Jesse Ryder’s bad boy reputation is not scaring off the wealthy owners of Indian Premier League cricket teams. The 24-year-old will be part of next year’s IPL auction to be held on February 6, a placement that could earn him anything from US$200,000 a year for the next couple of years.
Via Stuff
Following are the squads for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 to be held in India between Dec 3rd to 10th, 2008
Chennai Super Kings
M.S. Dhoni (captain), M. Hayden, M. Hussey, S. Raina, A. Morkel, S. Badrinath, C. Kapugedara, K.B. Arun Karthik, P. Patel, R. Ashwin, M. Muralitharan, M. Ntini, L. Balaji, M. Gony, S. Tyagi. Coach: [...]
The second season of the Indian Premier League is about six months away, but Bangalore team owner Vijay Mallya - who seems to be in a bring in the change mode - is gearing up to make his side a competitive unit.
Via CricketNext
Economic Times reports that Anshu Jain, head of global markets at Deutsche Bank, has bought a minority stake in Mumbai Indians, the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team owned by Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani.
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ENGLAND’S players were left angry and frustrated last night after talks about appearing in the megabucks Indian Premier League broke down.
Via TheSun
Uncertainty remained over the participation of England players in next year’s Indian Premier League with the talks between England and Wales Cricket Board and IPL here ended in a stalemate on the main issue of reciprocal release of players.
Via TOI
Former South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock has no desire to play cricket anymore which has left his Indian Premier League (IPL) team Mumbai Indians in a tizzy.
Via NDTV
Sourav Ganguly likes to keep the Australians waiting. The retired former Indian captain got on Steve Waugh’s nerves by being late for toss on several occasions and during the Indian Premier League, he kept his Kolkata Knight Riders’ teammate Ricky Ponting waiting at nets.
Via Hindu
English players are welcome to join the Indian Premier League, reiterated IPL commissioner Lalit Modi but he insisted that Kevin Pietersen and co will have to commit to at least 15 games in the cash-rich league, failing which no franchise would be interested in having them.
Via The Hindu
“If the IPL keeps growing … the next generation might opt for franchise over country. Everyone in the game should work towards ensuring that never happens,” he wrote in his new book Captain’s Diary 2008: A Season of Tests, Turmoil and Twenty20 to be released on Thursday.
Via Rediff
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