IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2011 Team Captains
Mahendra Singh Dhoni - Chennai Super Kings
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, About this sound pronunciation (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar) (now in Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team.
The Chennai Super Kings paid a whopping $1.5 million dollars for MS Dhoni at the player auctions in 2008 and have now retained him in the second round of auctions, a testament to his talent and usefulness as a cricketer. ‘Captain Cool’ to his myriad fans, MS Dhoni is a player for all seasons.
Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Dhoni is one of the number of wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team — Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik also followed this route. Dhoni, referred to as 'Mahi' by his friends, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998/99 cricket season and was selected to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in 2004.
Kumar Sangakkara - Deccan Chargers
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (born 27 October 1977, Matale, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman. He used to play as a wicket-keeper and top-order batsman in all forms of the game, but has stopped doing so in Tests as his batting average is significantly higher in Tests when he plays as a pure batsman.
'Sanga' belongs to a rare breed of cricketers who are poised with both grace and flamboyance. His understanding of the game is unparallel and as captain of the Sri Lankan side he has proven that there is a great head on those shoulders.
Virender Sehwag - Delhi Daredevils
Virender Sehwag About this sound pronunciation (born 20 October 1978, in Delhi, India), affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler.
By early 2009, Sehwag had reestablished himself as one of the best performing batsmen in ODI cricket. irender Sehwag returns to captaining the Delhi Daredevils in Season 4 of the IPL. The only player retained by the Delhi franchise, Sehwag has a simple attitude towards batting – see the ball and hit it.
Adam Gilchrist - Kings XI Punjab
Adam Craig Gilchrist AM (born 14 November 1971), nicknamed Gilly or Church,[2] is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national team through his aggressive batting.
The former Australia stumper, Gilly, to his friends and fans, is the first superstar wicketkeeper. He has earned the reputation of being a “walker”, or one who owns up to a fatal batting error even when it escapes the umpire’s attention.
Mahela Jayawardene - Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Mahela Jayawardene (born 27 May 1977), is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s. Despite his relatively low ODI average, Jayawardene is considered to be one of the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka and is generally held in high regard as a legend of the modern game along with team-mate Kumar Sangakkara.
He then scored 374, a Sri Lankan record, against South Africa at the SSC in Colombo adding 624 for the third wicket with Kumar Sangakkara - a first-class record.
Gautam Gambhir - Kolkata Knight Riders
Gautam Gambhir (born 14 October 1981, in Delhi) is an Indian cricketer, a batsman. He has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since 2003 (ODIs) and 2004 (Tests). He is also the only Indian, and one of only four international cricketers, to have scored five hundreds in five consecutive test matches. On July 2009, for a period of ten days he was the number one ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings.
Gambhir’s rise as a cricketer is most unusual - he was first noticed in T20 cricket, then proved himself in the ODI arena and finally scored big runs in Test cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar - Mumbai Indians
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket.
Tendulkar is certain to have almost all batting records against his name by the time he hangs up his boots. Success in the 20-over format seems to have eluded the Little Champion, both at the international level and in the IPL.
Yuvraj Singh - Pune Warriors India
Yuvraj Singh About this sound pronunciation born 12 December 1981 Chandigarh, India in a Jatt Sikh Family. He is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Yuvraj had skippered Kings XI Punjab in the first two editions and played under Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara in the previous edition. Star batsman Yuvraj Singh , who played a key role in India's World Cup win, said leading new IPL entrants Pune Warriors is big responsibility but he is excited to take up the challenge.
Daniel Vettori - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979) is a cricketer for the New Zealand cricket team, where he is the current captain. He is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs. In the fourth season of Indian Premier League, he was contracted by Royal Challengers Bangalore for US$550,000. He is currently the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team.
Royal Challengers has announced New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori as the captain of the team for IPL 2011. Vettori led a spirited New Zealand team to the World Cup 2011 semi-finals, only to lose to Sri Lanka. He is one of the most respected captains in the world and was praised for his leadership skills in the World Cup quarterfinals against South Africa which the Kiwis won by 49 runs.
Shane Warne - Rajasthan Royals
Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet and the only one still playing at the time.
Warne signed to play in the Indian Premier League for the Jaipur team, Rajasthan Royals in the first edition of the tournament, where he played the roles of both captain and coach. He led his team to victory against the Chennai Super Kings in a cliffhanger of a final match on 1 June 2008.