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Fatafat cricket

By ideawagon ⋅ March 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Rajiv Shukla’s interview with rediff on Indian Premier League. Rajiv Shukla is the vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
“People will throng the stadiums because it’s a different combination, which includes foreign players and celebrities. The Ranji Trophy doesn’t have the 20-20 format. This is one-and-half hour of quick cricket with [...]

Local game, Big passions

By ideawagon ⋅ March 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

International cricket, played in the five-day and one-day formats, has been losing audience the world over. Most matches between countries today are played to empty stadiums and yawning crowds. But professional and college football in the US and soccer in Europe attract hundreds of millions of fans every weekend.
What gives? Why [...]

What’z cooking Mohali?

By ideawagon ⋅ March 17, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

We know almost all the names of the IPL teams that are participating in the inaugural IPL tournament, except for Mohali team. No news on what is their team name or their promotional video anthem etc.
Is Preity waiting for every other team to release their team names, logos, promo ads and then outshine all the [...]

How teams stack up - Round II

By ideawagon ⋅ March 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A glimpse of how the teams stack up after the second auction. A neat article done by cricinfo.
Bangalore
Bangalore have a far more balanced look after the second auction. Just when the batting order appeared too conventional for Twenty20, they poached Misbah-ul-Haq, someone who will add the X-factor. Shreevats Goswami, the Under-19 player acquired on Tuesday, [...]

Taufel pulls out of IPL matches

By ideawagon ⋅ March 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Simon Taufel, the International Cricket Council (ICC) best-rated umpire has pulled out of the list to officiate in the forthcoming IPL (Indian Premier League) matches. This was revealed by Dheeraj Malhotra, the IPL tournament director.
“Simon Taufel has pulled out due to his personal reasons,” said Malhotra.
Earlier, it may be recalled here that Taufel had expressed [...]

Revenues from IPL to improve infrastructure

By ideawagon ⋅ March 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi says the revenues from the Twenty20 League will be used by the Cricket Board to improve the game’s infrastructure on a priority basis ahead of the 2011 World Cup to be held in the sub-continent.
“The revenues of the DLF Indian Premier League would go [...]

Reebok Cricket Star Twenty20

By ideawagon ⋅ March 5, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Reebok, India’s largest sportswear brand today announced the commencement of Reebok Cricket Star Twenty20, a nationwide talent hunt to discover the most promising young cricketer of India. Reebok Cricket Star Twenty20 talent hunt will be conducted across the eight IPL cities. The cricket legend Greg Chappell will judge the selection trials. [...]

Chennai Super Kings on the bourses

By ideawagon ⋅ March 3, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

India Cements Limited (ICL) which won the bid of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchisee for Chennai, is planning to list ‘Chennai Super Kings’ in the next two years. The company believes that its franchisee will become a major league on the lines of European and and US leagues and expects it to grow substantially in [...]

Misbah for IPL Kolkata

By ideawagon ⋅ February 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Pakistan’s batting mainstay Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday signed up for $ 180,000 to play for the Kolkata team in the Indian Premier League set to start from April 18.
Misbah was sought by the Kolkata team led by former India captain Sourav Ganguly as an afterthought to fill in for some players who might not be available [...]

IPL Team Logos

By ideawagon ⋅ February 26, 2008 ⋅ 48 comments

A glimpse of IPL team names and logos

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