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The Indian Premier League (IPL) transfer window was open on December 22nd and will close on January 22nd. Those players who played in the first edition of the IPL are only eligible for transfer in this duration. 8 franchisees are eligible to buy or sell cricketers in this period. IPL franchisees cannot transfer a player without the consent of cricketer. But transfer window failed to create expected enthusiasm among the franchisees. These was not any list was announced on December 28th.

1st list: December 28th
2nd list:January 5th
3rd list: January 12th

IPL franchisees can opt for swapping of cricketers on mutual terms. Bangalore franchisee already told about selling of 3 foreign players.

Auction for the 2nd edition of the IPL will be held on February 6th. Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen are hot targets.

Likely selling targets:

1. Shoaib Akthar (Kolkata Knight Riders)

2. Rohit Sharma (Hyderabad Deccan Chargers) – Mumbai interested in buying him.

3. Jacques Kallis (Bangalore Royal Challengers)

4. Shahid Afridi (Hyderabad Deccan Chargers)

5. Robin Uthappa (Bangalore Royal Challengers)

6. Ramnaresh Sarwan (Mohali IPL)

7. Herschelle Gibbs by Hyderabad

8. Makhaya Ntini by Chennai

Likely buying targets:

1. Robin Uthappa by Bangalore Royal Challengers

2. Zaheer Khan by Mumbai. Bangalore may not sell him. Dale Steyn and Zaheer Khan bowling combination will be an asset for Bangalore Royal Challengers.

3. Rohit Sharma by Mumbai


2008: Year of Indian Premier League. No arguments.

IPL news:

1. New Overseas Player Auction is scheduled for early February. It is expected to be held in February 6th.

2. Saurabh Tiwary was not released by Mumbai Indians despite his interest to play for Kolkata Knight Riders.

3. Deccan Chargers interested in buying Australian speedster Shaun Tait.

4. Mitchell Johnson who bowled best spell by a left-arm pace bowler in the history of test cricket will be targeted by many IPL franchisees in the February auction.

5. Pakistan players may miss the IPL second season due to rising tensions between India and Pakistan.

6. Retired Indian captain Sourav Ganguly will play for Kolkata in the second edition of India Premier League cricket tournament.

7. According to sources, Akshay Kumar was opted out from duties of brand ambassador for Delhi Daredevils.

8. Best player of the first edition of IPL, Shane Watson, will be in doubt for second edition due to his injury worries.


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Transfer window for IPL 2009 will commence from December 22nd and will end on January 22nd. Player Auction for IPL 2009 will be held on February 6 for the new players, those that did not feature in the IPL 2008. Indian Premier League Twenty20 Cricket tournament will commence from April 10 onwards.

Squads will not be allowed temporary replacements from 2009 onwards to cover partial unavailability of a player during the season. The only temporary replacements allowed will be in the situation where a player is completely unavailable for a whole IPL season. Franchises were allowed to purchase replacements if their international players had to represent their national teams during IPL 2008.

About Money: The 2008 salary cap will cease to have effect and no unused amount of the 2008 purse can be used in 2009. There will be no cap on player fees payable to players acquired by the franchises during the trading window. The trading window is only for players who were part of the IPL in 2008.

New rules of IPL trading:

1. Maximum number of international players in each squad would be10 but number of international players in the playing eleven would remain at 4.

2. If more than one franchise is interested in buying the player, the ‘selling’ franchise shall negotiate with all interested franchises. The ‘selling’ franchise shall have the discretion as to which offer to accept. Negotiations between two franchises should be only with regard to the player fee payable.

3. Franchises shall have opportunities during the trading window to trade players - either by offering to sell a player via trade or expressing an interest to acquire a player - prior to any trading discussions the player's consent must be obtained.

4. Outside the auction process but subject to the squad composition rules with respect to overseas players, each franchise will have the option to purchase any number of uncapped new players by a direct agreement. Uncapped players are those who have never played senior international cricket nor have a central contract with their National Association.

5. All overseas players will require an NOC from their board to play in the Indian Premier League.

6. Each franchise will have a sum of $ 2 million to spend on player fees in 2009 for cricketers acquired either in the auction, through signing uncapped new players or re-signing any 2008 temporary replacements.


IPL 2009 NEWS:

1. Hyderabad’s Deccan Chargers picked all-rounder Ryan Harris of Queensland.

2. Delhi Daredevils picked David Warner of New South Wales. He recently scored 165 not out against Tasmania.

3. Kolkata Knight Riders picked Moises Henriques of New South Wales.

4. Stanford seems to have withdrawn its business association with England Cricket Board (ECB). ECB Premier League will be in trouble.

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