Archive for June, 2008

IPL team owners divided over $5-mn cap on hiring players

By admin ⋅ June 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise owners are sharply divided over the $5-million cap imposed by the cricket board for buying players. With the teams having the right to trade players from the upcoming season, a few franchise owners want the bar to be increased, or scrapped.
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Half of all players would quit England to play in India

By admin ⋅ June 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

England’s top players have given the England and Wales Cricket Board a shot across the bows after it was revealed half of them would consider quitting international cricket early to play in the Indian Premier League.
More: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/cricket/article.html?in_article_id=189230&in_page_id=44

Ponting worried by IPL’s success

By admin ⋅ June 20, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Australian captain Picky Ponting is worried by the immense popularity of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and feels that cricket administrators have to manage the rapid growth of the Twenty20 league to ensure that international cricket remains at the pinnacle of the game.
More: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/
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In 1st innings, IPL bowls out one-day series

By admin ⋅ June 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In a sure sign that recent changes in the business of cricket are here to stay, yesterday’s India-Pakistan one-day final of a tri-series failed to attract television viewers to the extent recent Indian Premier League (IPL) matches did…
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IPL franchisees may have better margins than Arsenal, Man U

By admin ⋅ June 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

MR DUSHYANT SINGH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, KPMG INDIA says “For the IPL franchisees, we believe that steady EBITDA margins of 30 per cent are achievable by the fifth year; how each IPL franchisee performs would depend on how effectively it builds and monetises its fan base and how well it is able to control its cost [...]

Corporates queue up for next IPL season

By admin ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The curtain has come down on the first episode of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but the excitement, nervousness and anticipation persists with corporates queuing up to sign on the dotted lines, for the next season. The episode, as they say in marketing parlance, continues unabated, with new tie-ups with the four teams who played [...]

Vengsarkar linked with IPL post

By admin ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The multi-billion-dollar Indian Premier League appears to have netted another big name with Dilip Vengsarkar, the former India captain and current chairman of selectors, reportedly set to join the league as its Director of Operations. Reports suggest Vengsarkar, whose tenure ends in September, will join the IPL for a two-year period and is expected to [...]

Vengsarkar to take up IPL job?

By admin ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Express India reports that the cash-rich Indian Premier League has reportedly approached chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar to take up the post of Director of Cricket Operations after he completes his term on the national selection panel in September-end.
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Vengsarkar-to-take-up-IPL-job/321459/

Corporates queue up for next IPL season

By admin ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The curtain has come down on the first episode of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but the excitement, nervousness and anticipation persists with corporates queuing up to sign on the dotted lines, for the next season. The episode, as they say in marketing parlance, continues unabated, with new tie-ups with the four teams who played [...]

Salary cap to stay: Modi

By admin ⋅ June 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi today ruled out lifting the salary cap on the franchisees from the second edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza. Modi said in a statement that the players are legally bound by their three-year contract with their respective franchisees and they have to abide by that.
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