Archive for the 'General' Category
Okay guys. Its a Sunday, we know all of you are at home watching IPl matches on TV. You don’t need our updates today to catch up on or to keep track of anything. So we are also taking it easy.
You know what happened today anyway. Deccan Chargers got it from Kolkata Knight Riders. After […]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comments
West Bengal government waives off the entertainment tax for Shah Rukh Khan’s show
Deccan Chargers to take on Knight Riders with a plan for McCullum
Robin Uthappa takes risks, and shines in Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore
IPL Twenty20: Favourite teams of bookies and their odds
Royal Challengers needs to tighten its attacks against Mumbai Indians on Sunday
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comments
After corporate giants and Bollywood stars, it is the bookies’ turn to exploit the riches of the cash-rich IPL-based bets.
Taking cues from the strengths and weaknesses of the teams on paper,
Bookies are rooting for Hyderabad based Deccan Challengers as the team to win the coveted tournament.
International betting houses like Ladbrokes have also entered IPL betting […]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, General | No Comments
The head of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) and the former Australian cricketer, Tim May, has started investigating how many players have not yet received their initial Indian Premier League fees as per the contract.
Tim May also warned that they could walk away with the contract if the problem is widespread.
May said that […]
April 17th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, Foreign Players, General | No Comments
Decision on his fitness to be taken later
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, captain of the Mumbai Indians IPL team, is excited to be part of Twenty20 as it gives him an opportunity to take on colleagues Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and M S Dhoni, as well as team up with his India mates Harbhajan […]
April 16th, 2008 | Posted in General, Mumbai Indians | No Comments
All the tickets for the first IPL match, on April 18, 2008, have been sold out. Tickets worth around Rs 8 lakh were sold from 18 counters on April 15, 2008.
Shahrukh Khan is said to have cut the cost of tickets to Rs 100, which will be available apart from the Rs 220, Rs 335, […]
April 15th, 2008 | Posted in Business, General, Media / TV | No Comments
For those of you who are trying to find logos of their favourite IPL teams, here is something. A bunch of logos which you can download and use in your blogs, or even hotlink directly to them if that’s your thing.
Kolkata Knight Riders Logo:
Bangalore Royal Challengers logo:
Delhi Daredevils logo
Mumbai Indians logo
Kings XI Punjab
Rajasthan Royals logo
Deccan […]
April 13th, 2008 | Posted in General | 3 Comments
Our IPL news through the week - go through them, remember we are just one week away from the start of the IPL extravaganza!
I’d be disappointed if Aussies place IPL over country: McGrath
Australia’s retired bowling great Glenn McGrath cannot believe some of his teammates are ready to shed national colours to join the cash-awash […]
April 11th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, General, Media / TV | No Comments
Perturbed by the soaring popularity of IPL much before the tournament has begun and shocked by the tendency to even shun playing for the country to exploit IPL riches, the England and Wales Cricket Board may soon set up an English Premier League (EPL) Twenty20, on the lines of IPL. Incidentally, IPL is modelled on […]
April 10th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, Foreign Players, General | No Comments
An Australian Cricketers Association survey has revealed that about half of the country’s cricketers would give up playing cricket for the country for a stint in the Lucrative IPL Twenty20.
Fouty seven percent of the national players said yes to this query , while 93 percent of state level players also had the same answer.
The […]
April 10th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, Foreign Players, General | No Comments