DLF Indian Premier League announces second season from April 10 to May 29, 2009

Friday, April 4th, 2008: Lalit Modi, Chairman & League Commissioner, DLF Indian Premier League, today announced that the tentative dates for the second season of the DLF Indian Premier League will be from April 10th, 2009 to May 29th, 2009. The League Chairman and Commissioner also announced that the format of the tournament will remain the same as that of the inaugural season.
The eight franchises will first play against one another in a league on home and away basis. The top four teams will then figure in the two semi-finals and the winners of the semi-finals will clash in the final.
Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner, DLF Indian Premier League said, "The dates of the second season of the DLF Indian Premier League were decided at a meeting of the Governing Council of the DLF Indian Premier League held in Mumbai. I am confident of the inaugural season becoming a huge success and the second season will be even a bigger success."
The inaugural season of the DLF Indian Premier League is ready to kick off on April 18th, 2008, with some high voltage action expected between Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders and Dr. Vijay Mallya's Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore.
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