New entrants Sahara Pune Warriors have registered all 30 players for the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League, which start on April 8, while the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders, which failed to make it to the semi-finals in the past three editions, have only 20 on their roster.
Defending champions and runners-up Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have 24 and 23 players registered respectively.
Delhi Daredevils registered 29 players, RCB has 25 players. Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals have named 27 players for the cash-rich league.
The Preity Zinta-Ness Wadia co-owned Kings XI Punjab have named 23 players.
While Rajasthan Royals, who were penalised financially, exhausted their full purse, Mumbai Indians had only US $1739 of their US $9 million purse remaining. This is due to Mumbai Indians opting to retain four players --- Sachin Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh for US$ 4.5 million.
Deccan Chargers had the maximum amount, US $1.49 million, left after the buy-outs, followed by Kings XI Punjab, who had US $1.46 million (approx) left.
Chennai Super Kings
Image: Logo of Chennai Super KingsChennai Super Kings are the defending champions. They completed a unique double last year, winning both the IPL and Champions League Twenty20.
The team, owned by India Cements, is based in Chennai and led by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Team
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Suresh Raina
Murali Vijay
Wriddhiman Saha
Ravichandran Ashwin
Subramanium Badrinath
Joginder Sharma
Sudeep Tyagi
Abhinav Mukund
Aniruddha Shrikant
Ganapathi Vignesh
K Vasudevdas
Shadb Jakati
Vijaykumar Yomahesh.
Foreign
Albie Morkel
Michael Hussey
Dwayne Bravo
Doug Bollinger
Scott Styris
Ben Hilfenhaus
Nuwan Kulasekera
Suraj Randiv
George Bailey,
Faf du Plessis.
Mumbai Indians
Image: Logo of Mumbai IndiansMumbai Indians finished runners-up in the last edition of the tournament.
The team, owned by Reliance Industries, is captained by Sachin Tendulkar and based in Mumbai.
Team:Sachin Tendulkar
Harbhajan Singh
Rohit Sharma
Munaf Patel
Abu Nechim Ahmed
Aditya Tare
Ali Murtuza
Ambati Rayudu
Dhawal Kulkarni
Pawan Suyal
Rajagopal Sathish
Surul Kanwar
Surya Kumar Yadav
T Suman
Yazvendra Singh Chahal
Foreign
Kieron Pollard
Lasith Malinga
Andrew Symonds
Davy Jacobs
James Franklin
Moises Henriques
Alden Blizzard
Dilhara Fernando
Kolkata Knight Riders
Image: Logo of Kolkata Knight RidersKolkata Knight Riders is the only team among the original eight franchises that never made it to the semi-finals.
The franchise, owned by Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan and based in Kolkata, recently became the ire of local fans after they opted not to retain former India captain Sourav Ganguly in the IPL Players' Auction.
Team:
Gautam Gambhir
Yusuf Pathan
Manoj Tiwary
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Jaidev Unadkat
Iqbal Abdulla
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Manvinder Singh Bisla
Pradeep Sangwan
Rajat Bhatia
Sarabjit Ladda
Shami Ahmed
Shreevats Goswami.
Foreign
Jacques Kallis
Brad Haddin
Shakib Al Hassan
Brett Lee
Eoin Morgan
Ryan ten Doeschate
James Pattinson
Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Image: Logo of Kochi TuskersThe Indian Premier League's new entrants Kochi finally named their team and also released the team's logo.
The franchise is named 'Kochi Tuskers Kerala'.
Team:
VVS Laxman
S Sreesanth
R P Singh
Parthiv Patel
Ravindra Jadeja
Ramesh Powar
R Vinay Kumar
B Akhil
Chandan Madan
Deepak Chowghule
Kedar Jadhav
Raiphi Gomez
Sushant Marathe
Tanmay Srivastava
Y Gnanswara Rao
Yashpal Singh
Prashant Padmanabahan
Foreign
Mahela Jayawardene
Brendon McCullum
Steven Smith
Muttiah Muralitharan
Brad Hodge
Thisara Perera
Steve O'Keefe
Owais Shah
Michael Klinger
John Hastings.
Sahara Pune Warriors
Image: Logo of Sahara Pune WarriorsSahara Pune Warriors is the other new entrant in the fourth edition of the IPL, which kicks-off on April 8.
The team is owned by the Sahara Group and is based in Pune.
Team:
Yuvraj Singh
Robin Uthappa
Ashish Nehra
Murali Kartik
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Bhuvenshwar Kumar
Dheeraj Jadhav
Ekalavya Dwivedi
Ganesh Gaikwad
Harpreet Singh Bhatia
Harshad Khadiwale
Kamran Khan
Manish Pandey
Mithun Manhas
Mohnish Mishra
Rahul Sharma
Sachin Rana
Shrikant Wagh
Shrikant Mundhe
Imtiyaz Ahmed.
Foreign
Graeme Smith
Tim Paine
Angelo Mathews
Nathan McCullum
Callum Ferguson
Wayne Parnell
Mitchell Marsh
Jerome Taylor
Alfonso Thomas
Jesse Ryder
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Image: The logo of Royal Challengers BangaloreRoyal Challengers Bangalore finished second in 2009, having lost to Deccan Chargers in the final.
The team is owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya and based in Bangalore.
Teams:
Virat Kohli
Zaheer Khan
Saurabh Tiwary
Cheteshwar Pujara
Abhimanyu Mithun
Mohammed Kaif
Arun Karthik
CM Gautham
Abrar Kazi
Mayank Agarwal
Bharath Narayan
Raju Bhatkal
Sreenath Aravind
Ryan Ninan
Asad Khan Pathan
Foreign
Tillekratne Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Daniel Vettori
Dirk Nannes
Charl Langeveldt
Luke Pomersbach
Johan van der Wath
Rilee Rossouw
Nuwan Pradeep
Jonathan Vandiar
Rajasthan Royals
Image: Logo of Rajasthan RoyalsRajasthan Royals stunned one and all when they won the inaugural IPL in 2008 under the leadership of Australian spin legend Shane Warne.
The team, owned by a consortium that includes Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, was last year expelled by the BCCI but fought its way back after winning their case in the Mumbai high court.
The team is based in Jaipur.
Team:
Rahul Dravid
Pankaj Singh
Aakash Chopra
Abhishek Raut
Aditya Dole
Ajinkya Rahane
Amit Paunikar
Ashok Menaria
Deepak Chahar
Dishant Yagnik
Faiz Fazal
Nayan Doshi
Pinal Shah
Samad Fallah
Siddharth Trivedi
Stuart Binny
Amit Singh
Dinesh Salunkhe
Swapnil Asnodkar
Sumit Narwal
Ankeet Chavan
Foreign
Shane Warne
Shane Watson
Ross Taylor
Johan Botha
Paul Collingwood
Shaun Tait
Deccan Chargers
Image: Logo of Deccan ChargersDeccan Chargers scripted a remarkable turnaround to win the 2009 IPL after having finished bottom of the standings in the previous season.
The team, owned by the Deccan Chronicle newspaper, is based in Hyderabad.
Team:
Shikhar Dhawan
Ishant Sharma
Pragyan Ojha
Amit Mishra
Manpreet Gony
Akash Bhandari
Anand Rajan
Ankit Nagendra
Arjun Yadav
Ashish Reddy
Bharat Chipli
DB Ravi Teja
Harmeet Singh Bansal
Ishank Jaggi
Ishan Malhotra
Jaydev Shah
Kedar Devdhar
Sunny Sohal
Foreign
Kevin Pietersen
Cameron White
Kumar Sangakkara
JP Duminy
Dale Steyn
Daniel Christian
Chris Lynn
Juan Theron
Michael Lumb.
Kings XI Punjab
Image: Logo of Kings XI punjabKings XI Punjab was the other franchise that was expelled by the BCCI last year, but made its way back after challenging their explusion in the Bombay high court.
Kings XI Punjab, owned by a consortium that includes Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, made it to the semi-finals in 2009 but failed to make it to the last four in the next two editions.
The team is based in Mohali, Punjab.
Team
Dinesh Karthik
Abhishek Nayar
Praveen Kumar
Piyush Chawla
Bhargav Bhatt
Bipul Sharma
Love Ablish
Mandeep Singh
Nitin Saini
Paras Dogra
Paul Valthaty
Shalabh Srivastava
Siddharth Chitnis
Sunny Singh
Vikramjeet Malik
Amit Yadav
Foreign
Adam Gilchrist
Shaun Marsh
David Hussey
Stuart Broad
Ryan Harris
Dimitri Masceranhas
Nathan Remington.
Delhi Daredevils
Image: Logo of Delhi DaredevilsDelhi Daredevils were beaten in the semi-finals in the 2008 and 2009 edition, but failed to make it past the group stage last year.
The franchise, owned by GMR Group, is based in New Delhi.
Team:
Virender Sehwag
Irfan Pathan
Naman Ojha
Ajit Agarkar
Ashok Dinda
Umesh Yadav
Venugopal Rao
Aavishkar Salvi
Prashant Naik
Rajesh Pawar
Robin Bist
S Sriram
Tejashwi Yadav
Unmukt Chand
Varun Aaron
Vikash Mishra
Vivek Yadav
Yogesh Nagar
Shahbaz Nadeem
Foreign
David Warner
James Hopes
Morne Morkel
Aaron Finch
Mathew Wade
Roloef van der Merwe
Andrew McDonald
Travis Birt
Collin Ingram
Robert Frylinck.
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