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| Top Stories Its back, the IPL returns with a bang The big hitting, all shouting, bold and brash Indian Premier League returns tonight when the defending champions, the Chennai Super Kings clash with the Kolkata Knight Riders in front of a world wide audience Nayar aiming to shine for the Kings XI Kings XI Punjab all-rounder Abhishek Nayar is aiming to use the upcoming Indian Premier League as a spring board to launch his international career Sangakkara hoping Chargers can challenge Having been made Deccan Chargers skipper, Kumar Sangakkara is hopeful the 2009 IPL champions can once again challenge despite rebuilding their squad during the winter Dhoni happy with Super Kings line up World Cup winner skipper MS Dhoni arrived in Chennai on Wednesday to join up with the Super Kings squad ahead of their clash against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday night Rebuilt Kings XI looking to start a fresh Having hit rock bottom last season the Kings XI Punjab will be looking for a change in fortune after a mass clear out of the squad which performed so badly last year Royals struggles look to continue in 2011 The Rajasthan Royals are a pale shadow of the team which won the inaugural IPL title in 2008 and will struggle once again after facing a winter of legal problems Tuskers aiming to cause one or two shocks Having survived a number of ownership controversies since winning the franchise auction last spring the Kochi Tuskers Kerala will feel happy just to compete in this year’s tournament Vettori named new Royals Challengers skipper New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori has been announced as the new Royals Challengers Bangalore skipper ahead on the start of the IPL on Friday night Royal Challengers aiming for title push Despite reaching the final four in each of the previous two seasons the Royal Challengers Bangalore will be looking to go one step further with a completely revamped team for 2011 New look Chargers looking for instant success The Deccan Chargers, surprise winners of the 2009 tournament in South Africa will be looking to bounce back after crashing out of last years tournament in the semi finals Kings XI snap up Miller to strengthen squad The Kings XI Punjab have announced the signing of David Miller as they look to fill the gaps left by Stuart Broad and Dimitri Mascarenhas who were ruled out the tournament through injury Big spending Warriors look likely to challenge The Pune Warriors look set to make a big impact during their inaugural season thanks to a number of higher profile signings which the franchise made during the Player Auction in January Tendulkar and Pollard the key for the Indians Having lost out to the Chennai Super Kings in last years IPL final the Mumbai Indians will be looking to mount a serious challenge once again this year DareDevils looking to lose nearly man tag The Delhi DareDevils come into this year’s tournament looking to lose their nearly man tag after suffering heartache in each of the previous three tournaments |
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