IPL Bangalore

Mallya hunting for England Players

By cricmadness ⋅ May 29, 2008 ⋅ One comment

“Absolutely we will be looking at England players,” confirmed Vijay Mallya, owner of the Bangalore Royal Challengers. “Some swapping around will have to be done but we will be looking at English players and I have set my team management working on the composition of the squad for next year.”
More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/29/scipl129.xml

Now, Mallya bats for rival teams

By cricmadness ⋅ May 29, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Vijay Mallya has ensured that his brands do not fall out of Indian Premier League (IPL) viewership, though his team Royal Challengers (RC) Bangalore bowed out of the tournament. After RC’s series of defeats, the UB Group chairman decided to cash in on his smaller investments in rival teams such as Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Daredevils, [...]

Praveen Kumar lands up in drunken brawl

By cricmadness ⋅ May 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian pacer Praveen Kumar has been accused of beating up a doctor in Meerut on Thursday night, according to reports by a private news channel. The UP paceman landed up in police custody after a drunken brawl with the doctor. The doctor claimed that Praveen also abused him and was drunk at the time of [...]

Blame game - Franchise Cricket royally challenging?

By cricmadness ⋅ May 12, 2008 ⋅ 11 comments

Dravid is bearing the brunt of disappointing performance by the Royal Challengers team. After CEO Charu Sharma was fired, Mallya has taken potshots on Dravid.
Mallya said: “I had a separate list of players that I wanted. But since Dravid is such an iconic player I trusted his judgment. And Charu Sharma also backed him. After [...]

Mallya hunts for winning formula for Royal Challengers

By cricmadness ⋅ May 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mallya says: “I had a separate list of players that I wanted. But since Dravid is such an iconic player I trusted his judgment. And Charu Sharma also backed him. After seeing the final list, my friends told me it looked like a test team. But I backed both of them thinking that they advised [...]

I was not sacked because of Misbah

By cricmadness ⋅ May 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

“It’s absolutely fantastic in terms of its incredible allegation. I wish I had the power to select the team, unfortunately that was not the case. Nothing could be further than the truth. I didn’t have that kind of power in the first place to pick up or drop any player in the team. ‘The Jung’ [...]

Dravid saved Venky from axe

By cricmadness ⋅ May 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Following the team’s dismal performance in the Indian Premier League, CEO Charu Sharma’s head was the first to roll and he was replaced by Brijesh Patel, the KSCA secretary. It is learnt that Venkatesh Prasad was saved the axe as skipper Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble stepped in for the beleaguered coach and persuaded Mallya [...]

Royal Challenger’s CEO Charu Sharma sacked

By cricmadness ⋅ May 7, 2008 ⋅ 13 comments

Under performance has taken it’s first toll. Charu Sharma, the CEO of Royal Challangers of Bangalore has been sacked citing team’s poor performance on the field. Looks like Dr. Mallya is a tough task master. So Who’s Next?. This would add further pressure on the team and we might even see radical changes in team [...]

Misbah lands into trouble endorsing liquor brand

By cricmadness ⋅ May 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Another controversy for the IPL and for Misbah-ul-Haq who is playing for the Bangalore Royal Challengers team. TimesNow article states that “The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in a fix after allowing Misbah-ul-Haq to play for liquor baron Vijay Mallya-owned Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL as it is in conflict with its policy of [...]

IPL, ICL great for Indian cricket, says Kallis

By cricmadness ⋅ May 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Kallis says: “The IPL and (rebel) ICL will turn out (to be) immensely beneficial for Indian cricket. It’s giving their younger players, some of whom have yet to establish themselves in even domestic cricket, a chance to rub shoulders with icons of the game in dressing rooms. It’s an immense advantage. If this had happened [...]

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