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Luckily they have decided to go for something different from FIGHTER kinda names like royals, kings, darevevils or warriors. This name was voted for most by an online poll and takes over from Indi Commandos Kerala Excerpts from cricinfo.com The Kochi team in the fourth edition of the IPL will be called 'Kochi Tuskers Kerala', a name decided on through an online poll. "The state animal of Kerala is the Asian Elephant, also known as the Indian Elephant. Therefore the appropriateness in selection of the Team Kochi IPL name, Kochi Tuskers Kerala by the fans all over India cannot be ignored. Elephants are the largest land animals alive today and their tusks are attractive, sharp and intimidating," Mukesh Patel, the director of Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd, a consortium of six companies that are shareholders of the franchise, said. The team, which will be led by Mahela Jayawardene, had previously decided on the name 'Indi Commandos'. That has been now di

The Kochi IPL team has finally selected a name for itself, it will be called INDI COMMANDOS . The men in orange, most probably have chosen to step aside the usual ROYAL nomenclature chosen by almost every other team in IPL, like Royals, Royal challenge, Kings etc . Warriors of Pune have been joined by the Commandos of India from Kochi. The Kochi IPL team, which is a new addition to the IPL, has signed up with Italian sportswear brand Lotto as its first sponsor for a period of one year for an undisclosed sum. "We are currently in talks with a lot of companies and it is an ongoing process. More sponsors will be signed once we get closure to the tournament. Lotto is our first sponsor," IPL Kochi director Mehul Shah told PTI. The franchisee is looking to get around 8-10 sponsors on board before the IPL season four kicks off in April. For Lotto, this is the first time the company has got associated with the game

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

Which IPL team is the strongest after the auction? Deccan Mumbai Chennai Punjab Rajasthan Delhi Bangalore Pune Kochi Kolkata    pollcode.com free polls sOURCE - http://cricketxtra.com/ipl-squads-after-auction-ipl-2011/ Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (retained), Suresh Raina (retained), M Vijay (retained), Albie Morkel (retained), Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Joginder Sharma, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sudeep Tyagi, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis Deccan Chargers: Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma. Dale Steyn, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Daniel Christian, Manpreet Gony, Chris Lynn, Rusty Theron, Michael Lumb Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (retained), Irfan Pathan, David Warner, Naman Ojha, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Andrew McDon

FOR IPL 2011 TEAMS ANALYSIS CLICK HERE   FOR IPL 2011 NEWS CLICK HERE Pick the worst team after today's Auction Rajasthan Kochi Kolkata Delhi Chennai Bangalore Deccan Pune Punjab Mumbai    pollcode.com free polls Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (retained), Suresh Raina (retained), M Vijay (retained), Albie Morkel (retained), Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, R Ashwin, S Badrinath Deccan Chargers: Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma. Dale Steyn, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (retained), Irfan Pathan, David Warner, Naman Ojha, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch Kings XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Dinesh Karthik, Stuart Broad, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Ryan Harris, Piyush Chawla Kochi: Mahela Jayawardene, VVS Laxman, Brendon McCullum, Sreesanth, RP Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Steven Smith, Muttiah Muralith

For the past 3 years...I have been cheering for Bangalore and Chennai in the Indian Premier League coz these two teams were something that were close to the place that I call home...KOCHI....But with the announcement of the two new teams that was done earlier today.....things have certainly changed....for the better..... Mr. Lalit Modi who was announcing the two new teams...revealed the first team as PUNE...that was bought by SAHARA group...I was quite tainted after that first revelation...coz.... Ahmedabad and Pune were the top two in the bidding pipeline....with huge names from Bollywood backing 'em up...(even the opinion poll on my blog too say the same....)....and once Pune was out of the box...I knew it had to be Ahmedabad.....especially with Narendre Modi backing up....but somehow...deep in my heart....something said.... keep watching....you are gonna shout off the roof of your house...after the second revelation ..... And I did....the moment...Modi uttered RENDEVOUS grou

 Am I excited or what? Two new franchises for next year's edition of IPL......wow....and the race is on...running hard are   Pune, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Vizag, Rajkot, Cuttack, Baroda, Kochi, Indore and Gwalior.....While Ahmedabad and Pune seem to be front runners...with strong backing up....  Ahmedabad seems to be a sure winner....since it is being sought after by Adani group and strongly backed by NARENDRA MODI...making it a part of some Golden Gujarat campaign....and besides we did see how much of support an event like ICL got in Ahmedabad two years ago....now this is IPL......am looking forward to see Ahmedabad in action..in the next IPL.... Close behind are Videocon....eying Pune.....along with Abhishek Bachchan........... I really wished that Priyadarsan and Mohanlal along with the Muthoot group bought the Kochi franchise...but seems like they have deterred themselves from doing so...due to the new clauses set by the IPL governing council...which says :