Indian Premier League is back; more glamourous;better prepared but this time in South Africa. IPL 1 was a huge hit in India last year. Indian elections has forced it to be scheduled outside India. This time the extra attraction is the new players who were drafted during the second auction. These include England's Kevin Pietersen, who will be palying for Bangalore Royal challengers and he will have added responsibility of captaining the side.
Andrew Flintoff who will be playing for Chennai and he was the highest paid player in the second auction getting around Rs.8 crores. Apart from them,Paul Collingwood,David Warner,Owais Shah(all three in Delhi Daredevils),Shaun Tait,Tyron Henderson(both in Rajasthan Royals),Jesse Ryder(Bangalore Royal Challengers),George Bailey(Chennai Superkings),Mashrafe Mortaza(Kolkatta Knight Riders),JP Duminy,Mohammed Ashraful(both in Mumbai Indians) are the stars who will be aentertaining the South African crowd. Also, this season Zaheer Khan will play for Mumbai Indians and Robin Uthappa will return to his home town of Bangalore.
After lots of negotiations and another open auction for the the TV rights, Sony MAX will once again telecast the matches LIVE in India at 4 and 8 PM IST starting from April 18th.
The detailed scheduled is :

MumbaiIndians Vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town April 18 4 p.m
Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Cape Town April 18 8 p.m
Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab Cape Town April 19 4 p.m
Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town April 19 8 p.m
Chennai Super Kings Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth April 20 8 p.m
Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban April 21 4 p.m
Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians Durban April 21 8 p.m
Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers Cape Town April 22 8 p.m
Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils Durban April 23 4 p.m
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town April 23 8 p.m
Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban April 24 8 p.m
Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers Durban April 25 4 p.m
Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town April 25 8 p.m
Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils Port Elizabeth April 26 4 p.m
Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town April 26 8 p.m
Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings Durban April 27 4 p.m
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians ort Elizabeth April 27 8 p.m
Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria April 28 8 p.m
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban April 29 4 p.m
Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians Durban April 29 8 p.m
Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria April 30 4 p.m
Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria April 30 8 p.m
Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders East London May 1 4 p.m
Kings XI Punjab Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban May 1 8 p.m
Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth May 2 4 p.m
Delhi Daredevils Vs Chennai Super Kings Johannesburg May 2 8 p.m
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab Port Elizabeth May 3 4 p.m
Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians Jhannesburg May 3 8 p.m
Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers East London May 4 8 p.m
Rajasthan Royals Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban May 5 4 p.m
Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban May 5 8 p.m
Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians Pretoria May 6 8 p.m
Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria May 7 4 p.m
Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria May 7 8 p.m
Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians East London May 8 8 p.m
Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab Kimberley May 9 4 p.m
Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals Kimberley May 9 8 p.m
Mumbai Indians Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth May 10 4 p.m
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg May 10 8 p.m
Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers Kimberley May 11 8 p.m
Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Pretoria May 12 4 p.m
Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab Pretoria May 12 8 p.m
Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers Durban May 13 8 p.m
Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings Durban May 14 4 p.m
Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals Durban May 14 8 p.m
Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein May 15 8 p.m
Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth May 16 4 p.m
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg May 16 8 p.m
Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg May 17 4 p.m
Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein May 17 8 p.m
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria May 18 8 p.m
Delhi Daredevils Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Johannesburg May 19 8 p.m
Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban May 20 4 p.m
Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban May 20 8 p.m
Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria May 21 4 p.m
Deccan Chargers Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Pretoria May 21 8 p.m
Semi Final 1 Pretoria May 22 8 p.m
Semi Final 2 Johannesburg May 23 8 p.m
Final Johannesburg May 24 8 p.m