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Majority of Aussie players prefer IPL money over playing for the country

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 [...]

Mohammad Kaif to replace Sachin Tendulkar in 2nd Test, Anil Kumble also injured

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 may play [...]

IPL teams and coaches

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, Ravi Shastri, Pataudi to select IPL Twenty20 player of the league

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 Modi announced [...]

Anil Kumble puts onus on batsmen ahead of 1st Test against South Africa; Rahul Dravid eyes 10,000-run club entry

India take on a resurgent South Africa in Chennai on Wednesday as skipper Anil Kumble seeks a first slot in Test rankings and key batsman Rahul Dravid chases the 80 rund he needs to make it to the 10,000-run club.
Rahul Dravid will become the only third Indian after Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar to enter [...]

ICC - BCCI to sign contract to protect international cricket

The ICC plans to sign a contract with BCCI to ensure that international cricket schedules are not jeopardized by IPL.
According to the contract, IPL must respect international schedules and not take on players that do not have board clearance to take part in IPL.
This would include players who have been retired for up to two [...]

2011 World Cup to have 2 teams less, Champions Trophy 2008 from September 11

The 2011 Cricket World Cup would have two teams less than the previous one, reports said.
The last Cricket World Cup in West Indies had 16 nations, inviting criticism that it prolonged the tournament and that including more teams would affect the standards of the game.
The ICC has not drawn up the schedule of the 2011 [...]

ICC may allow players to refer umpire’s decision to third umpires

The International Cricket Council is toying with the idea of allowing players to challenge umpires decision by referring it to TV umpires.
There have been many instances when decisions have gone awfully wrong, especially during India’s recent tour of Australia. Many believe umpiring errors cost India the Sydney test a reversal of which would have meant [...]

Delhi Daredevils IPL team updates, team composition, sponsors etc.

This is the Delhi Daredevils team composition as it stands on 18 March 2008.
Virender Sehwag (Captain)
Daniel Vettori
Mohammad Asif
Shoaib Malik
Dinesh Karthik
AB de Villiers
Farveez Maharoof
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Gautam Gambhir
Manoj Tiwary
Glenn McGrath
Rajat Bhatia
Shikhar Dhawan
Mithun Manhas
Mayank Tehlan
Pradeep Sangwan
Brett Geeves
GMR Sports, owner of the Delhi Daredevils team has announced the sponsors for its IPL team. Hero Honda will be the main sponsor [...]

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