Below are some of the cricketers who might miss some portion of Indian Premier League. DLF – IPL

Bangalore Royal Challengers
Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, and Dale Steyn: Till April 25
Ross Taylor: May 1 onwards
Shivnarine Chanderpaul : From around mid-May

Chennai Super Kings
Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram: May 1 onwards
Albie Morkel and Makhaya Ntini: Till April 25

Delhi Daredevils
AB de Villiers: Till April 25
Daniel Vettori: May 1 onwards

Deccan Chargers
Andrew Symonds: May 1 onwards
Herschelle Gibbs: Till April 25

Mumbai Indians
Shaun Pollock, Loots Bosman, and Ashwell Prince: Till April 25

Rajasthan Royals
Graeme Smith and Morne Morkel: Till April 25

Kolkata Knight Riders
Ricky Ponting and Brendon McCullum: May 1 onwards
Chris Gayle, if he chooses to play the Australia Tests: From around mid-May

Kings XI Punjab
Brett Lee and Kyle Mills: May 1 onwards
Ramnaresh Sarwan: From around mid-May

Mukesh Ambani has signed music director Anu Malik to compose for his team — Mumbai Indians’ – Indian Premier League.Javed Akhtar has written the lyrics and this song will be sung by Sonu Niigaam, Abhijeet, Udit Narayan, Kunal Ganjawala and Anu Malik.

A source describes the song, “It’s a signature Anu Malik composition and is based on the spirit of the city (of Mumbai). Anu and the team’s captain Sachin Tendulkar are both Mumbai boys.”

It is learnt that Mukesh personally approached Malik for the song and his wife Neeta closely worked with the composer on this project, “She was actively involved from the very first day. By the time the song got composed, she was quite impressed with Anu.It has a local flavour and at the same time has a very new-age rock sound to it.” A music video for the song will be shot in the coming days.

An new Lee in Indian Premier League and this time he is even better than the earlier Lee’s Hoog Lee is neither Bruce Lee nor Bret Lee.This was the Mascot for the King Khan and Prince of Kolkata ‘s team Kolkata Knight Riders.

SRK also released the anthem of the team, “Karbo, Larbo, Jeetbo Re” in a glittering ceremony which was witnessed by former India skipper Saurav Gangaly, Cricket Association of Bengal, Prasun Mukherjee, team coach John Buchanan and Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla.

Following Mascot was chosen for Rajasthan Royals.The Rajasthan Royals team has also choosen a Lion named Moochu Singh as their mascot.

‘Kings XI Punjab’ – Team Mohali of the Indian Premier League was officially launched at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 31st March 2008.On this occasion, actor and co-promoter of the team, Preity Zinta presented the First Golden Ticket to Vinay Sanjta and his family , winners of the BIG FM contest that was exclusively promoted over the last few days.

Positioning itself as a people driven and community lead team, Team Mohali will create and promote community centric activites like the Golden Ticket initiative, Scholarships, Cricket Clinics, Academies, which will be announced shortly. The promoters believe in nurturing talent at the grassroots level and are committed to developing the game of cricket especially in the Punjab region.It was also decided to price the tickets starting at Rs 50 so that its not out of the reach of any cricket lover.

On the occasion Teams Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Neil Maxwell, said ”We want to be recognized as the most significant, progressive and valuable Franchisee in the IPL – a brand who’s social, sporting and entertainment values create loyalty and embraces the community at every level. We are a people’s team. Our vision is to promote cricket sincerely and provide global exposure to local talent.” Commenting on the Team, coach, Tom Moody, said ”I am very excited about my team as we have some of the best players with us.