Indian Premier League 4

Contents [hide] 1 Changes 2 Pre-season trades and signings 2.1 Trade window 2.2 Signings 2.3 Re-signings 2.4 Retirements 2.5 Withdrawals 2.6 Player auction 3 Build-up 4 Stadiums 5 Rules and regulations 6 Teams and standings 7 League progression 8 Results 8.1 Group stage 8.2 Knockout stage 9 Warm-up games 10 Group stage 11 Semi-finals 12 Final 13 Statistics 13.1 Batting 13.1.1 Most runs 13.1.2 Best batting strike rate 13.2 Bowling 13.2.1 Most wickets 13.2.2 Best economy 14 Other awards 15 References 16 External links

[edit] Changes

Some of the rules were changed for the 2009 edition of the IPL. The number of international players allowed in any one squad was increased from 8 to 10 although the number allowed in any playing 11 remained at 4.^[16] The players purchase cap was increased from 5 to 7 million^{[clarification needed]}. The BCCI also negotiated with the ECB to allow English cricketers to participate in the 2009 edition of the IPL. English players were allowed to play for 21 days in between their tour to West Indies and the subsequent return tour.^[17]

[edit] Pre-season trades and signings

[edit] Trade window

Teams were reluctant to trade initially due to the troubled economic times and the general desire to concentrate on building a well-rounded team as opposed to making profits out of trades.^[18] Kolkata were initially inclined to present Pakistani express bowler Shoaib Akhtar for trade but later withdrew from a deal.^{[19][not in citation given]}

Player 1	New team of player 1	Player 2	New team of player 2
Zaheer Khan	Mumbai Indians	Robin Uthappa	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Ashish Nehra	Delhi Daredevils	Shikhar Dhawan	Mumbai Indians
Jaydev Shah	Mumbai Indians	Pankaj Singh	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Manish Pandey	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Gaurav Dhiman	Mumbai Indians

[edit] Signings

Delhi Daredevils scouts prompted management to sign David Warner early in the off-season

With most international players are (barring members of the England squad and Indian Cricket League players) signing up for the first season on multi-season contracts, the emphasis for off-season signings for 2009 were possible up-and-coming young players from international domestic circuits. Some teams, including the Delhi Daredevils sent scouts to domestic and 'emerging player' matches held in Australia to sign up players.^[20]