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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Sachin Tendulkar will make way for Mohammad Kaif in the second Test against South Africa due to an injury during the first Test in Chennai. The second Test starts on April 3 in Ahmedabad. Sachin Tendulkar’s groin injury worsened while fielding in Chennai test. Meanwhile, captain Anil Kumble is also nursing a groin injury, but [...]
After the war for big players, the Indian Premium League teams have begun hunting for the super coaches. Many a big name in cricket world has already joined as coaches of different cash-rich IPL teams. With hype on IPL catching up aggressively, teams are busy recruiting celebrity veterans in international cricket to train the young [...]
Sunil Gavaskar, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Ravi Shastri, all former Indian captains, will form the panel to select the Player of the League in the DLF IPL Twenty20 tournament. The Player of the League will be awarded a million rupees by Twenty20 title sponsors, DLF, India’s largest listed real estate firm. IPL chairman Lalit [...]