Know the nine teams of IPL6

New Delhi: As the battle begins for the sixth edition of Indian Premier League, let's take a quick look at the teams assembled for the fight.Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan, actor Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta was the winner of the last season of IPL in 2012. The captain of the team is Gautam Gambhir and Trevor Bayliss is the coach.Players: Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das, Eoin Morgan, Rajat Bhatia, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Ryan McLaren, Sachitra Senanayake, Shakiq al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manvinder Bisla, Brendon McCullum, Brad Haddin, Iqbal Abdullah, Laxmipathy Balaji, Shami Ahmed, Sarabjit Ladda, Pradeep Sangwan, Brett Lee, James Pattinson, Sunil Narine.Chennai Super Kings:This team is owned by BCCI boss N. Srinivasan, who is also the owner of India Cements and Gurunath Meyappan. Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of the team and Stephen Fleming is the coach. Andy Bichel and Steve Rixon are the bowling and fielding coaches respectively.Players: Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, S. Badrinath, Anirudh Srikkanth, Michael Hussey, Faf du Pklessis, Chris Morris, Ravindra Jadeja, Baba Aparajith, Vijay Shankar, Albie Morkel, Dwayne Bravo, M S Dhoni, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandra Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Ankit Rajput, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ronit More, Mohit Sharma, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ben Laughlin, Dirk Nannes, Nuwan Kulasekara, Akila dananayaya, Jason Holder, R. Karthikeyan.Delhi Daredevils:The Delhi franchise of IPL is owned by GMR Group and its captain is Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene. T A Shekhar is the coach of the team.Players: Virender Sehwag, Unmukt Chand, Manpreet Juneja, Kedar Jadhav, Venugopal Rap, David Warner, Kevin Pietersen, Jesse Ryder, Mahela Jayawardene , Gulam Bodi, Ashish Singhvi, Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Pawan Negi, Sujit Nayak, Jeevan Mendis, Johan Botha, Roelof van der Merwe, Andre Russell, Naman Ojha, C M Gautam, Ajit Agarkar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Umesh Yadav, Sidharth Kaul, Ashish Nehra, Morne Morkel, Varun Aaron, Royston Dias.Kings XI Punjab:The Mohali based franchise of IPL is under a shared ownership between industrialist Ness Wadia, The Oberoi Group, actor Preity Zinta, industrialist Mohit Burman and Karan Paul. The Punjab team is spearheaded by Adam Gilchrist. Darren Lehman is the coach, Mike Young is the fielding coach, Joe Dawes is the bowling coach.Players: Sunny Singh, Sidharth Chitnis, Mandeep Singh, Gurkirat Man Singh, Manan Vohra, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, David Miller, Paul Valthaty, Rajagopal Sathish, Vipul Sharma, David Hussey, Dmitri Mascarenhas, Azhar Mehmood, Adam Gilchrist, Nitin Saini, Praveen Kumar, Bhargav Bhatt, Harmeet Singh, Piyush Chawla, Parminder Awana, Manpreet Gony, Ryan Harris, Ankit Chaudhary, Sandip Sharma. Mumbai Indians:Mumbai Indians is Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani's baby. The franchise is jointly owned with the maximum share by IndiaWin Sports Private limited and Teesta Retail Private Limited. Ricky Ponting Singh is the captain of the team. John Wright is the coach, while Anil Kumble is the chief mentor.Players: Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Sushant Marathe, Jalaj Saxena, Ricky Ponting, Philip Hughes, Aiden Blizzard, Amitoze Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Glenn Maxwell, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Franklin, Jacob Oram, Dwayne Smith, Kieron Pollard, Akshar Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Aditya Tare, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Dhawal Kulkarni, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga.Pune Warriors India:The team joined IPL since 2011 and is under the ownership of Sahara India Pariwar. Angelo Matthews is the captain of the team while Praveen Amre is the assistant coach. Allan Donald is the chief coach.Players: Dheeraj Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Harpreet Singh, Anustup Majumdar, Tirumalasetti Suman, Udit Birla, Michael Clarke, Tamim Iqbal, Ross Taylor, Yuvraj Singh, Raiphi Gomez, Abhishek Nayar, Luke Wright, Marsh Mitchell, Steven Smith, Angelo Mathews, Marlon Samuels, Eklavya Dwivedi, Robin Uthappa, Mahesh Rawat, Ajantha Mendis, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Ali Murtaza, Shrikant Wagh, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Krishnakant Upadhyay, Ishwar Pande, Kane Richardson, Wayne Parnell, Alfonso Thomas. Rajasthan Royals:The Rajasthan based IPL franchise is owned by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, her entrepreneur husband Raj Kundra as well as Lachlan Murdoch, the scion of Murdoch empire. Rahul Dravid is the captain of the team. Paddy Upton is the chief coach.Players: Rahul Dravid, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Menaria, Owais Shah, Brad Hodge, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Ankit Chavan, Ajit Chandila, Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Shreevats Goswami, Dishant Yagnik, Kushal Pereira, Sanju Samson, Sidharth Trivedi, S. Sreesanth, Shaun Tait, Brad Hogg, Fidel Edwards, Samuel Badree, Harmeet Singh, Praveen Tambe, Amit Singh, Rahul Shukla.Royal Challengers Bangalore:Royal Challengers Bangalore is owned by liquor business tycoon Vijay Mallya, who is presently facing the heat from Kingfisher Airlines staff. Virat Kohli is the captain of the team while Ray Jennings is the coach. Venkatesh Prasad is the bowling coach for IPL's Bangalore based franchise.Players: Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Saurav Tiwari, Arun Karthick, Cheteshwar Pujara, Vijay Zol, Abhinav Mukund, Sunny Sohal, Karun Nair, Daniel Vettori, Andrew McDonald, Daniel Christian, Moise Henriques, Tilakratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Christopher Barnwell, A B deVilliers, Sheldon Jackson, Sreenath Aravind, Zaheer Khan, R P Singh, Abhimanyu Mithun, Syed Mohammad, Harshal Patel, Vinay Kumar, K P Apanna, Jayadev Unadkat, Pankaj Singh, Prasanth Prameswaran, Sandeep Warrier, Muthiah Muralitharan, Ravi Rampal, Murali Karthik.Sunrisers Hyderabad:It's the latest addition to the IPL 6 teams. The owner of IPL's Hyderabad based franchise is Kalanidhi Maran, the managing director and Chairman of Sun Network, South India's largest TV network owing allegiance to Karunanidhi's clan. The team is led by Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara and coached by Tom Moody.Players: Hanuma Vihari, Shikhar Dhawan, Dwarka Ravi Teja, Akshath Reddy, Karan Sharma, Cameron White, Chris Lynn, J P Duminy, Thalaivam Sargunam, Ashish reddy, Biplab Samantray, Thisara Perera, Nathan McCullum, Darren Sammy, Sachin Rana, Parthiv Patel, Kumar Sangakkara, Quinton de Kock, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Anand rajan, Ankit Sharma, Veer Pratap Singh, Sudeep Tyagi, Clint McKay.

Know the nine teams of IPL6

New Delhi: As the battle begins for the sixth edition of Indian Premier League, let's take a quick look at the teams assembled for the fight.Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Bollywood Badshah

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