain Team Kochi in the 2011 IPL. The former Sri Lanka captain was asked to lead the IPL franchise whose squad also includes his fellow Sri Lanka team-mates Muttiah Muralitharan and Thisara Perera, on Tuesday, and said he would be "thrilled" to do so. "Leading an IPL franchise will be a really exciting personal challenge for me," Jayawardene said. "The fact that Kochi is a new franchise with such a passionate and knowledgeable fan base in Kerala makes the captaincy even more exciting." Jayawardene was Kochi's big signing, who bought him for US$1.5 million at the IPL auction in January, and said he is pleased with the mix of players in the side. "We have a very interesting mix of Indian and overseas players in the squad including a lot of variety in the bowling, a key factor that is crucial in T20 cricket. We also have some fine batsmen and some useful all rounders. With the right preparation a