Archive for March, 2009

Kingfisher Airlines to offer fan packages to IPL 2

By ⋅ March 30, 2009 ⋅ 22 comments

As the official airline and travel partner to the DLF Indian Premier League, Kingfisher Airlines will extend its hospitality to not only all the teams and players of the DLF Indian Premier League but will also offer IPL fans in India the unique opportunity to travel to South Africa to root for their favourite teams [...]

Group M, UFO Moviez lead race for IPL’s multiplex rights

By ⋅ March 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Group M, a leading media agency, and UFO Moviez, digital movie exhibitors and distributors, are said to be front runners to bag the in-theatre telecast rights for the second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), starting April 18. Via BS

Race to South Africa

By ⋅ March 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Three weeks to the opening of Indian Premier League Season II and franchisees are busy to get their pseudo home base in South Africa. Rajasthan Royals were first of the block and have tied up with Cape Cobras and will be based from Cape Town. Mumbai Indians have chosen Durban, while Kolkata Knight Riders are [...]

Knight Riders rope in Langeveldt

By ⋅ March 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

All the teams are desperate to get some South African players in the side to exploit the home ground advantage. CricketNext reports that Langeveldt has struck a deal with the Kolkata Knight Riders after his county team Derbyshire ‘reluctantly’ set him free to participate in the five week cricket extravaganza starting from April 18. Via [...]

Rajasthan Royals to be based in Cape Town

By ⋅ March 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian Premier League Champions Rajasthan Royals announced on Friday that it will be based at Sahara Park Newlands in Cape Town in their preparations for the IPL in South Africa starting April 18. Via CricketNext

IPL 2009 match schedules released

By ⋅ March 27, 2009 ⋅ 27 comments

South Africa is the new venue which will host IPL season 2 from April 18. The tournament will now be held between April 18 and May 24, which will feature 59 matches. The tournament would start from April 18, a delay of about one week from the original schedule. The schedule (All times IST): April [...]

KP, Freddie hit hard by IPL late start

By ⋅ March 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The costliest players on the Indian Premier League roster, England’s Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff stand to lose as much as 150,000 pounds (USD 219,511 approx) due to the organisers’ decision to push back the event’s start by a week as their work has been cut to 14 days. Via NDTV

IPL 2009 Teams & Squads

By ⋅ March 25, 2009 ⋅ 92 comments

Royal Challengers International players: Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, Jesse Ryder and Roelof van der Merwe. Indian players: Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Srivastava Goswami, R. Suteesh, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Karan [...]

South Africa to host second edition of IPL

By ⋅ March 24, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

According to reports, IPL chief Lalit Modi met with Cricket South Africa chief Gerard Majola in Johannesburg on Tuesday after which the African nation’s decision to stage the Twenty20 tournament was made known. Modi and Majola are scheduled to make an official announcement at 2030 IST. Via Rediff

IPL inches closer to England

By ⋅ March 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Four Indian Premier League officials, including Lalit Modi, are set to fly to London tomorrow, after the England and Wales Cricket Board signalled its willingness to stage the competition in England, the Press Trust of India agency has reported. Via Guardian

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