IPL will have worldwide impact

Shane warne says:
“It is not a case of putting the Indian Premier League before my county. Yes, I am excited about coaching and captaining the Rajasthan Royals and I believe that the IPL will give a huge boost to cricket worldwide”

Kotla gets light

Delhi’s Ferozeshah Kotla became the world’s first stadium to have the ultra modern floodlighting system that will help make the television pictures sharper and slow motion replays slower for better viewing.
Installed by General Electric (GE) at a cost of about Rs. 37.5 million ($940,000), the floodlighting meets all the latest specifications of the International Cricket [...]

Akki for Daredevils

The Delhi Daredevils have roped in Bollywood daredevil Akshay Kumar to represent them. The team captained by ‘hot-in-news’ Virendra Sehwag is charged by this development. Reveals a source, “Akshay Kumar’s image truly represents the team’s spirit. His inclusion will inject more enthusiasm into the team.”
And though the actor also has a stake in Delhi’s Daredevils, [...]

Haynes worried Twenty20 leagues will affect Test cricket

West Indies batting legend Desmond Haynes is worried about the impact of the lucrative Indian Twenty20 leagues on mainstream cricket.
Speaking at the Ministry of Sport Symposium on re-building West Indies cricket on Wednesday, the former opening batsman suggested that the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Indian Cricket League could cripple Test cricket.
“I am worried [...]

DLF IPL 2008 fixtures

Date
Fixture
Venue

April, Fri 18
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT
1st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sat 1917:00 local, 11:30 GMT
2nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

April, Sat 19 20:30 local, 15:00 GMT
3rd match - Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

April, Sun [...]

BCCI ignored MRF Foundation

T.A. Sekar, the renowned bowling coach who shaped the careers of many pacers in the sub-continent, has hit out at the Indian cricket board for ignoring the MRF Pace Foundation, an organisation that has helped India strengthen its pace attack.
“Today India has an impressive line up of fast bowlers mainly due to [...]

Back to basics if IPL venture fails: Shah Rukh

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, who owns an Indian Premier League cricket team, will give a year’s time to the new venture and if it doesn’t work for him, it will be back to films fulltime.
“It’s not a winning business at this point in time… I won’t be able to survive unlike other [...]

For the fans, By the fans

Fans have launched a website for the Mumbai Indians. The official website of the IPL mumbai team is not yet up. However a Mumbai Indians website has surfaced. The website features blog, forum, gallery, team news, player profiles and polls.
Check out: http://www.mumbai-indians.com/
The official website and the fans URL would have some clash as they both [...]

IPL ‘no threat’ to the English game

One of the Indian Premier League’s co-founders has launched a robust defence of the billion-dollar competition, which many fear could woo the best English players away from the domestic game.
After Shane Warne’s exit from Hampshire last week, and warnings from the Professional Cricketers’ Association, the IPL are now seen as a major threat to the [...]

It’s a royal challenge to make money in IPL

Bangalore’s Royal Challengers expect to end the inaugural year of the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL) with a deficit of about Rs 25-30 crore, its chief executive said. The sharing of tickets between the stakeholders has emerged as a bone of contention ahead of the first match on April 18. The UB Group, which won [...]