Kings XI Punjab start their IPL campaign on 13 March when they play Delhi Daredevils in Mohali.

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Flintoff then headed for South Africa, but made an unimpressive start to his IPL career, taking only two wickets in three matches at a cost of 105 runs - an economy rate of 9.54 - and making 62 runs, with a highest score of 24.

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Modi has revealed the IPL will start a month earlier in 2010, with matches taking place during March and April in a bid to avoid a clash with the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies in April and May.

BBC: IPL action begins in South Africa