Shahrukh Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Adam Gilchrist at IPL Awards 2010 Performance

Yuvraj Singh of Kings XI (Punjab) and Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist doing a jig on stage with Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan at IPL Awards 2010 (Photos/Images).

Yusuf Pathan of Rajasthan Royals performing with SRK

Yusuf Pathan with Shilpa Shetty and SRK.

SRK and Yusuf Pathan performing on stage

Pictures of IPL Awards 2010 Red Carpet

Preity Zinta

Shilpa Shetty With Husband Raj Kundra

Dia Mirza

Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jessia Rampal

Mugdha Godse

Gaurav Kapur

Lalit Modi

Anil Kumble with his family

Amrita Rao

Yusuf Pathan and Irfan Pathan

Vijay Mallya

Vida Samadzai

Talat Aziz with his wife Bina

Siddharth Mallya.

Shamita Shetty

Sameera Reddy

Ronit Roy

Priyanka Chopra's parents, Ashok Chopra and Madhu Chopra

IPL Awards 2010 Night, View Pictures of Bollywood and Cricket Stars Perfoming at the Event

Despite the raging controversy around the IPL, Bollywood and Cricket stars who attended and made their presence felt at the Awards Ceremony/Function.

Photographs From IPL Awards 2010

Yuvraj Singh, Shah Rukh Khan and Adam Gilchrist attends the IPL Awards Night at the Grand Hyatt on April 23, 2010 in Mumbai, India.

Actress Katrina Kaif performs on stage at the IPL Awards Night at the Grand Hyatt on April 23, 2010 in Mumbai, India.

Actress Priyanka Chopra performs on stage at the IPL Awards Night at the Grand Hyatt on April 23, 2010 in Mumbai.

Saurav Ganguly attends the IPL Awards Night at the Grand Hyatt on April 23, 2010 in Mumbai.

Lalit Modi hugs Preity Zinta during the IPL Awards Night at the Grand Hyatt on April 23, 2010 in Mumbai, India.

Karan Johar with Shilpa Shetty attends the IPL Awards Night

Actress Neha Dhupia (L) with Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya (R) at the IPL Awards Night at the Grand Hyatt on April 23, 2010 in Mumbai, India.

Yuvraj Singh (C) performs on stage with Mugdha Godse (R) & Neha Dhupia (L) at the IPL Awards Night

Sameera Reddy with Lalit Modi

Preity Zinta at IPL awards 2010

Lalit Modi with Mehr Rampal

A R Rahman performs on stage at the IPL Awards Night

Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra, who own the Rajasthan Royals IPL team, at the awards ceremony picture: Viral Bhayani The IPL controversy is getting murkier and murkier, with more and more big names coming under the scanner for allegedly being involved in money laundering, match-fixing, receiving kick-backs and being proxies. But at the Sahara IPL Awards held at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on April 23, the gathering of Bollywood stars and cricket stars were not focusing on the scandal. They were there to honour the best from this year's IPL tournament. And they also showed their support for the man in the middle of one of the biggest scandals ever seen in India - IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.

Bollywood representatives at the event included Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Preity Zinta, (all three IPL team owners), Arjun Rampal, Karan Johar, Amrita Rao, Sameera Reddy, and many others. Meanwhile, the IPL players were all there too. And there was a lot of bonding going on between everyone.

Shilpa Shetty posted a picture of herself with Preity Zinta on her Twitter account and wrote, "Revelry off the field and Rivalry on the field;) ha ha. PZs such a sport!"

And what did Preity have to say? She posted on her Twitter account, "It was so nice to see Lalit (Modi) smile despite all hell breaking loose in the media. U have 2 give it 2 him for making IPL what it is!"

Preity added later, "Hope the truth comes out and media speculation stops! Breaks my heart to see IPL bashing by any and everyone."

Arjun Rampal, who has been organising the IPL after-parties with his wife Mehr, tweeted, "Just finished the IPL awards. Srk rocked the house was in great form, Karan was superb and an endearing speech from Lalit Modi."

He continued, "The sportsmen were truly sporting, Bajji, Yusuf, Rahul and Dada..take a bow. Vijay Mallya can sing. Dada and Srk still need to practice."


The first ever IPL awards concluded tonight in Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. As expected Sachin Tendulkar dominated the ceremony as he picked up 3 major awards that includes the Jury awards for Best Batsman followed by the two viewers choice award for Best Batsman and Best Captain.

The Jury was formed by Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Umpire Simon Taufel, former Indian quickie Javagal Srinath, Commentator Harsha Bhogle and Lalit Modi asthey also handed out awards to the likes Kieron Pollard (Best Debut Performance) , Jacques Kallis (Best Consistent Performer) and even M.A Chinnaswamy Stadium and DY Patil Stadium took the honors for the best Stadium respectively.

Legendary Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev was awarded with an Indian Captain’s Choice Award (An Indian Cricketing Legend I would want in my team).


List of IPL 2010 Award winners


IPL Jury Awards

Best Debut Performance: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)

Best Batsman: Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)

Best Bowler: Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)

Best Dramatic Performance: Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians)

Most Consistent Performer: Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Best Breakthrough Performance 2008: Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Best Breakthrough Performance 2009: Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Best Fielder: AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils)

Best Ground: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Best Stadium Experience: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai


Viewers’ Choice Awards

Best Catch: David Hussey (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Best Batsman: Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)

Best Captain: Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)

Best Bowler: Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)

Best Commentator: Ravi Shastri

Most Stylish Player: Robin Uthappa (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Most Fan-Friendly Cricketer: Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)

Best Fielder: Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings)


Statistical Awards

Most Economical Bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin (Chennai Super Kings)

Fastest Hundred: Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)

Highest Percentage of Runs Scored in Boundaries: Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)

Indian Cricketing Legend I Would Want in my Team: Kapil Dev


IPL Awards Jury

Lalit Modi (Convener)

Sunil Gavaskar

Brian Lara

Javagal Srinath

Simon Taufel

Harsha Bogle

Mukesh Ambani's Wife Neeta Ambani Hugs (Lifted By) Harbhajan Singh After IPL 2010 Semi-Final Win

Harbhajan Singh Hugs and Lifts Neeta Ambani in Joy.

Mumbai Indians won against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Semi-finals of DLF IPL 2010 to reach the finals. What Neeta Ambani did after her team won, came as a surprise to many. Mrs Ambani came running onto the field, and without realizing that millions were watching her, she jumped over Harbhajan Singh, who lifted her in a joyous mood.

IT Raids Against SRK's KKR Find 'Evidence' of Dubious Ownership Pattern, Mauritius-Based Shell Companies Linked

A battery of 10 officials from the IRS and the income tax (IT) department strode into the CAB and KKR franchise offices at Eden Gardens to check for IPL-related documents and computer files. Tax officials who conducted search operations at the offices of the Bengal Cricket Association (CAB) and Shah Rukh Khan Co-Owned Kolkata Knight Riders till the early hours of Thursday in Kolkata claimed to have found "incriminating evidence" of irregularities. Kolkata Knight Riders franchise/Team is jointly owned by SRK, Juhi Chawla and husband Jai Mehta.

Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla

"We have found incriminating evidence. We will investigate further. We needed to have a look at certain transactions and we've found whatever we were looking for," said Indian Revenue Service Deputy Director Akhilendu Jadhav.

The main angle that the sleuths of the Directorate of Income Tax Investigation were looking for on the probe into the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises was the legality of money transfers from tax havens abroad, primarily Mauritius, officials explained.

Juhi Chawla's Husband Jai Mehta

This apart, officials of the Directorate of Enforcement were probing the legitimacy of transactions between the franchise and the state's cricket board, the officials added.

Searches at both the board's office at the Eden Gardens stadium and the premises of Kolkata Knight Riders and its parent Red Chillies Entertainment of actor Shah Rukh Khan at ITC Sonar Bangla and Shakespeare Sarani began at 3 pm on Wednesday.

CAB joint secretary Biswarup Dey, who was present during the raids, said the IT officials went through various files of KKR and IPL.

“We handed over whatever they wanted. Some were related to 2008. Some papers we could not give which we would give later,” said Dey.

IT officials reportedly could not trace some files pertaining to agreements between the KKR and CAB. IT officials may visit the offices again, sources said.

The I-T raids may have been part of a nationwide crackdown on all the franchises in wake of the IPL scam, but it has raised serious questions about the ownership pattern in KKR. The public perception is that the KKR is co-owned by Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh and his one-time co-star Juhi Mehta and her husband Jay Mehta, but the I-T sleuths are now probing several Mauritius-based shell companies that have been linked to the Kolkata franchise.

According to sources, the I-T officials were specifically looking for files of a Mauritius-based company, through which funds have been routed to Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd, a company owned by Shah Rukh Khan and wife Gauri, that co-owns KKR. Interestingly, sources say, the taxmen have found out that Shah Rukh and Jay Mehta have very little stake in the team. The majority money had come from Mauritius. Investigators are trying to track down the money route to the source. Knights are rated the second most valuable IPL franchise brand.

I-T officials hit four places simultaneously on Wednesday afternoon: the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) office, a CAB library that KKR (Red Chillies) uses as its office, KKR’s public relations agency Gameplan, and even ITC Sonar that hosted the Knights during matches at Eden. Late in the evening, IT officials also called upon CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya’s house. Taxmen are also looking into Red Chilles’ dealings with a company called Craving Dreams that handled all their post-match IPL parties at the official team hotel.

An income-tax report, published in the media earlier this week, not only raises certain uncomfortable questions about the holding pattern in three franchises, namely, KKR, Kings XI Punjab and the Rajasthan Royals, but also hints that IPL chairman Lalit Modi has interests in all three.

The federal revenue department had Wednesday broadened the probe into the financial deals of IPL, even conducting search operations on three of its event management and broadcast firms in Mumbai, apart from the franchises.

The 10 franchises under scrutiny are Kochi's Rendezvous Sports, Pune's Sahara group, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.

Katrina Kaif Hugs Siddharth Mallya at an IPL Nights After Match Party in Mohali

Siddharth Mallya Hugs Katrina Kaif (Bollywood Celebrity) at the IPL Nights after match party following the 2010 DLF Indian Premier League T20 group stage match between the Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Hotel Mount View on April 2, 2010 in Mohali, India.

Katrina With Siddharta Mallya At a Deccan Chargers DLF ILP 2010 Match.

Shilpa Shetty With Husband Raj Kundra at IPL 2010 Matches and Parties

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra's Team Rajasthan Royals Wins its Fourth Straight/Consecutive Indian Premier League 2010 T20 Match. The Royals are on a roll.

Pictures of Shilpa Shetty With Raj Kundra at IPL 2010 Matches and After Match Nights Party/PartiesShilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra, owners of the Rajasthan Royals

Raj Kundra lifts wife Shilpa Shetty, during the 2010 DLF Indian Premier League T20 group stage match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals played at Sardar Patel Motera Stadium on March 28, 2010 in Ahmedabad, India

Shane Warne, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra of the Royals during the 2010 DLF IPL T20 match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals played at Sardar Patel Motera Stadium on March 28, 2010 in Ahmedabad

Shamita Shetty, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra of Rajasthan Royals attend a fashion show at the IPL Nights party held at Courtyard by Marriott on March 26, 2010 in Ahmedabad, India.

Shilpa Shetty’s IPL team, the Rajasthan Royals, are having a spectacular turnaround in this year’s edition of the IPL tournament. At the match played at Ahmedabad today (March 28), her team defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 17 runs. The Royals scored 178, while Super Kings could only manage 160/6.

After three losses in a row, her team has now won four consecutive matches. And what’s the secret to this dramatic change of fortunes? According to Shilpa, it’s prayers. She tweeted before the match, “At the stadium, RR vs CSK. Sweaty palms not the heat jus excited..pl do wat u do best,Pray!:)its been workin,and how!:)”

It seems like it worked today too, after the Royals won. Shilpa posted after the match, “Yippppppeeeeeeeeeeee:)YES!!!!V WON:) thrilld to bits.The Royals were Fab,wat a performance!4wins in a row:) thanks 4 al the wishes,u al Rock.”