Second IPL season may start on April 10, 2009

Lalit Modi, chairman and league commissioner, DLF Indian Premier League, today announced the tentative dates for the second season of the DLF Indian Premier League starting from April 10, 2009, to May 29, 2009.

He added that the tournament would retain the same format 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.

The first season begins on April 18 with a match between Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders and Vijay Mallya's Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.