India’s IPL matches will not get ICC international Twenty20 match status, the International Cricket Council has said.
The ICC says the DLF IPL Twenty20 tournament is a domestic cricket tournament, even though top stars from all over the world are participating.
The DLF IPL Twenty20 tournament features 8 teams and more than 70 international cricketers were auctioned [...]
The IPL organisers have formalised the selection process for India’s Under-19 players, who won the Under-19 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur recently.
IPL chairman Lalit Modi told a website that the Under-19 players for IPL Twenty20 tournament will have a fixed price of $30,000 and selection would be through a draw of lots.
From next year, [...]
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Anil Kumble says ODI team can become World No 1 this year
Shane Warne says IPL will not be an acrimonious affair
Harbhajan Singh vows to continue on-field antics
Ricky Ponting urged to [...]
The cash-rich Indian Premier League has vowed to utilise revenue from the Twenty20 tournament to boost cricket infrastructure in India, with an eye on the 2011 World Cup cricket.
IPL chairman and BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi said improving infrastructure would be the top priority for the BCCI, as it prepared to host the 2011 World Cup [...]
Indian Test cricket captain and Bangalore IPL star Anil Kumble feels the country can become the World Number 1 by the end of this year if the team can maintain the winning momentum.
India went down to Australia 2-1 in the fourth Test after a controversy marred Sydney Test, but went on to win the Perth [...]
Star Indian batsman and IPL Mumbai team icon Sachin Tendulkar has regained the World No. 1 batsman slot, deposing Australian captain Ricky Ponting, following his 399 runs in the Commonwealth Bank series in Australi, which India won 2-0 in the final.
Sachin Tendulkar’s impressive scores includes valiant knocks of an unbeaten 117 and 91 in [...]
Indian Cricket League has found a new supporter in former Aussie paceman Jason Gillespie, who retired last Friday and is set to join the rebel Indian League.
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Indian Cricket League has found a new supporter in former Aussie paceman Jason Gillespie, who retired last Friday and is set [...]
Legendary Australian leg spinner Shane Warne will don another role for the Jaipur IPL team apart from that of the skipper – Warne would also coach the team.
That means he would be in complete charge of the team which include South African captain Graeme Smith, Pak cricketers Younis Khan and Kamran Akmal.
Indian cricket coach says priority is Test team
Indian cricket team coach and former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten says he does not fit into the BCCI promoted Indian Premier League’s scheme of things as of now. Gary Kirsten, it seems, is wary of the huge sums of money which raw talents like Ishant Sharma has [...]
India’s Under-19 players have been asked by the BCCI not to sign contracts with Indian Premier League until a formula has been devised for dealing with raw, talents. This follows widespread complaints that various agents have swarmed them with lucrative offers distracting them from the ongoing Under-22 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
India meet New Zealand [...]